Episode Details

Public education is a universal part of the American experience. Every one of us interacts with our system of education whether directly or through taxation. Since the nation's founding, a commitment to universal education has been a pillar of our society. More recently, however, public education has come under attack from several places. Some of the criticism is fair. But some of the sharpest attacks have been coordinated by far right extremists determined to break the system and replace it with private enterprises, faith-based curriculums or even...nothing. This episode combines our previous three-part series into one thorough, albeit incomplete, history of public education and the challenges it faces.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:48

Chapter One: Framing the Inquiry: 00:05:40

Chapter Two: The Structure and Language of Education: 00:15:22

Chapter Three: The Opposition: 00:26:13

Chapter Four: Phase One: Expansion. The 16th Lot. 00:40:50

Chapter Five: Phase Two: Reconstruction. 00:46:27

Chapter Six: Phase Three: Desegregation. 00:56:24

Chapter Seven: Phase Four. Privatization. 01:12:09

Chapter Eight: Vouchers are stupid and racist and they don’t work. 01:19:21

Chapter Nine: Arne Dunks on Public Education. 01:30:16

Chapter Ten: The Propaganda Machine in Full Swing: 01:45:57

Chapter Eleven: Bring it home, Max. 01:58:12

Resources

World Socialist Web Site: 2.6 million US educators and staff quit public K-12 and higher education jobs during pandemic

National Center for Education Statistics: Public School Enrollment

The Nation’s Report Card: Student Performance Across Subjects

National Center for Education Statistics: Total number of public school teachers and percentage of public school teachers in a union or employees' association, by selected school characteristics: 2015–16

Resilient Educator: Your Guide to Education Lingo

Learning Journals: What Are the Different Pedagogical Approaches to Learning?

Rasmussen University: What Is Reggio Emilia? Your Guide to This Child-Driven Approach

Stanford: An Introduction to Design Thinking

Understood: Understanding IEPs

Resilient Educator: Project Based Learning: A Hands On Approach To Teaching

Bookshop.org: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

National Association for Science, Medicine and Engineering: The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree

Resilient Educator: 

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