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Education On The LineHow School Leaders Can Navigate The Culture Wars And Build Community TrustDuring the first year of President Trump's latest term in the White House, much of his admiinistration's focus been national in scope, especially on its push to dismantle or eradicate entirely the U.S. Dept. of Education. What, however, is happening at the local level? In this episode, we look at the extent to which political pressures on local school districts have continued, and, more importantly, how school leaders can successfully traverse them. This will be especially important during this election year when school board election battles will take center stage at a local level. Host Louis Freedberg interviews two...
2026-01-2732 minEducation On The LineHow The Dept. of Education Can Be Saved from Trump AssaultsCut staff at the U.S. Education Dept. in half, and send programs they were overseeing to multiple other departments -- what could that possibly go wrong for students and schools? To examine what is at stake, veteran education journalist Louis Freedberg sits down with Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward, and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, both of whom are at the forefront of efforts to save the Dept. of Education from extinction by the Trump administration. Democracy Forward is now in court on behalf of the AFT and numerous oth...
2025-12-1035 minEducation On The LineBreaking Up The Federal Support System for Special EducationIn the episode of Education on the Line, we examine how the Trump administration has used the shutdown to try to eviscerate key agencies in the U.S. Dept of Education that oversee enforcement and the integrity of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA. IDEA Is the landmark civil rights legislation that grants nearly 8 million children and young adults with disabilities the right to a free and appropriate education. In conversation with veteran education journalist Louis Freedberg, Jacqueline Rodriguez, CEO of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, and Kristin Wright, former director of special education in California, des...
2025-10-2934 minEducation On The LineThe New Politics of Civil Rights In Schools: Submit or Lose FundsThe Trump administration is so far using TItle IX as the principal weapon to attack public schools: principally against school districts with gender-neutral bathrooms. But its use of civil rights laws could soon expand to using Title VI laws and regulations to go after schools on race-related matters. That's the view of education and civil rights expert R. Shep Melnick, professor of American Politics at Boston College and co-chair of the Harvard Program on Constitutional Government. In conversation with Louis Freedberg. Melnick provides a primer on what Title IX and Title VI actually say -- and how the T...
2025-10-0930 minEducation On The LineWhen Bathrooms Become Political WeaponsBathrooms have emerged as the principal battleground in efforts by the Trump administration to cut federal support of public schools. based on its attacks on "gender ideology." The Denver Public Schools , for example, face a potential $100 million or more funding cut over its gender-neutral bathroom policies. Five Virginia school districts face similar threats.In conversation with veteran education journalist Louis Freedberg, Superintendent Alex Marrero joins us to reveal how his district jashas become a center of a national controversy that began with a conversion of a girls bathroom to a gender neutrol one at a single high s...
2025-09-1725 minEducation On The LineNavigating Trump's Higher Ed ShakeupWhat could be the impact of a torrent of Trump Administration initiatives targeting higher education, and how should education leaders and students respond? In this episode, we focus on the potential fallout of dismantling the the U.S. Department of Education, the far-reaching efforts to banish diversity, equity and inclusion programs in both K-12 and higher education, and what might we expect when it comes to college affordability and student loan debt in the coming years. In this episode, host Lande Ajose talks with James Kvaal, Underrsecretary of Education in the Biden Administration, and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, higher education reporter for...
2025-03-1126 minEducation On The LineFrom Boredom to Engagement: Why the Credit Hour Must Be ReformedEven as public schools enter a period of extreme uncertainty, there are exciting developments underway to rethink the school day and to develop new ways to measure what students are learning.Listening to a stimulating conversation about new directions in education with Timothy Knowles, president of the Carnege Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and Laura Slover, managing director of Skills for the Future, a joint initiative of ETS and the Carnegie Foundation. The foundation is now at the forefront of trying to nudge schools to move away from measuring learning based on how much ti...
2025-02-1329 minEducation On The LineReimagining the School Day: Learning Outside the ClassroomListen to this important discussion on rethinking the basic structure of the school day to enhance learning and make schools more rewarding for students whose learning styles don't necessarily match the century-old division of learning into hourly periods, multiple times a day, five days a week. Working with school districts and charter schools, Big Picture Learning is implementing an exciting approach which includes students spending time during the school day in internships. In this episode, co-host Pedro Noguera interviews Big Picture co-executive director Carlos Moreno, and Louis Freedberg visits MetWest High, a Big Picture school in Oakland, California. ...
2025-01-1524 minEducation On The LineAre Big Changes in Store for Education After Trump Victory?The November 5th elections are expected to have an impact on almost every aspect of government and public policy, including education. In this episode, hosts Pedro Noguera and Louis Freedberg take a deeper dive into what promises President-elect Trump and the GOP have made regarding both pre K through 12 education and post secondary education. Our guests are conservative scholar and analyst Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and co-author with Noguera of “A Search for Common Ground: Conversations about the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.” and higher education expert Steven Brint, Professo...
2024-11-2528 minEducation On The LineRethinking Civics EducationThe youngest voters in the U.S. have historically turned out in lower numbers than any other age group. And unfortunately analyses of the Nov. 5 elections suggest that they turned out in lower numbers than in the 2020 elections. One reason that many educators point to i that traditional civics and American government classes typically fail to engage young people in the democratic process. That is especially the case for students of color and low-income students. However, exciting new approaches to civics education are emerging. One of them is "action civics," where students take the lead in or...
2024-10-3024 min
AMTV-全美新闻教育专家探讨创新方式;推动学生选择学习STEM专业少数族裔媒体服务机构与联邦贸易委员会FTC于10月11日联合举办网络会议，会议主题是如何推动学生，特别是低收入弱势群体的学生进入STEM领域的创新方式，旨在应对美国STEM领域人才短缺的问题。有数据显示，该领域的工作机会预计在未来十年内将以其他行业两倍的速度增长。
EdSource临时执行长Louis Freedberg博士在会上指出，尽管STEM职业的增长速度迅速，但历史上黑人、拉丁裔和女性在STEM领域的代表性明显不足，这一问题与学生所接受的教育资源不均有关。他强调，解决这些差距不仅是教育问题，更是一个民权议题。
会上，南加州康普顿联合学区总监Darin Brawley博士分享了该学区在推动STEM教育方面的经验。他指出，康普顿学区通过与科技公司合作，提供早期编程和机器人课程，将学生带入科技领域。这些举措使得该学区52%的毕业生选择了STEM相关专业，比十年前提升了31%。
来自加州圣塔克鲁兹大学的学生Isis Cadena Nuñez也在会上分享了她的个人成长经历。作为家庭中首位高中毕业生，Isis受母亲的启发，选择了海洋生物学和环境科学双专业。她以自己的亲身经历告诉大家，「STEM教育改变了我的人生，它让我看到了更广阔的未来。」
2024-10-2602 minEducation On The LineHow Compton is Putting Students on Path to Prized STEM CareersOne of the most formidable challenges in education is how to reverse the disproportionately low representation of Black and Latino students in STEM courses and careers. Remarkably, Compton Unified in Los Angeles County, a district that two decades ago was under state control, is showing how that can be done.In this podcast, the second in a two-part series, our host, renowned educator and scholar Pedro Noguera, Dean of the Rossier USC School of Education, and veteran journalist Louis Freedberg look at how over the past decade the proportion of Com...
2024-09-0522 minEducation On The LineChallenging Stereotypes, Compton Schools Defy the OddsBen Herald, a former reporter at Education Week, set out across America to document what is happening in school districts located in once largely white suburban communities. His book Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs documents his disturbing findings.When he got to Compton, he found a rare example of a school district in a formerly all white suburb that is offering hope to students of color and their families. Under the leadership of Superintendent Darin Brawley, the district is closing achievement gaps, and boosting graduation rates.In this podcast, noted author...
2024-06-1420 minEducation On The LineHow One School District Is Making Equity WorkIn many school districts around the country, just the term "equity" can arouse passion and conflict. Too often there is a mistaken belief is that achieving equity for all kids means some kids have to give up something so that others can benefit. That's not the case in the Hacienda La Puente School District, where the district under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Alfonso Jimenez has implemented a comprehensive equity strategy -- and is getting results, and without any conflict to boot. Four district's schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools. In a follow up to our last episo...
2024-04-1121 minEducation On The LineConfronting the College Mental Health ChallengeOne positive development that emerged from the pandemic is that it focused attention on the mental health challenges many students face -- and how these are a major determinant of college success.There is also greater awareness that low-income students and students of color have greater unmet mental health needs compared with many of their peers. Too often they attend campuses that are least equipped to offer them the support and services they need.In this episode, host Lande Ajose talks with students who openly discuss their mental health challenges -- and how they became...
2023-11-2330 minEducation On The LineBeyond Conflict: Engaging Parents in SchoolsIn this episode of "Sparking Equity, " host Pedro Noguera, dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, focuses on attacks on schools around issues such as mask mandates and critical race theory -- and how parents and caregivers can be involved in schools in positive ways that contribute to their children's success. Pedro talks with Carl Cohn, esteemed educator and former member of the California State Board of Education and Joann Mickens, executive director of Parents for Public Schools, a national advocacy organization in Jackson, Mississippi. He also interviewed Tina Certain, at the time bo...
2023-11-1036 min
Education On The LineWhy Arts and Music Must Be Restored to the School CurriculumOver many decades, the school curriculum has been whittled down to focus on core academic subjects, often at the expense of arts and music education. The shift has been most pronounced in schools serving low-income students and students of color. In this pilot episode, education leader Pedro Noguera, Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, makes the case for a robust arts and music curriculum. He talks to renowned actor John Lithgow and "Hamilton" star Daveed Diggs about the impact arts education had on them. And he discusses Ca...
2023-09-1342 minAMTV-全美新闻日益飙升的仇恨犯罪或将威胁到美国民主政治11月16日，行动反仇恨联盟AAHA召开网络研讨会，会议的主题是美国日益飙升的仇恨犯罪，或将威胁到美国民主政治等议题。出席本次会议的有南加州柯维娜市市议员Walter Allen、加州媒体联盟主席Louis Freedberg，以及行动反仇恨联盟创始人何美湄等。本次会议探讨了关于仇恨犯罪问题对美国民主政治所产生的负面影响，以及大众媒体在引导公众舆论中需要承担的社会责任。
洛杉矶县宪政委员凯瑟琳巴格发表了视频讲话。她表示自疫情以来，洛杉矶县的亚裔居民在防疫抗议方面做出了突出贡献，但却遭受到了更多不公平的待遇，她希望大家能团结起来，共同面对仇恨犯罪。
与会嘉宾还表示，仇恨犯罪和仇恨事件在全美国范围内的飙升，对美国的民主政治产生了深远的影响，这不仅威胁到了少数族裔群体的安全，更对年长者和弱势群体造成了伤害，为了防止美国民众进一步失去对国家的信心，联盟表示必须采取果断有效的行动，特别是大众媒体要发挥公众舆论的引导作用，让仇恨犯罪事件成为舆论攻击的焦点，无容身之地。
与会者认为，执法在有效地解决方案中是不可或缺的一部分，因此需要适当的教育及训练每一个级别的执法人员，以保证公平，公正地执法；同时，媒体要不偏不倚地正确报导仇恨犯罪，以及仇恨言论事件。全美电视台记者洛杉矶采访报道！
2022-11-2502 min
The Alvin Galloway ShowThe Alvin Galloway Show (TAGS) - Kids Learning Loss: How Do We Catch Up (4-17-2022)The Alvin Galloway Show, (TAGS), 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on www.radiophoenix.org.
This segment of TAGS, we examine the effects of the pandemic on children's education through a press briefing hosted by Ethnic Media Services, entitled "Kids and Learning Loss: How Do We Catch Up?"
Join experts who will discuss how the pandemic has deepened education divides for children. Amid two years of remote learning, millions of children have fallen behind expectations for reading and math levels. Speakers discussed strategies to bridge the learning gap.
Speakers include Louis Freedberg, past executive d...
2022-04-181h 07
This Week in California EducationLouis Freedberg looks back at EdSource and education in a monumental decade in CaliforniaJohn Fensterwald interviews his co-host, Louis Freedberg, who is stepping down as head of EdSource, about growing up in South Africa and getting kids excited about learning in the United States.
2021-05-2800 min
The ONME NetworkONR 2-9-21: High-stake losses in education caused by COVID-19 pandemic proves to be detrimentalProducer host Julia Dudley Najieb featured experts who talk about the challenges of opening schools right now during the COVID-19 pandemic: Dr. Louis Freedberg, Dr. Tyrone Howard, Akil Vohra, Detroit parent activist, Bernita Bradley, and concerned, Los Angeles, parent Karla Franco.
2021-02-101h 45
This Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 45, Jan 25, 2018This week: Louis Freedberg and John discuss Governor Jerry Brown's comments on education during his 16th and final state of the state speech. Plus tuition hikes on the horizon for UC and CSU students.
Produced by Sarah Tan
2018-01-2700 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 28, Sept 15, 2017This week: Executive Director Louis Freedberg, Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald and EdSource reporter Carolyn Jones discuss a very busy week for education in California.
Produced by Sarah Tan
2017-09-1600 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 14, June 3, 2017In this edition of "This Week in California Education,” Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald bring you a special podcast from the Education Writers Association national seminar in Washington D.C. this week. They sought out national education leaders to get their perspectives on how California is doing on its education reforms, and its new "California School Dashboard" that ranks schools on multiple measures, not just test scores.
Produced by Sarah Tan
2017-06-0100 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 10, April 29, 2017Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald take on the new push in the Legislature to increase probationary period for new teachers from two to three years, districts looking for help ending limits the state has placed on the amount of money they can keep in budget reserves, and Trump fails to follow through on his education pledges in his first 100 days — which critics say may be a good thing.
Produced by Sarah Tan
2017-04-2800 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 8, April 15, 2017Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald are joined by staff writers Jane Adams and Larry Gordon to discuss kindergarten vaccination rates, high school graduation rates, K-12 suspension rates and more.
2017-04-1500 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 7, April 1, 2017In this week’s episode of This Week in California Education, EdSource Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald discuss California school districts financial footing, the importance of full-day preschool and kindergarten, and Betsy DeVos's most recent remarks on school choice.
2017-03-3100 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 6, March 25, 2017In this week’s episode of This Week in California Education, EdSource Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald discuss funding for the state's challenged special education system, California pushback against Pres. Trump’s executive order on sanctuary cities and how charter schools could benefit from Trump’s education budget.
2017-03-2500 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 5, March 18, 2017In this week’s episode of This Week in California Education, EdSource Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald discuss Trump administration's cuts in education funding, the new California school dashboard, teacher layoffs, and signs of life in the race to be California schools chief.
2017-03-1800 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 4, March 11, 2017In this week’s episode of This Week in California Education, EdSource Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald discuss the imminent release of the long-awaited California School Dashboard, the impact on CA of congressional vote to rescind ESSA accountability regulations, how Trump and DeVos are framing "school choice" as a civil rights initiative and more.
2017-03-1100 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 3, March 4, 2017In this week's episode of This Week in California Education, EdSource Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald discuss why California's per-pupil spending varies so much, Long Beach Unified's rejected effort to replace the 11th grade Smarter Balanced assessment with the SAT and the future of Common Core in California under the Trump administration.
2017-03-0400 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 2, Feb 25, 2017Executive director of EdSource Louis Freedberg, and John Fensterwald follow up on Long Beach Unified's push to administer SAT test in place of Smarter Balanced in 11th grade and discuss Common Core, Dream Act grants, California's national ranking on AP tests, and the state's new accountability system.
2017-02-2500 minThis Week in California EducationThis Week in California Education: Episode 1, Feb 18, 2017Executive director of EdSource Louis Freedberg, and John Fensterwald discuss the use of the SAT exam in 11th grade in place of Smarter Balanced or PARC, Betsy DeVos's first full week as secretary of education, the future of ESSA regulation implementation, and the high price of preschool and child care in California.
2017-02-1900 min
Good Schools For AllGetting Superintendents and Students to Stick AroundSuperintendents don't stick around for long. A 2014 analysis by EdSource, a nonprofit advocating for public school improvement, found that two-thirds of superintendents at California's largest public school districts served three years or less. Increasingly, though, it's up to these newbie superintendents to persuade more students and their families to stick around at traditional schools, and resist the urge to transfer to one of the growing number of charter schools in the state. On this week’s podcast, Luis Ibarra, superintendent of Escondido Union School District, joined host Scott Lewis to talk about competition between t...
2016-08-1144 minvosdpodcastnetwork201707Superintendents don't stick around for long. A 2014 analysis by EdSource, a nonprofit advocating for public school improvement, found that two-thirds of superintendents at California's largest public school districts served three years or less. Increasingly, though, it's up to these newbie superintendents to persuade more students and their families to stick around at traditional schools, and resist the urge to transfer to one of the growing number of charter schools in the state. On this week’s podcast, Luis Ibarra, superintendent of Escondido Union School District, joined host Scott Lewis to talk about competition between t...
2016-08-1100 min
American History (Video)Searching for Democracy: In the Present - An Informed SocietyThis panel focuses on the fate of print journalism and the impact of new information technologies in creating an informed society. With Tara McPherson, School of Cinematic Arts’ Critical Studies Program, USC; Siva Vaidhyanathan, Dept. of Media Studies and Law, University of VA; Louis Freedberg, California Watch; Leif Wellington Haase, Senior Fellow for New America's Health Policy Program. Series: "Searching for Democracy" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 21935]
2011-09-1259 minAmerican History (Audio)Searching for Democracy: In the Present - An Informed SocietyThis panel focuses on the fate of print journalism and the impact of new information technologies in creating an informed society. With Tara McPherson, School of Cinematic Arts’ Critical Studies Program, USC; Siva Vaidhyanathan, Dept. of Media Studies and Law, University of VA; Louis Freedberg, California Watch; Leif Wellington Haase, Senior Fellow for New America's Health Policy Program. Series: "Searching for Democracy" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 21935]
2011-09-1259 min
Zócalo Public SquareDo Teacher Rankings Work?Teachers are among the biggest influences on a student’s education. Most parents and educators would say teacher performance should be evaluated. Yet no one agrees on how to do it. From a teacher’s method in the classroom to his or her willingness to spend extra hours with individual students, attaching a number to teacher performance isn’t easy. Some favor a “value-added” teacher ranking system, which measures instructors by whether or not their students beat expectations, while others argue the system is unfair. Does it work, and can a teacher’s effectiveness truly be measured? Zócalo and the Californi...
2010-12-141h 06