Jack Schneider

Time well spent? Teacher perspectives on time-saving reforms - Kappan Online Teacher are too often overwhelmed with things to do. What reforms do they believe will be most effective in helping them manage their time?

New work led by one former student of mine and one current one!

Contest — Have You Heard Podcast

It's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Calling all graduate students doing research on K-12 or higher education...

Google Gemini output: Educational policy is one of the best areas for "historical debugging" because we’ve been trying to solve the same problem for centuries: How do we prepare the next generation for a world that doesn't exist yet? By looking at the past, we can see which "revolutionary" ideas actually worked and which were just expensive trends. Here are three major ways history informs modern schooling: 1. The "Factory Model" vs. The Future Most modern schools are still based on the Prussian Model of the 18th and 19th centuries. It was designed to create obedient citizens and disciplined factory workers who could follow a bell schedule. The Lesson: If our goal today is to foster creativity and tech-literacy, history shows us that using a system designed for the Industrial Revolution is like trying to run modern software on a steam engine. We can look at the Montessori or Progressive Education movements of the early 20th century to see how they tried to break this mold.

This is a really good example of how an LLM is only as good as its training data. Also, this is going to make @jennbinis.bsky.social stabby.

#214 These Conservatives Are Furious About School Vouchers Forget about ‘education freedom’ and ‘school choice.’ These conservative see the expansion of school vouchers as a government takeover of private and home schools. We head to Texas, where opposition t

What's going on in Texas? We discuss on @haveyouheard.bsky.social

So you’re saying history isn’t over yet?

Just because AI *can* do it doesn't mean AI *should* do it.

This seems obviously true. I am not making a particularly insightful observation here.

And yet the AI grift depends almost entirely on us forgetting this fact.

As always, the issue has several great book reviews. This time, by Janine Giordano Drake, @adamlaats.bsky.social, @judithkafka.bsky.social, and Lilia Valdez.

And Stella Meng Wang on the schooling history of Chinese women in the colonial world.

Jane Martin and Judith Harford on women's higher ed in England and Ireland.

ArCasia James-Gallaway on white, patriarchal, and masculine viewpoints.

Michael Hevel and Tim Cain on gender, LGBTQ+ identity, and higher ed.

An introduction by Lucy Bailey.

This issue of HEQ also includes a forum on gender in the history of education. Six (great) short essays, including...

The last feature article is Snejana Slantcheva-Durst's piece on mid-nineteenth-century coeducation at a medical college traditionally reserved for men.

The third feature article is Jon Hale's piece about the governors who laid the foundation for school choice.

The second feature article is @cwoyshner.bsky.social's piece on Black civic voluntary organizations.

Our first feature article is Scott Gelber's piece on the first federal need-based financial aid program (and it isn't the GI Bill).

First up, the editorial introduction from AJ Angulo and myself.

The latest issue of History of Education Quarterly is out. Here's a thread with open-access links to all of the articles...

#213 The Kids are Alright Podcast Episode · Have You Heard · 02/19/2026 · 45m

New episode of the pod.

#212 We’re at each other’s throats. Schools can help. Our ability to disagree has turned toxic, and frayed relationships are leaving Americans more isolated and lonely than ever. Can schools help? Educational psychologist Hunter Gehlbach is convinced tha

In the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social we talk to Hunter Gehlbach about how we can rebuild and the role educators can play.
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#211 Silicon Valley’s Vision for Schools is Trapped in a Cold War Fantasy In the schools of the (near) future, teachers will be replaced by robots and learning will be personalized, allowing each student to move at their own pace. AI refuser and self-described ‘ed tech Cass

.@audreywatters.bsky.social is back on the pod! Nuff said.

"Pretty much everyone between about 5'7" and 5'10" if I'm being honest."

“We kind of have disregard for everybody's children, but our own … as long as my kid is getting a nice education, my kid is getting a good test score, my kid is having a good lunch, screw everybody else. There isn't a genuine concern for the experience of children.” Susan Engel

"What good is it to Walmart or Amazon if their employees read poetry in their spare time or understand American history? What use is it for the affluent class if lower- and middle-income earners can paint or play an instrument?" @jackschneider.bsky.social & @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social

"Tell me you live in Philly without telling me where you live"

#210 The Curious Case of Kindergarten Every year more than 3 million kids march off to kindergarten, a mysterious world about which adults know very little. Research psychologist Susan Engel, who has spent a lifetime studying how children

Maybe it's because I'm such a big fan of Susan Engel's...but this is one of my favorite episodes we've done. Hot off the press.

#210 The Curious Case of Kindergarten Every year more than 3 million kids march off to kindergarten, a mysterious world about which adults know very little. Research psychologist Susan Engel, who has spent a lifetime studying how children

If you're looking for a distraction from the news cycle...come visit a kindergarten with @haveyouheard.bsky.social. In the latest episode, we talk with Susan Engel about her fabulous new book.

Education Wars YouTube video by Liberal Currents

The #EducationWars are here. So, to discuss what that means and what the right wants to do to our education system and greater society, we brought on @jackschneider.bsky.social and @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social of @haveyouheard.bsky.social to go through it with us. A convo you won’t want to miss!

Over at @liberalcurrents.com you can find so many wonderful essays, but you can also find #HalfTheAnswer with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I. We asked so many questions in 2025, and had so many excellent and informative guests on the program; who, you might ask? Well, we’re glad you asked. 🧵