Jenn Binis on Protecting Public Education for the Greater Good
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On today’s episode, we talk with Jenn Binis, a checker of facts in the noisy space of what’s wrong with our current education system. We dissect the premise that we actually talked about last season on this show - the idea that schools were built on a factory model that is no longer serving not only our kids, but society as a whole. Jenn wants us to look deeper at the actual origins of why we started to educate ALL American kids - spoiler: it wasn’t so they could graduate to an assembly line - it was about educating future voters and cultivating true citizens for the greater good. Not really what we think of now in our currently hyper individualistic culture.
Brought to you by Tutor Corps and Pacific Preparatory.
About our guest:
Jennifer Borgioli Binis is a freelance developmental editor, researcher, and fact-checker for those who write or create content about K-12 education. She lives in Buffalo, NY with her husband and two perfectly chonky cats, Steve and Kevin. ‘Jennifer Borgioli Binis is a freelance developmental editor, researcher, and fact-checker for those who write or create content about K-12 education. She lives in Buffalo, NY with her husband and two perfectly chonky cats, Steve and Kevin.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schoolmarm/
Resources mentioned in the episode:
23 Myths About the History of American Schools: What the Truth Can Tell Us, and Why It Matters, edited by Sherman Dorn & David A. Gamson
The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession, Dana Goldstein
The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America, Cara Fitzpatrick
