Have You Heard
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 105:19:45
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Synopsis
Occasionally funny and periodically informative, Have You Heard features journalist Jennifer Berkshire and scholar Jack Schneider as they explore the age-old quest to finally fix the nation's public schools, one policy issue at a time.
Episodes
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#59 University, Inc.: Capitalism, Philanthropy and Higher Education
14/02/2019 Duration: 33minAs 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 donors are footing the bill.
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#58 The LA Teacher Strike: Back to the Future of Education Reform
31/01/2019 Duration: 21minWhat does the LA teacher strike mean for the future of education reform?
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#57 These Education Stories Didn’t Get Enough Attention in 2018
17/01/2019 Duration: 29minFive (make that six) education news stories that deserved more attention in 2018.
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#56 The Farce of School Reform
03/01/2019 Duration: 32minThe 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 what self-styled education reformers miss about the complex ecosystems of schools, and the complicated lives of teachers. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll buy the book!
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#55 Unreal Results in Education Research
04/12/2018 Duration: 37minCan 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 of illusory results. Special guest: Hunter Gehlbach
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#54 Closing Time: In a Gentrifying City, Are Some Students Expendable?
15/11/2018 Duration: 30minBoston 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 School in Dorchester to talk to teachers and students who are fighting to keep their school community together.
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#53 The Zombie: Undying Attacks on Ed Schools
31/10/2018 Duration: 36minHave 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 this particular zombie can never be slayed.
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#52: Teachers are Running for Office - And to Save Public Education
19/10/2018 Duration: 31minTeachers 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: it's not just teachers who are on the ballot but the future of public education.
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#51 Win/Win: Why Billionaire Philanthropists are Bad at School Reform
04/10/2018 Duration: 34minHave 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 of inequality untouched.
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#50 On the Bus: What One City Can Teach Us About School Desegregation
21/09/2018 Duration: 22minIn 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, Illinois, and why our vision of what's possible today seems so much smaller than it did 40 years ago.
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#49 Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: Selling Short Cuts in American Education
06/09/2018 Duration: 32minAmericans 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 History of Short Cuts in American Education.
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#48 A Star-Powered Promise: LeBron Takes a Shot at School Reform
16/08/2018 Duration: 29minHave You Heard explores LeBron James' partnership with the Akron Public Schools - and what makes it different from other high wattage education reform ventures. Rann Miller, who is an educator, writer and expert in all things LeBron, joins the convo.
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#47 Janus and the Future of Teachers Unions
02/08/2018 Duration: 29minWhat will the Supreme Court's recent Janus ruling mean for the future of teachers unions? Jon Shelton, author of Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order, joins Jennifer to "unpack" this complicated political moment.
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#46 The Problem with Fear-Based School Reform
18/07/2018 Duration: 31minBusiness journalist Andrea Gabor steps into the Have You Heard studio to make the case that education reform has learned all of the wrong lessons from the business world. She argues that the market-based measures and carrot-and-stick incentives that rule in schools today are wildly out of sync with the nurturing culture that the best schools foster.
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#45 Why the Implosion of a Silicon Valley Startup is a Cautionary Tale for Education “Disruptors”
02/07/2018 Duration: 26minA blockbuster book on the meteoric rise and implosion of the Silicon Valley blood-testing startup Theranos is chock full of lessons for education and those who would seek to disrupt it. Writer John Warner and host Jennifer Berkshire discuss Bad Blood, and what it tells us about "bad ed tech" and "bad ed reform."
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#44 Life A La Carte: School Choice, Segregation and Gentrification in an Unequal City
21/06/2018 Duration: 30minSociologist Carla Shedd steps into the Have You Heard studio to talk about the complicated interplay between school choice, segregation and gentrification in an unequal city.
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#43 Teaching Machines: The Dream of Automating the Teaching Profession Goes Way Back
05/06/2018 Duration: 31minHave You Heard talks to Audrey Watters, journalist and expert in all things #edtech, about "teaching machines," and the long (and almost completely ignored) history of efforts to automate the teaching profession.
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#42: Wisconsin Wakes Up: Signs of Spring in a Scorched-Earth State
21/05/2018 Duration: 27minNearly a decade has passed since Scott Walker took on teachers and other public employees in Wisconsin, virtually eliminating their right to engage in collective bargaining. So what's the state of the state today? Public education and the question of how to fund it has emerged as a potent political issue and is driving what could be a big shift in the state's political makeup.
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#41 Getting Fundamental: Do Americans Have a Right to Public Education?
01/05/2018 Duration: 30minWhat does the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868 have to do with the wave of teacher walkouts sweeping the country today? More than you might think! Law professor Derek Black steps into the Have You Heard studio to talk about a forgotten history and why it's more relevant today than ever.
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#40 Takeover: What's Behind the State Takeover of School Districts?
18/04/2018 Duration: 28minHave You Heard looks at what's behind state takeovers of school districts. As guest Domingo Morel explains, laws authorizing states to take over urban districts appeared as a direct response to Black power at the municipal level. Today, while takeovers come shrouded in the discourse of "achievement," the conservative logic behind them is unchanged: improving schools requires weakening the political power of the communities they are in.