#52: Teachers are Running for Office - And to Save Public Education
Teachers are running for office this year in unprecedented numbers. Have You Heard talks to some of them and looks at why this educator-turned-candidate phenomenon represents a unique phenomenon. Hint...
19 Okt 201831min
#51 Win/Win: Why Billionaire Philanthropists are Bad at School Reform
Have You Heard talks to Anand Giridharadas about his new book, Winners Take All, a scathing indictment of billionaire change makers who seek to "disrupt" public education while leaving the structures ...
4 Okt 201834min
#50 On the Bus: What One City Can Teach Us About School Desegregation
In 1977, Have You Heard co-host Jennifer Berkshire climbed aboard a school bus headed for a soon-to-be integrated school. In this episode she explores what did - and didn't happen - in Springfield, Il...
21 Sep 201822min
#49 Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: Selling Short Cuts in American Education
Americans are big believers in the power of education. But they are also a national of hustlers. Have You Heard explores the intersection of the two with Bob Hampel, author of Fast and Curious: a Hist...
6 Sep 201832min
#48 A Star-Powered Promise: LeBron Takes a Shot at School Reform
Have You Heard explores LeBron James' partnership with the Akron Public Schools - and what makes it different from other high wattage education reform ventures. Rann Miller, who is an educator, writer...
16 Aug 201829min
#47 Janus and the Future of Teachers Unions
What will the Supreme Court's recent Janus ruling mean for the future of teachers unions? Jon Shelton, author of Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order, join...
2 Aug 201829min
#46 The Problem with Fear-Based School Reform
Business journalist Andrea Gabor steps into the Have You Heard studio to make the case that education reform has learned all of the wrong lessons from the business world. She argues that the market-ba...
18 Jul 201831min
#45 Why the Implosion of a Silicon Valley Startup is a Cautionary Tale for Education “Disruptors”
A blockbuster book on the meteoric rise and implosion of the Silicon Valley blood-testing startup Theranos is chock full of lessons for education and those who would seek to disrupt it. Writer John Wa...
2 Jul 201826min
