In this episode, Melissa Watson Ward interviews Sherry East, the President of the South Carolina Education Association, about the challenges facing public education. They discuss the lack of respect for teachers, policy changes impacting schools, and the importance of supporting educators. Sherry highlights three major policy changes: a cell phone ban, a book ban, and a bill outing transgender students.

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