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The Citizen Stewart Show The Branch
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“The Citizen Stewart Show” is an independent, pull-no-punches podcast from The Branch about the perils and promise of education and democracy. Hosted by Chris “Citizen” Stewart, CEO of Brightbeam, a nonprofit national network of activists fighting for educational opportunity and justice for every child. And co-hosted by Ravi Gupta, former Obama staffer and former superintendent of a network of charter schools in the South. “The Citizen Stewart Show” shines light on the dark forces keeping our students, schools, and democracy mired in counterproductive politics. No headline or issue is off limits, because education is at the heart of everything in America.
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Should We Educate Prisoners? (Spoiler Alert: Yes)
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discuss the costs of educating our nation’s prisoners - and the costs of not educating them.
More College Programs Are Slowly Coming Into Prisons (The Virginian-Pilot, 11/23/23)
The Federal Government Is Shelling Out $130 Million To Bring Free College To About 30,000 Inmates In Places Like Folsom Prison (Fortune, 6/28/23)
The Societal Benefits Of Postsecondary Prison Education (Brookings, 8/20/21)
Serving Time or Wasting Time? (Rand, 2013)
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Chris Stewart: President of Woke-istan
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Kate interviews Chris about his recent shift in outlook, and his transformation into the so-called ‘President of Woke-istan’.
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How Public Schools Can Save Themselves
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed how public schools can save themselves from the disrepair and disrepute they find themselves in.
Public school enrollment is falling nationwide, and Census Bureau data shows that K -12 enrollment continued its downward trajectory in 2022, and experts say it’s more than just declining birth rates. (NBC)
Chronic absenteeism can be solved (EdWeek)
Students losing ground in history and civics (MSN)
Charter school enrollment is growing (NAPCS)
A Case Study: Inside a rural Iowa school district’s fight to save public education (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
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College Protests
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed the protests on college campuses across the nation.
Crackdowns on Protests Are Exposing Higher Ed’s Complicity in Israel’s Genocide (Truthout, 4/27/24)
Campus Thuggery Is No Way to Cultivate Citizens (Education Next, 4/23/24)
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The Troubled Teen Industry
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed Netflix’s The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping, and America’s ‘Troubled Teen Industry.’
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College vs. Technical Education
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and guest host Kate Malekoff discussed a hot topic: the debate over the value of a 4-year college degree versus career and technical education.
Chris’s TikTok on the matter
How Gen Z Is Becoming the Toolbelt Generation (WSJ, 4/1/24)
‘People Are Starting To Smell A Rat’: Mike Rowe Blasts 4-Year College Degrees, Calling Your Diploma On The Wall ‘a Receipt’ — Here’s What He Sees As A ‘Clear Path’ To Prosperity (MoneyWise, 4/12/24)
Researchers Submitted 83,000 Fake Job Apps To See If The Biggest U.S. Companies Discriminate. Here’s What They Found (Fast Company, 4/11/24)
Be sure to check out Chris’s appearance on Tim Pool’s pod!
My Nemesis Invited Me To Tim Pool's Show (Citizen Stewart, 4/13/24)
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