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Everybody Benefits from Public Schools: Jennifer Berkshire & Jack Schneider | Future Hindsight

Episode Summary

This week, we bring you an episode from the Future Hindsight podcast, hosted by Mila Atmos.

Episode Notes

We discuss the power and the promise of public schools, the universal rejection of book bans by parents across the country, and an inclusive vision for democracy.

Their civic action toolkit recommendations are: 

  1. Have a conversation with people with whom you disagree
  2. Remain open-minded.

Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider are co-hosts of the education podcast Have You Heard. Their new book is The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual. 

Follow Jennifer on X: 

https://x.com/BisforBerkshire

Follow Jack on X: 

https://x.com/edu_historian

Read The Education Wars

https://bookshop.org/shop/futurehindsight

Follow Mila on X: 

https://x.com/milaatmos

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https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/

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