Reforming Education and Exposing Senior Asset Theft Schemes

On August 12, 2025, Kim Monson explores the intersection of educational reform and elder protection, featuring master educator Priscilla Rahn discussing her new book on transforming American schools and investigative writer Pam Long exposing an organized scheme where doctors and judges collude to steal assets from vulnerable seniors.

Restoring Excellence in American Classrooms

Start listening at 122:00 – Hour 1

Priscilla Rahn, a master educator with over 32 years in the classroom, sounds the alarm on the decline of American public education. Drawing from her new book Restoring Education in America: An Inspirational Teacher Toolbox, Rahn argues that the crisis begins with the breakdown of the traditional family structure, particularly the marginalization of fathers.

Rahn spent years working within the teachers union before recognizing how the system fails to develop master educators. She witnessed generations of students graduate hating America, unprepared for the workforce, and lacking basic skills in reading, math, and critical thinking. Her four-part framework addresses the educator’s heart and mindset, mastering the craft of teaching, elevating every student, and creating futures of opportunity.

The conversation takes on added urgency as Rahn challenges the soft bigotry of low expectations that plagues disadvantaged communities. She pushes back against the notion that poverty or skin color determines a child’s potential, emphasizing that the teacher in the classroom makes the biggest difference. Her book provides actionable tools for educators ready to transform their practice, available for purchase on Amazon with professional development credit through CDE.

“A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.”

Priscilla Rahn, quoting Anne Sullivan Macy, Master Educator

The $273 Billion Senior Asset Theft Racket

Start listening at 75:00 – Hour 2

Pam Long, West Point graduate and military director for Children’s Health Defense, exposes an organized criminal enterprise targeting America’s elderly. In part two of her investigation, Long details how estate planners working inside hospitals identify wealthy seniors, then collude with doctors and judges to seize control of their assets through court-appointed guardians.

The case of “Gary,” a 93-year-old who went to the hospital with a simple fungal infection on his foot, illustrates the devastating pattern. Doctors fraudulently diagnosed him with terminal osteomyelitis, immediately transferred him to a facility, and within eight months, a court-appointed guardian had incurred $250,000 in medical bills and $22,000 in legal fees while Gary’s condition deteriorated. He died by choking under a Do Not Resuscitate order the guardian imposed, though his death certificate mysteriously listed cardiac arrest.

Long reveals that these guardians control an estimated $273 billion in assets nationwide. The system is rigged: attorneys refuse to help families because they are tied to hospitals, judges favor guardians who provide kickbacks, and oversight agencies turn a blind eye. Even families with resources to fight back lose in court. Long warns listeners to be extremely cautious about disclosing assets during medical appointments, as estate planners now operate inside hospitals using Medicare lists to target potential victims.

“So when you show up in the hospital, you are potentially on a list, a targeted list of someone who has assets.”

Pam Long, Military Director, Children’s Health Defense