Episode

9/18 Kristina Rizga, Busting the Myths of Education Reform

September 18, 2012

On today’s show Kristina Rizga of Mother Jones Magazine, talked with Sam about her reporting on Mission High School San Francisco, what makes a school successful, how the high stakes testing regime  advocated by corporate reformers is hurting vulnerable students and why its better to look for best practices instead of one size fits all rules for education.

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