Strictly Speaking with School Choice Advocate Corey DeAngelis
We welcomed Corey DeAngelis, a prominent school choice advocate and senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, to unpack why the Department of Education’s $83 billion budget (CBO, 2025) is a waste.
DeAngelis argues it’s a bloated relic—$2.6 trillion spent since 1979 with flat NAEP scores since 2008—pushing DEI over basics while states like Ohio handle education fine. He touts SB 1’s passage stripping Ohio colleges of woke ideology, and credits parental pushback—sparked by COVID closures—for victories in 12 states. We also discuss socialization fears for homeschoolers among homeschooling opponents; DeAngelis fires back: public schools offer “gangs and drugs,” not real growth. They slam the 10th District’s HB 68 ruling, with DeAngelis calling puberty blockers “child mutilation” stopped cold by state law.