Revitalizing Public Education: What American Schools Must Learn | Jason Bedrick & Frank DeVito

Welcome to the Napa Legal Podcast, where we discuss religious liberty from the perspective of faith-based nonprofits. In this special guest episode, Frank DeVito is joined by Jason Bedrick, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Center for Education Policy.They discuss the Phoenix Declaration, a set of principles and truths designed for school boards and education systems in America. The principles can revolutionize a broken school system in the United States to better serve our nation's youth and foster virtue and academic excellence from a young age while ensuring that the rights of parents are respected.The Napa Legal Podcast, December 11, 2025Topics: Moral objectivity, the pitfalls of relativism, academic excellence, public schools, parental choice and responsibility, cultural transmission, school choice policy, education and religious liberty.Read the rest of the Phoenix Declaration here:https://www.heritage.org/phoenix-declaration