Old School, New School, Next School with Dom Giordano

Episode 13

Parental rights are limited when school choice is not an option. Today, Dom is joined by journalist Asra Nomani and Fairfax County, Virginia, teacher Zenaida Perez. They discuss the controversy surrounding a school social worker's alleged failure to get parental consent for a minor's abortion.

Episode 12

Dom is joined by Jorge Elorza, former mayor of Providence, RI, and current CEO of Democrats For Education Reform. They discuss his efforts to promote school choice and excellence in education through reforms on the national level that can be embraced by Democrats as well as Republicans.

Episode 11

Today Dom reviews the first ten episodes of his new podcast. He reflects on the school choice advocacy experiences of past guests and discusses his motivation in supporting this important issue.

Episode 10

Guest: Peter Murphy, Vice President and Senior Advisor at Invest In Education Foundation. Subjects: Peter's Congressional lobbying efforts and support for K-12 scholarship tax credits.

Episode 9

Guest: Pastor Bob Oliver of New Covenant Church of Philadelphia, member of Black Pastors Union for Education.
Subject: The success of Pastor Oliver's cyber charter school in Philadelphia.
Subject: Black Pastor Union’s Views and Doings regarding School Choice.

Episode 8

Guest: Corey DeAngles, Senior Fellow at the American Culture Project.
Subject: Due to his strong advocacy, DeAngles is known as "the school choice evangelist."

Episode 7

Guest: Ryan Walters, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oklahoma. Subject: The recent passage of President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" and its impact on school choice.

Episode 6

Guest: Rev. Joshua Robertson, CEO and Founder of Black Pastors United for Education. Subjects: The organization supports educating children in non-traditional learning spaces.

Episode 5

Guest: Rich Valdes, host, “America at Night”
Subjects: The charter school that he founded and still helps to direct. School choice and Jersey's governor's race and its inclusion in the Big Beautiful Bill.

Episode 4

Guest: Rep. Kevin Kiley, Chair of the House Subcommittee that covers K-12 Education on the school choice money that is in the Big Beautiful Bill.
Subjects: According to our guest, this money a once - in- a generation chance for a school choice revolution across America and it has a really good chance to pass.