Testing America's Freedom

As a proud NJ public high school teacher and 2nd year doctoral student at Rutgers University specializing in race, ethnicity, education, and culture, I can offer this: I needed to be writing today, or at the very least, grading student work or crafting lesson plans. Instead, as I was scrolling through some Google Scholar content, NWEA appeared as a reference. I’d never heard of the company, so I looked it up and found this podcast. This was completely accidental. Five hours later, listening to the last episode, all the kids speaking their truth and using their voices in such powerful ways, I felt uplifted and inspired to stop cleaning my now VERY clean apartment (a favorite activity whilst podcasting) to write this review. THANK YOU for putting this out into the universe. It has helped inform me further in quest to better understand the work that still needs to be done to finally achieve economic, racial, and ethnic justice in American schools. Kristen Mehrbach Somerville, NJ

Such an insightful, thoughtful podcast series about race and public schools through discussions with current and future leaders in education.

Dr. Samuel is the perfect guide to education policy in these turbulent and transformative times. With skill and grace she leads necessary conversations that is fascinating, difficult, and evocative. The show serves as a call to action for all who want to change the way our nation educates its kids.