tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77788944416807942482024-03-19T05:55:08.693-07:00Education aemburypiesceslordy3http://www.blogger.com/profile/14750711544534130186noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-74377571104510959222012-01-08T08:55:00.000-08:002013-04-07T18:41:57.619-07:00Teachers Fight Back with Courage, Solidarity and Organizing In this weeks show, we bring you interviews with four activists educators who are working within their communities and unions, local and national, to actively speak back to and resist the neoliberal structures and paradigms being imposed on us. Their stories remind us of the necessity and power of organizing and of finding courage in solidarity.The assault on public education is multi-faceted Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-28990517138827562582011-12-23T13:59:00.000-08:002013-04-07T18:41:57.626-07:00Looking Back with Williams, Kozol, Fine, Meiners and Ayers Patricia WilliamsOn this week's program we take a step back to reflect on the first six months of Education Radio. During this time, we at Education Radio have had the opportunity to talk with a wide-variety of educators, students, parents and scholars who are engaged in the important work of resisting current neoliberal education reform efforts by actively working to disrupt the dominant Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-64704320634717784312011-12-16T15:23:00.000-08:002013-04-07T18:41:57.724-07:00Stand for Children or Stand for Profit? On this week’s show we take a look at Stand for Children, an organization that defines its mission as one of grassroots advocacy for public education. According to a recent Rethinking Schools article by Ken Libby and Adam Sanchez: “Stand for Children was founded in the late 1990s as a way to advocate for the welfare of children. It grew out of a 1996 march by more than 250,000 people in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-87709363179469930772011-11-25T22:32:00.000-08:002013-04-07T18:41:57.822-07:00Educational Technology: Tool for Capitalism or Democracy? This week on education radio, we examine educational technology in the current climate of neoliberal education reform – particularly in regard to socioeconomic inequalities – and explore other possibilities for its use that support more democratic, creative and collaborative constructions of knowledge.The relationship between education reform, technology, and socioeconomic inequalitiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-29598953557342248042011-11-21T16:28:00.000-08:002013-04-07T18:41:57.919-07:00Multicultural and Anti-Oppressive Education: In theory and practice <!-- /* Font Definitions */@font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}@font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-71699935553646692692011-11-11T18:35:00.000-08:002013-04-07T18:41:58.018-07:00On the road with Patricia Williams and Bill Ayers In this weeks program we speak with legal scholar and critical race theorist Patricia Williams and education scholar and activist Bill Ayers. We caught up with both of them in Chicago in November 2011, at the National Association for Multicultural Education's annual conference, for which they were both keynote speakers.Patricia Williams is a legal scholar and was a pioneer in critical race Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-49973782080751165532011-10-25T04:15:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:58.115-07:00We are the 99%: Fighting for the "Public" in Education In this week’s program, we feature the Occupy Together movement; also referred to as the 99% movement. We share testimony of educators, parents, students, and teacher union organizers who are participating, and we reflect on the time we spent at Occupy locations in New York, Boston and Amherst, Massachusetts. We also explore the deep connections between this movement and the fight for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-84400819227128189852011-10-16T14:55:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:58.212-07:00Unconditional Positive Regard: Can Radical Love Survive Strict Accountability Structures? (Part Two of Two) The Peck Full Service Community School – which is part of a district under threat of corrective action by the state -- is attempting to create aschool community where engagement, voice, shared decision making, and caringare understood to be central to student achievement. In this second part of a two-part episode, we return toPeck Full Service Community School to examine the complexities of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-31712031950459931312011-10-07T10:22:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:58.309-07:00Family Voice and Engagement in a High Needs Public School: Radical Caring as School Reform (Part One of Two) Community schools, wrap around schools, and full service community schools are all names used to describe a growing trend that sees school –community partnerships as a means to address the issues of poverty- homelessness-hunger-lack of health care-that must be attended to before students can be expected to focus on learning. The connection between poverty and poor school Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-19880051224854968712011-09-30T16:48:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:58.406-07:00The Reality of Virtual Schooling Follow the links below to download this show as a podcast:Internet ArchiveAudioport (podcast)In this week's program, we explore the proliferation of virtual schools. Virtual schools offer on-line education to primary and secondary school students without the added expenses associated with brick and mortar structures and unionized teachers and support staff. We hear opinions on virtual Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-87994936225540859302011-09-22T18:59:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:58.502-07:00Troy Davis’ Letter to SupportersHere is the letter that Troy Davis penned to supporters:I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the past year I have experienced such emotion, joy, sadness and never ending faith. It is because of all of you that I am alive today, as I look at my sister Martina I am marveled by the love she has for me and of course I worry about her Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-75645158531678946712011-09-22T07:14:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:58.599-07:00Meeting the Needs of Children in the Data Driven Classroom In the movement for equity in public education what is often missing is a nuanced understanding of what students' lives are like inside the classroom - what are the social, emotional and cognitive impacts of decades of inadequate schooling and damaging education reform policies on students and student learning and what are the potential long term consequences - both on students and for society?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-50578546371622097612011-09-16T06:05:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:58.696-07:00Exposing the Mythology of Education Reform In this week's program we take some time to explore the dominant narrative shaping so-called liberal education reform - how did this narrative evolve, what kinds of messages are being communicated, how does the on-the-ground experience of many teachers and students expose contradictions, and what does it look like to uncover a counter narrative?Sut JhallyWe hear from media scholar Sut Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-26861443084754921222011-09-07T15:27:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:58.793-07:00Education Radio Program 4: Jonathan Kozol: Inequality and Education Reform Recounting his early days in education, remembering the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and continuing the fight for equality in our nation's public schools, Jonathan Kozol delivers an impassioned and inspiring speech to a group of educators. Take a little time out of your busy day to listen to this tireless activist, educator, author and brilliant raconteur. When it is over you will Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-26296667950613033512011-09-05T05:59:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:58.890-07:00My favorite tweet of the week Diane Ravitch: 20 years from now, historians will write about this era in education and wonder how and why policymakers lost their way.in reply to ↑Sahila ChangeBringer: policy makers are not lost; they're doing bidding of their masters, the oligarchy. Until you accept that, nothing will change Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-16753746390543097472011-08-31T08:38:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:58.987-07:00Education Radio Program 3: Diane Ravitch: No Child Left Behind & Race to the Top This week's show features Diane Ravitch's keynote address from the Save Our Schools Conference that took place in Washington D.C. in July, 2011. In this keynote, Ravitch presents arguments against NCLB and Race to the Top, within a larger critique of federal education reform.You can download our show as a podcast via the following two links (Google Chrome users please use Internet Archive):Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-10440525368644122122011-08-29T09:43:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:59.083-07:00Study Finds Metal Detectors More Common in High-Minority SchoolsRead the Ed Week story here, and then check out our Program #2 Interview with CUNY Graduate Center's Michelle Fine to hear specific stories of the impact of high security on students in NYC public schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-64511379065135835902011-08-26T15:10:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:59.181-07:00Diane Ravitch challenges NCLB and Race to the Top on Democracy Now!“Poverty Is the Problem”: Efforts to Cut Education Funding, Expand Standardized Testing Assailedwww.democracynow.orgAs millions of students prepare to go back to school, budget cuts are resulting in teacher layoffs and larger classes across the country. This comes as the drive towards more standardized testing increases despite a string of cheating scandals in New York, Atlanta, Washington, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-29508265095059794792011-08-24T20:27:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:59.277-07:00Diane Ravitch on why education reform is doomed to failureThe Reform Movement Is Already Failing By Diane Ravitch Aug 23, 2011Reuters invited leading educators to reply to Steven Brill’s op-ed on the school reform deniers.She writes, "In my nearly four decades as a historian of education, I have analyzed the rise and fall of reform movements. Typically, reforms begin with loud declarations that our education system is in crisis. Throughout the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-61402559067228258142011-08-24T03:39:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:59.375-07:00Ed Radio Program 2: Stories of Struggle, Stories of HopeWelcome to Education Radio's second show! We continue our Save Our Schools report featuring several more voices from the event – voices that relay both stories of struggle and stories of hope. Michelle Fine, a faculty member at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, discusses the complicated ways that education reform is playing out within several New York City schools. Tabrian Joe is aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-54031164406490267252011-08-16T10:52:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:59.473-07:00Education Radio's Debut Show! Education Radio is pleased to announce that our debut show is up and ready to go!This show features an exclusive interview with Jonathan Kozol. It also includes a compilation of voices and testimony from youth, teachers, administrators and education activists from around the country (including Matt Damon) during the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action that occurred on July Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-70027200216598268042011-08-12T14:45:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:59.570-07:00Jon Stewart's address to teachers at the SOS rallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-9471288465809228852011-08-10T07:04:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:59.667-07:00Preview of our upcoming show!For a taste of what's to come, check out the preview of next week's show:Education Radio 1: SOS Rally & MarchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-11390171348446989262011-08-10T05:17:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:59.764-07:00The Latest from WisconsinWe're not done yet!Wisconsin voters on Tuesday tossed two Republican state senators out of office in recall elections, sending a message that they won't tolerate the politics of extremism. Although the recall elections fell short of the goal of turning over control of the State Senate, we’re not done yet – and we’re not going away. The grassroots nature of what’s happening across our state Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778894441680794248.post-52717156871613124592011-08-04T19:20:00.000-07:002013-04-07T18:41:59.860-07:00Quotes of the Week"I believe that teachers in our public schools are not as the White House seems to think: merely the technicians of mechanical proficiency. I believe our teachers are warriors for justice, working on the front lines in the struggle for democracy."Jonathan KozolSave Our Schools ConferenceJuly 28, 2011"Public education... is the largest shared experience we all have... so if we don't have strong Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0