Public School’s Failing Prospects
Notes from America with Kai Wright
WNYC Studios
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
“The Death of Public School” author Cara Fitzpatrick tells the story of a movement, six decades in the making, that’s picked away at the very idea of public education in the U.S. Listeners from Chicago and Jersey City, including a teacher, call in with their own perspectives about the state of our schools.
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| 0:00.0 | What kind of school does a child go to? |
| 0:05.0 | My daughter goes to a charter school. |
| 0:07.0 | I would love some to public school. |
| 0:09.0 | I want a better school, better teachers to type a school day. |
| 0:12.0 | I don't have to pay $25 for each kid to play a sport in school. |
| 0:17.0 | So I guess I wanted to go somewhere probably not even in the neighborhood. |
| 0:20.0 | And so that forces us to make a decision where we live and what we do. |
| 0:24.0 | And it's a vicious cycle. |
| 0:26.0 | People moving out of the city to find better schools. |
| 0:28.0 | And then schools don't get the funding that they need. |
| 0:31.0 | Does it matter to you whether or not public education is available? |
| 0:35.0 | Absolutely. It matters very much so. |
| 0:37.0 | I went to a public school and I had a very good experience. |
| 0:40.0 | I love and care and teachers, students. |
| 0:43.0 | And it does matter. I think people should have options. |
| 0:45.0 | Period. |
| 0:46.0 | Let's do shoes where they want to go, what they want to do. |
| 0:48.0 | And how they want to do it is their life. |
| 0:50.0 | Yeah, let's get it. |
| 0:58.0 | It's notes from America. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm Kai Wright. Welcome to the show. |
| 1:16.0 | And shout out to New England public media joining us for the first time this week. |
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