Education

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The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 1, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts! We hear music from Blind Boy Paxon and Blue Scholars! The show includes... Bill Resnick talks with Al Bradbury, a former KBOO Labor Radio host, who now works for the monthly labor magazine, Labor Notes. Larry Bowlden reviews "Intrusions", by ... Read more

Richard Rothstein Interview

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Richard Rothstein is a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute.  He has written extensively on the effect of inequitable education on black and minority children in the US.  His latest piece for the EPI, focuses on the complicity of the Federal government in c... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 25, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel this Memorial Day episode of the Old Mole much of which deals with issues of war and militarization.  To hear the whole show, use the play button. To hear individual pieces follow the links below.  You can like us on Facebook to keep up with the Mole's work. You... Read more

School Militarization in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel shares Sylvia McGauley's reflections in Rethinking Schools on school militarization through JROTC at Reynolds High School, with information on opting out and counter recruitment. http://kboo.fm/rethinkingtheschooltomilitarypipeline Read more

School Militarization in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel shares Sylvia McGauley's reflections in Rethinking Schools on school militarization through JROTC at Reynolds High School, with information on opting out and counter recruitment. http://kboo.fm/rethinkingtheschooltomilitarypipeline Read more

Resisting Corporate School Reform

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Jesse Hagopian, a leader in the resistance to corporate school "reform" including high stakes testing, privatization, and rote curriculums for the popular classes. The financial and corporate elites pushing school "reform" would never dream of sendin... Read more

Rethinking the school-to-military pipeline

A version of this is part of the Old Mole Variety Hour  for 25 May 2015 Today is Memorial Day, so we're talking about memory, and the military, as well as about education and labor. All of those institutions arose in their modern disciplinary forms in the 18th century, alon... Read more

How to Lose Your Virginity?

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
This is a Bread and Roses web exclusive. Delphine Criscenzo speaks with Therese Shechter, the producer of the new documentary “How to Lose Your Virginity? What if all we had to lose were our virginity myths?” A local organization, A Fourth Act is bringing the film to Portla... Read more

Progressive Spirit

Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Progressive Spirit talks intelligently about spirituality and social justice. Listen to interviews with top scholars, authors, social justice activists, and spiritual leaders from around the world.  Download or subscribe via iTunes! Read more

Deaf Activists Fight Government Interference in India

Airs at: Thu, 04/30/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In the nation of India, deaf activists are organizing to challenge the discrimination they face. In March, a deaf teenager was raped and killed, and just this week, a deaf child was badly beaten by a teacher in India for failing to understand an assignment. KBOO’s Sarika Me... Read more