In this episode, Lane and Ikhlas sit down with Chris Stewart and Tanesha Peeples to discuss the new brightbeam report: The Secret Shame: How America’s Most Progressive Cities Betray Their Commitment to Educational Opportunity For All. You’ll learn why we need to call out progressives about education inequity, how to hold local politicians accountable for education inequity issues, and what regular people can do to make a difference in their city. [spp-player url=http://traffic.libsyn.com/voices4ed/34_-_Education_Post_-_Progressive_Cities.mp3] [spp-tweet tweet=u0022“It’s not about doing great things, it’s about having great outcomes. And if your outcomes aren’t great, everything else is wrong.” – Chris Stewartu0022] u003ch1u003eEpisode Details:u003c/h1u003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eWhy call out progressives about education inequity?u003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow the report makes Chris feel as a parentu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow to hold local politicians accountable for education inequity problemsu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eThe possible impacts of the reportu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow to get the political class to treat opportunity gaps with urgencyu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eWhat regular people can do to make a difference in their cityu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e u003ch1u003eLinks Mentioned:u003c/h1u003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://brightbeamnetwork.org/cities/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003eThe Secret Shame: How America’s Most Progressive Cities Betray Their Commitment to Educational Opportunity For Allu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://twitter.com/citizenstewartu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003e@citizenstewartu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://twitter.com/PeeplesChoice85u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003e@PeeplesChoice85u003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://twitter.com/SchooledPodu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003e@SchooledPodu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e [spp-tweet tweet=u0022“If you’re going to be good citizens, get involved with the political process and put your political people on the hook for actually being leaders. No one gets to stay on the fence with this one.” – Chris Stewartu0022]
Episode 34: The Secret Shame of Progressive Cities (ft. Chris Stewart)
