Podcasts

SOS! LIVE from DC: Being mean to nice TFA?

July 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

“How can you be mean to a nice Teach For America corps member?” This and more in episode 11 of the Truth For America. The podcast was recorded LIVE at the 2016 [...]

Busting Pencils: Civil Rights and Inequities (Ep. 13)

March 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Is opting out of high-stakes test a social movement? Social protest? In this episode of BustEd Pencils explores the Civil Rights movement’s unique history in relation to [...]

All Hail King?: We Act Radio @EdTownHall

February 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

Today on the B.U.S. Thursday program LIVE on We Act Radio Education Town Hall we discussed the bare inequality facing US children, NPE’s recent national report [...]

Teach Thought: Reform, Charter Schools, Poverty and Politics

December 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

What’s the reason why Democrats and Republicans are afraid to discuss education in their stump speeches or debates? Will the new Every Student Succeeds Act [...]

Podcast Series: Conversation with Loyola Students about Education Reform

February 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

Last week I joined students from Dr. Aurora Chang’s education reform class at Loyola University to discuss hot issues in the national conversation about education [...]

Politicians v. Experts: The Latest on “Value-added” Modeling

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I find it disconcerting that Cuomo (and the feds) are punishing the New York City Schools by withholding $400 million because they refuse to adopt “value-added” [...]
Richard Lewis is “Insulted”

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A few more takes on the Harvard Educational Review article Illusion of Inclusion in which we analyzed the Texas US Social Studies Standards. Radio interview on KUT. Print [...]
Should we abolish educator tenure?

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Is tenure still an important tradition in the 21st century? This is a debate that comes up often in my discussions with policymakers and others. It’s also an [...]