The Midterm Elections, Smartphones in Schools, and Eugenics in Standardized Testing

This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi debated…

What’s making them hopeful:

Turnout for Young People Was the Second Highest Its Been in the Past 30 Years (NPR, 11/10/22)

The School-Choice Election Wave (Wall Street Journal, 11/10/22)

GOP School Boards: How Republicans Fared in School Board Elections All Over the Country (USA Today, 11/9/22)

What’s making them think:

This School Took Away Smartphones. The Kids Don’t Mind. (Wall Street Journal, 11/5/22)

Take Away Their Cell Phones (Education Next)

Then discussed what’s making them mad:

Why Aren’t We Talking About Eugenics in School Assessments? (Learning Equity Center)

Why the Academic Achievement Gap is a Racist Idea (Black Perspectives, 10/20/16)

The Racist Beginnings of Standardized Testing (NEA, 3/20/21)