The Education Paper Trail Podcast
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Follow the paper trail with us.
A monthly research podcast helping Christian parents follow the documents, evaluate the evidence, and understand the ideas, institutions, policies, and cultural forces shaping children.
Season 1 · 16-Episode Investigation
Investigate the history behind the modern questions.
Season 1 follows the paper trail Iserbyt assembled while independently examining the people, policies, institutions, documents, and claims she brought together. The purpose is neither automatic acceptance nor dismissal. It is to understand the argument, locate the record, classify the evidence, and reach responsible conclusions.
Begin with the parent concern
Name the present-day question before entering the historical record.
Follow the document
Locate the people, institutions, dates, quotations, and surrounding context.
Classify carefully
Separate what is documented from what is plausible, alleged, unresolved, or unsupported.
Bring it home
Translate the research into better questions and intentional family formation.
Episode Archive
Listen now. Return for the research record.
Two Season 1 episodes are currently available on Spotify. New episodes publish on the first Wednesday of each month, and this archive will grow alongside the investigation.
Season 1 · Episode 1
What Happened to Education
Before debating methods or outcomes, ask the prior question: what is education for, and how has the stated mission of schooling expanded?
Open Episode 1 →Season 1 · Episode 2
What If Education Was Redefined Before It Was Reformed
Follow the thinkers, behavioral frameworks, change-management language, and policies that helped broaden the purpose of schooling.
Open Episode 2 →More than show notes
A research home for every episode.
As each episode page is added, it will gather the material parents need to investigate beyond the audio.
Parent question + episode summary
The recognizable modern concern, the investigation’s scope, and the central question being tested.
Primary sources + references
Direct links to the documents, historical records, research, policies, and testimony discussed.
Documented + unresolved
A clear separation between what the evidence establishes and what remains interpretive or open.
Related research pathways
Connections to investigations, free tools, guided studies, and deeper companion resources.
Continue the investigation
Research alongside the podcast.
The Transformation of American Education
Follow the living investigation behind the season’s central question: when did school become about more than academic learning?
Open the investigation →A Plain-Language Guide to The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America
Use the 36-page plain-language guide to understand Iserbyt’s central ideas, key people, programs, and recurring themes before returning to the full book.
Explore the guide →Free Research Tools
Download the Education Paper Trail Starter Kit and Evidence Classification Guide for your own investigative work.
Browse free tools →New episodes every first Wednesday
Follow the evidence with us.
Listen on Spotify, then return here for the sources, classifications, open questions, and related research.