Video: Expert Panel Talks Education Politics & Parent Power Ahead of Midterms

The 2022 midterms are right around the corner, and if the past two years are any indication, education will be on the ballot.

The 74 and the Progressive Policy Institute recently convened an expert panel discussion about the upcoming election, particularly as it applies to the question of education priorities and parent voice.

Curtis Valentine of PPI’s Reinventing America’s Schools project tossed questions to T. Willard Fair of the National Urban League of Miami; Alisha Thomas Searcy, Democratic nominee for Georgia state superintendent; Christy Moreno of the National Parents Union; and PPI President Will Marshall.

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