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EPISODE · Oct 2, 2025 · 1H 8M

Education Wars

from Half the Answer · host Liberal Currents

Trent and Caitlin speak with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider about their recent book "The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual." They discuss the faulty beliefs and logics that lead us to think about education as a tool for achievement and competition rather than a service provided by communities to their members. They ask what rhetorical strategies have been employed to convince us to allow the public school system to be degraded and dismantled, and the methods that have been working to arrest this degradation today.Resources:https://www.educationwarsbook.com/Jack and Jennifer's podcast: https://www.haveyouheardpodcast.com/ Jack and Jennifer’s previous book: https://thenewpress.org/books/a-wolf-at-the-schoolhouse-door/?v=eb65bcceaa5fThe Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/cara-fitzpatrick/the-death-of-public-school/9781541646773/?lens=basic-booksMahmoud v. Taylor: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-297_4f14.pdfFree-market logic for education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/0013189X231216953

Trent and Caitlin speak with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider about their recent book "The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual." They discuss the faulty beliefs and logics that lead us to think about education as a tool for achievement and competition rather than a service provided by communities to their members. They ask what rhetorical strategies have been employed to convince us to allow the public school system to be degraded and dismantled, and the methods that have been working to arrest this degradation today.Resources:https://www.educationwarsbook.com/Jack and Jennifer's podcast: https://www.haveyouheardpodcast.com/ Jack and Jennifer’s previous book: https://thenewpress.org/books/a-wolf-at-the-schoolhouse-door/?v=eb65bcceaa5fThe Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/cara-fitzpatrick/the-death-of-public-school/9781541646773/?lens=basic-booksMahmoud v. Taylor: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-297_4f14.pdfFree-market logic for education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/0013189X231216953

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