A former teachers union member leader is now fighting unions and pushing hard for school choice â TheBlaze
Rebecca Friedrichs
Rebecca Friedrichs  is an unsung hero who should be sung about a whole lot more.  She  is an Orange County public school teacher with 28 years of being an educator under  her  belt.  She  also  just last year  found  herself  facing off against one of the most powerful teacherâs unions in the United States  the California Teachers Association (CTA).
More amazingly   she  used to be one of the union leaders.
 Friedrichs  tried to affect change from within the CTA â who were buying off politicians that restricted competition  and charging teachers absurd membership fees â that caused schools to stagnate. But  Friedrichs  soon came to realize that only the voters and the courts can break the hold that the union had over the state of California.
âSadly  parents and educators no longer run our public schools because labor unions control way too much on our campuses today â  Friedrichs  told TheBlaze. âI understand why labor unions focus on getting more for their members; thatâs their business model  and getting more money and power for themselves is their value. Great teachers and parents donât share the unionsâ values or business model. We believe children should be first in our schools  and we believe educational excellence and safety should reign supreme.â
And due to her battle   Friedrichs  became something of an icon for school choice. This in turned grabbed the attention of the popular conservative site  Prager U.
Naturally  they chose  Friedrichs  to star in their first video discussing why good teachers support school choice  and how competition has been proven to work for schools  just like it works well for the free market.
This is a message  Friedrichs  wants to get across very clearly. Having had years of experience with children  sheâs gotten a pretty good idea about how they learn and grow. As she told us  the way public schools treat kids nowadays you would think they view the children as defective  and in need of drugging to make them ânormal.â
âI believe our current public education system is designed for those who can sit still and listen all day â  Friedrichs  told TheBlaze. âMany boys â and some girls â do not fit this category  so we often drug them and call them âdeficit â and âdisorder.â Iâve had hundreds of these little boys in my classes throughout my career â and one of them grew in my womb â and none of them seemed âdeficit â or âdisorderâ to me.â
With  Friedrichs  and Prager U teaming up  both are confident that school choice across the nation is an achievable goal.
âPrager U has a huge national following with a large percentage under 35 years old. As a public school educator and parent of children who attended public schools  Iâm well acquainted with a lot of the indoctrination going on in our schools today â talk about fake news!â  Friedrichs  told  us . âKnowing the Prager U messages are reaching the younger generations gives me hope many will learn the Judeo-Christian values our great country was founded upon  so  we  can restore truth and goodness in  our  culture.â
[TGT] is an unsung hero who should be sung about a whole lot more.   [TGT]   is an Orange County public school teacher with 28 years of being an educator under   [TGT]   belt.   [TGT]   also  just last year  found   [TGT]   facing off against one of the most powerful teacherâs unions in the United States  the California Teachers Association (CTA).
More amazingly    [TGT]   used to be one of the union leaders.
  [TGT] tried to affect change from within the CTA â who were buying off politicians that restricted competition  and charging teachers absurd membership fees â that caused schools to stagnate. But   [TGT] soon came to realize that only the voters and the courts can break the hold that the union had over the state of California.
âSadly  parents and educators no longer run our public schools because labor unions control way too much on our campuses today â   [TGT] told TheBlaze. âI understand why labor unions focus on getting more for their members; thatâs their business model  and getting more money and power for themselves is their value. Great teachers and parents donât share the unionsâ values or business model. We believe children should be first in our schools  and we believe educational excellence and safety should reign supreme.â
And due to her battle    [TGT] became something of an icon for school choice. This in turned grabbed the attention of the popular conservative site  Prager U.
Naturally  they chose   [TGT] to star in their first video discussing why good teachers support school choice  and how competition has been proven to work for schools  just like it works well for the free market.
This is a message   [TGT] wants to get across very clearly. Having had years of experience with children  sheâs gotten a pretty good idea about how they learn and grow. As she told us  the way public schools treat kids nowadays you would think they view the children as defective  and in need of drugging to make them ânormal.â
âI believe our current public education system is designed for those who can sit still and listen all day â   [TGT] told TheBlaze. âMany boys â and some girls â do not fit this category  so we often drug them and call them âdeficit â and âdisorder.â Iâve had hundreds of these little boys in my classes throughout my career â and one of them grew in my womb â and none of them seemed âdeficit â or âdisorderâ to me.â
With   [TGT] and Prager U teaming up  both are confident that school choice across the nation is an achievable goal.
âPrager U has a huge national following with a large percentage under 35 years old. As a public school educator and parent of children who attended public schools  Iâm well acquainted with a lot of the indoctrination going on in our schools today â talk about fake news!â   [TGT] told  us . âKnowing the Prager U messages are reaching the younger generations gives me hope many will learn the Judeo-Christian values our great country was founded upon  so  we  can restore truth and goodness in  our  culture.â