#145 How the Critical Race Theory Narrative Took Hold
Accusations that schools were indoctrinating children via something called Critical Race Theory seemed to come out of nowhere. By the summer of 2021, legislators across the country were rushing to ena...
27 Loka 202234min
#144 The Attack on Trans Kids and the Rollback of Rights
GOP-dominated states have seen a blitz of legislation targeting trans students. What’s behind these attacks? While this anti-trans hysteria represents just the latest in a long-line of conservative “p...
11 Loka 202245min
#143 Moving the Goalposts
What if data doesn’t matter? That’s the question that has been weighing on education researcher Josh Cowen. After spending two decades studying school vouchers, Cowen has concluded that the data is to...
22 Syys 202242min
#142: The Great Education Divide
Will Bunch joins us to talk about his impossibly timely new book: After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics—and How to Fix It. Discussed in this episod...
8 Syys 202240min
#141 How School Privatization Has Undermined Democracy in New Orleans
Have You Heard heads to New Orleans, home to the first all-charter-school system in the country. In a provocative new book, Tulane University political scientist Celeste Lay argues that New Orleans' c...
18 Elo 202242min
#140 The Movement to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline
The movement of students and parents to end harsh discipline and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline in their local schools made major gains. Then came the pandemic. Now, with calls for returning ...
28 Heinä 202243min
#139 The Original 'Moms for Liberty'
Long before Moms for Liberty or Parents Defending Education, conservative mothers in the 1950's led a crusade to free the schools from communism. These activists waged fierce battles to resist the red...
7 Heinä 202243min
#138 A Reckoning for Rural Schools
The attachment of rural communities to their local schools is intense. But that commitment may be fraying in a time of culture war, education populism and teacher shortages. Have You Heard visits west...
16 Kesä 202240min
