Shannon D. Moore (University of Manitoba) and Stephen Hurley explore how we can protect the idea that public education is, in fact, a public good. Great guests, multiple perspectives and tools that will help us mobilize the conversation in our own communities.<br /><br />Click <a href="https://voiced.ca/wp-content/uploads/Public-Good-Podcast-Catalogue.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here for a full catalog</a> for Season One of the podcast.
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Shannon D. Moore (University of Manitoba) and Stephen Hurley explore how we can protect the idea that public education is, in fact, a public good. Great guests, multiple perspectives and tools that will help us mobilize the conversation in our own communities.<br /><br />Click <a href="https://voiced.ca/wp-content/uploads/Public-Good-Podcast-Catalogue.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here for a full catalog</a> for Season One of the podcast.
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February 8, 2024
2.4 "Parental Rights" Special Series: Parental Rights As A Smokescreen for Privatization with Heather Ganshorn
<b>Episode Description</b><br />In the fourth and final episode of a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak with Heather Ganshorn from SOS Alberta.<br /><br />Heather Ganshorn is the Research Director for Support Our Students Alberta, a volunteer organization that advocates for an equitable and accessible public education system. SOS believes that privatization threatens public education by diverting dollars from accountable systems that serve all children to unaccountable private providers who serve a customer niche rather than the public interest. Heather has written a number of media articles and op eds on current issues related to privatization and curriculum in Alberta. She is also an academic librarian at the University of Calgary, with experience in research support and knowledge synthesis.<br /><br />Through this episode, Stephen and Shannon speak to Heather Ganshorn about the ways that the parental rights movement advance and legitimize privatization of/in public schools. Ganshorn describes the parental rights movement as a smokescreen for groups with a broader culture war agenda. In addition, Ganshorn elucidates the connection between groups stoking fear about parental rights and those calling for more school choice. Stephen and Shannon ask Heather about specific examples within Alberta and also what she has noted about the spread and alliances of parental rights groups across Canada. Ganshorn offers a clear answer about the problem of increased parental choice; these choices are not available to everyone and leave schools to make choices about students. <br /><br /><b>Episode Resources</b> <br />Carter, M. (2008). “Debunking” Parents’ Rights In The Canadian Constitutional Context. The Canadian Bar Review, 86(3), Article 3.<a href="https://cbr.cba.org/index.php/cbr/article/view/4085" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://cbr.cba.org/index.php/cbr/article/view/4085</a><br /><br />Cowen, J. (2022, July 20). After two decades of studying voucher programs, I’m now firmly opposed to them. The Hechinger Report.<a href="http://hechingerreport.org/opinion-after-two-decades-of-studying-voucher-programs-im-now-firmly-opposed-to-them/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> http://hechingerreport.org/opinion-after-two-decades-of-studying-voucher-programs-im-now-firmly-opposed-to-them/</a><br /><br />Ganshorn, H. (2023, January 23). Populism, Polarization and Privatization in Alberta Education. The Monitor.<a href="https://monitormag.ca/articles/populism-polarization-and-privatization-in-alberta-education/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://monitormag.ca/articles/populism-polarization-and-privatization-in-alberta-education/</a><br /><br />Ganshorn, H. (2022, November 8). Undermining public education. Education Forum.<a href="https://education-forum.ca/2022/11/08/undermining-public-education/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> </a><a href="https://education-forum.ca/2022/11/08/undermining-public-education/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://education-forum.ca/2022/11/08/undermining-public-education/</a><br /><br />Ganshorn, H., & Moussa, M. (2022, September 1). Beware “privatization creep” in education system. Leaderpost.<a href="https://leaderpost.com/opinion/heather-ganshorn-medeana-moussa-beware-privatization-creep-in-education-system" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://leaderpost.com/opinion/heather-ganshorn-medeana-moussa-beware-privatization-creep-in-education-system</a><br /><br />LeBrun, L. (2024, January 8). Conservative MP Helped Draft Text of Conspiratorial United Nations Petition, Author of Petition Says. PressProgress.<a href="https://pressprogress.ca/conservative-mp-helped-draft-text-of-conspiratorial-united-nations-petition-author-of-petition-says/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://pressprogress.ca/conservative-mp-helped-draft-text-of-conspiratorial-united-nations-petition-author-of-petition-says/</a><br /><br />Magusiak, S. (2022, September 16). Danielle Smith Backs Plan to Spend More Public Dollars on Elite Private Schools and Homeschooling. PressProgress.<a href="https://pressprogress.ca/danielle-smith-backs-plan-to-spend-more-public-dollars-on-elite-private-schools-and-homeschooling/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://pressprogress.ca/danielle-smith-backs-plan-to-spend-more-public-dollars-on-elite-private-schools-and-homeschooling/</a><br /><br />Magusiak, S. (2023a, April 27). New Data Shows Danielle Smith’s Education Plan Benefits Wealthiest Socioeconomic Households. PressProgress.<a href="https://pressprogress.ca/new-data-shows-danielle-smiths-education-plan-benefits-wealthiest-socioeconomic-households/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> </a><a href="https://pressprogress.ca/new-data-shows-danielle-smiths-education-plan-benefits-wealthiest-socioeconomic-households/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://pressprogress.ca/new-data-shows-danielle-smiths-education-plan-benefits-wealthiest-socioeconomic-households/</a><br /><br />Magusiak, S. (2023b, April 30). Mapping Canada’s Right-Wing Networks. PressProgress.<a href="https://pressprogress.ca/mapping-canadas-right-wing-networks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> </a><a href="https://pressprogress.ca/mapping-canadas-right-wing-networks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://pressprogress.ca/mapping-canadas-right-wing-networks/</a><br /><br />Magusiak, S. (2023c, October 26). Right-Wing ‘Take Back Alberta’ Group Purges Top Organizers As It Plans to Target School Boards Across Canada. PressProgress.<a href="https://pressprogress.ca/right-wing-take-back-alberta-group-purges-top-organizers-as-it-plans-to-target-school-boards-across-canada/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://pressprogress.ca/right-wing-take-back-alberta-group-purges-top-organizers-as-it-plans-to-target-school-boards-across-canada/</a><br /><br />Ravitch, D. (2023, January 8). Josh Cowen: The Extremism of the School Privatization Movement. Diane Ravitch’s Blog.<a href="https://dianeravitch.net/2023/01/08/josh-cowen-the-extremism-of-the-school-privatization-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://dianeravitch.net/2023/01/08/josh-cowen-the-extremism-of-the-school-privatization-movement/</a><br /><br /><b>Additional Resources </b><br />SOS Alberta: <a href="https://www.supportourstudents.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.supportourstudents.ca/</a>Have You Heard Podcast: https://www.haveyouheardpodcast.com/<br /><b><br /><br /></b>
February 2, 2024
2.3 "Parental Rights" Special Series: Public Values in Public Schools with Dr. Wayne Journell
<b>Episode Description</b><br />In the third episode of a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak to Dr. Wayne Journell. <br /><br />Dr. Journell is Professor of Social Studies Education and Associate Chair of the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). <br />A former high school social studies teacher, Dr. Journell received his undergraduate degree and teacher licensure at James Madison University. He then received a master's degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Secondary Social Studies Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since then, he has taught at UNCG, where he also coordinates the Secondary Teacher Education Program.<br /><br />Dr. Journell's research focuses primarily on the teaching of politics and controversial issues in secondary education, with secondary interests in teaching social studies with technology and via inquiry. Dr. Journell has received numerous awards for his scholarship, including being a two-time recipient of the Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award from the National Council for the Social Studies. He is also the current editor of Theory & Research in Social Education, which is the premier empirical journal in the field of social studies education, and editor for the Research and Practice in Social Studies book series at Teachers College Press.<br /><b>Bio source</b>: <a href="https://www.waynejournell.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.waynejournell.com/</a><br /><br />Through this episode, Stephen and Shannon speak to Dr. Journell about the distinction between public and private values--and the relevance of this distinction to the public school classroom. Specifically, we speak about issues that remain open and valid for discussion in public school classrooms, and those that should be approached as closed or settled. Dr. Journell introduces criterion that can help educators determine which issues are closed for debate in public school classrooms. In particular, we speak about the ethical responsibility of educators to approach issues as closed/settled when they impact the identity, rights, and well-being of students in the classroom. Dr. Journell’s writing, and responses through this interview, intersect with discussions of parental rights and the attempted enforcement of private values in public schools. As he says, people can hold private values, but in the public school classroom we must uphold decided public values. <br /><b><br />Episode Resources</b><br />Journell, W. (2016). Teaching Social Studies in an Era of Divisiveness: The Challenges of Discussing Social Issues in a Non-partisan Way. Rowman & Littlefield.<br /><br />Journell, W. (2017). Framing Controversial Identity Issues in Schools: The Case of HB2, Bathroom Equity, and Transgender Students. Equity & Excellence in Education, 50(4), 339–354.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2017.1393640" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2017.1393640</a><br /><br />Journell, W. (2018). Should Marriage Equality be Taught as Controversial Post-Obergefell v. Hodges? Teachers College Record, 120(8), 1–28.<br /><br />Journell, W. (2022). Classroom Controversy in the Midst of Political Polarization: The Essential Role of School Administrators. NASSP Bulletin, 106(2), 133–153.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/01926365221100589" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://doi.org/10.1177/01926365221100589</a>
January 9, 2024
2.1 "Parental Rights" Special Series: "The status of the parent is almost like a moral alibi" with Dr. Jen Gilbert
<b>Episode Description</b><br />In this first episode in a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak to Dr. Jen Gilbert.<br /><br />Dr. Gilbert is Professor and Chair of the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CTL). Dr. Gilbert’s scholarship and teaching explores the experiences of LGBTQ+ students, teachers, and families in schools and the history of controversies over sex education in schools. Dr. Gilbert's work is international in scope and she has established a strong research partnership network in both the U.S. and Australia. She is an active public scholar and designs projects that explores the connections of social equity and education. Dr. Gilbert previously held Professorship and academic leadership roles at York University in the Faculty of Education. She has been formally recognized for her scholarship, mentorship and leadership by the American Educational Research Association, World Association of Sexual Health and Canadian Society for the Study of Education.<br /><b>Bio Source: </b>https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/54461-jen-gilbert<br /><b></b><br />Dr. Gilbert begins the episode by explaining the ways that parental rights have been used throughout history to oppose more inclusive models of gender and sexuality in schools. While there are historical echoes, we also speak about the specific factors in the current context that have amplified and mobilized the parental rights movement. Dr. Gilbert challenges the misunderstanding that sexuality is brought into schools through teachers and curriculum, and provokes the construction of the innocent child that is often used to limit important conversations about gender and sexuality in schools. We also speak about the way the notion of parental rights privileges particular parents and erases parents and children. Dr. Gilbert shares two important cases in which youth have opposed regressive curricular moves. Rather than limiting and narrowing curriculum, we speak about the ways sex education, and discussions of gender and sexuality more broadly, need to move beyond the health curriculum. Dr. Gilbert ends our interview with an important, although reluctant, manifesto about how to foster educational hospitality. <br /><b></b><br /><b>Episode Resources </b><br />Gilbert, J. (2010). Ambivalence only? Sex education in the age of abstinence. Sex Education, 10(3), 233–237.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2010.491631" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2010.491631</a><br /><br />Gilbert, J. (2014). Sexuality in School: The Limits of Education. University of Minnesota Press.<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctt7zw6j4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctt7zw6j4</a><br /><br />Gilbert, J. (2016). The pleasure of protest: LGBTQ youth in school. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 13(1), 33–35.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/15505170.2016.1138260" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://doi.org/10.1080/15505170.2016.1138260</a><br /><br />Gilbert, J. (2018a). Contesting consent in sex education*. Sex Education, 18(3), 268–279.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2017.1393407" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2017.1393407</a><br /><br />Gilbert, J. (2021). Getting dirty and coming clean: Sex education and the problem of expertise. Curriculum Inquiry, 51(4), 455–472.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03626784.2021.1947732" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> https://doi.org/10.1080/03626784.2021.1947732</a><br /><br />Gilbert, J. (2018b, November 29). Responding to sexual violence in schools: What can educators learn? The Conversation.<a href="http://theconversation.com/responding-to-sexual-violence-in-schools-what-can-educators-learn-107769" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> http://theconversation.com/responding-to-sexual-violence-in-schools-what-can-educators-learn-107769</a><br /><br />Gilbert, J., & Rawlings, V. (2022, June 21). “Parental rights” lobby puts trans and queer kids at risk. The Conversation.<a href="http://theconversation.com/parental-rights-lobby-puts-trans-and-queer-kids-at-risk-184804" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> http://theconversation.com/parental-rights-lobby-puts-trans-and-queer-kids-at-risk-184804</a>
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