Charlie Kirk Launches Turning Point Academy K-12 Schools to Counter Left's Education Agenda

[00:00] well if you're just tuning in this

[00:01] morning i made the decision to send back

[00:04] my master's degree from harvard as a

[00:07] message an intentional one to higher

[00:09] education

[00:12] now if you look at the shields if you

[00:14] look at the shields on the diploma is

[00:15] your mom gonna be mad very mad return

[00:21] to

[00:22] sender

[00:25] right here and then i'll just sign it

[00:27] for good

[00:31] this as my new book battle for the

[00:33] american mind hits shelves it focuses on

[00:35] the troubling new curriculum in u.s

[00:37] classrooms my good friend charlie kirk

[00:40] is also taking on the left's agenda

[00:42] launching turning point academy k-12

[00:45] school and more like it he joins us now

[00:49] charlie thanks for being here i feel

[00:51] like you'll appreciate the sentiment of

[00:52] that the gatekeepers the credentialing

[00:55] of higher education they need to keep

[00:58] that credential and be the gatekeepers

[01:00] to determine

[01:01] who's who in elite society

[01:03] oh i just love it and by the way

[01:05] congratulations on the new book pete

[01:06] it's just going amazing i mean so many

[01:08] people messaging me about it so

[01:10] congratulations it's so needed to talk

[01:12] about what's happening in our schools i

[01:14] just love you sending that diploma back

[01:16] to harvard look the part of the ruling

[01:19] classes power over the muscular class

[01:22] and over working people is this

[01:24] credential accuracy is the ability yes

[01:26] to be able to say you're not allowed to

[01:27] weigh in on certain topics or issues

[01:30] because you do not have a specific piece

[01:32] of paper and you just kind of tear it up

[01:34] you're like you know what i don't want

[01:35] that and that was actually one of the

[01:36] brilliant approaches by donald trump he

[01:39] went to all their schools he went to all

[01:40] their cocktail parties he was one of

[01:41] them and he defected from there so i

[01:43] love it pete um it's about time that we

[01:46] start to embrace wisdom embrace prudence

[01:49] and proper american history not just a

[01:51] piece of paper from cambridge yale or

[01:53] stanford that's exactly right real

[01:55] liberated mind free thinkers for the

[01:56] next generation and charlie i love this

[01:59] because turning point is doing something

[02:00] about it for 10 years you've been

[02:01] building a movement now you're building

[02:03] schools tell our audience about it

[02:06] well thank you pete yeah i mean for 10

[02:07] years we've been in the education space

[02:09] starting high school chapters and

[02:10] college chapters but as you articulate

[02:12] in your book we need to start building

[02:14] new things and that's what we're doing

[02:15] at turning point academy we're starting

[02:17] with one school right now in phoenix

[02:20] arizona with our amazing collaborators

[02:22] in collaboration with dream city

[02:24] christian school here in phoenix we're

[02:25] announcing two more schools coming up

[02:28] this fall and maybe even more beyond

[02:29] that it's about time that we start to

[02:31] build our own institutions brick and

[02:33] mortar academies around classic american

[02:36] history around the proper understanding

[02:39] of what is western civilization the

[02:41] constitution the declaration of

[02:42] independence so this is a natural next

[02:44] step for what we're doing at turning

[02:46] point usa as an above all approach to be

[02:49] able to educate the next generation on

[02:51] why we're the greatest nation ever to

[02:52] exist in the history of the world but it

[02:54] goes to something that we talked about

[02:56] previously in the week pete which is we

[02:58] need to build new things it's not enough

[03:00] just to take kids out of school or to

[03:02] complain we got to build alternatives

[03:05] and solutions man you're doing it i love

[03:06] it one coming online a couple more to

[03:08] come maybe more after that k through 12

[03:10] schools you said 600 kids starting in

[03:12] that first school that's right

[03:14] that's exactly right 600 if anyone's

[03:16] interested they go to tpusa.com or

[03:18] dreamcityschools.org

[03:20] and we already have inquiries for dozens

[03:22] more people the interest is overwhelming

[03:24] the demand is there parents are sick of

[03:26] government schools and they want

[03:28] alternatives i think this is a great

[03:30] opportunity in front of us it sure is

[03:32] well charlie you also have a book coming

[03:34] out it's called the college scam how

[03:37] america's universities are bankrupting

[03:39] and brainwashing away the future of

[03:42] america's youth it's on pre-sale it hits

[03:44] shelves july 26th

[03:46] folks gotta check it out every one of

[03:48] our kids deserves access to the same

[03:50] brilliance that unleashed the founding

[03:52] generation there was an education that

[03:55] was tied to that we need to go back to

[03:57] it charlie kirk thanks so much for your

[03:59] leadership for the academy for the book

[04:01] appreciate it

[04:02] thank you