John T. Walton
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Oct 16, 2026
Jeanne AllenGUEST
You are trying to make some sort of a change.
Jeanne AllenGUEST
When people who have come before you or had some of those same challenges say, "Ah, there's a different way to do that," or, "Have you thought about this different approach?" I remember, for example, uh, John Walton, uh, the late John Walton, who was, uh, the, one of the sons of Sam Walton, Walmart fortune, and so humble, so down to earth, was captivated by education, freedom, and opportunity.
Jeanne AllenGUEST
Felt deeply for people who didn't have, uh, resources to be able to get their own education.
Jeanne AllenGUEST
And there are people that I know that know this story, but he would say to me, "Is there a way maybe you could play a little differently in the sandbox?" Not necessarily saying nicer or better, but differently in the sandbox.
Andrew LangerHOST
Tell us about the work that you guys have done.
Darla RomfoGUEST
So we were founded in 1998 by two gentlemen, Teddy Forsman and John Walton, and they started out to give 40,000 scholarships for four years.
Darla RomfoGUEST
They had 1,250,000 applications for the 40,000 scholarships, basically making this big, loud statement that there are a lot of people that weren't happy with what they were getting in education, that the school they were assigned to by zip code wasn't working for them.
Darla RomfoGUEST
Fast forward, in the middle of it, the gentleman decided, you know what, we have to keep doing this because there's a lot of kids out there that need another alternative to their assigned public school.
Fritz SteigerGUEST
Like Hillsdale College would be one in the education field.
Fritz SteigerGUEST
And I put a QR code in there just for people that wanna learn more about, uh, education, or maybe it's education reform with the American Federation of Children, which is the, the group that John Walton and I started back in, in, uh, 1994 to give parents more choice in education.
Fritz SteigerGUEST
And so there's a QR code.
Fritz SteigerGUEST
And, and so I, I wanna be able to give people more than just my, the book.
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Fritz SteigerGUEST
Um, and so with that, we began to expand that program around Texas.
Fritz SteigerGUEST
And in 1984 or 1990...
Fritz SteigerGUEST
It was 1993, John Walton, Sam's second oldest son, was in California, uh, living in San Diego, and he called me up one day.
Fritz SteigerGUEST
And I didn't know John very well.
Kevin GentryHOST
In your judgment, what does success look like with a family, with a child, as a result of what you do on a daily basis? I'm sure you've got lots of stories, but when you do what you try to do, what makes you particularly happy?
Darla RomfoGUEST
So when I came to this, first of all, I want to give a lot of credit to two very visionary men, John Walton and Teddy Forsman.
Darla RomfoGUEST
I feel like I'm just trying to facilitate a much grander, bigger vision that these two men brought to life and put their money behind.
Darla RomfoGUEST
And they really had the idea.
Darla RomfoGUEST
And he said, well, if you don't get the first things right, everything else falls apart.
Darla RomfoGUEST
And the first thing about CSF was that families are the first educators of their children.
Darla RomfoGUEST
John Walton, when he would go to a school and I went to many schools with him to visit families.
Darla RomfoGUEST
talk to families and talk to educators.