Episode 01 : The Charter School Scam
The first episode of Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson's podcast, Citations Needed, tackles the media hype surrounding the privatization of education.
Show notes can be found here:
2010 tax form for Participant Foundation used to fund Waiting for Superman (note: four donors-- Waltons, Eli Broad, Donald Fisher, Dave Einhorn):\xa0990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_ar\u202606_990PF.pdf
Gates $2 million contribution to film\xa0web.archive.org/web/2010101600404\u2026C-OPP1019819.aspx
Guest Jennifer Berkshire\u2019s blog:\xa0
haveyouheardblog.com/
Guest Jennifer berkshire\u2019s articles:\xa0
www.huffingtonpost.com/author/tips-391\xa0
www.salon.com/writer/jennifer_berkshire/
Books mentioned by Berkshire: The One Percent Solution\xa0www.amazon.com/One-Percent-Solut\u2026ing/dp/1501703064
New Orleans graduation rate stats article from 2014 by Adam\xa0citationsneeded.com/2014/05/24/char\u2026na-memory-hole/
Harlem Children Zone original board:\xa0
pbs.twimg.com/media/Cq8wM7cWgAAUfHN.jpg
Further reading:
www.nydailynews.com/opinion/turnove\u2026ticle-1.3272954
newrepublic.com/article/140319/ch\u2026ad-black-students
www.nybooks.com/articles/2010/11/\u2026-charter-schools/
www.commondreams.org/views/2016/11/\u2026harter-schools
www.counterpunch.org/2009/08/25/the\u2026-it-s-managed/
www.counterpunch.org/2009/08/26/the\u2026arter-schools/
www.alternet.org/education/how-ch\u2026public-education