#56 The Farce of School Reform
The smartest book Have You Heard has encountered on the limits of school reform in ages is a novel. Roxanna Elden's hilarious and pointed Adequate Yearly Progress is packed with real insights into wha...
3 Jan 201932min
#55 Unreal Results in Education Research
Can listening to When I'm 64 make you younger (or smarter)? Have You Heard looks at the replication crisis in the social sciences and why education research is particularly susceptible to the problem ...
4 Dec 201837min
#54 Closing Time: In a Gentrifying City, Are Some Students Expendable?
Boston recently announced plans to begin rebuilding its schools. But in a fast-gentrifying city, who will these new schools be for? Jennifer travels to a school on the chopping block: McCormack Middle...
15 Nov 201830min
#53 The Zombie: Undying Attacks on Ed Schools
Have You Heard digs up the original "zombie" issue in education: schools of education and their [insert criticism here]. Jack and Jennifer are joined by education historian Lauren Lefty to explore why...
31 Okt 201836min
#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
