What is a charter school? Philosophy professor (and director of the Center for Ethics and Education) and UW-Madison student (and undergraduate project assistant at the Center) Grace Gecewicz host this episode about a type of school that everyone seems to have an opinion about. Find out who the "strange bedfellows" were that came up with the idea of charter schools and learn to ask the right questions about the effects of charter schools. Featuring scholars Erica Turner (Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison) and Gina Schouten (Philosophy, Harvard University)

• Paper by Brighouse and Schouten: "To Charter or Not to Charter: What Questions Should We Ask, and What Will the Answers Tell Us?"
• Study Guide: What is a Charter School?
• Transcript

Recorded in 2018 and 2019. Produced by Carrie Welsh and Grace Gecewicz. Edited by Kellen Sharp.

Music by Bad Snacks and Podington Bear.

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