#65 What an Elite Private School Teaches about the Future of For-Profit Education
High-end for-profit private schools are a growing segment of the education ‘marketplace.’ Mike Levy, a long-time teacher at Avenues World School in NYC, takes us behind the scenes of a growing network...
16 Maj 201932min
#64 Different Strokes for Different Folks?
No excuses-style charter schools, known for rigid discipline and a college prep focus have seen explosive growth in urban areas over the past decade. But do parents really want strict discipline for t...
2 Maj 201928min
#63 Unmaking the Ontario Model: Austerity Comes to Canada
Deep spending cuts and ballooning class sizes are coming to Ontario. Have You Heard talks to parents, students and teachers in Toronto about what controversial changes proposed by the new conservative...
18 Apr 201931min
#62 Wild Wild West: Arizona’s Charter School Experiment
Arizona is home to some of the most outrageous charter school shenanigans in the country. Have You Heard talks to award-winning reporter Craig Harris of the Arizona Republic about why his state's cha...
28 Mars 201932min
#61 Selective Outrage: Revisiting the Atlanta School Cheating Scandal
The Atlanta school cheating scandal saw 11 Black educators convicted of racketeering. Shani Robinson was one of them. She joins Have You Heard to talk about the untold story behind the longest crimina...
14 Mars 201932min
#60 The Rise of the “Portfolio” Model for Schools
There's big money lining up to bring the portfolio model to a school district near you. But what is it exactly? Scholar Katrina Bulkley helps Have You Heard plumb the depths of portfolio management.
28 Feb 201935min
#59 University, Inc.: Capitalism, Philanthropy and Higher Education
As states disinvest from public higher education, universities are increasingly turning to corporate sponsors. Joshua Hunt, author of University of Nike, joins us to talk about who pays when corporate...
14 Feb 201933min
#58 The LA Teacher Strike: Back to the Future of Education Reform
What does the LA teacher strike mean for the future of education reform?
31 Jan 201921min
