# A Curriculum of Control: This Week in the News

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Podcast: [The New Frontline](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-frontline-7473699)
Published: 2026-02-18T17:35:02+00:00
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## Resource

As America's union movement must face it's declining influence, teachers unions are resorting to desperate tactics to maintain their grip on education. In this episode Siena exposes how union leaders are hijacking public schools to advance their political agenda, and as school choice gains momentum national leaders and politicians must question their alliance with a "outdated and rusty" union mechanism.

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