Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing

Show: 021 Top Priority Podcast | Foundational Education
Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy
Guests: Meredith Olson, Vice President of Foundational Education, Stand Together Community
  • What is Foundational Education? min [5:30]
  • The difference between education and schooling. min [9:27]
  • What does good like in Foundational Education? min [14:02] 
  • How do we apply the Stand Together Community VISION— to break barriers that stand in the way of people realizing their potentialFoundational Education? [min 21:00]
  • How our Community views Foundational Education through the lens of the first mutually-reinforcing principle—Equal Rights. min [22:33]
  • How our Community views Foundational Education through the lens of the second mutually-reinforcing principle—Mutual Benefit. min [25:25] 
  • How our Community views Foundational Education through the lens of the third mutually-reinforcing principle—Openness. min [34:08]
  • How our Community views Foundational Education through the lens of the fourth mutually-reinforcing principle—Self-Actualization. min [37:24]
  • The 8 questions Stand Together asks when evaluating educational policy min [40:12]
Does the existing or proposed education policy: 

1.     Allow for a diversity of solutions?
2.     Let families choose what works best?
3.     Allow students to customize their education?
4.     Ensure funding follows the student?
5.     Encourage innovation and experimentation?
6.     Build community support?
7.     Rely on the belief that every kid is capable?
8.     Apply to every student equally?

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What is Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing?

We have a deep belief in people and promote ideas of human flourishing.

Top Priority is a collection of interactive, learning-oriented conversations on how the Stand Together Community engages with and advocates for solutions through the lens of our Community Vision: We transform society by breaking the internal and external barriers that prevent people from realizing their potential, enabling all people to improve their lives and find fulfillment by helping others do the same.

The Stand Together Community Vision is guided by four, mutually reinforcing principles: Equal Rights | Mutual Benefit | Openness | Self-Actualization

Explore the free and civil society through the lens of each of these four mutually reinforcing principles and stand together to help every person rise.

Top Priority is a production of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's Grassroots Leadership Academy, where we make Human Flourishing a top priority.