Why Geoffrey Canada is wrong: Defending schools as democratic spaces

We speak with Dr. Brian Jones, director of the New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools, which provides all sorts of free resources to teachers and school administrators. Public schools, for all their flaws, are centers of power and potential for teachers and parents. As a historian, Dr. Jones draws parallels between Booker T.  Washington and Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children’s Zone. In the aftermath of civil rights struggles, both accommodated the powerful and opposed collective efforts for systemic change.  Overview  00:00-00:47 Intros 00:47-03:55 Corporate school reforms vs. unions 03:55-09:04 Corporate reforms: who wins, who loses; public schools as a place where everyone is entitled to services  09:04-11:57 School choice and neighborhoods; collective vs. individual change 11:57-19:38 Democratic and Republican support for charters and choice 19:38-23:07 Complicated history of schools and neighborhoods 23:07-24:41 Historical Black leadership in fight for public schools 24:41-30:21 Efforts to separate racial justice from economic justice 30:21-41:47 Booker T. Washington and Geoffrey Canada 41:47-45:46 Implementation of progressive steps: keeping the redistributive potential 45:46-50:51 Jean Anyon 50:51- Outro Transcript Click here to see the full transcript of this episode. 

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