Topic: No Child Left Behind

Activists claim credit for stopping the New Freedom Initiative in Texas, which would have implemented mandatory psychological evaluations for school children leading to potential over-medication. Concerns are raised regarding Austin Police Chief Ferdinand Acevedo's proposal for a citizen DNA database. The discussion links these state-level psychiatric policies to similar provisions allegedly found in the federal Obamacare legislation.

A caller questions the high cost of university sports and the disparity in graduation rates between school districts. Penny Langford Freeman argues that over 50% of the state budget goes to education, yet much of it is wasted on administration and stadiums rather than classrooms. The hosts criticize the federal Department of Education and "No Child Left Behind" as inefficient socialist programs that return only a fraction of tax dollars to the states.