Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2020-10 to 2026-07.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Federal control should be reduced or abolished in favor of state-level oversight and school choice models to improve system efficiency.
6 people · 6 episodes
Public funding for education should follow the student, allowing families to choose private, charter, or home-based options.
“The money is supposed to be meant that we pay for in taxes for educating the kid. And so the basic kind of policy mechanism is to allow that funding that's meant for your child to follow the kid to the school that works best.”
Dr. Drew · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 3K views on this topicEducation policy should prioritize learning over activism and bloat by removing federal control and handing it back to the states.
“what's coming next is a battle in Congress to finalize the destruction of the doe so so that states can present an alternative one that prioritizes learning instead of activism and bloat”
Matt Walsh · Mar 2025 · 7 episodes · 937K views on this topicThe education system requires universal school choice and merit-based pay for teachers to overcome current achievement failures.
“I want Ohio to be the first state that implements not just Universal school choice Universal including homeschooling but also for the public schools to compete implements merit-based pay for teachers administrators principles where where your pay you should be paid a lot more than you are now”
Shawn Ryan Show · Feb 2025 · 1 episode · 530K views on this topicThe Department of Education should be completely shut down because the education system is facing a massive crisis.
“The education problem is one of the biggest crisises facing our country I want to shut the entire Department of Education down like just shut the whole thing down and and start from scratch”
Triggernometry · Jul 2024 · 1 episode · 408K views on this topicThe federal Department of Education is bloated and unnecessary, and its functions should be returned to the state level.
“how about we don't do this top down thing where this the federal government is telling all the states what to do but we kick it back to the States so states can make decisions as it pertains to education there's more money in the states”
The Rubin Report · Mar 2025 · 1 episode · 137K views on this topicEducation should remain a public, non-profit endeavor where funds are protected from privatization to ensure equitable access for students.
2 people · 2 episodes
She argues that the voucher system risks harming public schools by diverting funds while allowing private schools to exclude special needs students.
“if you take that tax those tax dollars out of the public school pool and take them to a, you know, a private school, you then leave less money for the public schools where the children who aren't going to those voucher supported schools are and and that worries me quite a bit over this move.”
Heather Cox Richardson · Jun 2026 · 3 episodes · 780K views on this topicEducation should not be a for-profit endeavor, and current policies favoring privatization are failing students.
“things like education should not be for-profit things like healthcare should not be for-profit you don't have to be a socialist to recognize this”
HasanAbi · Feb 2025 · 2 episodes · 643K views on this topicSchools should enact formal restrictions on student mobile phone usage to reduce distractions and improve mental health outcomes.
2 people · 1 episode
Linus supports legislation that restricts the use of mobile phones in schools to minimize distractions and negative mental health effects.
“I have got to say um there's recently there's recently been a lot of movement on cell phone bands and schools here in Canada as well I'm kind of cool with it”
Linus Tech Tips · Sep 2024 · 1 episode · 645K views on this topicLuke supports the implementation of phone-free school policies to prevent students from being distracted by devices.
“I don't have kids but if I did I would that you know of oh my goodness if I did I would one success rate got to count for something very much hope that this would exist because I the the brain rot is so intense”
Linus Tech Tips · Sep 2024 · 1 episode · 645K views on this topicThe school entry age should be adjusted for boys to account for developmental differences and address perceived biases in the system.
2 people · 2 episodes
The K-12 education system is inherently biased against boys, and schools should consider redshirting boys so they enter the system at a more comparable maturity level to girls.
“I think one we red shirt and this is my one of my Yodas here uh Richard Reeves the American Institute of Boys Men. We red shirt boys. I think boys start school at the age of six, girls start at five and girls will still be ahead”
PBD Podcast · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 145K views on this topicSchools should delay the start age for boys by one year to better align with their slower developmental timeline compared to girls.
“The first thing we'd do is start them in school a little bit later. So, I think we'd 18, 19. Yeah. Go play rugby. Go have fun. Let me Let me You could do first 5 years would be video gaming only. Once you've Once you've, you know, mastered all the main video games, I think we'd start a little bit la”
Camp Gagnon · Oct 2022 · 1 episode · 107K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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