Episode 01 : The Charter School Scam
Episode description
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