Social Impact Podcast with Lynn Davenport
Education researcher and advocate Lynn Davenport discusses the realities of ed-tech, data mining, public-private partnerships, and lack of transparency in the educational departments and agencies charged with creating policies and performance standards in the Texas State Board of Education and local ISD's. Lynn exposes fraud and misconceptions that keep parents out of the loop and unable to protect their children, and gives actionable insight to reverse these scenarios.
Episodes
15 episodes
Collective Intelligence Experiment - "Freedom" and School "Choice"
This is the second time Alison McDowell has been a guest on Social Impact Podcast. Alison is an expert researcher with a blog called Wrench In The Gears. The last time she was on ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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34:43
Government Scoring Character Traits in Public Schools
Meg Bakich joins Lynn Davenport to discuss public education and the technology being used to score character traits. Meg is a graduate of Notre Dame and a mother of five children who went through Highland Park ISD schools. She has been a long t...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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29:31
Aviation Implications: COVID-19, The Great Reset & The Fourth Industrial Revolution
With over 21 years of Civil & Military aviation experience across a multitude of platforms covering fixed wing and rotary wing transport category aircraft, Michael Yanez
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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34:24
What's Going on With Aviation? Insider Speaks Out (Pt 2)
With over 21 years of Civil & Military aviation experience across a multitude of platforms covering fixed wing and rotary wing transport category aircraft, Michael Yanez
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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31:55
Families Engaged and Back in the Driver's Seat
Mary Lowe is the cofounder of Families Engaged. The first half of the podcast, Mary and I gave a recap of our tour across Texas to Midland, Huffman, Houston, Cypress, Woodl...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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34:24
Crass Lawyers And Ungodly Behavior in Godley ISD
Marcy Galle is a Parent Advocate and Co-Founder of Families Engaged For Effective Education. She is a former city councilmember of Willow Park just north of Aledo, Texas. Marcy is a...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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37:48
LawyerEd Up in Texas - Who is Walsh Gallegos?
Walsh, Gallegos, Trevino, Kyle & Robinson is a law firm deeply entrenched in the Texas education landscape. They are often hired by school districts t...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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32:54
Faith Johnson on Crime in Dallas County
Faith Johnson joined Social Impact Podcast host Lynn Davenport to share her solutions for Dallas County. She’s running as the Republican nominee for Criminal District Attorney. The most recent polling results show her ahead of the incumbent, “L...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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31:49
Dallas Church "Amplifies" Failed Ed Reform Agenda
Mary Lowe is the cofounder of Families Engaged. Mary and I attended an event in September hosted by the Women of St. Michael called
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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38:06
What’s the Social Impact of a Runaway County Judge?
Most people mistakenly believe the Dallas County Judge needs to be an attorney, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. The official position is the top Executive and “CEO of Dallas County.”The hallmark of a great CEO is one thing…GOOD...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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35:17
Corruption and Safety Issues at Dallas County Jail
Emmanuel Lewis is a former Detention Service Officer with the Dallas County Jail and previously worked in the Dallas County Elections Department. His intuition and attention to the political landscape in Dallas County is impressive. He is sound...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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34:36
Unmask ISD
Since the pandemic hit, parents have been fighting unconstitutional mask mandates plaguing our cities and school districts. Our leaders use selective science to muzzle our children, despite Governor Abbott’s lifting of the mask mandates in Texa...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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31:44
What Does 'Gain of Function' Mean?
A variety of federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, NIH, HHS, and FDA have paid for “gain of function” research using federal tax dollars over the last two decades. “Gain of function” is a method of trying to increase the abilit...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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33:51
Nancy Rodriguez Warns of Gatekeepers and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Nancy Rodriguez is a social worker, parent volunteer, and special education advocate who ran for a seat on the Dallas ISD school board in November of 2020 where she received the highest number of votes, but not enough to receive the majority ov...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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28:15
Alice Linahan Calls on Parents to Understand Social Impact Bonds
Alice Linahan was a mom who got fired up when she realized the deficiencies in her children’s education. This sent her on an 11-year journey of research that unearthed a shift away from academics, towards an emotional learning model. Upon close...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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32:45