S1 E6: Mo' Charters Mo' Problems
Podcast |
School Colors
Publisher |
Brooklyn Deep
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Education
Government
News
Politics
Publication Date |
Nov 08, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:59:19

If you ask most people in Bed-Stuy’s District 16 why they think enrollment is falling, chances are they’ll point to charter schools: privately managed public schools, which have been on the rise in New York City for more than a decade.

Charter schools were originally dreamed up to be laboratories for innovation in public education. Instead, many see them as a threat — competing with neighborhood schools for space, resources, and kids. Is this really a zero-sum game?

In this episode, we talk to parents and educators on both sides of the district-charter divide to explore why charter schools seem especially polarizing in a Black neighborhood like Bed-Stuy, and what the growth of charter schools means for the future of this community.

NOTES

CREDITS

  • Producers / Hosts: Mark Winston Griffith and Max Freedman
  • Editing & Sound Design: Elyse Blennerhassett
  • Production Support: Jaya Sundaresh, Ilana Levinson
  • Music: avery r. young and de deacon board, Chris Zabriskie, Blue Dot Sessions, Ricardo Lemvo
  • Featured in this episode: Rafiq Kalam Id-Din, Steve Brier, Anika Greenidge, NeQuan McLean, Nikki Bowen, Oma Holloway, Rahesha Amon, Odolph Wright
If you ask most people in Bed-Stuy’s District 16 why they think enrollment is falling, chances are they’ll point to charter schools: privately managed public schools, which have been on the rise in New York City for more than a decade. Charter schools were originally dreamed up to be laboratories for innovation in public education. Instead, many see them as a threat — competing with neighborhood schools for space, resources, and kids. Is this really a zero-sum game? In this episode, we talk to parents and educators on both sides of the district-charter divide to explore why charter schools seem especially polarizing in a Black neighborhood like Bed-Stuy, and what the growth of charter schools means for the future of this community.

If you ask most people in Bed-Stuy’s District 16 why they think enrollment is falling, chances are they’ll point to charter schools: privately managed public schools, which have been on the rise in New York City for more than a decade.

Charter schools were originally dreamed up to be laboratories for innovation in public education. Instead, many see them as a threat — competing with neighborhood schools for space, resources, and kids. Is this really a zero-sum game?

In this episode, we talk to parents and educators on both sides of the district-charter divide to explore why charter schools seem especially polarizing in a Black neighborhood like Bed-Stuy, and what the growth of charter schools means for the future of this community.

NOTES

CREDITS

  • Producers / Hosts: Mark Winston Griffith and Max Freedman
  • Editing & Sound Design: Elyse Blennerhassett
  • Production Support: Jaya Sundaresh, Ilana Levinson
  • Music: avery r. young and de deacon board, Chris Zabriskie, Blue Dot Sessions, Ricardo Lemvo
  • Featured in this episode: Rafiq Kalam Id-Din, Steve Brier, Anika Greenidge, NeQuan McLean, Nikki Bowen, Oma Holloway, Rahesha Amon, Odolph Wright

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