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This American Life: “The Land of Make Believe”
Act I of this podcast is particularly relevant to Dewey...
“The Land of Make Believe” podcast
Topics/Themes: Progressive education
This American Life: “Three Miles”
This podcast takes place through a prologue and two parts. Part I investigates what happens...
“Three Miles” podcast
Topics/Themes: Segregation
This American Life: “Essay B”
This podcast explores the issue of who benefits from school integration...
“Essay B” podcast
Topics/Themes: Segregation
This American Life: “Is This Working?”
This podcast examines the way that teachers cope with misbehaving students, despite having limited...
“Is This Working?” podcast
Topics/Themes: School discipline
American Radio Works: “Spare the rod: Amid evidence zero tolerance doesn’t work, schools reverse themselves”
This podcast examines the problem...
“Spare the rod:...” podcast
Topics/Themes: School discipline
This American Life: “Shouting across the Divide”
This podcast explores stories of when Muslims and non-Muslims try to communicate...
“Shouting across the Divide” podcast
Topics/Themes: Religion in schools
Radio Lab: “Driverless Dilemma”
This episode discusses the “trolley dilemma” and the science behind...
“Driverless Dilemma” podcast
Topics/Themes: Moral reasoning/Moral education
This American Life: “Nummi 2015”
This podcast is not directly to schooling, but is an interesting case about whether good behavior is an...
“Nummi 2015” podcast
Topics/Themes: Moral Education
This American Life: “Harper High School, Parts One and Two”
This two-part podcast follows the lives of students and adults at Harper High School...
“Harper High School, Parts One and Two” podcast
Topics/Themes: Segregation, School discipline, Moral education
This American Life: “The Problem We All Live With”
School desegregation is taken up in this two-part podcast through an examination of one school district’s...
“The Problem We All Live With” podcast
Topics/Themes: Progressive education/Free schools, School choice