Education Today – May 1, 2020
Dr. Rachelle Gutierrez on rehumanizing mathematics and Dr. Earl Wright on the finally settled debate that W.E.B. DuBois was in fact that originator of the field of Sociology.
Education Today
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Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein and Jaron Epstein that airs every week at 2:30.
Education Today – April 17, 2020
Hear Rutgers Professor Domingo Morrel and Houston teachers union leader, Zeph Capo, analyze the nationwide move to disenfranchise Black-led urban school districts through state takeovers. They provide important details on the motivating factors which include seizing the resources of districts which have increasing budgets. Listen in. You won’t hear this anywhere else.
Education Today – April 03, 2020
Dr. Kimberly Mayfield, Dean of the School of Education at Holy Names University, interviews the authors of a new book about the most successful student strike in U.S. history at San Francisco State Strike. BSU leader Bernard Stringer and KPFA’s Kitty Kelly Epstein discuss the deep politics of the strike based on their own experiences … Continued
Education Today – March 20, 2020
Hear about the longest and most successful student strike ever in the U.S. Host of Education Today, Kitty Kelly Epstein and BSU Central Committee member, Bernard Stringer are interviewed by Dr. Kimberly Mayfield Lynch on the reasons for the strike’s success and its significance to the movement for educational justice
Education Today – March 6, 2020
Hear exciting ideas about creating peaceful communities by Zach Norris, the author of “We Keep Us Safe” and leader of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.
Education Today – February 07, 2020
A young scholar talks about the participation of Stanford professors in the Eugenics movement, which was the bedrock of both U.S. racial education tracking and Hitler’s ideology about race. Lewis Terman was a very important but little known figure in these developments in the Bay Area We’ll also hear some up-to-date education news.
Education Today – January 10, 2020
Billionaire Bill Gates is promoting an agenda for higher education focused on the needs of capitalism, eliminating expenditures on many “superfluous” studies in the arts and humanities. Hear a dialogue on how he’s moving this agenda on Education Today.
Education Today – Racism and School District Takeovers – December 27, 2019
Why are the only school districts taken over by state governments those with mostly Black and Latino students, and what does all this have to do with privatization and gentrification? The Houston teachers union is suing the state of Texas to stop the takeover of their school district on the basis that it is a … Continued
Two educators discuss trauma in schools and how to help youngsters deal with it. Analysis and ideas for parents and teachers from Dr. Joyce Dorado, Director of a UCSF program on response to trauma in schools and Natalie Perales, a Bay Area teacher who uses trauma-informed methods in her teaching. Photo by Lisa Maruna
Hear two scholars discuss hot topics that impact U.S. students and their thinking. Dr. Rochelle Gutierrez talks about rehumanizing mathematics and Dr. Earl Wright argues that W.E.B. DuBois and his colleagues at Atlanta University were responsible for the founding of Sociology, rather than the more conservative University of Chicago academics who are usually given the … Continued