#1554 Destroying Education and Democracy for Fun and Profit (Throwback)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 31 December 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Original Air Date: 4/19/2023
Today, we take a look at the history and present of the interconnected movements to privatize education and dismantle democracy.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Segrenomics: The Long History of Cashing In On Unequal Education - Have You Heard - Air Date 1-3-18
Ch. 2: Democracy and Public Education: A Future in Peril - Have You Heard - Air Date 8-12-21
Ch. 3: The Hidden Agenda of Privatization with Jessica Piper (pt.1) - Teach Me, Teacher - Air Date 10-31-21
Ch. 4: Betsy DeVos Is Still Making Moves to Destroy Public Schools - The New Abnormal - Air Date 4-1-23
Ch. 5: The Surprising History Behind Charter Schools - WBUR - Air Date 11-4-16
Ch. 8: Diane Ravitch on Pandemic School Privatization - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-22-20
Ch. 9: Racism-High-Stakes Disaster Education | Dr. Ricardo Rosa - TEDxCCSU - Air Date 11-24-15
Ch. 10: The Secret Power of Homeschoolers - VICE NEWS - Air Date 10-12-22
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this throwback edition of the award-winning Best of Left podcast, where we remember the past and choose to repeat it. |
| 0:10.4 | Today's episode was published back in April 2023, and as we collectively look ahead to a new year and the new administration, we thought it worthwhile to revisit this analysis of the |
| 0:21.8 | role of education in democracy and how the effort to destroy both are interlinked. |
| 0:28.9 | And just quickly before we start, a last call for anyone wanting to take advantage of our |
| 0:33.6 | end of year discount on membership for yourself or as a gift, just go to best of |
| 0:38.0 | the left.com slash support to support us. We really do need the support of every member we can |
| 0:43.7 | get. Anyone who can contribute, it's very much appreciated. There, at that page, you will also find |
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| 0:55.6 | and Libro.fm. which support brick and mortar bookshops to help keep them afloat in local communities |
| 1:01.3 | and, of course, using our links help support this show as well. |
| 1:06.2 | Again, that's bestof the left.com slash support. |
| 1:10.4 | And now sources today include |
| 1:12.1 | Have You Heard? |
| 1:14.1 | Teach Me Teacher, |
| 1:15.6 | The New Abnormal, |
| 1:17.1 | WBUR, |
| 1:18.6 | The Human Restoration Project, |
| 1:20.7 | Is This Democracy, |
| 1:22.5 | Counterspin, |
| 1:23.6 | a TEDx talk by Dr. |
| 1:25.2 | Ricardo Rosa |
| 1:26.0 | and Vice News. |
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