Are Teachers Unions To Blame For Failing Schools?
Open to Debate23 Maalis 2010

Are Teachers Unions To Blame For Failing Schools?

In the quest to remake America's public schools, teachers unions have frequently been blasted as an obstacle to improvement. But do unions really deserve more of the blame than shrinking budgets and other problems? A group of experts takes on that question in the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Agree to Disagree: Booster Shots

Agree to Disagree: Booster Shots

The boosters are rolling out. In places likes the U.S., Britain, and Israel, authorities are providing additional Covid-19 vaccines with the goal of bolstering immune systems and shoring up their econ...

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Agree to Disagree: Cyber War and Hacker Ransoms

Agree to Disagree: Cyber War and Hacker Ransoms

With cyber threats and ransomware on the rise globally, the Biden administration has enlisted America’s tech titans to help blunt their effects. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, are all in discussions w...

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#195 - Should We Expand the Supreme Court?

#195 - Should We Expand the Supreme Court?

Nine justices hold tremendous power. Advocates on the left see a Supreme Court out of touch with the electorate, obstructed by partisan interests, and rendered illegitimate by years of controversial a...

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#194 - Is the United Nations Obsolete?

#194 - Is the United Nations Obsolete?

As world attention descends on the United Nations General Assembly, Intelligence Squared U.S. casts a critical lens on this nearly 76-year-old global organization. In light of recent controversies in ...

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Agree to Disagree: Build Back Better

Agree to Disagree: Build Back Better

The Biden administration wants to spend big. Its $4.5 trillion "Build Back Better" plan includes hefty investments in infrastructure, unprecedented spending on the labor force, and funding for a host ...

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Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandates (Updated)

Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandates (Updated)

As more and more Americans become vaccinated, schools, employers, and health care facilities are facing a tough decision: Will they require students, employees, and care givers to get the jab? Those w...

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Agree to Disagree: Leaving Afghanistan

Agree to Disagree: Leaving Afghanistan

The Taliban have won. Twenty years after the 2001 invasion, the U.S.-backed government in Kabul has fallen. The Afghan president has fled. Taliban leadership, which ran the country in the late 1990s, ...

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Debate Roundup: America's Guns

Debate Roundup: America's Guns

Gun violence is surging. Despite lockdowns and social distancing, 2020 ended up as one of America’s most violent years in decades. 2021 is following a similar path. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has ...

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