Education

APA Compass Angry APA Minute: Sara Onitsuka on college applications

Airs at: Fri, 08/01/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: APA Compass

Sara Onitsuka explains her college application quandary in her latest Angry APA Minute. APA Compass promotes social justice, features APA arts and culture, and challenges how APAs are represented in the media. Read more

Marilyn Hayward - Moving Forward with Life's Difficulties

Airs at: Thu, 07/31/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Flow

November 2014: I recently learned of Marilyn Hayward's passing and during my brief but impactful acquaintance with her, I was struck by her passionate dedication to following a self-directed path. Marilyn emphasized how maintaining a positive quality of life was of great im... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 28 July 2014

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This episode of the Old Mole is hosted by Frann Michel, and features discussions of uses and misuses of media representations--of Gaza (including failures of the mainstream media and the power of visual images), of public education (including misleading stories about charte... Read more

Portland Teachers Improving Education

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick continues his conversation with Gwen Sullivan and Elizabeth Thiel of the Portland Association of Teachers. They discuss the importance of teachers' academic freedom to design classes tailored to the needs of their diverse students, as well as the importance of ... Read more

A Win for Portland Teachers and Students

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Portland's teachers recently won a contract with the School Board enabling them to turn more of their attention to their work. Two leaders of the Portland Association of Teachers Gwen Sullivan and Elizabeth Thiel talk with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how this came a... Read more

Jeff Kropf Interview

Airs at: Fri, 07/04/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Between Us

Jeff Kropf is a conservative who served in the Oregon legislature between 1999 and 2007. While there, he helped pass the Charter Schools Act, a piece of legislation based on language from the free market, limited government advocating American Legislative Exchange Council.... Read more

Benjamin Chavis Interview

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Between Us

Dr. Benjamin Chavis is a civil rights pioneer. He led the NAACP in the early 90s and he was the director of the Million Man March. He is involved in a number of self empowerment initiatives including a collaboration with media mogul Russell Simmons to use hip hop as a way... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 23 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this episode about neoliberal education in the Chinese context, the latest season of Orange is the New Black, We Are BRAVE (a reproductive rights & justice project aimed at serving women of color), and a proposed Communist Party of Cascadia. Bill Resn... Read more

Yong Zhao on Neoliberal Education in the Chinese and American Contexts

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Yong Zhao about high-stakes testing and related neoliberal education paradigms in China, and why there is resistance to it. They consider the danger of narrowing education with definitions of success tied to tests and quantifiable methods. Yong Zhao... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 16 June 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this show about the tensions between possible futures--either ruled by military and corporate power or else organized as cooperative community. We hear these segments: Joseph DeFilipppis: Beyond Marriage Equality Checking in on Border Checkpoints Bill R... Read more