Talk Out of School

Wed, Jun 17, 2020 10:00 AM

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Hosts: Leonie Haimson + Carol Burris

Topics:

PPP -
Charter schools -
Racism -
Police violence -

Synopsis: Leonie talks with Carol Burris, executive director of Network for Public Education, about charter schools receiving PPP funds meant for struggling small businesses. Then Takiema Bunche-Smith, executive director of Bank Street's Center on Culture, Race, & Equity, joins with advice on how to discuss police violence and institutional racism with kids.

Guests:

Carol Burris - Executive director of Network for Public Education
Takiema Bunche Smith - Executive director of Bank Street's Center on Culture, Race, & Equity

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Info / Links:

Charter schools and the Payroll Protection Program
Carol Burris and Marla Kilfoyle, Did some charter schools double-dip in federal coronavirus relief funding?, Washington Post
Erica Green, Charter Schools, Some With Billionaire Benefactors, Tap Coronavirus Relief, NY Times
Network for Public Education, What do you think? Are charter schools public schools or small businesses?
Email info@networkforpubliceducation.org if you discover that charter schools in your community have applied for or received PPP funds.
Resources about race and racism in schools and the larger society
Center on Culture, Race and Equity: Equity & Culturally Responsive Resources and Black Lives Matters at Schools Symposium
Imani Perry, Racism is Terrible. Blackness is Not, Atlantic
Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States
Howard Zinn, A Young People’s History of the United States
Beverly Tatum, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race

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