The Citizen Stewart Show

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… The dark forces at play in our schools: ‘Brainwashing a Generation’: British Schools Combat Andrew Tate’s Views (NYT, 2/19/23) We Won't Survive Another Generation Of Lost Boys (Always Learning, 1/11/23) What’s making them think:  The Parent Test Stokes American Parenting’s Worst Impulses (Atlantic, 2/22/23) And more on Educational Sa...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed school choice with some Twitter hot takes and new essays from Opportunity America.

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… The dark forces at play in our schools: 23 Baltimore Schools Have Zero Students Proficient In Math, Per State Test Results (Fox, 2/6/23) And what’s making them think:  When School Reform Is Not Enough (FutureEd, 2/9/23) And make sure to check out the Imbroglio newsletter and Sweat the Technique podcast - two new education focused off...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… The dark forces at play in our schools: Hillsdale-Linked Charter School Group Will Try Again in Tennessee (Chalkbeat, 12/5/22) And what’s making them think:  The High School We Need (Lost Debate, 1/31/23)

Introducing Lost Debate's newest weekly podcast, Sweat the Technique, which is taking over the Citizen Stewart feed for a special episode! The new show features a group of pathbreaking educators who come together to answer the question: how do we get better, faster? Our hosts apply lessons from the classroom to all areas of life — from parenting to relationships, to sports, to hobbies, and more. I...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… What’s making them mad: Are Standardized Tests Racist, or Are They Anti-racist? Yes. (Atlantic, 1/23/23) What’s making them think:  Study Finds School Vouchers Decrease Racial Segregation in Ohio Classrooms (The 74, 1/24/23) And make sure to check out Imbroglio, a newsletter from Lost Debate about how we bring about the education rev...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… TFA downsizing: Teach For America To Cut A Quarter Of Staff In Latest Shakeup (Chalkbeat, 1/20/23) What’s making them mad: Justices Will Consider Reviving Lawsuit From Deaf Student Who Was Denied Sign-Language Interpreter (ScotusBlog, 1/14/23) What’s making them think: The Coming School-Discipline Wars (National Review, 1/21/23) And...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… Some listener mail about a proposal for a county-wide school board, and the difficulties parents face access special education for their children. Paid Countywide School Board? One Area Lawmaker Proposes Giving It A 10-Year Tryout (The Morning Call, 1/6/23) What’s making them mad: New York City’s Pre-K System Was a Model. Now Employe...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… An article from a listener: In One Giant Classroom, Four Teachers Manage 135 Kids – and Love It (The 74, 1/6/23) What’s making them mad: Muzzled by DeSantis, Critical Race Theory Professors Cancel Courses or Modify Their Teaching (ProPublica, 1/3/23) DeSantis To Scrutinize Higher Ed Programs For Diversity, Critical-Race Theory Activi...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… What’s making them mad: Ex-NYU Admin Siphoned $3.5m In Grants And Blew Cash On Herself — Including An $80k Pool: Prosecutors (New York Post, 12/19/22) What’s making them think:  Chicago Public Schools Spent $308 Million On Technology Since March 2020. Now What? (Chalkbeat, 12/13/22) And a new segment: Ravi’s Radical Ideas™

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… What’s making them mad: A Fast-Growing Network of Conservative Groups Is Fueling a Surge in Book Bans (NYT, 12/12/22) And what’s making them think:  American Family Policy Is Holding Schools Back (Atlantic, 9/28/22)

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… What’s making them mad: Our Schools’ Looming Fiscal Cliff Fiscal Cliff Could Force Layoffs of the Best Teachers (Education Next, 12/6/22) What’s making them think: Trouble at Teach for America As Pandemic Complicates Recruitment, Teach For America’s Incoming Class Expected To Hit A 15-Year Low (Chalkbeat, 3/8/22)  What’s making them...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… What’s making them mad: Broken Sped Public Schools Are NYC’s Main Youth Mental Health System. Where Kids Land Often Depends on What Their Parents Can Pay (ProPublica, 11/17/22) What’s making them think: AARP for Parents Parents Need Their Own AARP (Atlantic, 11/18/22) And what’s making them hopeful: Supercharged Tutoring $10 Million...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… What’s making them mad: Bribery in Michigan Former President of the Madison District Public Schools Board of Education and a Local Contractor Charged in $560,000 Bribery Scheme (DOJ, 7/14/22) What’s making them think: Activism in Public Education Public Education Is Drifting From Its Founding Ideals And Public Purpose (Fordham Instit...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… What’s making them mad: Corruption in Stockton Incompetence Or Corruption At Stockton Unified; It’s Got To Be One Or The Other (Stocktonia, 6/22/22) Possible Financial Catastrophe: Grand Jury Details Stockton Unified School District's Money Mismanagement (NBC, 6/17/22) What’s making them think: The Math Backlash Cycle How Math Became...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi debated… What’s making them hopeful: Turnout for Young People Was the Second Highest Its Been in the Past 30 Years (NPR, 11/10/22) The School-Choice Election Wave (Wall Street Journal, 11/10/22) GOP School Boards: How Republicans Fared in School Board Elections All Over the Country (USA Today, 11/9/22) What’s making them think:  This School Too...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed... What's making them mad: Youngkin’s Education Tip Line Gripes: ‘Beowulf,’ Masks and ‘Grooming’ (WaPo, 11/3/22) How Education Culture Wars Have Shaped the Midterms (Vox, 11/4/22) What's making them hopeful: Student ‘Peace Warriors’ at Chicago’s West Side Schools Spread Message of Nonviolence (Chalkbeat, 11/3/22) Kids Were Fighting in...

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… What’s making them angry: Abbott Elementary misrepresenting charter schools in “Wrong Delivery” (9/28/22) Charter Schools Get Better Results with Less Money Than Government‐Run Schools (Cato Institute, 10/10/19) There Are Just 90 LGBTQ School Board Members. Half Were Threatened, Harassed (The 74, 10/25/22)  ‘Unsafe, Unwelcoming’: LGB...

In the premiere episode of The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed… What’s making them angry: abuse in schools and its aftermath Teachers Who Sexually Abuse Students Still Find Classroom Jobs (USA Today, 12/22/16) LAUSD Has Paid Out More Than $300 Million Over Sex Abuse (LA Times, 5/14/16) $52-Million Settlement for Kids Sexually Abused by former L.A. Unified Wrestling Coach (LA Times,...

“The Citizen Stewart Show” is an independent, pull-no-punches podcast about the perils and promise of education and democracy. Hosted by Chris “Citizen” Stewart, CEO of Brightbeam, a nonprofit national network of activists fighting for educational opportunity and justice for every child. And co-hosted by Ravi Gupta, former Obama staffer and superintendent of a network of charter schools in the Sou...