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education policy & privatization

17 episodes

What Prison Can Teach Us About School w/ Jennifer Berkshire

Jennifer Berkshire on what teaching in a prison education program reveals about schools, punishment, and what learning could be.

Why Fascists Fear Teachers

What is democracy? What is the role of public schools in a pluralistic democratic nation, and why are both worth keeping?

Making School Finance As Public As Possible

What will it take to make our public schools, and the means of funding a thriving public education system, as public as possible?

From the Classroom to the Capitol: A Conversation

Is New Mexico building a playbook for healthy families and communities and a thriving progressive education?

BS Universities: The Future of Automated Education

What is the role, purpose, and function of higher education in a so-called "Age of AI"?

The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers

What are school voucher programs really about, how do they spread, and what should we expect in 2025 and beyond?

The Fantasy Economy & the Education Reform Movement

American public schools became “failing schools” exactly when they needed to, to fit the needs of the Fantasy Economy

How do Americans really feel about controversial topics in school?

Researchers Anna Saavedra & Morgan Polikoff reveal findings from their survey on American attitudes toward contentious topics

More Teaching, Less Testing Act

We talk with former teacher and principal, school founder, and EdD, Congressman Jamaal Bowman, about the More Teaching, Less Testing Act

The Takeover of Houston ISD

We talk to a parent, activist, & former teacher about what is happening with the state takeover of Houston ISD.

The Segrenomics of American Education

Telling the story of privatization, segregation, & the end of public education.

PragerU & the Alt-Right Pipeline

Diving into the research on the dangers of PragerU.

A Look Inside "No Excuses" Charter Schools

A breakdown of research of attending "no excuses" charter schools.

Fight Back Against Debt

Engaging in a collective movement toward debt cancellation.

Imagining Education Outside Capitalism

Connecting Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism to pedagogy.

In Defense of Public Education

Fighting for an equitable K-12 system.

Pandemic Pods, School Choice, and Combating Inequity

The history and ramificiations of voucher programs, pandemic pods, and Bezos Academy.