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About Laura Kelly

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

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

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Education October 9, 2023

Expelling Public Schools

How Antiracist Politics Enable School Privatization in Newark

John Arena

Hosted by Laura Kelly
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Exploring the role of identitarian politics in the privatization of Newark’s public school system In Expelling Public Schools, John Arena explores the more than two-decade struggle to privatize public schools …
Education August 23, 2023

The Death of Public School

How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America

Cara Fitzpatrick

Hosted by Laura Kelly
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 …
Education August 18, 2023

Segregation by Experience

Agency, Racism, and Learning in the Early Grades

Jennifer Keys Adair and Kiyomi Sánchez-Suzuki Colegrove

Hosted by Laura Kelly
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Early childhood can be a time of rich discovery, a period when educators have an opportunity to harness their students’ fascination to create unique learning opportunities. Some teachers engage with …
Education June 28, 2023

A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School

Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire

Hosted by Laura Kelly
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Across the U.S., state legislatures-often under the cover of darkness, and usually in spite of public opposition-are passing bills that channel public dollars to private schools. These voucher schemes promise …
Education June 7, 2023

Willful Defiance

The Movement to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Mark R. Warren

Hosted by Laura Kelly
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The story of how Black and Brown parents, students and members of low-income communities of color organized to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline in their local schools and built a movement …
Education May 9, 2023

Districts That Succeed

Breaking the Correlation Between Race, Poverty, and Achievement

Karin Chenoweth

Hosted by Laura Kelly
In Districts That Succeed: Breaking the Correlation Between Race, Poverty, and Achievement (Harvard Education Press, 2021), long-time education writer Karin Chenoweth turns her attention from effective schools to effective districts …
Education April 26, 2023

Refugee High

Coming of Age in America

Elly Fishman

Hosted by Laura Kelly
Lit Hub's Most Anticipated of 2021.  Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Award. A year in the life of a Chicago high school that has one of the highest proportions of …
Education April 26, 2023

How Education Policy Shapes Literacy Instruction

Understanding the Persistent Problems of Policy and Practice

Rachael Gabriel

Hosted by Laura Kelly
Reading instruction is the most legislated area of education and the most frequently referenced metric for measuring educational progress. This book, How Education Policy Shapes Literacy Instruction: Understanding the Persistent Problems …