#36 The Skills Trap

For working class students, "college" is defined as skills building and workforce development. But that's a narrow and ultimately limiting view of what higher education is for, guest Mike Rose tells us. The star of this episode: Maya Luna - a home health aide who went back to school in hopes of earning more money, and discovered that she is a star.

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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, one policy issue at a time.