In this powerful episode of The Rising Sovereign Podcast, veteran educators Andy Libson and John Klyczek (aka the Taoist Professor) expose the hidden agenda behind EdTech, AI in classrooms, and the increasing use of screens in schools.

This isn't just about education reform—it's about decades of policy, profit, and psychological programming that parents were never meant to notice.

If you've ever asked:

• Why is screen time exploding in schools?

• Why does "personalized learning" feel like surveillance?

• Where did all of this start?

…this episode will answer those questions—and raise new ones.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• The 40-year agenda behind digital education—from Project BEST to AI bots

• How Charlotte Iserbyt predicted today's EdTech takeover

• Why teachers and students are now training the machines that will replace them

• The real purpose of standardized learning and digital compliance

• How AI, behavioral conditioning, and school-issued tech are reshaping childhood

• What we lose when children stop learning with their bodies, hands, and community

• Why the public education system isn't broken—it's functioning exactly as designed

• What parents can do to opt out and reclaim their child's humanity

What You'll Unlock as a Paid Member

The second half of this conversation is members-only, and it's where the conversation goes from urgent… to transformational.

We dig into the deep ideological roots of the EdTech movement—beyond political parties, past the culture wars, and straight into the philosophical reprogramming of childhood itself.

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The Ideological Engine Behind EdTech

John Klyczek peels back the layers behind today's "progressive" education tools—revealing how both corporate technocrats and Marxist theorists helped create a system designed for behavioral compliance and central control.

"The same psychological tools used for advertising and propaganda are now built into the classroom — only now they're wrapped in social justice language."

He explains how critical pedagogy was co-opted, where equity now means automation, and liberation becomes algorithmic supervision.

Cultural Division as a Feature, Not a Bug

Andy and John show how identity politics are being used to splinter school communities—pitting parents and teachers against each other while the real agenda rolls forward:

"These aren't grassroots fights. They're engineered distractions while the tech gets installed." — Andy Libson

The endless debates over curriculum language and policy are a smokescreen for deeper infrastructure of compliance.

What's Really at Stake: Human Will

This isn't just about EdTech—it's about whether your child will grow up with the capacity to think at all.

As AI anticipates every answer and every need, children stop developing the muscle of uncertainty. They are trained to consume truth, not discern it.

"Once you surrender your will to a system, the system will gladly replace it." — John Klyczek

Building the Alternative: Reclaiming Childhood

The episode closes with a clear call: don't just opt out—reclaim what's ancient and real.

• Nature-based learning

• Embodied play and exploration

• Storytelling and intergenerational wisdom

• Decision-making rooted in sovereignty and spirit

"The alternative isn't complicated. It's ancient." — John Klyczek "Sovereignty begins with the parent's will—not the district's policy." — Andy Libson

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• Biology, not bureaucracy

• Spirit, not surveillance

• Sovereignty, not compliance

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Resources Mentioned

• The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America – Charlotte Iserbyt

• School World Order – John Klyczek

• AATA School Model (Nature-Based Learning)

• Rising Sovereign Podcast Archives

Guests

Andy LibsonVeteran public school science teacher, labor organizer, and vocal critic of COVID-era digital education.

John Klyczek (The Taoist Professor) University educator, author of School World Order, and former assistant to Charlotte Iserbyt.

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