September 3, 2014
August 29, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with a special Marc Steiner Show archive edition, asDr. Jonathan Zimmerman joins us to discuss the boundaries of free speech for teachers, inside the classroom and out.
Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network
August 21, 2014
August 21, 2014 - Segment 5 - Marc talks with Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Lillian M. Lowery about her philosophy on education and the state of Maryland's schools.
August 20, 2014
August 20, 2014 - Segment 2 - In this week's City Paper: A look into colleges, debt, and the Best In Baltimore polls open. Instead of our regular, Baynard Woods, we're joined by Dana Guth, City Paper editorial intern.
August 19, 2014
August 19, 2014 - Segment 3 - On a live (call-in) episode of Sound Bites, we look at the state of small farmers today. As a follow-up to last week's New York Times article "Don't let your children grow up to be farmers," the first question we ask is: Are small farmers able to survive and prosper off the land? Then, we hear from local small farmers about their experience.
August 7, 2014
August 6, 2014 - Segment 3 - Dr. Charles Limb and Dr. Mariale Hardiman are pioneers in the field of neuro-education. In lay terms, that means applying what we know about the brain to help teachers be more effective. One important area of their research is arts integration – using the arts to teach traditional academic disciplines. So today we sat down with them to talk about whether putting more art in the classroom – whether it’s theater in history class, music in math, or poetry in chemistry – can help kids learn.
August 4, 2014
July 31, 2014 - Segment 4 - We speak with members of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle about projects they are working on now. We are joined by Adam Jackson, CEO, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; and Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle.
July 7, 2014
July 7, 2014 - Segment 3 - Teens from The Intersection speak of canvassing for their initiative and an upcoming "Books And BBQ" event, in which their students will read to children from the Highlandtown neighborhood of Baltimore.
June 26, 2014
June 26, 2014 - Segment 4 - Youth programs like YouthWorks are helping Baltimore's kids and teens achieve more. Leaders involved in the youth-hiring movement speak with us.
June 24, 2014
June 24, 2014 - Segment 4 - On the latest edition of Sound Bites, we learn about the school hunger gap and what Congress has to do with school lunches, learn about the Maryland legislative priorities related to food, agriculture, and the environment, and get an update on the Cove Point LNG facility.
May 28, 2014
May 27, 2014 - Segment 4 - In a new segment of our series about the food we eat, Sound Bites, we broadcast the second part of a fascinating and inspiring panel discussion and town hall meeting held two weeks ago at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore. The meeting is part of a series called Good Food Gatherings, produced in conjunction with Johns Hopkins' Center for Livable Future Food & Faith Project and Interfaith Power & Light.
May 21, 2014
May 21, 2014 - Segment 4 - Saturday was the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, which established that separate public schools for black children and white children was unconstitutional. We remember that decision and look at today's schools.
May 3, 2014
May 1, 2014 - Segment 3 - We look at African American Children's Literature, with: Dr. Mubina Kirmani,professor in the College of Education at Towson University and author of Bundle of Secrets: Savita Returns Home, and Helen Yuen, Marketing Director at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture.
April 25, 2014
April 25, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk to Congolese artist and Wide Angle Youth Media filmmaker and student Evodie Ngoy. She made the short film "The Paradise That Wasn’t," which documents her experience attending Baltimore public school as a refugee.
April 22, 2014
April 21, 2014 - Segment 2 - We begin our week with a spotlight on the inspirational organization the Youth Resiliency Institute, which just received a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for a project in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, to bring together generations, create community and family, and educate for peace.
April 17, 2014
April 16, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with a feature on Kariz Kids Youth Enrichment Services, a program dedicated to bridging the gap between education, the arts and business by providing quality enrichment programs and services to youth organizations
April 9, 2014
April 9, 2014 - Hour 1 - Did you know that the Ivy League schools were built on slavery? Listen to my interview with Dr. Craig Steven Wilder, professor of history at MIT and author of Ebony & Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America's Elite Colleges.
March 13, 2014
March 13, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to the topic of Education, as we hear from students who have written poems to protest the Maryland School Assessment, or MSA, tests. Then, we take a look at the 2012 Chicago Teachers' Strike, with Micah Uetricht, author of Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity.
March 7, 2014
March 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - We listen back to the Non-Partisan Gubernatorial Forum on Education in Baltimore City, organized by the Baltimore Education Coalition, which I co-moderated. Democratic Gubernatorial candidates Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown, Attorney General Doug Gansler, and Delegate Heather Mizeur share their visions for education in Maryland.
February 27, 2014
February 27, 2014 - Segment 2 - We look at the debate taking place in the Maryland Legislature regarding the American Studies Association's recent resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Joining us are: Jay Bernstein, chair of the Advocacy Committee of Baltimore Zionist District and host of Shalom USA Radio; Sara Love, Public Policy Director of the ACLU of Maryland; and Yousseff Munnayer, Executive Director of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and its educational program, the Palestine Center.
February 20, 2014
February 19, 2014 - Segment 4 - Craig Steven Wilder, author of Ebony & Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges, joins us to talk about the legacy of slavery in the Ivy League.
February 5, 2014
February 5, 2014 - Segment 6 - We look at Baltimore teachers, as members of the Baltimore Teachers Union look to vote on a new contract this Thursday. We speak with Marietta English, President of the Baltimore City Teachers Union, and Iris Kirsch, Baltimore City Public Schools teacher.
February 5, 2014
February 5, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss Black History Month, including how Black History is taught, and whether it is constructive to set aside one month instead of highlighting Black History throughout the year. Our guests are: Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead, Assistant Professor of Communication and Affiliate Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland; and Dr. Ray Winbush, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University.
January 24, 2014
January 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - We consider the power of technology to build a stronger Africa, with Marieme Jamme, CEO of SpotOne Global Solutions.
January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014 - Segment 5 - We close out the show with Craig Steven Wilder, author of Ebony & Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America's Elite Colleges.
January 9, 2014
January 9, 2014 - Segment 4 - Baltimore City Schools Interim CEO Tisha Edwards joins us to talk about the year ahead for Baltimore schools. She discusses her philosophy, her priorities, and responds to reporting on the school system.
December 27, 2013
December 26, 2013 - Hour 2 - Marc talks to author and professor of history at MIT Craig Steven Wilder about his new book Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities.
December 5, 2013
December 5, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our show with a discussion of the Common Core Curriculum. Our guests are Dr. Sandra Stotsky, former member of Common Core's Validation Committee, and Dr. Morna McDermott, one of the administrators for Opt Out.
November 14, 2013
November 14, 2013 - Segment 2 - In the wake of the announcement that Baltimore City is planning to close seven city schools, we begin our show with a roundtable discussion on education in Baltimore. In addition to the school closings, we will discuss the 10-year school construction plan as well as a recent report that Baltimore City suspended Pre-K students at a rate far higher than any other district in Maryland last year.
November 14, 2013
November 13, 2013 - Segment 4 - Part-time, or "adjunct," instructors comprise 50% of all faculty members at U.S. colleges. These instructors often have no benefits, no job security, and low pay. The Baltimore Sun recently reported that local community colleges are cutting the hours of adjunct professors to avoid complying with the Affordable Care Act.
October 28, 2013
October 28, 2013 - Segment 3 - We discuss the Baltimore City school construction plan and discuss Transform Baltimore's City Public Schools 21st-Century Building Design Expo coming up at Morgan State University.
October 24, 2013
October 24, 2013 - Segment 5 - Dayvon Love of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, and Ameena Ruffin, current member of the Towson University Debate Team, discuss incidents documented in Love's "Why you shouldn't send your Black and Brown children to Towson University."
October 10, 2013
October 10, 2013 - Segment 2 - We begin our show with a discussion of the recent federal court ruling that states that Maryland has violated its constitutional commitment by allowing traditionally White institutions of higher learning to duplicate programs already offered by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's).
September 30, 2013
September 30, 2013 - Segment 1 - Our first topic today is the Common Core, educational standards intended to bring curricula that vary from state-to-state into alignment with one other. We begin our conversation by examining the theory behind Common Core and then move into a discussion of its implementation.
September 24, 2013
September 24, 2013 - Hour 1 - Have you ever read Toni Morrison's novel Beloved? Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner? Captain Underpants? Then you have read a banned book! Tuesday morning we observe Banned Books Week, a week celebrating the freedom to read.
August 2, 2013
August 2, 2013 - Segment 3 - We close out the show with students from Everyman Theatre's High School Summer Acting Intensive, performing scenes from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
July 30, 2013
July 30, 2013 - Hour 1 - We host an education roundtable of guests to discuss whether there should be a moratorium on state standardized testing, and debate the coming Common Core curriculum.
July 26, 2013
July 26, 2013 - Hour 2 - We open a dialogue between two cities facing tough decisions on the future of education and schools: Chicago and Baltimore. Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that 50 schools in the district will be closed, and Baltimore City's plan for the coming decade includes closing underutilized schools and placing emphasis on renovations and new school construction.
July 26, 2013
July 26, 2013 - Hour 1 - Dr. Kimberly Moffitt sits in as our guest host for our weekly news round table. The panel discussion will focus on this week's release of the Maryland State Assessment scores, showing a slight decline statewide, and the Supreme Court's recent ruling on voting rights, among other topics.
July 26, 2013
July 25, 2013, Segment 1 - We examine the critique that in the U.S. we focus on Eurocentric philosophies, and feature philosophers who are working to change that reality.
July 25, 2013
July 24, 2013, Segment 3 - We speak with DeWayne Wickham, Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Dean of Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism and Communication.
July 9, 2013
July 9, 2013 - Segment 3 - On a new episode of Sound Bites, we discuss what the newly-negotiated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the EU means for our food, what a Bay-wide nutrient trading program could mean for the health of the Chesapeake Bay, and take a trip through the Delmarva peninsula with Tom Horton and Bill Nelson.
July 9, 2013
July 9, 2013 - Segment 1 - We begin with a discussion on the interest rates on student loans, which doubled last week after Congress left for the summer without voting to extend low rates on federally-subsidized Stafford loans.
July 8, 2013
July 5, 2013 - Hour 2 - We rebroadcast our inspiring interview with the amazing Dr. Temple Grandin. Author, professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and a consultant on animal behavior to the livestock industry, Grandin talks about her latest book, The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum.
June 26, 2013
June 26, 2013 - Segment 2 - We discuss this week's Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in higher education, sending a lawsuit challenging the University of Texas' affirmative action policy back to lower courts.
June 18, 2013
June 17, 2013-Segment 1-The growing controversy between Maryland State Department of Education, local school systems, and the Maryland State Teachers Association (MSEA) over teacher evaluations.
June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013 - Segment 4 - Baltimore City educator and writer Iris Kirsch joins us to talk about a recent survey conducted by the Educators for Democratic Schools that indicates many teachers are dissatisfied with their current contracts.
June 11, 2013
June 10, 2013-Segment 5-We had a conversation with Meshelle The Indie Mom of Comedy, founder of GOAL Diggers The Sankofa Project, a program focused on connecting inner-city teen girls of African decent to education by introducing them to the study of their ancestry and ethnic identity.
June 4, 2013
June 3, 2013 -Segment 2 - We turn to a discussion on human trafficking.
May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with Ojeda Hall, Lead Organizer for BUILD (Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development), and Terra Hiltner, BUILD Historian, who join us to talk about an exhibit, "Learning, Listening, Leading: BUILD's 35 Years of Organizing in Baltimore City."
May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013 - Segment 1 - We open a dialogue between two cities facing tough decisions on the future of education and schools: Chicago and Baltimore. Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that 50 schools in the district will be closed, and Baltimore City's plan for the coming decade includes closing underutilized schools and placing emphasis on renovations and new school construction.