#25 Big Philanthropy, Small Change: Inside the Gates Foundation's Small Schools Experiment
Bill Gates spent a fortune to remake high schools across the country into small learning communities. Michael Hobbes' Seattle alma mater was one of these, and he takes us deep into the story of his sc...
12 Sep 201733min
#24 Schools Can't Fix Poverty (So Why do We Keep Insisting They Can?)
Have You Heard talks to historian Harvey Kantor about how education came to be seen as THE fix for poverty. Hint: it all starts in the 1960’s with the advent of the Great Society programs. Fast forwar...
29 Aug 201726min
#23: The Mismeasure of Schools: Data, Real Estate and Segregation
In this episode, Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider discuss how test scores and other current metrics distort our picture of school quality, often fostering segregation in the process. What would a...
14 Aug 201727min
#22: The Long Crusade Against Public Schools: A Conversation with Nancy MacLean
Jennifer Berkshire talks to Nancy MacLean, author of the best selling Democracy in Chains, about the Right's long crusade against what they call "government schools."
31 Juli 201725min
#21: 'I Quit' - Teachers Are Leaving and They Want to Tell You Why
In this episode of Have You Heard, we hear from teachers who left their jobs - and wanted to tell the world why. They left "kicking and screaming" as Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Shawn Sheehan explain...
11 Juli 201720min
#20: Putting the 'i' in School: Personalized Learning and the Disruption of Public Education
The push to "personalize" education is on, with more Silicon Valley disrupters jumping into the big money fray every week. But as Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider discuss with guest Bill Fitzgera...
24 Juni 201735min
#19: Buying Influence: Big Money and School Board Elections
How did school boards became the must-have accessory of wealthy donors? Scholar Rebecca Jacobsen walks us through who and what is behind this big money trend. And by "big," we mean REALLY BIG. The rec...
6 Juni 201731min
#18 DNA Test: the Ancestry of Charter Schools
Did you hear the one about how charter schools were the brainchild of Albert Shanker, the legendary teachers union head? Writer Rachel Cohen did, but when she began tracing the tale back to its origin...
23 Maj 201727min
