Season 3, Episode 13: Meritocracy and education

03/08/22 • 0 min

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In this episode, Diane details the discussion of the history, pluses, and minuses with meritocracy through the prism of three recent books on the topic. Michael and Diane then discuss how this intersects with our K–12 education system—and set up two episodes to come about exam schools and selective college admissions.

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Season 3, Episode 12: Is there a teacher exodus or not? Digging into the dispute

There are two dominant narratives in education right now about teachers. On the one hand, many media stories and educators say loudly that teachers are leaving in droves, which is making it hard to manage schools. On the other hand, researchers are observing that the numbers of quits don’t appear much different from how it’s been in education for a while. In this episode, Michael and Diane dig into the data and stories to try to explain the two narratives and find some common ground.

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Season 3, Episode 14: Exam schools and meritocracy

Diane and Michael dive into the fierce debate around selective exam schools as a case study to not only identify the problems in implementation that meritocracy-based ideas have created, but also to suggest solutions that retain and amplify the benefits of meritocracy.

https://archive.org/download/class-disrupted-s-3-e-14-final/Class%20Disrupted%20S3%20E14%20final.mp3