In this episode of the podcast, I speak with David I. Backer, author of As Public As Possible: Radical Finance for America’s Public Schools. During our conversation, we explore the connection between public schools and the private bond market, the function of debt in education policy making at both the systemic and individual levels, and how a series of manufactured crises has helped the right reshape public education to meet their broader ideological goals. David also makes the case for using the framework of solidarity to counter these corrosive narratives about public education and public financing. There is work to be done regarding public schools, but it might not be what we have been led to believe.  

You can access the episode here.