The Citizen Stewart Show

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…

What’s making them mad:

• Are Standardized Tests Racist, or Are They Anti-racist? Yes. (Atlantic, 1/23/23)

What’s making them think: 

• Study Finds School Vouchers Decrease Racial Segregation in Ohio Classrooms (The 74, 1/24/23)

And make sure to check out Imbroglio, a newsletter from Lost Debate about how we bring about the education revolution!

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…

TFA downsizing:

• Teach For America To Cut A Quarter Of Staff In Latest Shakeup (Chalkbeat, 1/20/23)

What’s making them mad:

• Justices Will Consider Reviving Lawsuit From Deaf Student Who Was Denied Sign-Language Interpreter (ScotusBlog, 1/14/23)

What’s making them think:

• The Coming School-Discipline Wars (National Review, 1/21/23)

And some inside baseball: how ed reform has its own bureaucracy

• The End of School Reform? (National Affairs, Winter 2023)

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…

Some listener mail about a proposal for a county-wide school board, and the difficulties parents face access special education for their children.

• Paid Countywide School Board? One Area Lawmaker Proposes Giving It A 10-Year Tryout (The Morning Call, 1/6/23)

What’s making them mad:

• New York City’s Pre-K System Was a Model. Now Employees Say It’s a Mess. (NYT, 1/6/23)

And what’s making them think: 

• Graduation Must Depend on Learning, Not Time (EdWeek, 10/12/21)

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…

An article from a listener:

• In One Giant Classroom, Four Teachers Manage 135 Kids – and Love It (The 74, 1/6/23)

What’s making them mad:

• Muzzled by DeSantis, Critical Race Theory Professors Cancel Courses or Modify Their Teaching (ProPublica, 1/3/23)

• DeSantis To Scrutinize Higher Ed Programs For Diversity, Critical-Race Theory Activities (Miami Herald, 1/4/23)

And what’s making them think: 

• How The Supreme Court Can Protect Charter Schools From Suffocating Litigation (WaPo, 1/4/23)

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…

What’s making them mad:

• Ex-NYU Admin Siphoned $3.5m In Grants And Blew Cash On Herself — Including An $80k Pool: Prosecutors (New York Post, 12/19/22)

What’s making them think: 

• Chicago Public Schools Spent $308 Million On Technology Since March 2020. Now What? (Chalkbeat, 12/13/22)

And a new segment: Ravi’s Radical Ideas™

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…

What’s making them mad:

• A Fast-Growing Network of Conservative Groups Is Fueling a Surge in Book Bans (NYT, 12/12/22)

And what’s making them think: 

• American Family Policy Is Holding Schools Back (Atlantic, 9/28/22)

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…

What’s making them mad: Our Schools’ Looming Fiscal Cliff

• Fiscal Cliff Could Force Layoffs of the Best Teachers (Education Next, 12/6/22)

What’s making them think: Trouble at Teach for America

• As Pandemic Complicates Recruitment, Teach For America’s Incoming Class Expected To Hit A 15-Year Low (Chalkbeat, 3/8/22)

 What’s making them hopeful: A PA School Making Education a Family Affair

• A Unique Philadelphia School Cultivates Family Members As Staffers (Chalkbeat, 12/8/22)

And don’t forget to email us or leave us a voicemail!

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…

What’s making them mad: Broken Sped

• Public Schools Are NYC’s Main Youth Mental Health System. Where Kids Land Often Depends on What Their Parents Can Pay (ProPublica, 11/17/22)

What’s making them think: AARP for Parents

• Parents Need Their Own AARP (Atlantic, 11/18/22)

And what’s making them hopeful: Supercharged Tutoring

• $10 Million For 31 Groups Working to Make Tutoring More Available & Affordable (The 74, 11/22/22)

And don’t forget to email us or leave us a voicemail!

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…

What’s making them mad: Bribery in Michigan

• Former President of the Madison District Public Schools Board of Education and a Local Contractor Charged in $560,000 Bribery Scheme (DOJ, 7/14/22)

What’s making them think: Activism in Public Education

• Public Education Is Drifting From Its Founding Ideals And Public Purpose (Fordham Institute, 11/17/22)

What’s making them hopeful: Charter Schools Gaining Students in NYC

• As New York City Schools Face a Crisis, Charter Schools Gain Students (NYT, 11/21/22)

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…

What’s making them mad: Corruption in Stockton

• Incompetence Or Corruption At Stockton Unified; It’s Got To Be One Or The Other (Stocktonia, 6/22/22)

• Possible Financial Catastrophe: Grand Jury Details Stockton Unified School District's Money Mismanagement (NBC, 6/17/22)

What’s making them think: The Math Backlash Cycle

• How Math Became an Object of the Culture Wars (New Yorker, 11/15/22)

• The $1.1 Billion Math Solution? Gates Foundation Makes Math Its Top K-12 Priority (The 74, 10/19/22)

And what’s making them hopeful: Upending Traditional Subject Structure

• Rethinking High School: Upending Traditional Subject Structure in Indiana (The 74, 11/15/22)