Public Schools: Talking Across the Divide. Becky Pringle and Gisele Huff

Let's Find Common Ground

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🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Almost everyone has an opinion about public education, especially in the years since the COVID pandemic when the physical closure of schools and online schooling became highly controversial. The vast majority of American students attend public school, but the numbers are falling, partially because of growing financial support for school choice and the changing views of many parents. According to a Gallup poll last year, nearly two-thirds of Americans were dissatisfied with the quality of education students receive in kindergarten through 12th grade. In this podcast episode, we bring together two respected education leaders with different views about public schooling. Becky Pringle was a middle school science teacher for three decades, and is now President of the NEA - The National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union. Gisele Huff is a philanthropist, expert on education reform, and a longtime supporter of school choice and charter schools.

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0:00.0	The vast majority of American students attend public schools.
0:03.8	But the numbers are falling, partially because of growing financial support for school choice
0:08.9	and the changing views of parents.
0:11.5	According to a Gallup poll last year,
0:13.0	nearly two-thirds of Americans were dissatisfied
0:16.0	with the quality of education students receive
0:18.0	in kindergarten through 12th grade.
0:21.0	In more than half of states, parents can now use public money
0:26.0	to educate their kids with private school vouchers, homeschooling, or other alternatives.
0:31.0	In this episode, we hear from two education leaders with different views about public schooling.
0:37.1	One supports charter schools and vouchers.
0:39.6	The other is a teachers union leader.
0:42.2	How they learn to work together is a
0:43.7	fascinating story.
0:45.1	Why did I do that? Why did I become who I am today?
0:49.7	Because I cared about kids and I wanted to answer that calling for me and when I became a union leader that didn't change and I needed I wanted them to see that heart and that passion for kids.
1:06.8	I found you so much of a person
1:11.2	that I was able to relate my thoughts about what we were grappling with
1:20.0	to the kind of respect I had for you as a person. And I think that's the thing that was so lacking these
1:27.0	days that no one respects each other. her. This is a let's find common ground. I'm Ashley Montite. And I'm Richard Davies.
1:51.0	Giselle Huff is a philanthropist and longtime supporter of school choice and charter schools.
1:57.6	Becky Pringle has spent her career in public education.
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