Critiquing the “science of reading” movement: Teaching reading is “both/and”
Lynne Einbender and Susie Rolander, reading and literacy faculty at Bank Street College, talk about supporting children's learning to read and the components of a full-fledged language arts program. One size does not fit all:...
“Parents’ rights” campaigns: Targeting school books and curricula
Dr. Melissa Deckman, CEO of PRRI, Public Religion Research Institute, analyzes current “parents' rights" campaigns and their precedents. At a time of demographic change, conservative Christians seek to ban...
Towards the school you want to see: Plan, Act, Reflect, Repeat
We speak with Justin Cohen, whose work focuses on the intersections of education, race, privilege, and public policy. Cohen's recent book is Change Agents: Transforming Schools From the Ground...
Challenging credentialism: An alternative vision of education
We speak with Arlene Goldbard, writer, visual artist, speaker, social activist and consultant, whose most recent book is "In the Camp of Angels of Freedom: What does it...
Restorative Justice: Cultivating cohesive communities
We speak with Sarah Eblen and Reginald Berry Jr., former middle school teachers and now district coordinators for the restorative justice program in the Kansas City Public Schools. Eighty...
Intersections: Supporting Black LGBTQIA+ students
We speak with Dr. David Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, NBJC, about the challenges faced by Black LGBTQIA+ students. Most young people at this intersection...
ChatGTP: Cheating optimizer or force for teaching transformation?
We speak with Lev Moscow and Richard Miller, veteran high school teachers, about the panic around the release of chatGPT. The AI tool produces respectable essays that students can...
Climate anxiety: a generational plague
We speak with Lian Zeitz, co-founder of the Climate Mental Health Network, which promotes wellness in light of the climate crisis. According to a recent survey, 70% of young...
Norman Fruchter on the pioneering alternative high school he and colleagues built in Newark in the 1970s (Encore)
We speak with Norm Fruchter, long-time educational activist and thought leader, about Independence School, an experimental high school where the ideal was that someone walking into a classroom couldn’t...
School district battles: Protecting education from bans
We speak with Mike Gottesman, founder of New Jersey Public Education Coalition (NJPEC), a grassroots organization that educates and activates NJ citizens in school districts to protect the integrity...