Episode 48: Jennifer Berkshire and The Education Wars

⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. For this week's episode Jennifer Berkshire is back on the show to discuss her co-authored and recently released book The Education Wars. Jennifer is a teacher in the Boston college Prison Education Program. She is also a a journalist and the co-host, alongside Jack Schneider, of the Have You Heard podcast, which is about education policy. Her work explores the intersection of public education and politics and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Nation, the New Republic and many other publications. She was first featured on Episode 27 of our podcast, and it was a great conversation, go back and listen to it if you haven’t already! Jennifer and Jeff discuss the The Education Wars and some hopeful stories from her research on and experience from the education policy world! Follow Jennifer on X ⁠⁠@BisforBerkshire⁠⁠ Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod Purchase The Education Wars here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson