Have You Heard
Have You Heard
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.
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Apr 18, 2019 • 31min
#63 Unmaking the Ontario Model: Austerity Comes to Canada
Deep spending cuts and ballooning class sizes are coming to Ontario. Have You Heard talks to parents, students and teachers in Toronto about what controversial changes proposed by the new conservative government will mean for a public education system success story. Hint: nothing good...
Mar 28, 2019 • 33min
#62 Wild Wild West: Arizona’s Charter School Experiment
Arizona is home to some of the most outrageous charter school shenanigans in the country. Have You Heard talks to award-winning reporter Craig Harris of the Arizona Republic about why his state's charter experiment seems to have gone off the rails.
Mar 14, 2019 • 32min
#61 Selective Outrage: Revisiting the Atlanta School Cheating Scandal
The Atlanta school cheating scandal saw 11 Black educators convicted of racketeering. Shani Robinson was one of them. She joins Have You Heard to talk about the untold story behind the longest criminal trial in Georgia history.
Feb 28, 2019 • 36min
#60 The Rise of the “Portfolio” Model for Schools
There's big money lining up to bring the portfolio model to a school district near you. But what is it exactly? Scholar Katrina Bulkley helps Have You Heard plumb the depths of portfolio management.
Feb 14, 2019 • 33min
#59 University, Inc.: Capitalism, Philanthropy and Higher Education
As 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.
Jan 31, 2019 • 21min
#58 The LA Teacher Strike: Back to the Future of Education Reform
What does the LA teacher strike mean for the future of education reform?
Jan 17, 2019 • 29min
#57 These Education Stories Didn’t Get Enough Attention in 2018
Five (make that six) education news stories that deserved more attention in 2018.
Jan 3, 2019 • 33min
#56 The Farce of School Reform
The 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!
Dec 4, 2018 • 37min
#55 Unreal Results in Education Research
Can 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
Nov 15, 2018 • 31min
#54 Closing Time: In a Gentrifying City, Are Some Students Expendable?
Boston 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.
