Search

Candi Cushman

Candi Cushman is a leading national expert on education issues affecting public and private education, including school choice and home school initiatives, the promotion of homosexuality in public schools, censorship of Christian students and the evolution debate.

Cushman’s passion for helping parents reclaim their rights and ability to protect their children from adult agendas taking over the curriculum was the spark that led her to create True Tolerance, an online tool available to parents at TrueTolerance.org. This resource instructs parents on education law and policy and equips them so they can engage their local school officials.

Cushman has been a guest on several national radio shows, including “Janet Parshall” “The Janet Mefferd Show,” as well as the Focus on the Family broadcast. She also appeared on CNN‚ Anderson Cooper and on MSNBC, where she represented Focus’s position on anti-bullying policies.

Cushman has a background in investigative journalism, serving for more than four years as an editor for Focus on the Family and Citizen magazine. Prior to joining Focus, she was an investigative reporter for WORLD, a weekly national news magazine. Cushman also served six years at Focus on the Family’s associated state organization in Texas as the media liaison and program director for the 700-member physicians‚ a grassroots coalition.

Cushman graduated cum laude from Baylor University. She currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colo.