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S3E5 – Watch your language!
English classes are charged with teaching students “correct” language usage; linguists say there is no such thing. What are the social, racial and linguistic consequences of the way schools teach grammar and usage? This may well be the most exciting discussion of grammar you have ever heard!
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Next episode will post on Friday, October 16
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S3E4 – What’s so special about special education?
Special Education remains opaque to too many Americans. This episode aims to get past the stereotypes and explore the workings, history, and philosophy behind special education programs in US schools.
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Next episode will post on Friday, September 25th.
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Season 3, Episode 3 – Going the Distance: A history of remote learning
Remote learning is not a new development in education. In this episode, we review the history, practices, pitfalls and potential future of remote learning as we enter a school year where the majority of U.S. students will be engaged in some form of distance education.
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Next episode will post on Sept 18th
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Season 3, Episode 2 – How it all began, Part II – Common for whom?
We continue our quest to locate the origin(s) of public education in the United States, from Horace Mann’s Common Schools to the fight for racial equity in schooling.
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Next episode will post on September 18th, 2020