#97 How Centrist Democrats Paved the Way for Betsy DeVos
A consensus between Republicans and centrist Democrats around charter schools has been at the very center of education policy for the past three decades. Guest David Menefee-Libey joins us to talk abo...
17 Sep 202037min
#96 Mind the Gap: Why It’s Time to Stop Talking about the Achievement Gap
The achievement gap has driven education reform for the past twenty years. Guest David Stevens says it’s time to stop talking about the achievement gap and focus instead on the “headwinds” and “tailwi...
3 Sep 202035min
#95 Contract Talk: New Research on Teachers Unions
Teachers unions are the biggest impediments to fixing schools and improving student achievement. That mantra has been at the heart of school reform efforts for more than a decade - but is it true? Edu...
20 Aug 202032min
#94 Pandemic Pods: Parents, Privilege, Power and Politics
Private pandemic “pods” are the latest edu-craze to sweep the land. But turns out there’s nothing new about privileged parents fleeing the public school system—or using the threat of departure as leve...
6 Aug 202045min
#93: Making the Grade
When the pandemic shuttered schools, it also put grades on hold. But suspending A-F grading also exposed the underlying flaws of a high-stakes system. Historian Ethan Hutt joins us to discuss the orig...
23 Juli 202049min
#92: Is it Time to Cancel Teach Like a Champion?
Teach Like a Champion, the best-selling guide to effective teaching by Doug Lemov, has sold millions of copies. But is it racist? Have You Heard hears from teachers and researchers who argue that Lemo...
9 Juli 202044min
#91 Arrested Development: How Police Ended Up in Schools
How exactly did cops end up in US schools in the first place? Our quest for answers takes us to three cities—Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago—and back 60 years to another era wracked by mass social pro...
18 Juni 202035min
#90 Mail Order Schools: the Past and Present of Distance Learning
Students flailing without real teachers. Sky-high dropout rates. Aggressive sales pitches. Sound familiar? Have You Heard revisits America’s first great love affair with distance learning, the learn-b...
4 Juni 202031min
