Battles are being waged in classrooms across America. Much of it centers around curriculum, practices and policy and sometimes over matters such as political correctness. Sadly, oftentimes students are caught in the crosshairs, being used like pawns on a chessboard. As a result, they are the ones that end up being victimized by the system.--Fortunately there's a growing chorus of parents that are rising up and pushing for the ability to make educational choices that are best for their child.--Appearing with Jim to discuss this issue was Rev. Michael Benjamin. Michael served as the National Director of Grassroots Advocacy and Mobilization for the American Federation for Children and led a team that oversaw the grassroots advocacy and mobilization efforts, which maintained and cultivated an extensive advocacy base on behalf of our nation's children that are in most need of equitable educational opportunity and access. Michael now serves as AFC's Senior Advisor for their faith-based leadership engagement, grassroots advocacy and mobilization efforts.--Michael began by stating the following- -The mandate is to educate the public. It is not to sustain a system over children.- He went on to note that in order to do this, there are many avenues one can take to get there and to put educational choice options on the educational 'menu' and leave it up to the parents to decide what's best for their children.--He sees the pandemic as having exacerbated these issues where in some situations, parent have had to educate their children and as a result, they're finding out what their children know and don't know.