Hear Me Out: Schools Do Too Much (Often Badly)
On today\u2019s episode of Hear Me Out: sharpen up.\n\nPublic schooling in this country has had a lot of champions \u2014 including some that you might not expect. But did we ever actually agree on what we wanted schools to do for society?\n\nElizabeth Newcamp of Slate\u2019s Care & Feeding joins us to argue for a reappraisal of the whole system\u2026 and what it means to educate.\n\nIf you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: hearmeout@slate.com\n\nPodcast production by Maura Currie.\n\nWant more Hear Me Out? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking \u201cTry Free\u201d at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/hearmeoutplus to get access wherever you listen.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices