Have You Heard is a biweekly podcast about education, policy, and politics. Occasionally funny and periodically informative, Have You Heard features journalist Jennifer Berkshire and scholar Jack Schneider as they explore the age-old quest to finally fix the nation's public schools.

Have You Heard is available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify and Stitcher. You can also find us on the Have You Heard website and on Twitter.

Each episode, Jack and Jennifer explore a hot-button education issue - from charter schools and school choice, to the rise of “edvertising” and the influx of big money into school board elections. Combining commentary, analysis and humor, Have You Heard features interviews with experts of all stripes, including educators, academics and journalists.

Jack Schneider is a scholar, teacher, writer, and activist. In his day job, he is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he teaches in the Ph.D. and Ed.D. programs and leads the Beyond Test Scores Project. Jack also writes frequently for the public in outlets like the New York Times, Washington Post, and Atlantic, often making the case that educational reform is more complex than many of its champions would have us imagine. Follow Jack on Twitter.

Jennifer Berkshire writes about the intersection of education and politics for the Nation, the New Republic, the Baffler, the New York Times, and other publications. She is the author of two books: A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School (with Jack), and More Worlds to Negotiate: John Dunlop and the Art of Problem Solving. She also teaches podcasting in the journalism program at Boston College. Follow Jennifer on Twitter.

Have You Heard is produced by sound engineer and expert in all things audio Francisco Rafart.