How plans for a Turning Point USA school — and its Arizona partnership — fell apart

By Lauren Gilger
Published: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 11:28am

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A Turning Point USA sign at a Texas event in 2018.

Turning Point USA is an influential but controversial organization in American politics.

Run by conservative icon Charlie Kirk, the youth-focused group has recently been courting investors to create Turning Point Academy, a K-12 curriculum for parents seeking an “America first” education for their kids. And they had partnered with an Arizona company to do it.

But those plans, and that partnership, fell apart last week as reporters at the Washington Post asked questions

The Show spoke with Post reporter Isaac Stanley-Becker to learn about what happened.

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