The Citizen Stewart Show

This week on the Citizen Stewart Show, Chris sits down with Ravi, making his triumphant return to recap the Democratic National Convention. We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email at citizenstewartshow@thebranchmedia.org

This week on the Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed Tim Walz’s record on education, and what it could mean for a Democratic administration. A Great American Democrat (by Chris Stewart) We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email at citizenstewartshow@thebranchmedia.org

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris sits down with Doug Tuthill, president of President of the Step Up For Students, for a conversation about the nuances of school choice across the country.

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discuss the school to work pipeline for students, and how the workforce as a whole might be influenced by AI. The School-to-Work Movement: Four Reports Look Back (Edutopia, 7/1/01) Expanding Opportunity (Bellwether, 03/01/23) From Red States & Blue, Collaborating to Create Pathways to Future for Students (The 74, 9/20/22) We’d love to hear from...

This week on the Citizen Stewart show, Chris and Kate discuss the role of religion in schools - and of course they all talk Biden, Harris, and the wild ride that is 2024. Oklahoma Court Rejects Proposed Religious Public Charter School (WaPo, 6/25/24) Billions In Taxpayer Dollars Now Go To Religious Schools Via Vouchers (WaPo, 6/3/24) Oklahoma Social Studies Education To Be Reformed With Help Of Co...

This week on the Citizen Stewart show, Chris and Kate shelved their planned topics and discussed the Trump assassination attempt, and how to talk about it with our kids. 

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed the effects of the enormous financial aid given to schools during COVID. Congress Poured Billions Of Dollars Into Schools. Did It Help Students Learn? (NPR, 6/26/24) Pandemic Aid For Schools Is Ending Soon. Many After-School Programs May Go With It (NPR, 6/10/24) We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or s...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discuss chronic absenteeism and ponder the question - should we pay kids to go to school? Chronic Absenteeism In The Nation's Schools (Department of Education) Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’ Almost Everywhere (NYT, 3/29/24) Oakland Paid Chronically Absent Students to Come to School. Here’s How It Went (SF Chronicle, 6/26/24) We’d love to h...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris is joined by Tim Daly from EdNavigator to answer the question - why did we keep schools closed for so long during COVID? We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email at citizenstewartshow@thebranchmedia.org

Citizen Stewart is out sick this week, so we wanted to recommend another Branch podcast we think you'll enjoy. Each week on NPU Live, four moms discuss the most important news about our children's education and offer practical advice on how you can get involved. Subscribe to NPU Live on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!

This week on the Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed the financial cost of summer for parents, and the educational cost for children as they experience the dreaded 'summer slide’. The Summer-Camp Feeding Frenzy Has Already Begun (Atlantic, 1/26/23) Summer Camp Cost: Breaking Down The Price Of Day, Sleep-Away, And Specialty Camps (Care, 3/6/24) 11 Summer Childcare Options For Any Schedul...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed the importance of youth extracurriculars, and the extra costs and time constraints for parents. The Fine Art of Under Scheduling (Slate, 5/19/24) Working Parents’ Calendars Are Taken Over by Kid Concerts, 'Moving Up' Ceremonies (Bloomberg, 5/29/24) We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discuss the legacy of Brown v. Board of education, and the work we still need to do to realize its promise. It’s Been 70 Years Since Brown V. Board Of Education. The US Is Still Trying To Achieve The Promise Of Integration. (CNN, 5/17/24) We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email at citizenstewartsh...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discuss the costs of educating our nation’s prisoners - and the costs of not educating them. More College Programs Are Slowly Coming Into Prisons (The Virginian-Pilot, 11/23/23) The Federal Government Is Shelling Out $130 Million To Bring Free College To About 30,000 Inmates In Places Like Folsom Prison (Fortune, 6/28/23) The Societal Benefits...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Kate interviews Chris about his recent shift in outlook, and his transformation into the so-called ‘President of Woke-istan’. We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email at citizenstewartshow@thebranchmedia.org

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed how public schools can save themselves from the disrepair and disrepute they find themselves in.  Public school enrollment is falling nationwide, and Census Bureau data shows that K -12 enrollment continued its downward trajectory in 2022, and experts say it’s more than just declining birth rates. (NBC) Chronic absenteeism can be solv...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed the protests on college campuses across the nation.  Crackdowns on Protests Are Exposing Higher Ed’s Complicity in Israel’s Genocide (Truthout, 4/27/24) Campus Thuggery Is No Way to Cultivate Citizens (Education Next, 4/23/24) We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email at citizenstewartshow...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed Netflix’s The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping, and America’s ‘Troubled Teen Industry.’ --- And be sure to subscribe to The Branch’s new podcast NPU Live: The National Parent’s Union Podcast! Each week, Keri Rodrigues, Keri Tafshier Cosby, Ariel Taylor Smith, and Bernita Bradley dive into the issues that matter most: Education, eco...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and guest host Kate Malekoff discussed a hot topic: the debate over the value of a 4-year college degree versus career and technical education. Chris’s TikTok on the matter How Gen Z Is Becoming the Toolbelt Generation (WSJ, 4/1/24) ‘People Are Starting To Smell A Rat’: Mike Rowe Blasts 4-Year College Degrees, Calling Your Diploma On The Wall ‘a Receipt...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… What Public K-12 Teachers Want Americans To Know About Teaching (Pew, 4/4/24) It’s Even Bleaker for Teachers Than You Thought (Time, 4/4/24) Teacher Absenteeism Epitomizes Our Failed Pandemic Recovery (The Education Daily, 3/18/24) We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email at citizenstewa...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed teachers unions. What Lies Ahead For Teachers Unions’ Common Good Agendas (CRPE, 3/4/24) How Often Do Teacher Strikes Happen? (USA Facts, 4/5/23) Teachers Unions Are Bad for Teachers. Here’s Why (Discourse, 4/12/21) We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email at citizenstewartshow@thebranchm...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed the proposed TikTok ban: House Tiktok Bill Gives Bytedance 6 Months To Sell. That’s Unlikely. (WaPo, 3/17/24) Lawmakers Are Trying To Ban Tiktok. But The App Is Hardly The Only Offender (CNN, 3/16/24) TikTok Prompts Users to Call Congress to Fight Possible Ban (NYT, 3/7/24) We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed what happens when celebrities like Mike Tyson, Andre Agassi, Diddy, Deon Sanders, LeBron James, or Tony Bennett start schools. We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email at citizenstewartshow@thebranchmedia.org

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed the possibilities for the future of education through an array of current approaches: Summit Public Schools Avalon Northwest Passages Academy  Wildflower Schools Goldwater Institute What Schools Could Be We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at (321) 213-9171‬ Or send us an email at citizenstewartshow@thebranchmedia.org

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed the pros and cons of AI and the role of indoctrination in education. Should We Fear the Woke A.I.? (NYT, 2/24/24) The Deeper Problem With Google’s Racially Diverse Nazis (Atlantic, 2/26/24) Kids Get Schooled on Radical Politics (The Free Press, 2/22/24) The Right Has Been Pushing “Free-Market” Propaganda in US Public Schools for Over...