All Episodes

Ep 250,000 | Goodbye - for now!

Ep 141 | Ed-mageddon

Ep 140 | Can Education Commentary Survive the Attention Economy?

Ep 139 | The Most Radical Education Experiment in American History

Ep 138 | Chris Warns About “A Pandemic of Stupid”

Ep 137 | Assessments & Accountability

Ep 136 | Are Liberal Arts Degrees Future-Proof?

Ep 135 | Black Men in Education (with Dr. Charles Cole)

Ep 134 | Ed Reform Democrats

Ep 133 | Class of 2025’s Job Market

Ep 132 | Should Teachers Be Neutral in the Classroom?

Ep 131 | Restorative Justice (with Nicholas Bradford)

Ep 130 | Pushing Student Achievement Forward (with Tommy Chang)

Ep 129 | Rewriting the Impact of Racial Trauma (with Dominic Lawson)

Ep 128 | Merit Pay for Teachers

Ep 127 | The Rising Resistance in Education

Ep 126 | Why Dual Language Programs Work (with Conor Williams)

Ep 125 | Solving Education for America’s Black Children (with Emory Edwards)

Ep 124 | Social and Emotional Learning (with Dr. Michael Strambler)

Ep 123 | A Special Educational Status for Black Students (with Shaka Mitchell)

Ep 122 | Anti Exclusionary Program Design (with Toni Barton)

Ep 121 | An Autonomous Education for Black Children (with Kenya Bradshaw)

Ep 120 | What Can Schools Do Differently?

Ep 119 | The Voices Missing from the National Education Debate

Ep 118 | Civics & Security: The Democracy Connection

Ep 117 | We Need a Boring Revolution in Education

Ep 116 | Barney the Dinosaur

Ep 115 | Gutting the Department of Education

Ep 114 | Shut Down the Department of Education?

Ep 113 | NAEP: The National Assessment of Educational Progress (with Tim Daly)

Ep 112 | On Wicked & Core Knowledge

Ep 111 | Sexism

Ep 110 | Is College for Everyone?

Ep 109 | Universal School Choice Programs (with Liz Cohen)

Ep 108 | A 2024 Wrapup Interview with Chris

Ep 107 | 2024 Political Wrap Up (with Ravi!)

Ep 106 | Replacing Education Reform with Education Support

Ep 105 | Faith and Public Education

Ep 104 | The Great Teacher Shortage That Wasn’t

Ep 103 | Project 2025

Ep 102 | What Trump’s Win Means for Education in America

Ep 101 | The Need for Black and Brown Voices in Education (with Jay Artiss-Wright)

Ep 100 | Is Miguel Cardona America’s Worst Education Secretary?

Ep 99 | Scaling Up Public School Choice

Ep 98 | Who is the Real Citizen Stewart?

Ep 97 | Corey DeAngelis, “Seth Rose”, and the Weaponization of Hypocrisy

Ep 96 | School Visits

Ep 95 | Homeschooling

Ep 94 | Unschooling

Ep 93 | Teachers Unions

Ep 92 | Ravi’s Back to Recap the DNC

Ep 91 | Tim Walz’s Record on Education

Ep 90 | School Choice (with Doug Tuthill)

Ep 89 | The School to Work Pipeline

Ep 88 | Religion in the Classroom

Ep 87 | The Trump Assassination Attempt

Ep 86 | Did All That Pandemic Aid Help?

Ep 85 | Chronic Absenteeism

Ep 84 | Why Did We Keep Schools Closed for So Long During COVID?

Introducing NPU Live: The National Parents Union Podcast!

Ep 83 | The Cost of Summer

Ep 82 | The Extra Benefits and Costs of Extracurriculars

Ep 81 | Chris v. Brown v. Board of Education

Ep 80 | Should We Educate Prisoners? (Spoiler Alert: Yes)

Ep 79 | Chris Stewart: President of Woke-istan

Ep 78 | How Public Schools Can Save Themselves

Ep 77 | College Protests

Ep 76 | The Troubled Teen Industry

Ep 75 | College vs. Technical Education

Ep 74 | The Hidden Truth Of Post-Pandemic Teaching

Ep 73 | Teachers Unions

Ep 72 | Swipe Right For Citizen Stewart

Ep 71 | When Celebrities Start Schools

Ep 70 | The Possibilities of Schooling

Ep 69 | Education v. Indoctrination

Ep 68 | Curriculum Debates

Ep 67 | The Great Replacement Theory

Ep 66 | America’s Founding Ideals

Ep 65 | Social Media Smackdown

Ep 64 | The Far Right Playbook for Trump’s Next Term is Ready to Go

Ep 63 | Moms For Liberty

Ep 62 | Closing Schools and Canceling Summer Lunches for Kids

Ep 61 | The Curious Case of Claudine Gay

Ep 60 | Our 2024 Education Predictions

Ep 59 | The Gamification of Education

Ep 58 | Why College Is Broken And How To Fix It

Ep 57 | School Takeovers!

Ep 56 | Why Black Children are the New Cotton

Ep 55 | Why is Math a Thing? (with Gary Rubinstein)

Ep 54 | How Should We Teach Kids About The Israel-Hamas War?

Ep 53 | Self-Determination in Education (with Jay Artis-Wright)

Ep 52 | “We Do Not Give the System Broken Children” (with Keri Rodrigues)

Ep 51 | Opportunity, Access, and Inclusion (with Dr. Heather Harding)

Ep 50 | The Death of Public School (with Cara Fitzpatrick)

Ep 49 | Disparities for the Black Community in College and Beyond

Ep 48 | The Importance of Agency

Ep 47 | Finding Common Ground After the Ed Wars

Ep 46 | Shut Down the Department of Education?

Ep 45 | Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears for the New School Year

Ep 44 | A Progressive Case for School Choice