NBN Book of the Day - Cara Fitzpatrick, “The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America” (Basic Books, 2023)

America has relied on public schools for 150 years, but the system is increasingly under attack. With declining enrollment and diminished trust in public education, policies that steer tax dollars into private schools have grown rapidly. To understand how we got here, The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America (Basic Books, 2023) argues, we must look back at the turbulent history of school choice.

Cara Fitzpatrick uncovers the long journey of school choice, a story full of fascinating people and strange political alliances. She shows how school choice evolved from a segregationist tool in the South in the 1950s, to a policy embraced by advocates for educational equity in the North, to a conservative strategy for securing government funds for private schools in the twenty-first century. As a result, education is poised to become a private commodity rather than a universal good.

The Death of Public School presents the compelling history of the fiercest battle in the history of American education--one that already has changed the future of public schooling.

Laura Beth Kelly is an assistant professor of Educational Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Land of the Giants - The Self-Driving Experiment

Seven years ago, Elon Musk stood on stage and said he “would consider autonomous driving to be basically a solved problem.” He also said Teslas could “drive with greater safety than a person right now.” That statement wasn’t true. But Musk has continued making this claim. Meanwhile, several other companies have made major strides on autonomous driving. Can Tesla catch up?

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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - COVID Variants, Summer Wave and Fall Boosters (w/ Dr. Celine Gounder)

Two new COVID variants are making headlines this week as cases continue to rise across the United States. The new strain known as EG.5, also known as Eris, is now the most dominant strain in the U.S., while at the same time the more contagious strain BA 2.86 is confirmed to have hit U.S. shores. Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Celine Gounder returns to the show to update us on these latest strains and tells us what to watch out for as we head into the fall. Plus, she tells Andy who should be getting boosters now and who can wait until the next round of updated boosters become available. Later in the show, Dr. Gounder discusses season 2 of her own podcast, “Epidemic,” which looks at how we eradicated smallpox and what parallels we can draw to the COVID pandemic.

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The NewsWorthy - First GOP Debate, Another Tropical Storm & Messi Mania- Wednesday, August 23, 2023

The news to know for Wednesday, August 23, 2023!

We're telling you about the first presidential debate of the 2024 election season happening today. 

And just as California recovers from a tropical storm, Texas is dealing with its own.

Also, leaders in those two states are sparring again.

Plus, some mask mandates are coming back, airport runway safety is top-of-mind-again, and Messi Mania: we'll tell you what the soccer star has done for MLS ticket sales and more.

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What A Day - The Teacher Shortage Cheat Sheet with Becky Pringle

Students across the country head back to school this month, but tens of thousands of teacher positions remain vacant and more than 160,000 positions are filled by under-qualified teachers. We’re joined by Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, to learn more about the nationwide teacher shortage.

And in headlines: Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case officially started to turn themselves in, members of the Teamsters union ratified their new labor contract, and sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is now the fastest woman in the world.

Show Notes:
NEA’s Guide To Fixing Educator Shortages – nea.org/solutions

The Daily Signal - Sean Spicer Previews First GOP Debate

Tonight is the first Republican presidential debate, where eight candidates will square off in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Who has the most to gain and most to lose? And what topics will dominate the debate?

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, host of "The Sean Spicer Show," spoke to The Daily Signal about what he'll be watching and why his old boss—former President Donald Trump—opted to do an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson instead.

Spicer launched his new show this week to coincide with the GOP debate. After publishing bestselling books and hosting "Spicer & Co." on Newsmax, he's now betting on independent media. Listen to the interview or read an edited transcript at DailySignal.com.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - What’s Vivek Ramaswamy’s Deal?

Polls show Vivek Ramaswamy pulling even with Ron DeSantis in the Republican presidential primary, trailing only Donald Trump (albeit substantially).


How did Ramaswamy go from anonymous multimillionaire to a potential Trump alternative in just six months? And what would a Ramaswamy administration look like?


Guest: Mini Racker, staff writer covering politics for TIME Magazine.


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What Could Go Right? - Introducing What’s Your Problem: Building a Plane to Help Save the World

A new season of What Could Go Right is just around the corner, and in the meantime, we wanted to share an episode of a podcast that we think you’ll really like – What’s Your Problem. 

What’s Your Problem is a show from our friends at Pushkin Industries all about technology and business. Entrepreneurs and engineers talk about the future they’re trying to build – and the problems they have to solve to get there. It’s hosted by Jacob Goldstein, the former host of NPR’s Planet Money, and helps listeners understand the problems really smart people are trying to solve right now.

In this episode, Jacob speaks with Val Miftakhov, the founder and CEO of ZeroAvia, about how his company built a plane powered by hydrogen fuel that produces zero carbon emissions. It could be ready for commercial use by 2025 and would revolutionize the way flying impacts the environment. 

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Opening Arguments - OA797: All My Indictments – As the Trump Turns

Liz and Andrew check in on the latest developments from the Trump indictments in Fulton County, GA with a RICOsplainer and a gaggle of removals; in Washington, DC with a complaint about a Statue of Liberty-sized mountain of discovery; and in the Southern District of Florida with an argument so bad it took Stan Woodward to make it.

In the Patreon bonus, the duo tackle yet another chimera bred by Jeff "Oil Spill" Clark.

Notes Georgia v. Trump (Fulton County) docket https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/Index/142 

State of GA v. Meadows, federal docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67694389/the-state-of-georgia-v-meadows/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

US v. Trump, DC Docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656595/united-states-v-trump/?order_by=desc 

Trump DC Opposition to trial date https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.30.0_4.pdf

US v. Trump (SDFL documents) docket https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/

DOJ Motion for Garcia hearing https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.123.0_1.pdf

Nauta/Woodward opp Garcia hearing https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.126.0_2.pdf

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