Podcasting about education policy and politics at haveyouheardpodcast.com | Latest book: The Education Wars: A Citizen's Guide and Defense Manual www.educationwarsbook.com. Follow my work at: http://educationwars.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3ml6rqbauzs2bEducation was a big issue in this Michigan special election. Some important lessons here on how education & affordability are starting to intersect 1) running against universal school lunch is a real loser! 2) make [state name] more like Mississippi does not seem to rally voters06 May 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6rqbauzs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mkxcov6wsk2bThe future in 2 stories: 1) AI will create a permanent underclass that no amount of college and career readiness can address and 2) school-as-workplace prep will hasten this along03 May 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxcov6wsk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mkuslygbns2bOne major issue missing from this account of the GOP's struggles in Iowa: school vouchers. The controversial program is expensive, unregulated, and widely seen as a handout to wealthy Iowans. This has created a mess for GOP candidates and an opening for Dems https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/ruby-red-iowa-backed-trump-by-13-points-in-2024-now-its-a-battleground-b808c363?mod=Searchresults&pos=2&page=102 May 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuslygbns2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mksaq6zszs2bIf you live in a red state w/ a voucher program, not only must your elected GOP reps support it (no matter how much of a hole it blows in the budget), but if they try to limit the program in ANY way, they'll be targeted by billionaire school choice PACs. Seems likely to alienate a lot of GOP voters01 May 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksaq6zszs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mknwv5nqgs2bThe backlash against edtech is suddenly everywhere - and it's only going to grow. I wrote about why this grassroots revolt is about more than Chromebooks and Khanmigo https://educationwars.substack.com/p/the-big-tech-backlash29 Apr 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknwv5nqgs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mkkm322ki22bAmong the 20K workers Citi is firing: “A.I. Champions and Accelerators” who perform their dayjob while trying to convince their coworkers to adopt AI https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/business/ai-job-cuts-wall-street.html28 Apr 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkm322ki22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mkd733ekj22bMy PhD dissertation on how the separation of work and home shaped gender identity in 19th century America would have been prohibited in 21st century Texas25 Apr 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd733ekj22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mkd2wsuu722bRecommended weekend listening: Silicon Valley's vision for schools is dreary and dystopian. It's also fueling a massive backlash against all things edtech https://soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpodcast/217-silicon-valleys-dystopian?si=f28c5943ae454058b03df03eda34f90c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing25 Apr 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd2wsuu722bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mkazknxhss2rAccording to that big new profile of ED chief Linda McMahon, the brains behind the new federal school voucher program was west Texas oil billionaire and 'theo-ligarch' Tim Dunn https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/27/linda-mcmahon-profile24 Apr 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkazknxhss2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mkat2zeq5k2rNew episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social: Silicon Valley's vision for public education is both familiar and dystopian. Tim Scott joins us to talk about his urgent new book Schooling for Silicon Valley. Thanks @kevinkumashiro.com for the h/t! https://soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpodcast/217-silicon-valleys-dystopian?si=f28c5943ae454058b03df03eda34f90c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing24 Apr 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkat2zeq5k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mjkg53kijc2rWant to see how messy the politics of school vouchers are for Dems? Here's likely 2028 candidate Mark Kelly on what a disaster vouchers have been for Arizona. Meanwhile, pro-voucher Dems are in Mass. today to push Gov. Maura Healey to sign onto Trump's voucher plan https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2026/04/15/dont-follow-arizonas-end-vouchers-opinion/89607991007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z119172p002050c002050e1101xxv119172d--59--b--59--&gca-ft=214&gca-ds=sophi15 Apr 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkg53kijc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mjfbkbghis2rI wrote about why the GOP should be worried about that earth-shaking election in Hungary - AND last week's school board races in the US https://educationwars.substack.com/p/reading-the-tea-leaves13 Apr 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfbkbghis2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mj2vrngl2c2rIf the Texas GOP loses its grip on the legislature there'll be lots of reasons. But a big & underappreciated one is school vouchers -- deeply unpopular w/ Dems and many conservatives. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/08/texas-house-dan-patrick-gop-majority-2026-midterms-cornyn-paxton/09 Apr 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2vrngl2c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mioghlrtnc2yWeekend listening: worried about the disappearance of books from schools, heavy-handed literacy policies and the relentless focus on workplace prep? You just may have a case of the blue state blues! https://soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpodcast/216-the-blue-state-blues?si=31c274adea844279aa703d40f0b904e1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing04 Apr 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioghlrtnc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3milpkq4w7s2yNew Have You Heard: we talk to four current and former teachers about what blue states keep getting wrong about public education. @johndownesangus.bsky.social, @jaustinedu.bsky.social, @annieabrams.bsky.social and Nora De La Cour on why they have the blue state blues https://soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpodcast/216-the-blue-state-blues?si=31c274adea844279aa703d40f0b904e1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing03 Apr 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3milpkq4w7s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3michp6usy22yThere's a whole alternate universe where Democrats would have won in 2026 if they'd just talked about standardized testing more. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-education/2026/03/30/obama-education-chief-democrats-need-to-wake-up-0084967730 Mar 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3michp6usy22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mi554cu7gk2yEssential reading if you want to understand THE divide in the Democratic Party today. Acknowledge that young voters are right to feel that capitalism has failed them? Or keep flogging education as the answer to economic unraveling? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/business/college-graduates-economy-unemployment-.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WVA.glzE.sUQXooOXalHO&smid=url-share28 Mar 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi554cu7gk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mi2cx5o3dk2bMore interesting details about that Dem state senate upset in Florida. Brian Nathan ran on *attacking the attacks on the working class,* including repealing a new law aimed at crippling teachers unions. And he won because enough GOP voters crossed party lines to vote for him27 Mar 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2cx5o3dk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenniferberkshire.bsky.social/post/3mhvf6fhqr22bInteresting detail about that FL state senate flip: both candidates want more accountability for the state's $1 billion school voucher program. But the guy pledging much tougher rules won25 Mar 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:jjxyrdbo45gak37v723apdul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvf6fhqr22b