Jul 22, 2026 · 16 min · 12 segments
From powerful stories shared by educators to conversations about teacher freedom, education policy, labor, and the future of American schools, this three-day event brought together people from across…
Siena RoseHostIf you have a union, they will demonize the school board to all of you.
That's their business model.
It is us versus them.
We need to put more control in parents' hands first, and we need to start putting children first in America.
If you're a person of faith or if you're a person of conservative conviction, now is the time in our history to stand up.
Your pride in this country is justified.
Your pride in our foundations is justified.
Patriotic education is not propaganda.
Patriotic education unites us.
[audience applauding]
One of my personal favorite parts of the conference was getting to hear personal stories from educators.
You know, teachers share what they experience in the classroom, and they talk about their relationships or stories with the unions and various union representatives and the challenges they've faced for really just believing that woke, radical politics have no place in the classroom.
Those things would feel like common sense, and thankfully, at an event like the Teacher Freedom Summit, where you're surrounded by like-minded educators who are super common sense, it is common sense, but you would be surprised what the media says otherwise.
And the biggest takeaway here that I think everyone could probably agree with when I say this is that no one is alone.
No one is alone in their beliefs, and you don't have to be alone in the classroom when you're fighting for these common sense, pro-America values that the Teacher Freedom Alliance really encourages.
It was so encouraging to watch people connect and share ideas and make these different connections that you wouldn't have had if you had not been there in person, and everyone left feeling really empowered, which was just really cool to kind of be a bystander and get to facilitate these conversations and see it all happening.
If you have a union, they will demonize the school board to all of you.
That's their business model.
It is us versus them.
We need to put more control in parents' hands first, and we need to start putting children first in America.
If you're a person of faith or if you're a person of conservative conviction, now is the time in our history to stand up.
Your pride in this country is justified.
Your pride in our foundations is justified.
Patriotic education is not propaganda.
Patriotic education unites us.
[audience applauding]
One of my personal favorite parts of the conference was getting to hear personal stories from educators.
You know, teachers share what they experience in the classroom, and they talk about their relationships or stories with the unions and various union representatives and the challenges they've faced for really just believing that woke, radical politics have no place in the classroom.
Those things would feel like common sense, and thankfully, at an event like the Teacher Freedom Summit, where you're surrounded by like-minded educators who are super common sense, it is common sense, but you would be surprised what the media says otherwise.
And the biggest takeaway here that I think everyone could probably agree with when I say this is that no one is alone.
No one is alone in their beliefs, and you don't have to be alone in the classroom when you're fighting for these common sense, pro-America values that the Teacher Freedom Alliance really encourages.
It was so encouraging to watch people connect and share ideas and make these different connections that you wouldn't have had if you had not been there in person, and everyone left feeling really empowered, which was just really cool to kind of be a bystander and get to facilitate these conversations and see it all happening.
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