The Citizen Stewart Show
“The Citizen Stewart Show” is an independent, pull-no-punches podcast from The Branch about the perils and promise of education and democracy. Hosted by Chris “Citizen” Stewart, CEO of Brightbeam, a nonprofit national network of activists fighting for educational opportunity and justice for every child. And co-hosted by Ravi Gupta, former Obama staffer and former superintendent of a network of charter schools in the South. “The Citizen Stewart Show” shines light on the dark forces keeping our students, schools, and democracy mired in counterproductive politics. No headline or issue is off limits, because education is at the heart of everything in America.
Episodes
May 6, 2025 • 55 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris sits down with Conor Williams for a conversation about why dual language programs are working for ESL families, and why they are under political pressure.
Conor Williams is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, and an expert on urban education reform, English learner students, children of immigrants, early education programs, and school choice systems. He is also a founding partne...
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April 29, 2025 • 57 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris sits down with Emory Edwards to discuss possible pathways to solving education for America’s black children.
Emory Edwards is the Vice President of Outreach at Ed Choice.
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April 22, 2025 • 53 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris sits down with Michael Strambler for a conversation about Social and Emotional Learning.
Dr. Michael Strambler is a clinical psychologist and directs Child Wellbeing and Education Research at The Consultation Center at Yale.
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April 16, 2025 • 56 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris sits down with Shaka Mitchell for a conversation about possible pathways to a special educational status for black students.
Shaka Mitchell serves as a Senior Fellow for the American Federation for Children.
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April 8, 2025 • 51 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris sits down with Toni Barton to discuss the lessons from her book Six Principles for Building a Truly Inclusive School.
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April 1, 2025 • 64 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris sits down with Kenya Bradshaw for a conversation about reconstructing a quality education system for black children in America.
Kenya Bradshaw is the CEO at Reconstruction, a curriculum technology company focused on developing and teaching K-12 supplemental curriculum that situates Black people, Black culture, and Black contributions to American and world history in an authentic, identi...
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March 25, 2025 • 64 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris is joined by a pair of education innovators to discuss the question - What can schools do differently?
Our guests today:
Justin Dent, Executive Director of Outschool.org
Amy Anderson, Executive Director of Reschool Colorado
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March 19, 2025 • 69 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris is joined by Jay Artis-Wright, Charles Cole, and Sharif El-Mekki for a conversation about the voices missing from the national education debate - those of the black community.
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March 11, 2025 • 43 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed why the decline of civics education is a national security threat.
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March 4, 2025 • 52 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed…
‘We’re the Outliers’: Ashley Rogers Berner on Public Funding for Private Schools (The 74, 2/27/25)
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February 25, 2025 • 47 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed Barney the Dinosaur, and Generation Barney, the podcast from NPR.
Also check out...
Kate with Barney in the 90s!
And some additional reading
The Educational Approach of Barney and Friends (PBS)
Barney: 5 Best Life Lessons From The Children's Show (& 5 Worst) (ScreenRant 12/21/20)
Impact Of Barney And Friends Programme On Cognitive Development Among Early Child...
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February 18, 2025 • 44 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed the president’s gutting of the Department of Education.
Is Trump Gutting Education Research a New Beginning or Just ‘Slashing & Burning’? (The 74, 2/11/25)
The Data Defense: Taking Stock of How IES Funding Fuels America’s Global Competitiveness and National Security (Linkedin, 2/13/25)
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February 11, 2025 • 46 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed...
Betsy DeVos: Shut Down the Department of Education (The Free Press, 2/6/25)
At Least 10 Student Loan And Federal Aid Programs Run By The Department Of Education May Be Cut (Forbes, 2/10/25)
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February 6, 2025 • 53 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris sits down with Tim Daly of Ed Navigator for a conversation about NAEP scores.
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January 28, 2025 • 55 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed what Wicked can teach us about the importance of Core Knowledge.
My Wicked Prior Knowledge (Comrade Chris, 11/30/24)
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January 20, 2025 • 52 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Kate discussed how sexist attitudes change girls' trajectories.
Barefoot and Pregnant (Comrade Chris, 1/8/25)
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January 14, 2025 • 48 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed…
College for Some (Comrade Chris, 1/4/25)
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January 7, 2025 • 58 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris sits down with Future Ed policy director Liz Cohen for a conversation about universal school choice programs.
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December 31, 2024 • 46 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, our producer interviews Chris to wrap up 2024.
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December 17, 2024 • 63 mins
This week on The Citizen Stewart Show, Chris and Ravi discussed next steps for the Democratic party, and predictions for the next year in education.
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