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#54 Closing Time: In a Gentrifying City, Are Some Students Expendable? Nov 15, 2018

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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.

#53 The Zombie: Undying Attacks on Ed Schools Oct 31, 2018

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Have You Heard digs up the original "zombie" issue in education: schools of education and their [insert criticism here]. Jack and Jennifer are joined by education historian Lauren Lefty to explore why this particular zombie can never be slayed.

#52: Teachers are Running for Office - And to Save Public Education Oct 19, 2018

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Teachers are running for office this year in unprecedented numbers. Have You Heard talks to some of them and looks at why this educator-turned-candidate phenomenon represents a unique phenomenon. Hint: it's not just teachers who are on the ballot but the future of public education.

#51 Win/Win: Why Billionaire Philanthropists are Bad at School Reform Oct 04, 2018

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Have You Heard talks to Anand Giridharadas about his new book, Winners Take All, a scathing indictment of billionaire change makers who seek to "disrupt" public education while leaving the structures of inequality untouched.

#50 On the Bus: What One City Can Teach Us About School Desegregation Sep 21, 2018

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In 1977, Have You Heard co-host Jennifer Berkshire climbed aboard a school bus headed for a soon-to-be integrated school. In this episode she explores what did - and didn't happen - in Springfield, Illinois, and why our vision of what's possible today seems so much smaller than it did 40 years ago.

#49 Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: Selling Short Cuts in American Education Sep 06, 2018

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Americans are big believers in the power of education. But they are also a national of hustlers. Have You Heard explores the intersection of the two with Bob Hampel, author of Fast and Curious: a History of Short Cuts in American Education.

#48 A Star-Powered Promise: LeBron Takes a Shot at School Reform Aug 16, 2018

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Have You Heard explores LeBron James' partnership with the Akron Public Schools - and what makes it different from other high wattage education reform ventures. Rann Miller, who is an educator, writer and expert in all things LeBron, joins the convo.

#47 Janus and the Future of Teachers Unions Aug 02, 2018

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What will the Supreme Court's recent Janus ruling mean for the future of teachers unions? Jon Shelton, author of Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order, joins Jennifer to "unpack" this complicated political moment.

#46 The Problem with Fear-Based School Reform Jul 18, 2018

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Business journalist Andrea Gabor steps into the Have You Heard studio to make the case that education reform has learned all of the wrong lessons from the business world. She argues that the market-based measures and carrot-and-stick incentives that rule in schools today are wildly out of sync with the nurturing culture that the best schools foster.

#45 Why the Implosion of a Silicon Valley Startup is a Cautionary Tale for Education “Disruptors” Jul 02, 2018

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A blockbuster book on the meteoric rise and implosion of the Silicon Valley blood-testing startup Theranos is chock full of lessons for education and those who would seek to disrupt it. Writer John Warner and host Jennifer Berkshire discuss Bad Blood, and what it tells us about "bad ed tech" and "bad ed reform."

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