What Is Education Right?

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Education was very important in my family, multiple generations of educated people. At least before high school, my teachers were almost operating like a civil right traditionigt. I mean, they at least made us feel like we were part of the struggle. But, you know, and things changed after that. Here in philadelphia, i work with a lot of teachers and parents and other community members to improve our schools. And what they're up against is really a differentuer anding of what education is right?

In most American schools, children *hear about* democracy, but don’t get to *practice* it. What would a more engaged brand of civics education look like?

Story reported by Ben James, with host John Biewen and collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Arielle Jennings, Hilary Moss, and Nikole Hannah-Jones.

The series editor is Loretta Williams. Music by the Summer Street Brass Band, Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.

Photo: Stephen Buckley, Jelicity Mercado, Bella Goncalves, and Angelica Pareja, eighth-grade students at Pyne Arts Magnet School in Lowell, Massachusetts, with their award at Civics Day in Boston, December 2019.