Have You Heard
@HaveYouHeardPod
Occasionally funny & periodically informative, Have You Heard is an education policy podcast featuring @bisforberkshire & @edu_historian.
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Recommended weekend listening: an influential Idaho business group has harsh words about the voucher mania that's sweeping red states: *As we roll this out, it is going to become the biggest scam in American history* Latest Have You Heard on.soundcloud.com/RA1ocx4yXQPcAi…
“[Demonising students in the 1960s] was politically brilliant, even if disastrous for students. I was surprised it has taken so long for the Republican Party to nationalise that approach, but that’s what we’re seeing here.” – Jack Schneider Jack Schneider
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In the latest episode of Have You Heard, we look at why voucher schemes have hit a snag in Idaho (and what that means for grassroots resistance efforts):
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New Have You Heard school voucher advocates are cheering their success this legislative session. But as rural schools close and taxes go up, a backlash is inevitable. We head to Idaho where a prominent business group said *no thanks* on.soundcloud.com/RA1ocx4yXQPcAi…
How did Idaho buck the *school privatization industrial complex*? By rallying rural Republicans in defense of public schools and making the case that vouchers aren't conservative. New Have You Heard on.soundcloud.com/RA1ocx4yXQPcAi…
New Have You Heard Vouchers flamed out in Idaho this legislative session. One big reason: business leaders were strongly opposed, warning that vouchers would blow up the state budget & undermine Idaho's public schools on.soundcloud.com/RA1ocx4yXQPcAi…
'Berkshire [Jennifer Berkshire] and Schneider [Jack Schneider] do a fabulous job highlighting hypocrisy . . . It’s an invaluable primer on what’s motivating the public education culture wars.'-Publishers Weekly's 🌟 STARRED 🌟 review of THE EDUCATION WARS! ow.ly/z5Yh50RmEw3
Nice early review of The Education Wars, courtesy of Publishers Weekly:
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Recommended weekend listening: the backlash against *equity* is just getting started. In the latest Have You Heard we hear from parents & advocates in 6 states about why special education is so vulnerable on.soundcloud.com/ArERRkkwoGM71V…
Chas Jaco Jennifer Berkshire Jack Schneider It's a fantastic pod! Their 'In The Weeds' segments don't start until later (I think) and are only available through Patreon but are very much worth the few bucks!
Why don't we allocate education the way we allocate other goods in a capitalist society? Because sometimes markets fail. And sometimes such failures are intolerable. We explore on the latest Have You Heard.
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Since 1975, students with disabilities have been guaranteed a free and appropriate education. Now, half a century later, privatization efforts are threatening to roll-back their rights. The latest Have You Heard:
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New Have You Heard The backlash against equity and inclusion is coming for special education on.soundcloud.com/XdAxU8dd5cj6up…
If you're wondering where your new Have You Heard is, hold tight. Episode on why special education is so vulnerable right now will be out next week. Taking special care with this one because it's so important.
We did a powerful episode of Have You Heard w/ Nora De La Cour about the damage done to schools by education reform and that responding to student absenteeism or the teen mental health crisis is going to require reckoning with that soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpo…
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Recommended weekend listening: the future of K-12 education is *school's choice.* Add publicly-funded religion to the mix & that means that schools will be able to reject kids who aren't heaven-bound. What could go wrong?? Latest Have You Heard on.soundcloud.com/jzbarMguxX4EgQ…
There's big $ behind the religious charter school push Rachel Laser tells Have You Heard *A billion dollar shadow network is fighting to impose a narrow religious view & trying to turn back America's progress towards the promise of equality for all* on.soundcloud.com/jzbarMguxX4EgQ…
What if a public school admitted kids on the basis of who is going to heaven? And all employees were *ministers* & exempt from labor/anti-discrimination protections? Have You Heard on why you should worry about religious charter schools Americans United on.soundcloud.com/jzbarMguxX4EgQ…