Have You Heard
@haveyouheard.bsky.social
Occasionally funny & periodically informative, Have You Heard is an education policy podcast featuring @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and @jackschneider.bsky.social
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Wondering why "local control" is no longer a priority for the Republican Party? We have answers on the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social
HY#207 Under the Influence
Have You Heard heads to Florida, where education policy is increasingly being determined by wealthy donors. We meet a billionaire who has been putting big bucks behind a very particular vision for the
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Wondering why "local control" is no longer a priority for the Republican Party? We have answers on the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social
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New episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is out.
HY#207 Under the Influence
Play HY#207 Under the Influence by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is out.
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Recommended weekend listening - IQ is back with a vengeance. In the latest @haveyouheard.bsky.social, starring the brilliant Quinn Slobodian, we lift up the 'race science' rock to see what's squirming underneath soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
#206 Race Science is Back. It Never Went Away.
Race science, with its noxious claims that ‘biology is destiny,’ comes roaring back during periods of social change. That’s the conclusion of a new book by historian Quinn Slobodian, tracing today’s o
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October 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Recommended weekend listening - IQ is back with a vengeance. In the latest @haveyouheard.bsky.social, starring the brilliant Quinn Slobodian, we lift up the 'race science' rock to see what's squirming underneath soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
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You want it darker?
The latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social looks under the rock where all the creepy crawly ideas of racial pseudo-science are alive and well.
The latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social looks under the rock where all the creepy crawly ideas of racial pseudo-science are alive and well.
#206 Race Science is Back. It Never Went Away.
Play #206 Race Science is Back. It Never Went Away. by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
You want it darker?
The latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social looks under the rock where all the creepy crawly ideas of racial pseudo-science are alive and well.
The latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social looks under the rock where all the creepy crawly ideas of racial pseudo-science are alive and well.
In case you missed it... @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and @jackschneider.bsky.social moonlighted on another pod.
Half the Answer #37: Trent and Caitlin speak with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider about their recent book "The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual." What rhetorical strategies have been employed to convince us to allow the public school system to be degraded and dismantled?
Half the Answer #37: Education Wars
Trent and Caitlin speak with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider about their recent book The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual. They discuss the faulty beliefs and logics that lea...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In case you missed it... @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and @jackschneider.bsky.social moonlighted on another pod.
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We had a great conversation on this podcast. If you haven’t been paying attention to the politics of education in the past few years, this should get you up to speed.
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Half the Answer #37: Trent and Caitlin speak with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider about their recent book "The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual." What rhetorical strategies have been employed to convince us to allow the public school system to be degraded and dismantled?
Half the Answer #37: Education Wars
Trent and Caitlin speak with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider about their recent book The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual. They discuss the faulty beliefs and logics that lea...
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October 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We had a great conversation on this podcast. If you haven’t been paying attention to the politics of education in the past few years, this should get you up to speed.
@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social @haveyouheard.bsky.social
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If you want to understand why Zohran Mamdani is talking about phasing out NYC's gifted & talented program for kindergarteners, latest episode of Have You Heard is a great place to start. Hint: inequality in school translates to inequality in the world soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
#205 Schools as Sorting Machines
Forget all that talk about education as the great equalizer. Public schools and inequality are joined at the hip. But must it be that way? We talk to the authors of a recent book called Schooled and S
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October 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If you want to understand why Zohran Mamdani is talking about phasing out NYC's gifted & talented program for kindergarteners, latest episode of Have You Heard is a great place to start. Hint: inequality in school translates to inequality in the world soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
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New episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, featuring research by @t-h-a-d.bsky.social, @emilykpenner.bsky.social, and Andrew Penner.
#205 Schools as Sorting Machines
Play #205 Schools as Sorting Machines by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, featuring research by @t-h-a-d.bsky.social, @emilykpenner.bsky.social, and Andrew Penner.
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Sunday listen: states with ginormous religious school voucher programs are on a collision course with their own constitutions. @haveyouheard.bsky.social heads to Ohio where public education and democracy are both under threat soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
#204 Collision Course
Ohio’s billion dollar plus religious school voucher program is blatantly unconstitutional. So ruled a state judge this summer, putting political leaders and their increasing hostility towards public e
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September 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sunday listen: states with ginormous religious school voucher programs are on a collision course with their own constitutions. @haveyouheard.bsky.social heads to Ohio where public education and democracy are both under threat soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
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Latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is out. And…I’m back.
#204 Collision Course
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September 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is out. And…I’m back.
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America’s public schools have long been hyperfocused on career readiness. Now, the right wing is embracing “classical education” instead. @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social considers what this means for the future of American schooling.
Uniform Policy | Jennifer C. Berkshire
Democrats must come up with a defense of public schools that goes beyond bloodless workforce preparation
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September 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
America’s public schools have long been hyperfocused on career readiness. Now, the right wing is embracing “classical education” instead. @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social considers what this means for the future of American schooling.
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Pumped to be back on @haveyouheard.bsky.social podcast with @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social this week! soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
#203 Power in Numbers
Public schools are facing mounting money woes, and feeling the pinch of hostile policies coming from the state and federal government. But despite this bleak forecast, there are also pockets of possib
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August 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Pumped to be back on @haveyouheard.bsky.social podcast with @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social this week! soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
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The latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is out.
#203 Power in Numbers
Public schools are facing mounting money woes, and feeling the pinch of hostile policies coming from the state and federal government. But despite this bleak forecast, there are also pockets of possib
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August 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is out.
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In 2020, @jackschneider.bsky.social & I wrote a book called A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door. We warned that the vision of the future was *unbundling* in which school = whatever education content consumers purchase. As @flbaloney.bsky.social reports, the future is here substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Selling Florida's Public Schools, Piece by Piece
How Step Up for Students is recruiting school boards into the unbundling of public schools
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August 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In 2020, @jackschneider.bsky.social & I wrote a book called A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door. We warned that the vision of the future was *unbundling* in which school = whatever education content consumers purchase. As @flbaloney.bsky.social reports, the future is here substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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Just now getting around to sharing this excellent (if I do say so myself) episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, featuring the fabulous @derekgottlieb.bsky.social, @drrachelswhite.bsky.social, @knightabo.bsky.social, and @johannneem.bsky.social
#201 Use It Or Lose It
Play #201 Use It Or Lose It by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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July 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just now getting around to sharing this excellent (if I do say so myself) episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, featuring the fabulous @derekgottlieb.bsky.social, @drrachelswhite.bsky.social, @knightabo.bsky.social, and @johannneem.bsky.social
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In the latest episode of the pod, @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social reminds us of the power of higher education by telling the story of those who started the college journey behind bars.
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#202 College Inside, College Outside
We meet eight former prison inmates who are now attending college on campus at Boston College. These students in the BC Prison Education Program reflect on the transition from incarceration to college
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August 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In the latest episode of the pod, @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social reminds us of the power of higher education by telling the story of those who started the college journey behind bars.
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Episode 200 of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is a gem. Come for @audreywatters.bsky.social, @biblioracle.bsky.social, and @benjaminjriley.bsky.social…stay for our producer Francisco Rafart, who makes a surprise guest appearance at the end.
#200 Don’t Buy the AI Hype
Play #200 Don’t Buy the AI Hype by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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June 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Episode 200 of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is a gem. Come for @audreywatters.bsky.social, @biblioracle.bsky.social, and @benjaminjriley.bsky.social…stay for our producer Francisco Rafart, who makes a surprise guest appearance at the end.
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Trump’s war on Harvard has dominated the headlines; but what’s more concerning is the administration’s plan to limit access to higher education.
The Trump Administration’s Education Agenda: A Tragedy in 2 Acts
The Trump administration’s funding cuts and attacks on public education are just the beginning.
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May 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump’s war on Harvard has dominated the headlines; but what’s more concerning is the administration’s plan to limit access to higher education.
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Hard to believe that @haveyouheard.bsky.social is closing in on 200 episodes... Our latest, starring @derekwblack.bsky.social on what's really driving the Trump assault on public education and what we can do about it, is one of my faves soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
#199 Dangerous Learning, Dangerous Times
Legal scholar Derek Black is a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI crusade, arguing that the effort to impose what he calls ‘loyalty oaths’ on schools is blatantly unconstitutional. Bl
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May 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Hard to believe that @haveyouheard.bsky.social is closing in on 200 episodes... Our latest, starring @derekwblack.bsky.social on what's really driving the Trump assault on public education and what we can do about it, is one of my faves soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
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ICYMI: My latest with @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social in @thenation.com
The Trump Administration’s Education Agenda: A Tragedy in 2 Acts
The Trump administration’s funding cuts and attacks on public education are just the beginning.
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June 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ICYMI: My latest with @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social in @thenation.com
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In the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social we talk with the always-inspiring @derekwblack.bsky.social about education, the law, and democracy.
#199 Dangerous Learning, Dangerous Times
Legal scholar Derek Black is a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI crusade, arguing that the effort to impose what he calls ‘loyalty oaths’ on schools is blatantly unconstitutional. Bl
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May 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social we talk with the always-inspiring @derekwblack.bsky.social about education, the law, and democracy.
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Act one is "cutting the fat." Act two is "building back muscle." And what is that muscle going to do?
My latest with @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social in @thenation.com.
My latest with @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social in @thenation.com.
The Trump Administration’s Education Agenda: A Tragedy in 2 Acts
The Trump administration’s funding cuts and attacks on public education are just the beginning.
www.thenation.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Act one is "cutting the fat." Act two is "building back muscle." And what is that muscle going to do?
My latest with @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social in @thenation.com.
My latest with @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social in @thenation.com.
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If you haven't listened to the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, it's a good one.
#198 Ethnic Studies ‘Works.’ Does That Even Matter Anymore?
We’re headed to California, where high school students will soon be required to complete an ethnic studies course in order to graduate. The policy has set off the predictable culture war response, wit
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May 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If you haven't listened to the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, it's a good one.