The Harvey Kaye State of Democracy Speaker Series, with Jennifer Berkshire

Commemorating the public engagement and broad intellectual spirit of UWGB Professor Harvey Kaye’s career, the Harvey Kaye State of Democracy series addresses some of the most urgent questions facing our democracy, including in the fields of workers’ rights, racial inequality, public health, technology, and journalism. This evening we will welcome Jennifer Berkshire. Berkshire is a journalist and podcaster whose work explores the intersection of public education and politics. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Nation, the New Republic, and many other publications. Berkshire is the author of three books: The Education Wars: A Citizen's Guide and Defense Manual (with Jack Schneider), A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School (with Jack Schneider), and More Worlds to Negotiate: John Dunlop and the Art of Problem Solving. She is the creator of the education policy podcast, Have You Heard and teaches in the Prison Education Program at Boston College.