Education On The Line
autor: Advancing Education Success Initiative
Beyond The Bell: Why We Must Reimagine Middle and High Schools
O tym podcaście
Education On The Line (formerly titled Sparking Equity) is a podcast focusing on the mounting political, financial, legal and ideological threats to public education. It will provide strategies to help education leaders and decisionmakers traverse the current perilous education landscape.
Join media innovator and veteran education journalist Louis Freedberg as he interviews school leaders about how they are coping with attacks on public schools emanating from Washington D.C. -- while staying focused on how to ensure that all students succeed.
The advisor for the podcast (and occasional guest host) is Pedro Noguera, Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education.
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- Beyond The Bell: Why We Must Reimagine Middle and High Schools · 28 minOne of the biggest challenges in education is how to move beyond the century old "factory model" which has dictated how most kids learn in middle and high schools -- too often…
- When Civil Rights Law Becomes A Political Weapon · 30 minIn this episode of Education on the Line we get a rare insider's portrait of how the Trump Administration is targeting the university by alleging rampant anti-semitism throughout…
- What Does "Patriotic Education" Mean in the Age of Donald Trump? · 32 minSecretary of Education Linda McMahon is currently traveling to all 50 states with its History Rocks! campaign. It's a year-long effort to promote President Trump's vision…
- Shrink Smart or Suffer: Lessons from the Enrollment Crisis · 28 minEmpty classrooms can bankrupt a school district faster than almost anyone wants to admit. When enrollment falls, funding falls with it, and suddenly a district built for 20,000…
- Coping with Declining Enrollment: Fewer Kids, Harder Choices -- and No End In Sight · 36 minEnrollment is falling in many schools across the nation, and the ripple effects are showing up everywhere: budget deficits, program cuts, labor tension, and the gut-wrenching…
- Should Democratic States Opt Into Trump's Stealth School Voucher Plan? · 26 minHere’s a question that Democratic governors across the country will have to wrestle with in the months ahead: should they opt into President Trump’s upcoming federal tax credit…
- As costs rise, and enrollments dip, can school districts meet teacher demands? · 36 minSchool districts across California and the nation are caught in a financial vise. Enrollments are falling, federal COVID relief funds have been depleted, and costs keep rising…
- The Push to Keep Undocumented Students Out Of School: Will It Succeed? · 36 minThe Supreme Court's landmark 1982 Plyler v. Doe decision established that every child in America has the right to a public education, regardless of immigration status. For 43…
- Inside Trump's Stealth School Voucher Program: What's At Stake · 42 minThe sweeping federal tax credit scholarship program which President Trump was able to shoehorn into his so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill" will go into effect in less than a…
- Trump vs. Education: What Happened, What Didn't, and What to Expect in 2026 · 29 minWhat happens when frenetic policymaking by the Trump Administration collides with the guardrails of courts, campuses, and public opinion? We sit down with leading conservative…
- How School Leaders Can Navigate The Culture Wars And Build Community Trust · 32 minDuring the first year of President Trump's latest term in the White House, much of his admiinistration's focus been national in scope, especially on its push to dismantle or…
- How The Dept. of Education Can Be Saved from Trump Assaults · 36 minCut staff at the U.S. Education Dept. in half, and send programs they were overseeing to multiple other departments -- what could that possibly go wrong for students and schools?…
- Making Sense Of Test Scores in the Trump Era -- Without The Politics · 38 minEducators are barraged with a range of test scores from K-12 schools that are often confusing and seem to conflict with each other. Some show students improving. Others show the…
- Breaking Up The Federal Support System for Special Education · 34 minIn the episode of Education on the Line, we examine how the Trump administration has used the shutdown to try to eviscerate key agencies in the U.S. Dept of Education that…
- The New Politics of Civil Rights In Schools: Submit or Lose Funds · 31 minThe Trump administration is so far using TItle IX as the principal weapon to attack public schools: principally against school districts with gender-neutral bathrooms. But its…
- When Bathrooms Become Political Weapons · 26 minBathrooms have emerged as the principal battleground in efforts by the Trump administration to cut federal support of public schools. based on its attacks on "gender ideology."…
- When Presidents Get Pink Slips: Higher Ed Faces "Existential Crisis" · 32 minThe battle over diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education has reached a critical tipping point. What began as targeted attacks on elite institutions has evolved into…
- Why Public Education's Survival Matters for America's Future · 22 minEducational leaders across the country are navigating a storm of uncertainty as the Trump administration unleashes a barrage of executive orders targeting public schools. What…
- Beyond Fear: Leading Schools in an Era of Immigration Threats · 35 minSchool districts around the nation are struggling to fend off threats from the Trump administration on multiple fronts. In addition to trying to protect students whose families…
- Trump Ratchets Up Assault on Higher Ed · 28 minHigher education in America stands at a critical juncture as unprecedented political attacks threaten to erode academic freedom, and upend longstanding relationships between the…







