The Rational Educator
Join our weekly discussion of topics in the world of education with longtime teachers Andrew Bernstein and Deanna Heikkinen.
Podcasting since 2020 • 35 episodes
The Rational Educator
Latest Episodes
Political Solutions for Education - What's wrong with them?
Education became a huge political hot button issue in the November election of 2021. In this episode we ask if political solutions to education's problems are sustainable, and if they even work at all. Check out our new website, a repos...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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The Homeschool Option: Can it really save your children?
In this panel discussion, we talk about some of the myths behind homeschooling, and how it has emerged in a world of corrupted institutional education to be perhaps the only option left to save your children. Check out our new website, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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From Marx to Critical Race Theory: What's Destroying the Schools - #4
Trying to fight the never ending insanities of modern education, from historical revisionism, to climate alarmism, to social justice math, is like trying to play whack-a-mole. But at the root of it all is the 19th century political philosopher ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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The Destroyers of American Education - How it all started - #3
In this episode, we discuss how the modern classroom came to be, why it was such a departure from earlier methods of education, and the figures in American history that drove its early adoption, Horace Mann and John Dewey.Check out our webs...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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Alternatives in Education: What to do if you don't like your child's education - #2
In this episode, we discuss your alternatives if you have a child in a school you're not happy with. Will making your case in front of the school board work? What about private schools? Are they any better? And what about homeschooling? Is that...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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