Freedom to Learn

About Freedom to Learn

On this season of Freedom to Learn, we're exploring the implementation of education policies that put power back where it belongs, closest to students. Each episode will reveal how policymakers and advocates are turning historic legislative victories into education freedom reality for millions of parents and students. Over the last two years, our Freedom to Learn guests have made the case for creating a new Education Freedom Tax Credit, expanding state education savings account programs, returning education to states, communities, and families, and ending the era of union dominance. Join us this season as we explore what's possible when education is student-centered and free from bureaucratic control. Freedom to Learn is a production of the Defense of Freedom Institute.

Publisher

Ginny Gentles

Category

education · government · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Nov 2024

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

85 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Patrick Wolf on Arkansas’s Education Freedom Accounts, Universal Access, & Early Results

   When Arkansas’s Education Freedom Accounts went universal last year, enrollment soared by 212% to 44,524 students. Dr. Patrick Wolf joins the podcast to discuss who’s participating, why families choose the program, and how the funds are used. Dr. Wolf’s new report on the program also examines rural access to education options, participation among students with disabilities, program accountability, and early academic achievement results. Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts: https://dese.ade.ar...

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Patrick Graff on the Education Freedom Tax Credit’s 52 Million Eligible Students, 121 Million Potential Donors, & 31 Participating States

   The new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit could reshape the K-12 education landscape faster than most people realize. American Federation for Children senior fellow Patrick Graff’s new research reveals who can fund and who can receive tax credit-funded scholarships. Ginny Gentles and Patrick discuss how the new federal tax credit works, the 52 million students who could qualify for tax credited-funded scholarships, the 121 million taxpayers who are eligible to claim the tax credit and fund...

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Mandy Drogin on Texas Education Freedom Accounts, Great Books, & the Classroom Comeback

   Texas families are demanding more education options and expecting more of the education system. Ginny Gentles talks with Mandy Drogin, host of the Parent Empowerment podcast, about the 120,000 students benefiting from Texas’s education freedom accounts this year, the huge demand from families of students with special needs, and the growing marketplace of schools, tutoring, therapies, curriculum, and more. Mandy also makes the case for classical education and the Great Books, exposes what she ...

Who has been a guest on Freedom to Learn

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kate Baker Demers
• Darla Romfo
• Lindsey Burke
• Neal McCluskey
• James Shuls

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YouTube views

49,241

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

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Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

32

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