Feb 28 2025 55 mins
Part 1:
We talk with Harvey Kronberg, owner and publisher of the Quorum Report.
We discuss education vouchers in Texas, and that many school football coaches have come out against them. We discuss the centers of community in rural Texas: schools, churches, farm bureaus, community hospitals. All will be affected by vouchers on public schools: shutting them down.
We also discuss the outbreak of measles in Texas, the state with the highest uninsured population in the country. There has been no response from the Texas legislature.
Texas has been used to budget surpluses in recent times. That is about to change. We discuss why.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry, former White House aide, and two time nominee for Connecticut governor. and We talk with Conor Williams, senior fellow at The Century Foundation, and an expert on urban education reform, English learner students, children of immigrants, early education programs, and school choice systems. He is also a founding partner with the Childrens Equity Project.
We discuss Bezos' decision about the Washington Post's editorial stance. What effect will this have on free speech for newspapers? Should newspaper publishers divest from other business ventures?
Music: From David Rovics, “The Richest Man in the World Says So”, 2025