Jul 12, 2017
The first episode of Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson's podcast, Citations Needed, tackles the media hype surrounding the privatization of education.
Show notes can be found here:
2010 tax form for Participant Foundation used to fund Waiting
for Superman (note: four donors-- Waltons, Eli Broad, Donald
Fisher, Dave Einhorn): 990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_ar…06_990PF.pdf
Gates $2 million contribution to film web.archive.org/web/2010101600404…C-OPP1019819.aspx
Guest Jennifer Berkshire’s blog:
haveyouheardblog.com/
Guest Jennifer berkshire’s articles:
www.huffingtonpost.com/author/tips-391
www.salon.com/writer/jennifer_berkshire/
Books mentioned by Berkshire: The One Percent Solution www.amazon.com/One-Percent-Solut…ing/dp/1501703064
New Orleans graduation rate stats article from 2014 by Adam citationsneeded.com/2014/05/24/char…na-memory-hole/
Harlem Children Zone original board:
pbs.twimg.com/media/Cq8wM7cWgAAUfHN.jpg
Further reading:
www.nydailynews.com/opinion/turnove…ticle-1.3272954
newrepublic.com/article/140319/ch…ad-black-students
www.nybooks.com/articles/2010/11/…-charter-schools/
www.commondreams.org/views/2016/11/…harter-schools
www.counterpunch.org/2009/08/25/the…-it-s-managed/
www.counterpunch.org/2009/08/26/the…arter-schools/
www.alternet.org/education/how-ch…public-education