The Ashley B. Cash Show

Ashley

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!

  1. 1D AGO

    The State of Ag: Mental Health, Politics & Reform | Venessa Wood

    In this episode, I sit down with Ag Women Connect founder and CEO Venessa Wood for a wide-ranging conversation that hits close to home for anyone with roots in agriculture. We dig into the real issues facing the ag industry today, the mental health crisis impacting farmers and veterans alike, and what steps the Trump administration is taking toward solutions. We also break down the 2026 runoff election for Texas Congressional District 19, talk education reform, and so much more. This one is packed. You don't want to miss it. About The Ashley B. Cash Show: The Ashley B. Cash Show features conversations with education leaders, policy experts, parents, teachers and reform advocates who are working to transform K-12 education. Host Ashley B. Cash brings her perspective as both a parent and business owner to explore systemic education issues and practical solutions for creating better outcomes for students, families, and communities. About Ashley:  As both a mother and business owner, Ashley brings a unique dual perspective to education reform advocacy, driven by her desire for better educational outcomes for future generations and informed by her firsthand experience with the skills gap facing employers today. Her passion for transforming K-12 education stems from witnessing the real-world consequences of educational failures and recognizing the critical need for a system that prepares students for diverse career pathways, not just college. Through this podcast, Ashley champions solutions including aptitude-based education tracks, expanded school choice, practical skills integration, and alternative career pathways that align with students' individual strengths and interests. Follow @AshleyBCashOfficial on Instagram & @Ashley Bowes Cash on Facebook. Visit www.AshleyBCashOfficial.com for more content and features.

    59 min

  2. APR 28

    Commissioner Mike Morath on Reform & the April 2026 SBOE Meetings

    What does it actually take to move the needle on education in a state as large and complex as Texas? In this episode, we sit down with Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath — a product of Texas public schools who's been leading the Texas Education Agency since 2016 — for a candid conversation about what reforms are happening in education right now. We break down everything that happened at the April 2026 State Board of Education meetings: what was decided, what it means for students in classrooms right now, and what parents, educators, and community leaders need to be watching in the months ahead. Whether you're a parent trying to understand how state-level decisions affect your child's school, an educator navigating a shifting landscape, or a leader who cares deeply about the future of Texas kids — this conversation is for you. In this episode: Key decisions from the April 2026 SBOE meetings and their real-world impactHow TEA approaches education reform at scaleWhat Commissioner Morath sees on the horizon for Texas students and schoolsWhat you can do as a parent, educator, or community leaderAbout The Ashley B. Cash Show: The Ashley B. Cash Show features conversations with education leaders, policy experts, parents, teachers and reform advocates who are working to transform K-12 education. Host Ashley B. Cash brings her perspective as both a parent and business owner to explore systemic education issues and practical solutions for creating better outcomes for students, families, and communities. About Ashley:  As both a mother and business owner, Ashley brings a unique dual perspective to education reform advocacy, driven by her desire for better educational outcomes for future generations and informed by her firsthand experience with the skills gap facing employers today. Her passion for transforming K-12 education stems from witnessing the real-world consequences of educational failures and recognizing the critical need for a system that prepares students for diverse career pathways, not just college. Through this podcast, Ashley champions solutions including aptitude-based education tracks, expanded school choice, practical skills integration, and alternative career pathways that align with students' individual strengths and interests. Follow @AshleyBCashOfficial on Instagram & @Ashley Bowes Cash on Facebook. Visit www.AshleyBCashOfficial.com for more content and features.

    1h 6m

  3. APR 20

    Inside Texas Education Reform | Mary Lynn Pruneda

    Mary Lynn Pruneda has been at the center of Texas education policy for years — and this conversation proves it. As Governor Abbott's Education Policy Advisor, Mary Lynn was the lead advisor on House Bill 3, one of the most sweeping school finance overhauls in Texas history. She served as General Counsel for the Senate Education Committee under Chairman Larry Taylor, and today she's the Director of Education and Workforce Policy at Texas 2036, where she works on assessment, accountability, and school finance. We get into what real policy change actually looks like from the inside — the competing interests, the tradeoffs, and why the structural problems in Texas education keep showing up in the same places. If you care about where Texas schools are headed, this is a conversation you don't want to miss. Oh — and she's an 8th generation Texan. When she talks about the future of this state, it's personal. For both of us. Visit Texas 2036. About The Ashley B. Cash Show: The Ashley B. Cash Show features conversations with education leaders, policy experts, parents, teachers and reform advocates who are working to transform K-12 education. Host Ashley B. Cash brings her perspective as both a parent and business owner to explore systemic education issues and practical solutions for creating better outcomes for students, families, and communities. About Ashley:  As both a mother and business owner, Ashley brings a unique dual perspective to education reform advocacy, driven by her desire for better educational outcomes for future generations and informed by her firsthand experience with the skills gap facing employers today. Her passion for transforming K-12 education stems from witnessing the real-world consequences of educational failures and recognizing the critical need for a system that prepares students for diverse career pathways, not just college. Through this podcast, Ashley champions solutions including aptitude-based education tracks, expanded school choice, practical skills integration, and alternative career pathways that align with students' individual strengths and interests. Follow @AshleyBCashOfficial on Instagram & @Ashley Bowes Cash on Facebook. Visit www.AshleyBCashOfficial.com for more content and features.

    1 hr

  4. APR 13

    What Bold Education Reform Actually Looks Like from Inside the Capitol | Rep. Caroline Fairly

    Texas education is at a turning point, and the leaders shaping that future matter more than ever. Representative Caroline Fairly of Amarillo is one of those leaders. A faith-driven West Texas native with a background in business, federal policy, and healthcare, Rep. Fairly came into her freshman legislative session ready to work — and work she did. She carried HB 1481 — the bill that enabled phone-free learning environments in Texas classrooms — because she was blown away by what she saw: a generation of kids unable to engage, disconnected from their peers, and distracted from the reason they showed up in the first place. What happened after the bill passed may surprise you. We also get into TEFA accounts and what the early rollout of school choice in Texas is actually telling us about what families want, her visit to Success Academy in New York — the school founded by Eva Moskowitz — and what Texas could learn from that model. Plus: the real conversation about screens in classrooms, the research on short-form content and the reading crisis, and what it means to legislate on objectivity instead of emotion when the stakes are this high. Rep. Fairly sits on the House Appropriations Committee, the Natural Resources Committee, and the Select Committee on Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education. She is not just checking boxes — she is building a legacy of practical, community-centered leadership. Doctors warn Senate that Gen Z cognitively underperformed previous generation — screen time could be to blame A+ Parenting: The Surprisingly Fun Guide to Raising Surprisingly Smart Kids by Eva MoskowitzAbout The Ashley B. Cash Show: The Ashley B. Cash Show features conversations with education leaders, policy experts, parents, teachers and reform advocates who are working to transform K-12 education. Host Ashley B. Cash brings her perspective as both a parent and business owner to explore systemic education issues and practical solutions for creating better outcomes for students, families, and communities. About Ashley:  As both a mother and business owner, Ashley brings a unique dual perspective to education reform advocacy, driven by her desire for better educational outcomes for future generations and informed by her firsthand experience with the skills gap facing employers today. Her passion for transforming K-12 education stems from witnessing the real-world consequences of educational failures and recognizing the critical need for a system that prepares students for diverse career pathways, not just college. Through this podcast, Ashley champions solutions including aptitude-based education tracks, expanded school choice, practical skills integration, and alternative career pathways that align with students' individual strengths and interests. Follow @AshleyBCashOfficial on Instagram & @Ashley Bowes Cash on Facebook. Visit www.AshleyBCashOfficial.com for more content and features.

    54 min

  5. APR 6

    The Millionaire Homemaker: Faith, Freedom, and Building a Purpose-Filled Life | Alexia Ferrari

    Alexia Ferrari — known as The Millionaire Homemaker — walked away from a decorated corporate career that included leadership development for the Department of the Navy and managing some of this nation's most critical defense programs, and built a thriving business from her kitchen table. Today she leads a movement of over 500,000 followers, helping mothers launch and scale profitable online businesses using AI and automation, without sacrificing family life. I am so excited about this conversation because Alexia's work is living proof of the education reform message I've been carrying for years. When the system doesn't teach our kids financial literacy, critical thinking, or how to build — women like Alexia show up and fill that gap anyway. And the question we dig into together is: what if our schools actually equipped the next generation with these skills from the start? But this episode is so much more than education reform. If you are sitting on a mission, a passion, or a calling you haven't fully stepped into yet — this one is for you. Alexia's story is a reminder that the gifts God places on your heart are not accidental, and pursuing them with intention and faith is not only possible, it's powerful. Tune in, be inspired, and get ready to build. About The Ashley B. Cash Show: The Ashley B. Cash Show features conversations with education leaders, policy experts, parents, teachers and reform advocates who are working to transform K-12 education. Host Ashley B. Cash brings her perspective as both a parent and business owner to explore systemic education issues and practical solutions for creating better outcomes for students, families, and communities. About Ashley:  As both a mother and business owner, Ashley brings a unique dual perspective to education reform advocacy, driven by her desire for better educational outcomes for future generations and informed by her firsthand experience with the skills gap facing employers today. Her passion for transforming K-12 education stems from witnessing the real-world consequences of educational failures and recognizing the critical need for a system that prepares students for diverse career pathways, not just college. Through this podcast, Ashley champions solutions including aptitude-based education tracks, expanded school choice, practical skills integration, and alternative career pathways that align with students' individual strengths and interests. Follow @AshleyBCashOfficial on Instagram & @Ashley Bowes Cash on Facebook. Visit www.AshleyBCashOfficial.com for more content and features.

    1 hr

  6. MAR 30

    Parental Rights, Legislative Battles, and Why the Fight for Freedom Never Stops | Tim Lambert

    Every time the Texas legislature meets, our freedom is on the line. That's not a talking point — it's the reality Tim Lambert has been living for over 30 years. This week, I'm sitting down with Tim Lambert, founder of the Texas Home School Coalition, for a wide-ranging conversation about what it actually takes to protect parental rights in Texas — session after session, bill after bill. We get into the ESA program and what the demand is really telling us about what parents want. We talk about dual credit access for homeschool students, why some universities are still pushing back, and how opening up career and technical education could transform outcomes for kids who are ready to build real skills before they ever graduate. We also tackle the lie we've been telling an entire generation — that college is the only path forward — and what it looks like to finally start correcting that. But the through line in all of it is this: passing a bill doesn't mean the work is done. Legislation has to be implemented, protected, and defended. And families need someone in their corner who understands every bill moving through the Capitol and what it means for their kids. That's exactly what the Texas Homeschool Coalition does — and Tim has been leading that charge longer than most people have been paying attention. If you care about where education in Texas is headed, this conversation is one you don't want to miss. Listen, share, and stay in the fight. About The Ashley B. Cash Show: The Ashley B. Cash Show features conversations with education leaders, policy experts, parents, teachers and reform advocates who are working to transform K-12 education. Host Ashley B. Cash brings her perspective as both a parent and business owner to explore systemic education issues and practical solutions for creating better outcomes for students, families, and communities. About Ashley:  As both a mother and business owner, Ashley brings a unique dual perspective to education reform advocacy, driven by her desire for better educational outcomes for future generations and informed by her firsthand experience with the skills gap facing employers today. Her passion for transforming K-12 education stems from witnessing the real-world consequences of educational failures and recognizing the critical need for a system that prepares students for diverse career pathways, not just college. Through this podcast, Ashley champions solutions including aptitude-based education tracks, expanded school choice, practical skills integration, and alternative career pathways that align with students' individual strengths and interests. Follow @AshleyBCashOfficial on Instagram & @Ashley Bowes Cash on Facebook. Visit www.AshleyBCashOfficial.com for more content and features.

    55 min

  7. MAR 24

    What's Really Happening in Texas Classrooms and What Parents Can Do About It | Susan Perez

    If you've been wondering whether someone is actually out there doing the hard work of protecting Texas kids — meet Susan Perez. Susan is the founder of Citizens for Education Reform in Lubbock, Texas, an organization she built from the ground up in 2021 to stop indoctrination in our schools and put communities back in control of their children's education. She's an Amazon Bestselling Author of Take Your Stand: Raise Strong Children Who Can Guard Against Deception and Stand for Truth — and she was just named a 2025 Texas Hero for Children by the State Board of Education. That award doesn't go to people sitting on the sidelines. In this episode, Susan and I get into the real conversations Texas parents need to be having right now. We talk about the reading crisis — why students are still being left behind despite what the legislature thinks they've fixed, and what classical education actually gets right that our current system doesn't. We break down what parents should do the moment they find explicit material in their child's school, the conflict of interest buried inside school board training, and why 66% of education budgets never make it into the classroom. We also go deep on the future of education in Texas — the case for multiple graduation pathways, why we have to stop asking "where is your kid going to college?" and start asking "what is your kid going to DO after high school?", and how honoring trade and technical careers could change the trajectory of an entire generation. This is the kind of conversation that reminds you why this fight matters. In this episode: The reading crisis — and why it's far from fixedHow to respond when you find explicit content in your child's schoolThe TASB conflict of interest parents aren't talking aboutClassical education vs. the one-size-fits-all public school modelMultiple graduation pathways and honoring every trackWhy 3rd grade reading level is a pipeline to prison or welfareMerit-based pay, vendorism, and where the money is really goingTeaching kids to find their purpose — not just fill a seatConnect with Susan Perez: 🌐 educationempowermentcoach.com About The Ashley B. Cash Show: The Ashley B. Cash Show features conversations with education leaders, policy experts, parents, teachers and reform advocates who are working to transform K-12 education. Host Ashley B. Cash brings her perspective as both a parent and business owner to explore systemic education issues and practical solutions for creating better outcomes for students, families, and communities. About Ashley:  As both a mother and business owner, Ashley brings a unique dual perspective to education reform advocacy, driven by her desire for better educational outcomes for future generations and informed by her firsthand experience with the skills gap facing employers today. Her passion for transforming K-12 education stems from witnessing the real-world consequences of educational failures and recognizing the critical need for a system that prepares students for diverse career pathways, not just college. Through this podcast, Ashley champions solutions including aptitude-based education tracks, expanded school choice, practical skills integration, and alternative career pathways that align with students' individual strengths and interests. Follow @AshleyBCashOfficial on Instagram & @Ashley Bowes Cash on Facebook. Visit www.AshleyBCashOfficial.com for more content and features.

    48 min

  8. MAR 16

    Still Learning with Dr. Sima Shahbandar: Education, Parenting & Financial Literacy

    She had more questions. Ashley had more answers. And this conversation delivered. Dr. Sima Shahbandar — founder of Omri Med and a woman who approaches everything in life with intention and care — came back to The Ashley B. Cash Show, and this time, she brought even more to the table. From education reform to the realities of parenting in a broken system, to building financial literacy no matter where you are in life — this episode covers it all. Dr. Shahbandar puts Ashley in the hot seat, and Ashley doesn't flinch. What unfolds is one of the most dynamic, wide-ranging conversations this show has seen. Whether you're a parent trying to navigate the system, a professional playing catch-up on your finances, or someone simply ready to do life differently — there is something in this episode for you. About The Ashley B. Cash Show: The Ashley B. Cash Show features conversations with education leaders, policy experts, parents, teachers and reform advocates who are working to transform K-12 education. Host Ashley B. Cash brings her perspective as both a parent and business owner to explore systemic education issues and practical solutions for creating better outcomes for students, families, and communities. About Ashley:  As both a mother and business owner, Ashley brings a unique dual perspective to education reform advocacy, driven by her desire for better educational outcomes for future generations and informed by her firsthand experience with the skills gap facing employers today. Her passion for transforming K-12 education stems from witnessing the real-world consequences of educational failures and recognizing the critical need for a system that prepares students for diverse career pathways, not just college. Through this podcast, Ashley champions solutions including aptitude-based education tracks, expanded school choice, practical skills integration, and alternative career pathways that align with students' individual strengths and interests. Follow @AshleyBCashOfficial on Instagram & @Ashley Bowes Cash on Facebook. Visit www.AshleyBCashOfficial.com for more content and features.

    1h 41m
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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!

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  • Creator
    Ashley
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Ashley B. Cash Show
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