Teach Fm

In this episode, Tom examines what the recent college admissions scandal reveals about equity and education more broadly in the United States. From Opt-Out to school choice, the education system is one where parents with means are expected from day one to do whatever it takes to ensure a quality education for their child. And that’s a problem.  Want more? Check these hundreds of artifacts over on Gradgrind’s. And, if you’re looking for the texts from this episode, you’ll find them here: James Baldwin on Public Education // A Primer on Brown v. Board of Education // Malcolm Gladwell on Why Carlos Can’t Remember // A Researcher Uses Crazy Data Set to Explain the Achievement Gap  Still reading? Cool. Share the podcast with friends and tell Tom what you think. He's all ears.