Sarah Parshall Perry joined Sean Kelly on the Digital Social Hour to talk about parental rights and the debates shaping public education today. Drawing on her work as a legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, she brought a policy-focused lens to a conversation many parents are already having at home.
The conversation moves through her perspective on curriculum, gender-critical instruction, and the effects of the pandemic on schools, closing with her own family's experience navigating the system she studies professionally.
About Sarah Perry
Sarah Parshall Perry is a legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, where her work focuses on education policy and parental rights.
Her background in legal analysis informs how she approaches the debates over what schools teach and how much say parents should have in the process — the central themes she brings to this conversation.
What Sarah Perry and Sean Kelly Talked About
- Perry's perspective on the balance between parental rights and school curriculum decisions
- Her critique of what she describes as politically driven changes to public education
- Her take on gender-critical instruction and how she believes it should be handled in schools
- Perry's view on how the pandemic changed the relationship between families and schools
- Her assessment of teacher pay and how it factors into the broader education debate
- Perry's account of her own children's experience navigating the school system
- Her perspective, drawn from her legal background, on how courts have shaped education policy
- What she says she would tell Trump if given the chance, as discussed in the conversation
Why This Conversation Matters
Sarah Parshall Perry brings a legal fellow's perspective to an active policy debate, presented here as her own viewpoint for viewers to weigh — a useful vantage point for anyone following the national conversation on education and parental rights.
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About Sean Kelly & the Digital Social Hour
Sean Kelly is an entrepreneur and the host of the Digital Social Hour, one of the fastest-growing interview podcasts in the world, where he sits down with entrepreneurs, athletes, creators, and cultural voices for candid, long-form conversations. The show draws over 100 million views a month across platforms. Explore more guest features on SeanKelly.io.
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