Episode 765 • • 2:25:18 - 2:28:28
765: Smart Power
Chicago School Fraud and Universal Behavioral Screening
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett pleaded guilty to a $23 million fraud and kickback scheme. Simultaneously, a listener provided a "parent waiver" form for a new "universal behavioral emotional screening system" in schools. The hosts argue these screenings are designed to identify "risk factors" in children to justify early pharmaceutical intervention and drugging.