The Branch Media brings you a special presentation of The Citizen Stewart Show - a podcast about education in America. This week, host Chris “Citizen” Stewart interviewed two of his favorite education luminaries.

First up: President Obama’s Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan:

• Five Ways We Can Put Aside Partisan Politics And Think Big On Education (Washington Times, 10/18/21)

• Study Shows Parents Overestimate Their Student’s Academic Progress (PBS, 4/16/23)

• We Know How To Prevent Gun Violence. Now We Need To Scale It. (Stanford Social Innovation Review, 7/14/22)

Next: Stacey Shells Harvey from The Branch’s Sweat the Technique podcast:

• New Bill Would Eliminate Retention Under Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee (Ohio Capital Journal, 3/22/23)

• Third Grade Retention - What Does The Research Say About Retaining Students In Third Grade For Not Being Able To Read At Grade Level? (Regional Education Laboratory Program, 10/1/19)