Category Archives: Podcasts

FreshED Podcast: Family Detention and Forced Choice of Online Charter

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FreshEd with Will Brehm is a weekly podcast that makes complex ideas in educational research easily understood. Episode #125 features a conversation about US child detention policy and the forced parental choice of online charter for-profit company. Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog to share this discussion with others. Check out and follow my YouTube channel here. Twitter: @ProfessorJVH Click here for Vitae. Advertisements

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Hear LatinX TalX: A Sharing LatinX Journeys Podcast About Community Schools, Charter Schools & Cloaking Inequality

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For your drive! Hey, check out this track on SoundCloud: LatinX TalX: A Sharing LatinX Journeys Podcast Episode 14: Community Schools, Charter Schools & Cloaking Inequality chat with Will Ortiz-Febus and Dr. Julian Vazquez Heilig Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog to share this discussion with others. Check out and follow my YouTube channel here. Twitter: @ProfessorJVH Click here for Vitae.

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

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“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 Save our Schools March and Conference held at the Lincoln Memorial and Howard University. Truth For America is a podcast about Teach For America (TFA) that provides voice

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

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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 Opt Out. As the “Activist/Blogger of the Week” I talked about how certain inequities remain “cloaked.” I also discuss the reason why I chose the name Cloaking Inequity and why I started blogging. What happens when

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All Hail King?: We Act Radio @EdTownHall

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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 card which is sparking national discussion and John King’s Secretary of Education confirmation hearing. B= Badass Teachers U= United Opt Out S= Save our Schools The Education Town Hall with Thomas Byrd is the premiere Live Wire show on We

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Teach Thought: Reform, Charter Schools, Poverty and Politics

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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 (ESSA) federal education bill be better than No Child Left Behind? What are some positive attributes of charter schools? In this Teach Thought podcast episode Drew Perkins (Director of Professional Development at TeachThought) and Julian Vasquez Heilig answer

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Podcast Series: Conversation with Loyola Students about Education Reform

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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 policy. We started with a few questions submitted by her doctoral students. Here is what we addressed: 1.When addressing inequity with policy makers, are there different strategies whether they are neoliberal or conservative? 2. In what ways can

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