“Falling Behind” Is Public School Propaganda - Graham Frey

Dad Saves America · Jun 4, 2026 · 2h 44m

I sat down with education innovator Graham Frey to discuss what school is actually for, how structure and choice should be balanced in a child’s life, and why the "falling behind" framework scares families into staying at failing schools.

We get into:

* The six habits every kid should leave school with

* How standardized test hide the reality of public schools

* The tension between teachers and school bureaucracies

* What school choice offers that zip-code schools don't

* Why Graham thinks kids fundamentally want to learn

* How social pressure manipulates parents into propping up public…