#121 History Test: the Tangled Roots of Standardized Testing
The claim that standardized testing has racist - even eugenicist - roots is oft repeated these days. But is it true? In an episode guaranteed to please no one, friend of the show Ethan Hutt walks us t...
24 Sep 202142min
#120 How Pronouns Became Landmines: The Conservative War on Trans Youth
The culture wars found a new target in 2021: trans youth. More than 100 laws were proposed to restrict the rights of trans individuals, especially kids. In this episode of Have You Heard, we’re joined...
9 Sep 202135min
#119 The Impact of HBCU-Trained Teachers on Black Student Achievement
Black students who are taught by teachers who attended an Historically Black College or University or HBCU fare better than their peers. That’s what Lavar Edmonds found as he dug into a trove of data ...
26 Aug 202133min
#118 Democracy and Public Education: A Future in Peril
Why are the same states that are rolling back democracy also intent on dismantling public education? We assembled an all-star cast to get some answers. Special guests: Derek Black, author of Schoolhou...
12 Aug 202151min
#117 College Behind Bars: the Case for Higher Education in Prison
If you know anything about higher education in prison, it's that these programs "pay off" for taxpayers in the form of tax savings and lower rates of recidivism. But the economic justification for col...
15 Jul 202135min
#116 Not Your Parents’ School Desegregation
Five decades after Boston's bitter battles over busing helped stall the push for school desegregation, the issue is once again a policy priority in Massachusetts. What happened? Chalk it up to a gener...
1 Jul 202134min
#115 Long, Hot Education Summer
Suddenly education is THE hot topic. But where there’s heat, light doesn’t necessarily follow. Jennifer and Jack discuss what’s missing from the coverage of the backlash against Critical Race Theory, ...
16 Jun 202133min
#114 Where Communities Go to College
Community colleges get a bad rap. But recent graduates of Maryland’s Frederick Community College say that stigma is undeserved. These new and soon-to-be-teachers make a powerful case for learning - an...
3 Jun 202135min
