#169 Can the Democrats Win on Education?
The recent elections issued a stinging rebuke to conservative culture warring candidates. But the Democratic Party has been largely MIA when it comes to articulating its own vision for public educatio...
21 Joulu 202345min
#168 Coming to America
We've been debating how schools should educate and "Americanize" immigrant students for more than a century. In her new book, Making Americans, history teacher Jessica Lander says that schools today a...
30 Marras 202337min
#167 Public Education Needs More Democracy, Not Less
Everybody loves to hate on school boards these days. But as education policy scholar Jonathan Collins reminds us, these beleaguered bodies are actually the most accessible entry points to democracy th...
16 Marras 202337min
#166 The School Voucher Scam
We hand the mic to the brilliant podcasters behind the Voucher Scam, a limited series exposing the big money push to bring school vouchers to Texas and beyond. Claire Campos-O’Neal and Nicole Abshire ...
2 Marras 202342min
#165 The Politics of State Takeovers
Have You Heard heads to Houston, where the state now controls Texas’ largest school district. We’ll meet teachers and parents who say the takeover of the schools in this Democratic city is fundamental...
19 Loka 202338min
#164 Plutocratic Philanthropists are Bad for Schools–and Democracy
The power of plutocrats to shape and limit public debate is on the increase. That’s bad for K-12 education and for democracy, argues Nora Reikosky, the winner of the 2023 Have You Heard Graduate Stude...
5 Loka 202335min
#163 How to Get Ahead in School Without Really Learning
Get the right credentials to get ahead in the world. For many students and their families that IS the purpose of K-12 education. Even students who don’t have their sights set on selective colleges oft...
21 Syys 202340min
#162 State of Emergency
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper recently declared a state of emergency for public schools in that state, warning that the GOP-controlled legislature aims to “choke the life out of public education....
29 Elo 202349min
