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Up North Podcast

Up North Podcast

By: Kirk Bangstad
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 A podcast about Northern Wisconsin.

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Kirk Bangstad Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • Ep 10: Are Voucher Schools Really Good for Students of Color?

    Ep 10: Are Voucher Schools Really Good for Students of Color?
    Nov 19 2023

    In Patti and Kirk’s last episode covering the "Right Wing War on Education,” they talked to Dountonia Batts and Dr. Preston Green about the issue of race as it relates to voucher schools.

    This is important because private school vouchers are often presented as opportunities specifically advantageous for students of color. So it is fair to ask … Are they? Hint hint, they aren’t.

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    50 mins
  • Ep 9: Up North Vouchers - and why are our legislators voting for this?!

    Ep 9: Up North Vouchers - and why are our legislators voting for this?!
    Nov 12 2023
    On this episode of The Right Wing War on education, Michael Johnson, Superintendent of the Eau Claire school district, John Gaier, Superintendent of the Neillsville school district, and with Chris Hambuch Boyle, the Northern Wisconsin Regional Coordinator for the Wisconsin Public Education Network, talk about how our public school tax dollars are flowing out of rural small towns #upnorth to support private (and often religious) schools in their communities and in urban areas far away from their districts.

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    49 mins
  • Ep 8: Milwaukee - Ground Zero for Vouchers in America

    Ep 8: Milwaukee - Ground Zero for Vouchers in America
    Nov 7 2023
    Patti and Kirk talked to Marva Herndon, President of the Milwaukee Public School Board, and Ingrid Walker Henry, Vice President of the Milwaukee Teacher Education Association and a member of Schools & Communities United, about what has happened to Milwaukee public schools since the first voucher school program in the country was implemented in Milwaukee over 30 years ago. Hint, it ain’t pretty.

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    52 mins
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