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Explain It to Me

The debate over “no excuses” charter schools, explained

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Libby Nelson, Vox.com news editor and former education reporter, joins Matt and Sarah to talk about the discipline practices and educational outcomes at so-called "no excuses" charter schools. Then they turn to a white paper that looks at lead poisoning and fertility. References and further reading: Illinois Public Radio story on Noble Academy Video of teacher at Success Academy ripping up student's homework Research mentioned by Libby on outcomes at the Harlem Children's Zone Upper West Side parents mad about school integration plan White paper on lead poisoning and fertility Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You guys know HBO, a lot of the best drama series,

0:02.6

Intellivision History, have come out of them.

0:04.6

And they've got a new one premiering this Sunday.

0:06.7

It's called Succession.

0:08.2

It's from Adam McKay, who was the director of the big short,

0:11.2

and from Jesse Armstrong, who was the writer of In the Loop.

0:14.2

Those are two great movies about finance and politics.

0:17.8

They're amazing.

0:18.5

You should check them out if you haven't seen them, frankly.

0:20.7

But if you have seen them, you know how exciting it is

0:23.0

that they're working together on this project.

0:24.9

So the project, it's called Succession.

0:26.7

This is the story of the Roy family.

0:28.4

They're owners of one of the biggest media companies in the world.

0:31.5

And then when family patriarch Logan decides

0:33.9

he's not quite ready to retire, his adult children

0:37.0

are going to fight to figure out where they fit in.

0:39.1

So it ties into a lot of real world themes

0:41.6

that we have here, but it's fiction, compelling stories.

0:44.2

It's set in the boardrooms and penthouse apartments

0:46.8

of New York City.

0:47.8

Succession explores power, politics, money, and family

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