David C. Bloomfield on why we need a revolution in attitude to see education as a social good rather than an individual property right

We speak with Dr. David C. Bloomfield, Professor of Education Leadership. Law & Policy at Brooklyn College. David Bloomfield condemns the social Darwinism and “hoarding” mentality of our education systems. He explains how school resource allocation exacerbates segregation and inequality, a process deliberately abetted by the proliferation of school districts around the country. Education policy and financing reinforce an us against them view of schools. Until we start thinking of the nation’s children as our collective responsibility, we will continue to seek todeprive “other people’s” children in order to benefit “ours,” thereby impoverishing all of us.

References

Find more about David on davidcbloomfield.com

Overview

00:00-01:03 Intros

01:04-02:41 Education as private property or as social good

02:42-03:51 “Educationism”: are failing schools the cause of inequality?

03:52-04:27 Charters and traditional schools fight; “our children” and “other people’s children”

04:28-04:57 Racism and racialization of poverty

04:58-07:10 Race, class; nationalization of education not a solution

07:11-09:08 Teacher unionism; valuing education?

09:09-09:58 Mass education movement?

09:59-13:30 NYC school segregation; “good schools/bad schools” are code for racialized systems; social Darwinism in school admissions;

13:31-15:59 NYC selective high schools; screened schools

16:00-20:34 Restorative justice

20:34-21:33 View of schooling as encompassing all children

21:34-24:06 Class size; concentrations of low-income students—need schools where everyone has a chance

24:07-25:00 Outro

Transcript

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