FLASHPOINTS

Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens.  Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.

This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale

Episode 7 (Aired April 29th 2015)

Shifting Paradigms, Part I: Standardized To Student-Centered

Addresses a key pillar of the corporate education agenda: standardization through Common Core standards and high-stakes testing.  Presents contrasting paradigms for social justice education.  Profiles a student-centered, inquiry-based classroom that models teaching and learning not typically assessed in standardized testing.

Guests:

Dr. Joel Westheimer: Professor of Education & Democracy at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and an education columnist or Canadian Public Radio.

Dr. Chela Delgado, 12th grade Government & Economics teacher, and her students at Coliseum College Prep Academy, Oakland Unified School District

Jesse Hagopian: History teacher and leader of standardized testing boycott at Garfield High School in Seattle.  Associate Editor of Rethinking Schools Magazine and author.  Founding member of Social Equality Educators

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Education Series: Episode 7

Today on Flashpoints: An update on the devastation in Nepal. Workers protest the hedge fund buyout of American Apparel in Los Angeles. Our Flashpoints multi-part series, “The Battle for Public Education In the 21st Century” continues. And rising opposition to expensive and destructive testing in the US public schools.

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Flashpoints 04-29-15