Social Impact Podcast with Lynn Davenport
Education researcher and advocate Lynn Davenport discusses the realities of ed-tech, data mining, public-private partnerships, and lack of transparency in the educational departments and agencies charged with creating policies and performance standards in the Texas State Board of Education and local ISD's. Lynn exposes fraud and misconceptions that keep parents out of the loop and unable to protect their children, and gives actionable insight to reverse these scenarios.
Episodes
Though there is no constitutional basis or justification for federal intrusion and legislation, George W. Bush worked alongside Ted Kennedy to pass No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in 2001 which was signed into law in 2002. The bill opened up a marketplace for corporations to position themselves to make huge profits as public schools struggle to gain acceptable ratings while nonprofits swoop in to rescue the children from “failing” scho...
This is the second time Alison McDowell has been a guest on Social Impact Podcast. Alison is an expert researcher with a blog called Wrench In The Gears. The last time she was on the show we talked about Education and the Biosecurity State in 2021. She and I began our advocacy in public education by exposing the privatization agenda and the push for experimental technologies. School choice is a major platform being pushed in the 88...
Meg Bakich joins Lynn Davenport to discuss public education and the technology being used to score character traits. Meg is a graduate of Notre Dame and a mother of five children who went through Highland Park ISD schools. She has been a long time advocate who ran for a seat on the HPISD board in 2017.
Meg is a remarkable champion for returning to a traditional classical model of education and eliminating experimental and...
With over 21 years of Civil & Military aviation experience across a multitude of platforms covering fixed wing and rotary wing transport category aircraft, Michael Yanez is a committed aviation professional researching future trends affecting the global aviation industry. Hailing from a long line of educators, he is also a passionate FAA Certified Flight Instructor who enjoys sharing the challenges and joys of learning to fly s...
With over 21 years of Civil & Military aviation experience across a multitude of platforms covering fixed wing and rotary wing transport category aircraft, Michael Yanez is a committed aviation professional researching future trends affecting the global aviation industry. Hailing from a long line of educators, he is also a passionate FAA Certified Flight Instructor who enjoys sharing the challenges and joys of learning to fly s...
Mary Lowe is the cofounder of Families Engaged. The first half of the podcast, Mary and I gave a recap of our tour across Texas to Midland,
Huffman, Houston, Cypress, Woodlands and other areas. Our mission is to train families on how to get engaged in the education of their children. There are myriad tools we can use to fight lawlessness with the law.
When dealing with school board trustees, state board members and legislators...
Marcy Galle is a Parent Advocate and Co-Founder of Families Engaged For Effective Education. She is a former city councilmember of Willow Park just north of Aledo, Texas. Marcy is an expert in public information requests, the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA) and the public education grievance process. When local ISDs lawyer up, she steps in to help families exercise their parental rights as outlined in the Texas Education Code.
There...
Walsh, Gallegos, Trevino, Kyle & Robinson is a law firm deeply entrenched in the Texas education landscape. They are often hired by school districts to fight parents advocating on behalf of their students with special needs. Districts use taxpayer dollars to lawyer up against parents who demand services under the law which are FAPE and IDEA rights. More than 70% of school districts in Texas enlist the help of Walsh Gallegos to ...
Faith Johnson joined Social Impact Podcast host Lynn Davenport to share her solutions for Dallas County. She’s running as the Republican nominee for Criminal District Attorney. The most recent polling results show her ahead of the incumbent, “Let ‘Em Go Creuzot.”
https://dallasexpress.com/let-em-go-creuzot-da-candidate-attacks-incumbents-record/
Faith is appealing to crossover voters who are concerned about the uptick in violent crim...
Mary Lowe is the cofounder of Families Engaged. Mary and I attended an event in September hosted by the Women of St. Michael called “BRIDGING THE DIVIDE: A 5-part lecture series addressing structural divides in America.”
She and I gave a play-by-play of the details of the event. The live recording is on Facebook. Learn about the nuances of failed reforms championed by former US Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and her intervie...
Most people mistakenly believe the Dallas County Judge needs to be an attorney, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. The official position is the top Executive and “CEO of Dallas County.”
The hallmark of a great CEO is one thing…GOOD JUDGMENT.
Lauren Davis will bring Good Judgment back to this position, the same way she has done as a mother,
successful business owner and proven community leader over the last 15+ year...
Emmanuel Lewis is a former Detention Service Officer with the Dallas County Jail and previously worked in the Dallas County Elections Department. His intuition and attention to the political landscape in Dallas County is impressive. He is sounding the alarms on the malfeasance and mismanagement of the county jail under the leadership of Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. He describes some of the major issues of safety and security i...
Since the pandemic hit, parents have been fighting unconstitutional mask mandates plaguing our cities and school districts. Our leaders use selective science to muzzle our children, despite Governor Abbott’s lifting of the mask mandates in Texas. Parents are often marginalized when advocating on behalf of their children while school districts hide behind inconsistent recommendations from the CDC and the local Health and Human Servi...
A variety of federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, NIH, HHS, and FDA have paid for “gain of function” research using federal tax dollars over the last two decades. “Gain of function” is a method of trying to increase the ability of a virus to infect and cause harm to people. This has made the virus more deadly and more contagious. Since the virus is likely man-made and non-naturally occurring, the spike proteins in...
Nancy Rodriguez is a social worker, parent volunteer, and special education advocate who ran for a seat on the Dallas ISD school board in November of 2020 where she received the highest number of votes, but not enough to receive the majority over her two opponents. That led to a runoff election with Dustin Marshall, the incumbent. His campaign spent more than $500,000 resulting in his re-election on December 8, 2020. His endorsemen...
Alice Linahan was a mom who got fired up when she realized the deficiencies in her children’s education. This sent her on an 11-year journey of research that unearthed a shift away from academics, towards an emotional learning model. Upon close inspection, what is going on in our public schools across the board in Texas and nationwide, is a freight train Host Lynn Davenport is warning us about.
Are math software programs in place t...
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