#114 - Fighting Back Against the Attacks on Public Education w/ Dr. Heather Harding!

From the CRT hysteria to the current targeting of university DEI efforts, we’ve seen an escalating right wing attack on public education in this country. Often under the guise of “parental rights,” these attacks have targeted teachers, LGBTQ+ students, books, curriculum, SEL, and equity-mined programming. Dr. Heather Harding, the executive director of Campaign for our Shared Future, joins us this week to share her experience in organizing opposition to this rising tide of racist and anti-equity attacks on public education. The Campaign for Our Shared Future is a time bound, nonpartisan campaign to defend and promote K12 public education amid political attacks. But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including a heated exchange in Congress concerning Ethnic Studies and new data on low rates of college degree attainment. → Get your Teach the Truth T-Shirt here! → View this episode on YouTube! AGENDA 0:00 - Welcome! 6:41 - Ethnic Studies under attack yet again 25:27 - New data on low rates of degree attainment 43:48 - Dr. Heather Harding on Organizing the Resistance 1:16:27 - College encampments earn important victories DO-NOW STORIES: Berkeley superintendent, GOP congressman tussle over ‘liberated’ ethnic studies Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium Website  40% of 2013 HS grads who started on a degree or credential didn’t finish NCES Report: A First Look at the 2021 Postsecondary Enrollment, Completion, and Financial Aid Outcomes of Fall 2009 Ninth-Graders SEMINAR: The Campaign for Our Shared Future CLASS DISMISSED: Meet Students at 4 Colleges Where Gaza Protests Win Concessions, Incl. Considering Israel Divestment Get MORE All of the Above: - Website - Podcast on multiple platforms via Anchor - Podcast via Apple Podcast - Podcast via Spotify - Twitter - Facebook Page Theme Music by its tajonthabeat