Ranked #1
#77 Equity in Theory, Privilege in Practice: Race and the Quest for "Good Schools"
#77 Equity in Theory, Privilege in Practice: Race and the Quest for "Good Schools"
Why do progressive parents so often act to preserve their own privilege even as they say they're committed to challengin... Read more
14 Nov 2019
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35mins
Ranked #2
#65 What an Elite Private School Teaches about the Future of For-Profit Education
#65 What an Elite Private School Teaches about the Future of For-Profit Education
High-end for-profit private schools are a growing segment of the education ‘marketplace.’ Mike Levy, a long-time teacher... Read more
16 May 2019
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32mins
Ranked #3
#76 Party Pivot: Why Democrats Are Rethinking School Choice
#76 Party Pivot: Why Democrats Are Rethinking School Choice
The Democratic Party seems to be backing away from its decades-long embrace of charter schools. While pundits cite the i... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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35mins
Ranked #4
#40 Takeover: What's Behind the State Takeover of School Districts?
#40 Takeover: What's Behind the State Takeover of School Districts?
Have You Heard looks at what's behind state takeovers of school districts. As guest Domingo Morel explains, laws authori... Read more
18 Apr 2018
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28mins
Ranked #5
#56 The Farce of School Reform
#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 hila... Read more
3 Jan 2019
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32mins
Ranked #6
#60 The Rise of the “Portfolio” Model for Schools
#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 ... Read more
28 Feb 2019
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35mins
Ranked #7
#69 Progressive Charter Schools vs. the Education Marketplace
#69 Progressive Charter Schools vs. the Education Marketplace
What happens when charter schools with progressive missions encounter an education marketplace where test scores and com... Read more
11 Jul 2019
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24mins
Ranked #8
#61 Selective Outrage: Revisiting the Atlanta School Cheating Scandal
#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. Sh... Read more
14 Mar 2019
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32mins
Ranked #9
#41 Getting Fundamental: Do Americans Have a Right to Public Education?
#41 Getting Fundamental: Do Americans Have a Right to Public Education?
What does the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868 have to do with the wave of teacher walkouts sweeping the count... Read more
1 May 2018
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30mins
Ranked #10
#46 The Problem with Fear-Based School Reform
#46 The Problem with Fear-Based School Reform
Business journalist Andrea Gabor steps into the Have You Heard studio to make the case that education reform has learned... Read more
18 Jul 2018
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31mins
Ranked #11
#57 These Education Stories Didn’t Get Enough Attention in 2018
#57 These Education Stories Didn’t Get Enough Attention in 2018
Five (make that six) education news stories that deserved more attention in 2018.
17 Jan 2019
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29mins
Ranked #12
#33 Segrenomics: The Long History of Cashing In On Unequal Education
#33 Segrenomics: The Long History of Cashing In On Unequal Education
Education reform is often referred to as the "civil rights issue of our time." But what would have happened if "eduprene... Read more
3 Jan 2018
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27mins
Ranked #13
#20: Putting the 'i' in School: Personalized Learning and the Disruption of Public Education
#20: Putting the 'i' in School: Personalized Learning and the Disruption of Public Education
The push to "personalize" education is on, with more Silicon Valley disrupters jumping into the big money fray every wee... Read more
24 Jun 2017
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35mins
Ranked #14
#49 Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: Selling Short Cuts in American Education
#49 Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: Selling Short Cuts in American Education
Americans are big believers in the power of education. But they are also a national of hustlers. Have You Heard explores... Read more
6 Sep 2018
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32mins
Ranked #15
#22: The Long Crusade Against Public Schools: A Conversation with Nancy MacLean
#22: The Long Crusade Against Public Schools: A Conversation with Nancy MacLean
Jennifer Berkshire talks to Nancy MacLean, author of the best selling Democracy in Chains, about the Right's long crusad... Read more
31 Jul 2017
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25mins
Ranked #16
#26 Divided by Design: Race, Neighborhoods, Wealth and Schools
#26 Divided by Design: Race, Neighborhoods, Wealth and Schools
The claim that "your zip code shouldn't determine your education" is made by education experts of every stripe. And yet ... Read more
27 Sep 2017
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35mins
Ranked #17
#62 Wild Wild West: Arizona’s Charter School Experiment
#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... Read more
28 Mar 2019
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32mins
Ranked #18
#24 Schools Can't Fix Poverty (So Why do We Keep Insisting They Can?)
#24 Schools Can't Fix Poverty (So Why do We Keep Insisting They Can?)
Have You Heard talks to historian Harvey Kantor about how education came to be seen as THE fix for poverty. Hint: it all... Read more
29 Aug 2017
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26mins
Ranked #19
#47 Janus and the Future of Teachers Unions
#47 Janus and the Future of Teachers Unions
What will the Supreme Court's recent Janus ruling mean for the future of teachers unions? Jon Shelton, author of Teacher... Read more
2 Aug 2018
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29mins
Ranked #20
#64 Different Strokes for Different Folks?
#64 Different Strokes for Different Folks?
No excuses-style charter schools, known for rigid discipline and a college prep focus have seen explosive growth in urba... Read more
2 May 2019
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28mins