#77 Radical Dreamers: Race, Choice and the Failure of the American Education System|Joseph Viteritti

Podcast Description: In this episode of “The Charter School Connection” Jenna interviews Joseph P. Viteritti, author of Radical Dreamers: Race, Choice and the Failure of the American Education System. He is currently a professor of public policy at Hunter College in New York. He has been an advocate of School Choice for over 30 years. He first began his interest in the education sector in the 1970s but by the 1990s he focused mostly on school choice. Joseph has written 12 books, this being the most recent. He has been working on Radical Dreamers for over the last few years but it was released in September 2025. He wanted to use the book to tell the history of American Education starting with Brown but ended up looking at it through the contributions of Howard Fuller, James Coleman and Derek Bell. Joseph discusses his book and how it connects with charter schools, school choice and public policy. He shares how he believes equal funding is a key to success for charter schools. Check out the podcast to learn more about Joseph Viterritti and his book Radical Dreamers: Race, Choice and the Failure of the American Education System. Show Notes: “Radical Dreamers: Race, Choice and the Failure of the American Education System” https://a.co/d/1zCkDtW https://www.educationnext.org/are-charter-schools-an-endangered-species-excerpt-radical-dreamers/ https://www.the74million.org/article/derrick-bell-critical-race-theory-and-the-beginnings-of-school-choice/ https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/mamdanis-charter-school-dilemma