Polarization in Public Education: Teaching “Democratic” Values in a Trump-Era Democracy
Discussion on what the Trump Administration's Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos did in relation to educating public school children in America. The secretary, a product of privilege and wealth attended private institutions for her academic career - so how can she know what is best for public school children?
Hear from an educator who taught in the public schools - now a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Levinson navigates viewers about the ramifications and long-term implications of a Trump-Era educational system on both students and educators.
Guest: Dr. Meira Levinson, Professor of Education at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. She is the founder of justiceinschools.org - an organization devoted to providing information on ethical issues in education. Author and editor of books on ethics and dilemmas of public school educators in the modern-day classroom – a new phenomenon in a Trump-Era “democracy.” Published books: Dilemmas of Educational Ethics: Cases & Commentaries, and Democratic Discord in Schools: Cases and Commentaries.
Dr. Levinson holds a doctorate in political theory from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and a BA in philosophy from Yale University.