The Ashley B. Cash Show
In this podcast, we will be exploring all aspects of education. We will discover where our system is successful and failing. Through conversations with teachers, chancellors, government officials and more, we will identify the problems and how to change them. It's time we flipped this education!
The Ashley B. Cash Show
Latest Episodes
The End of STAAR: What Texas Parents Need to Know | Mary Lynn Pruneda
Texas used to be one of the best states in the country at math. Today, only 44% of our third graders are on grade level in math, and we've had one of the biggest declines on the Nation's Report Card of any state. So what happened?This we...
Inside West Texas's New Child Mental Health Model | Dr. Sarah Wakefield
In this episode of The Ashley B. Cash Show, Ashley sits down with Dr. Sarah Wakefield, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, for an in-depth conversation on children's mental health. Dr. Wakefiel...
The Metaverse Meets the Classroom | Adam Mangana
In this episode of The Ashley B. Cash Show, Ashley sits down with Adam Mangana, EdD, Founder and CEO of OptimaEd, to explore how virtual reality is reshaping what a classroom can be. Adam launched Optima Classical School, the world's first VR c...
Charter Schools, VR Learning, and the Fight Against Failing Systems | Erika Donalds
In this episode, Ashley sits down with Erika Donalds — educational entrepreneur, founder and chairman of the Education Freedom Foundation, chair of Education Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute, and founder/CEO of Optima Ed, the w...
Faith, TPUSA, and the $500K Scholarship Blueprint | Preston Parsons
In this episode of The Ashley B. Cash Show, Ashley sits down with Preston Parsons — a 20-year-old senior at Texas Tech University who's already built the kind of resume most people spend a career working toward. Preston is the president and fou...
