Have You Heard

All of those Democratic presidential candidates keep talking about education. But why? Have You Heard goes beyond the headlines to explore why public education may just turn out to be this (endless) campaign season's hottest button issue.

High-end for-profit private schools are a growing segment of the education ‘marketplace.’ Mike Levy, a long-time teacher at Avenues World School in NYC, takes us behind the scenes of a growing network of schools for the global .01% where $60,000 in tuition also buys a healthy dose of free-market ideology.

No excuses-style charter schools, known for rigid discipline and a college prep focus have seen explosive growth in urban areas over the past decade. But do parents really want strict discipline for their kids? Researchers Mira Debs and Joanne Golann talked to parents at two very different kinds of schools: urban no excuses charters and public Montessori and what they found will surprise you.

Deep spending cuts and ballooning class sizes are coming to Ontario. Have You Heard talks to parents, students and teachers in Toronto about what controversial changes proposed by the new conservative government will mean for a public education system success story. Hint: nothing good...

Arizona is home to some of the most outrageous charter school shenanigans in the country. Have You Heard talks to award-winning reporter Craig Harris of the Arizona Republic about why his state's charter experiment seems to have gone off the rails.

The Atlanta school cheating scandal saw 11 Black educators convicted of racketeering. Shani Robinson was one of them. She joins Have You Heard to talk about the untold story behind the longest criminal trial in Georgia history.

There's big money lining up to bring the portfolio model to a school district near you. But what is it exactly? Scholar Katrina Bulkley helps Have You Heard plumb the depths of portfolio management.

As states disinvest from public higher education, universities are increasingly turning to corporate sponsors. Joshua Hunt, author of University of Nike, joins us to talk about who pays when corporate donors are footing the bill.

What does the LA teacher strike mean for the future of education reform?

Five (make that six) education news stories that deserved more attention in 2018.