Tim Slekar of BustED Pencils has created a short podcast with some of the leading education advocates on the subject of “The Schools Our Children Deserve.”
It includes interviews with Alfie Kohn on his book of the same name, and also with:
Anthony Cody
Julian Vasquez Heilig
Nancie Atwell
Dr. Jill Stein
Peter Greene
Ken Zeichner
Morna McDermott
Peggy Robertson
Andre Perry
Christopher Tienken
Nancy Carlsson-Paige
I think you will enjoy it. Please listen when you can.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Worth listening too. I especially like the notion of schools being a part of the community, for everyone to learn from, contribute to, enjoy. We survive and thrive when there is broad connection between schools and the community, when those without school-age children feel that the schools matter—I’m not talking about property values here. I’m talking about an ethical and moral responsibility to all our children and to future generations. Again, in the market system Jonathan Alter, Cory Booker and others seek to visit upon us, the dynamics have everyone thinking of themselves and getting theirs, rather than contributing a voice, a vote, an advocacy for the schools/community. This atomizing goes against the interests of our society and the individuals in it. HRC said stronger together, and she is right about that. Lets see if she really believes in that “village” Ive been hearing about.
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Fantastic lineup of passionate voices.
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Stranglehold on obvious. In need of real and encompassing solutions:
https://www.google.com/amp/www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-07-29/american-students-of-color-are-still-not-treated-to-an-equal-education%3fcontext=amp?client=safari
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Stranglehold in reference to link above, US News and World Report article.
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