The first episode of Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson's podcast, Citations Needed, tackles the media hype surrounding the privatization of education.

Show notes can be found here:

2010 tax form for Participant Foundation used to fund Waiting for Superman (note: four donors-- Waltons, Eli Broad, Donald Fisher, Dave Einhorn): 990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_ar…06_990PF.pdf Gates $2 million contribution to film web.archive.org/web/2010101600404…C-OPP1019819.aspx

Guest Jennifer Berkshire's blog: haveyouheardblog.com/ Guest Jennifer berkshire's articles: www.huffingtonpost.com/author/tips-391 www.salon.com/writer/jennifer_berkshire/

Books mentioned by Berkshire: The One Percent Solution www.amazon.com/One-Percent-Solut…ing/dp/1501703064

New Orleans graduation rate stats article from 2014 by Adam citationsneeded.com/2014/05/24/char…na-memory-hole/

Harlem Children Zone original board: pbs.twimg.com/media/Cq8wM7cWgAAUfHN.jpg

Further reading:

www.nydailynews.com/opinion/turnove…ticle-1.3272954

newrepublic.com/article/140319/ch…ad-black-students

www.nybooks.com/articles/2010/11/…-charter-schools/

www.commondreams.org/views/2016/11/…harter-schools

www.counterpunch.org/2009/08/25/the…-it-s-managed/ www.counterpunch.org/2009/08/26/the…arter-schools/

www.alternet.org/education/how-ch…public-education

www.counterpunch.org/2010/03/10/i-w…chool-teacher/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPACwRgw04