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Ariana Guajardo

Jul 30, 2026

2:07
speak listen to these professionals talk about their very specific professions yeah yeah i was talking to jose we were talking a lot about the money i think following the money when it comes to unions and their work is super important but also it's the agenda and the influence you know teachers unions are bringing in these woke ideologies i know that's the that's the hot button word that we like to use ideologies but it's true what are you seeing what are policymakers coming in and talking about when that you've seen when it comes to education and the woke influence Well,
2:32
I think a lot of parents had a window into the classroom for the first time during COVID.
2:37
So that was something that I think pushed education policy forward in Texas in a way that we hadn't seen and didn't have the same momentum before that.
2:44
So, you know, COVID had came with a lot of downsides, but it did having the online classrooms let parents for the first time see like, wait, what is my child learning yes and maybe it's not just crazy people who are talking about the books in the school library maybe these are issues so on the sweet tea series i bring um well a lot of different people i describe it as a policy with a splash of pop culture but i've had a lot of moms on the show who are very concerned in finding different ways to get involved with even their local libraries and what's in front of their children and then on the education level again what kind of content is in their school libraries or what is in the curriculum and being done And there's anyway, there's a lot of work to be done in the education space.
3:24
So sorry, I'm just like dabbling or mentioning a few of them.
3:32
But what's something that's like very dear to your heart right now that you've been looking into when it when it comes to education or just like the greater union debate? What do
3:39
you think? So this is, I guess, an interesting tie-in.
3:42
One of the other shows I do for the foundation is called The Hard Country.

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