2:30 PM PACIFIC TIME: WEDNESDAYS
Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein and Jaron Epstein that airs every week at 2:30.
Newark NJ students are currently leading a boycott supported by parents while they have no schools to attend in result of Gov Christie’s actions. Frankie Adao of the Newark parents union and a student will be joining Kitty. And Oakland Council member Lynette McElhaney will discuss Oakland’s path-breaking action to hire a local, less expensive … Continued
Today Kkitty interviews the dynamic new president of the National Teachers Union, Lily Garcia, who is very critical of standardized tests and has called for the resignation of education secretary Arne Duncan. Kitty also interviews a teacher and student who are trying to keep their local school from falling victim to gentrification.
A report on some exciting education developments across the country. In North Carolina a group of high school students have started a movement against mass incarceration. In California, students are being recognized for dual literacy in record numbers. And across the country opposition to standardized testing has taken off.
“Hear Dr. Lora Lempert talk about a program which brings together college students and incarcerated individuals behind prison walls to study a variety of college subjects, including incarceration itself. The program has spread to 30 states and several countries. Dr. Lempert provides little-known information about incarceration and education and explains how other institutions can create … Continued
Yale economics professor John Roemer outlines an innovative approach to saving humanity from the catastrophe of global warming. It includes greater equity in the distribution of growth between the countries of the “North” and “South”, and the optimistic projection that those of us in the 99% may organize the mass movement needed to claim our … Continued
Kitty interviews the President-elect of the Los Angeles teachers union about the decision against teacher tenure handed down this week in an L.A. courtroom. Alex Caputo-Pearl is a progressive teacher who won the L.A union election last month; he will discuss his views on issues of standardized testing and community alliances as well as the … Continued
Have the Bay Area Rapid Transit police changed since the killing of Oscar Grant? Kitty interviews a young woman whose recent experience with BART police raise serious questions in this regard. Kitty also interviews a North Carolina parent who is challenging standardized testing by organizing parents to challenge testing policy and to take their children … Continued
Kitty interviews author Alfie Kohn about his new book, The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Childhood and Parenting. Find out what he means by our “conservative thinking” and why he advocates “raising rebels.” and Muntu Davis, MD at the Alameda County Public Health Department about the report on gentrification in … Continued
Kitty Kelly Epstein speaks with Kalimah Priforce, co-founder of Qeyno Labs, an education innovation start-up based in Oakland, California. Priforce was recently named a “Champion of Change” by President Barack Obama. He is also a driving force behind the Hidden Genius Project, a program that trains Black male youth in entrepreneurial thing, software development, and … Continued
