Nikhil Goyal

Nikhil Goyal, former Senior Policy for Education and Children for Senator Bernie Sanders, discusses the increase in child poverty rates during the pandemic, the role of temporary support programs, the need for permanent social and economic programs, the revival of New Deal ideas, the impact of individual decision making on poverty, the evolution of education policy, and the effects of Zoom school and school closures on child poverty and education.

Guest Nikhil Goyal discusses the high school dropout crisis in Philadelphia and the dismantling of the social safety net. Topics include inequality in American school financing, disparities between neighborhoods and schools, the dehumanizing environment of alternative schools, and the need for government action to address inequality and injustice.