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#213 The Kids are Alright Podcast Episode · Have You Heard · 02/19/2026 · 45m

New episode of the pod.

#211 Silicon Valley’s Vision for Schools is Trapped in a Cold War Fantasy In the schools of the (near) future, teachers will be replaced by robots and learning will be personalized, allowing each student to move at their own pace. AI refuser and self-described ‘ed tech Cass

A little weekend listening while you shovel: Silicon Valley has been selling the same failed #edtech, schools-on-screens vision for decades. The latest @haveyouheard.bsky.social features the brilliant Audrey Watters soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

#212 We’re at each other’s throats. Schools can help. Our ability to disagree has turned toxic, and frayed relationships are leaving Americans more isolated and lonely than ever. Can schools help? Educational psychologist Hunter Gehlbach is convinced tha

In the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social we talk to Hunter Gehlbach about how we can rebuild and the role educators can play.
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#211 Silicon Valley’s Vision for Schools is Trapped in a Cold War Fantasy In the schools of the (near) future, teachers will be replaced by robots and learning will be personalized, allowing each student to move at their own pace. AI refuser and self-described ‘ed tech Cass

In the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social the brilliant Audrey Watters argues that Silicon Valley's vision of education is a Cold War retread. Also, if education is about the future & our tech overlords think we're doomed, how's that going to work out? soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

#211 Silicon Valley’s Vision for Schools is Trapped in a Cold War Fantasy In the schools of the (near) future, teachers will be replaced by robots and learning will be personalized, allowing each student to move at their own pace. AI refuser and self-described ‘ed tech Cass

.@audreywatters.bsky.social is back on the pod! Nuff said.

#210 The Curious Case of Kindergarten Every year more than 3 million kids march off to kindergarten, a mysterious world about which adults know very little. Research psychologist Susan Engel, who has spent a lifetime studying how children

Maybe it's because I'm such a big fan of Susan Engel's...but this is one of my favorite episodes we've done. Hot off the press.

Education Wars YouTube video by Liberal Currents

The #EducationWars are here. So, to discuss what that means and what the right wants to do to our education system and greater society, we brought on @jackschneider.bsky.social and @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social of @haveyouheard.bsky.social to go through it with us. A convo you won’t want to miss!

#210 The Curious Case of Kindergarten Every year more than 3 million kids march off to kindergarten, a mysterious world about which adults know very little. Research psychologist Susan Engel, who has spent a lifetime studying how children

If you're looking for a distraction from the news cycle...come visit a kindergarten with @haveyouheard.bsky.social. In the latest episode, we talk with Susan Engel about her fabulous new book.

#208 ‘A Lifetime of Hardship’ Forty plus years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that denying immigrant students access to public education would impose a lifetime of hardship on them. Today, that landmark decision remains on the books

Even as ICE crackdowns impact schools, access to public education for immigrant students remains the law of the land. New @haveyouheard.bsky.social heads to Chicago to hear how schools are responding. And we dig into the landmark 1982 SCOTUS decision: Plyler v Doe soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

Turns out that holding kids back if they can't read by 3rd grade is good for temporary test score increases but terrible for the adults the kids become www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Enacting Democratic Processes at the District Level Reframing public education’s narrative will mean establishing what the authors call “ongoing institutional openness” to capture the heart of the community.

New work from me and @derekgottliebphd.com

#208 ‘A Lifetime of Hardship’ Forty plus years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that denying immigrant students access to public education would impose a lifetime of hardship on them. Today, that landmark decision remains on the books

In the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, we revisit Plyler v. Doe--the landmark Supreme Court case that guaranteed education for undocumented children.

RIP Department of Education Why it matters that K-12 education will now be housed within the 'Department of the Boss'

I wrote about why it matters that K-12 education is now moving to the 'Department of the Boss' open.substack.com/pub/educatio...

HY#207 Under the Influence Have You Heard heads to Florida, where education policy is increasingly being determined by wealthy donors. We meet a billionaire who has been putting big bucks behind a very particular vision for the

Wondering why "local control" is no longer a priority for the Republican Party? We have answers on the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social

HY#207 Under the Influence Play HY#207 Under the Influence by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

New episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is out.

#206 Race Science is Back. It Never Went Away. Race science, with its noxious claims that ‘biology is destiny,’ comes roaring back during periods of social change. That’s the conclusion of a new book by historian Quinn Slobodian, tracing today’s o

Recommended weekend listening - IQ is back with a vengeance. In the latest @haveyouheard.bsky.social, starring the brilliant Quinn Slobodian, we lift up the 'race science' rock to see what's squirming underneath soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

#206 Race Science is Back. It Never Went Away. Play #206 Race Science is Back. It Never Went Away. by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

You want it darker?

The latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social looks under the rock where all the creepy crawly ideas of racial pseudo-science are alive and well.

In case you missed it... @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and @jackschneider.bsky.social moonlighted on another pod.

We had a great conversation on this podcast. If you haven’t been paying attention to the politics of education in the past few years, this should get you up to speed.
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#205 Schools as Sorting Machines Forget all that talk about education as the great equalizer. Public schools and inequality are joined at the hip. But must it be that way? We talk to the authors of a recent book called Schooled and S

If you want to understand why Zohran Mamdani is talking about phasing out NYC's gifted & talented program for kindergarteners, latest episode of Have You Heard is a great place to start. Hint: inequality in school translates to inequality in the world soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

#205 Schools as Sorting Machines Play #205 Schools as Sorting Machines by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

New episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, featuring research by @t-h-a-d.bsky.social, @emilykpenner.bsky.social, and Andrew Penner.

#204 Collision Course Ohio’s billion dollar plus religious school voucher program is blatantly unconstitutional. So ruled a state judge this summer, putting political leaders and their increasing hostility towards public e

Sunday listen: states with ginormous religious school voucher programs are on a collision course with their own constitutions. @haveyouheard.bsky.social heads to Ohio where public education and democracy are both under threat soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

#204 Collision Course Play #204 Collision Course by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

Latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is out. And…I’m back.

Uniform Policy | Jennifer C. Berkshire Democrats must come up with a defense of public schools that goes beyond bloodless workforce preparation

America’s public schools have long been hyperfocused on career readiness. Now, the right wing is embracing “classical education” instead. @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social considers what this means for the future of American schooling.

#203 Power in Numbers Public schools are facing mounting money woes, and feeling the pinch of hostile policies coming from the state and federal government. But despite this bleak forecast, there are also pockets of possib

Pumped to be back on @haveyouheard.bsky.social podcast with @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social this week! soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

#203 Power in Numbers Public schools are facing mounting money woes, and feeling the pinch of hostile policies coming from the state and federal government. But despite this bleak forecast, there are also pockets of possib

The latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is out.

Selling Florida's Public Schools, Piece by Piece How Step Up for Students is recruiting school boards into the unbundling of public schools

In 2020, @jackschneider.bsky.social & I wrote a book called A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door. We warned that the vision of the future was *unbundling* in which school = whatever education content consumers purchase. As @flbaloney.bsky.social reports, the future is here substack.com/inbox/post/1...

#201 Use It Or Lose It Play #201 Use It Or Lose It by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

Just now getting around to sharing this excellent (if I do say so myself) episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, featuring the fabulous @derekgottlieb.bsky.social, @drrachelswhite.bsky.social, @knightabo.bsky.social, and @johannneem.bsky.social

#202 College Inside, College Outside We meet eight former prison inmates who are now attending college on campus at Boston College. These students in the BC Prison Education Program reflect on the transition from incarceration to college

In the latest episode of the pod, @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social reminds us of the power of higher education by telling the story of those who started the college journey behind bars.
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