Commissioner Corcoran on the decades-long battle fighting woke ideology in education & centuries-long fight to keep speech free

On this episode of the podcast, Amanda Head sits down with Richard Corcoran, President of New College of Florida and the former Florida Education Commissioner to discuss the current state of education in the United States. The two discuss the impact of COVID-19 on parental involvement, the challenges of reopening schools amid union and media resistance, and the rise of woke ideologies like critical race and gender theories. Commissioner Corcoran highlights the leadership of Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and the need for systemic reforms to foster critical thinking, free speech, and academic balance in schools. Furthermore, the former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives turned college president has a forthcoming book due out in mid-November called, “Storming Ivory Tower: How A Florida College Became Ground Zero In The Struggle To Take Back Our Campuses” that you can pre-order on Amazon.com today!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.