Biden Rising, Trump Confidence, Education Revolution
Ep. 230 w/ show notes
President Biden and former President Trump will face off in the first 2024 presidential debate later this week. Ravi takes stock of where both candidates stand heading into the debate, from their status in the polls and different approaches to fundraising to why TikTok videos about Trump receive more positive engagement than videos that mention Biden.
Then, Ravi welcomes Derrell Bradford, president of 50CAN, to discuss the future of education and what we can learn from the evolution of education reform. They explore how the country went from a bipartisan consensus around No Child Left Behind to a backlash against high standards and accountability, growing fissures within education reform, and what it really means for a school to engage in activism. Finally, Ravi and Derrell turn to the future and the growing movement around new school models, including hybrid schools, microschools, and homeschooling. They discuss how Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) might impact this growth, what’s driving families to new school models, the reluctance of many Democrats to join the conversation, and why this is such a revolutionary moment in education.
Show Notes:
'Trump can win this race regardless of who is vice president': Trump potential VP pick (CNN, 6/25/24)
Doug Burgum says Trump has "luxury" of not picking a VP to entice more voters (Axios, 6/23/24)
Black Voters in This City Could Determine 2024. And It’s Not Looking Good for Biden. (Politico, 6/21/24)
Who Is Favored To Win The 2024 Presidential Election? (Five Thirty Eight, 6/26/24)
Trump v Biden: The Economist's presidential election prediction model (The Economist, 6/17/24)
Trump Has Erased Biden’s Edge in 2024 Cash Battle (New York Times, 6/20/24)
Double Haters, Peak Solar, Forced Treatment (Lost Debate, 6/18/24)
Biden Is Pouring Millions Into a State Democrats Haven’t Won Since 2008 (Wall Street Journal, 6/21/24)
‘It’s Not 2016 Anymore’: Trump Finds Friends in Silicon Valley (New York Times, 6/6/24)
A reply to David Sacks on his support of Trump (Reid Hoffman, 6/19/24)
"Quiet vacationing" is the new holiday trend at work (Axios, 6/21/24)
Responsibility Over Freedom: How Netflix’s Culture Has Changed (New York Times, 6/24/24)
The outside online air wars begin (FWIW, 6/21/24)
TikTok tumbles into 2024 (FWIW, 6/14/24)
Trends in Psychiatric Inpatient Capacity in the U.S. and each state from 1970-2018 (NASMHPD, 9/1/22)
Incidences of Involuntary Psychiatric Detentions in 25 U.S. States (Psychiatry Online, 3/20/20)
A Lawyer’s Slide Into Psychosis Was Captured in a WSJ Profile. He Tells Us His Story. (Wall Street Journal, 5/4/24)
A growing psychiatrist shortage and an enormous demand for mental health services (AAMC, 8/8/22)
How Meltdowns Brought Progressive Groups to a Standstill (The Intercept, 6/12/22)
The Most Misunderstood Education Policy (With Former Secretary Of Education Margaret Spellings) (Citizen Stewart Show, 8/1/23)
Omicron, Twitter Bans, Bad Takes, Arne Duncan (Lost Debate, 1/4/22)
Empowering Kids And Parents With Arne Duncan And Stacey Harvey (Citizen Stewart Show, 6/7/23)
Could Democrats Support Vouchers? (The Branch, 6/18/23)
Education Policy Debate: “My Fellow Democrats, We Should Support Education Savings Accounts.” (AEI, 2/29/24)