Miseducation

About Miseducation

New York City is home to the nation’s most segregated school system, a fact that surprises those who think of the Big Apple as a progressive beacon. Deep inequities exist at every level of the NYC school system. We think more people should know about them and push to fix them. That's why, each semester, we bring together a team of high school interns from across the school system to tell important stories from the perspective of the real experts: students. Miseducation is a program of The Bell. For more, visit bellvoices.org/podcast and follow us on Instagram @bell.voices.

Publisher

The Bell

Category

education · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Apr 2017

Latest episode

7 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

31 of 122 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Jul 2026

   P.S. Weekly Live: Student Reporters Reflect on Covering NYC Schools

   It’s a wrap on P.S. Weekly’s third season, and to cap it off, we have a special live-recorded episode from Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch. This season, P.S. Weekly student reporters investigated some of the biggest issues shaping New York City schools, from school mergers to sports access, teacher diversity to equity in admissions, and more. In this episode, the students behind those stories take the mic to reflect on what they learned, what surprised them, and how their reporting a...

2. 

   12 Jun 2026

   P.S. Weekly: Inside the Diversity Program at One Selective NYC High School

   A decade after NYC launched its Diversity in Admissions program, demographics have shifted at competitive campuses such as Bard High School Early College Manhattan. Bard now sets aside half of its seats for students from low-income households. But changing admissions is only the first step toward true integration. The larger question: What is being done to support these students once they’re enrolled? P.S. Weekly producers Zoe George, a senior at Bard, and Rayleen Laloi, a junior at the Brook...

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   10 Jun 2026

   Live: NYC’s Segregated Schools with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Others

   More than 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education, New York City schools remain deeply segregated. What has changed since then, and what has not? In this special episode, we share a live recording from “Separate: NYC Public Schools 72 Years After Brown v. Board, An Intergenerational Discussion,” an event co-hosted by The Bell and the Center for Brooklyn History on May 18, 2026. The event brought together students, educators, journalists, policymakers and advocates to examine segregation, e...

Inside a recent episode

P.S. Weekly: What's the Price of Success (Academy)? Former Students Open Up

Published 15 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And it's even expanding to Florida next year. Success Academy Charter Schools announcing its expansion to Florida right here in Miami today. Citadel's Ken Griffin contributing $50 million to that expansion. Success Academy turns 20 this year. It started in Harlem back in 2006 with just one school and 165 students. But just two decades later, there are 59 Success Academy schools across the city. So if there's so many schools, they must be doing pretty well, right? On paper they are. Just recently in 2025, Success was ranked number one in mathematics and number two in ALA state test scores out of over 700 public and charter schools across the state. […]

Who has been a guest on Miseducation

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Autumn Wynn
• Jojo Fofana
• Roberto Bailey
• Jasmyn Centeno
• Annie He

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

141 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

87

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

67

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