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POWR Take in 20

Podcast af Parents of Waterloo Region

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Nyheder & politik

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Educating Minds: Parents of Waterloo Region (EMPOWR) is a grassroots collection of parents and citizens committed to education and liberty. This podcast covers issues in the Waterloo Region that most legacy media outlets ignore. How and why has education changed over time? What local policies that impact liberty are being implemented without widespread discussion and consent. What can we do about it? And who are the fascinating people bringing ideas and action to the table? Find all of this and more in just 20 minutes with the POWR Take in 20! empowrconnect.substack.com

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Joanna Williams: Education's Two Solitudes

Joanna Williams [https://cieo.substack.com/about] is a British author and public intellectual. She began her career teaching high school English prior to an academic career that included directorship of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education. We reached out to speak with Joanna about her recent essay, “How progressive education paves the way for the politicisation of schooling [https://cieo.substack.com/p/how-progressive-education-paves-the]”, which reflects work on her upcoming book We Don’t Need No Indoctrination. Her essay succinctly contrasts forward-looking progressive education with classical approaches to the intergenerational transmission of Western civilization. 1:48 Joanna’s background and rising concerns about educational politicization 5:00 The origins of progressive ‘child-centred’ education 8:35 What is classical education? 10:56 How do we decide what’s important to teach? 16:20 Is classical education more effective than progressive? 19:55 The Western canon helps us understand modern literature. 25:45 Top-down propagation of UNESCO priorities and ‘global citizenship’ 35:32 Gaslighting about history and ‘child-centered’ education 43:54 Future-focused progressivism leads to screentime and busywork 52:28 Students lose when we try to prepare them for an unknowable future This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit empowrconnect.substack.com [https://empowrconnect.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

24. feb. 2026 - 56 min
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Debbie Kasman – Ontario Education Reform

An education analyst with four decades of experience in public education, Debbie Kasman [https://debbielkasman.com/] has a vision for reforming Ontario’s public education system. In her view, the system is in crisis and needs a firm hand to restore order. She believes that replacing Boards of Trustees with a single boss—the Minister of Education—to whom Directors of Education are directly accountable, will calm the system. Debbie’s vision also includes changes to Faculties of Education and beefed up parent councils. We invited her to the podcast to try to assuage our skepticism. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit empowrconnect.substack.com [https://empowrconnect.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

5. feb. 2026 - 37 min
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Alexandra Lysova: Overcoming Internal Exile

Alexandra (Sasha) Lysova is a mother of children in public school and a professor of criminology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She immigrated to Canada to escape authoritarianism in Russia, and is alarmed by similar patterns emerging in Canada. Sasha has long been outspoken at her university about equity, diversity, and inclusion ideology. She has more recently been noticing similar problems at public schools attended by her children, exemplified by the careless adoption of land acknowledgements that now undermine BC property rights. This conversation covers Canada’s toxic politeness, quietly retreating into ‘internal exile’ to survive Russian and Canadian versions of authoritarianism, the importance of raising children who question things, the sacred nature of the new ideology, and different approaches to challenging land acknowledgements. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit empowrconnect.substack.com [https://empowrconnect.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

27. jan. 2026 - 1 h 12 min
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"Ideologically Problematic"

Last week, we each attended a ‘town hall’ about the WRDSB strategic plan. Here we compare notes and conclude that many parents are hungry for a town hall, which these events did not even remotely resemble. Instead, parents were directed to unattended stations where they could silently read a placard and place written comments in a suggestion box. Usefully, staff and trustees were on hand and available for discussion. You can provide feedback [https://www.wrdsb.ca/blog/2025/12/08/complete-the-wrdsb-strategic-plan-community-consultation-survey-today/] to WRDSB by December 12th. 6:25 Previous discussion with Stephen Reich [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n90adYgPiE0&list=PPSV] about the strat plan 7.27 10,000 people consulted; half were students 17:57 Money for consultants not glue sticks 20:35 The strat plan reflects culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy (CRRP) 36:30 Progressives are keen to censor “ideologically problematic” parents 38:35 Enlightening conversations we had; parents want a real town hall 47:43 While widely billed as a ‘town hall,’ the WRDSB itself welcomed participants to something “a bit different from a traditional town hall—think of it more like an open house.” 49:33 CRRP is effective—as a tool to harvest tax dollars Op-ed [https://empowrconnect.substack.com/p/opinion-waterloo-region-public-school] in Waterloo Record by Trustees Watson, Ramsay, and Cody about declining enrolments coinciding with increasing ideologies at WRDSB. Op-ed [https://empowrconnect.substack.com/p/opinion-waterloo-region-public-school] by Geoff in Waterloo Record rebutting WRDSB claims that they don’t practice identity politics a.k.a. CRRP. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit empowrconnect.substack.com [https://empowrconnect.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

10. dec. 2025 - 52 min
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