424: Kid Politics
JAN 14, 2011
What if, say, the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada in 1983 had been decided, not by Ronald Reagan, but by a bunch of middle-schoolers? And what if every rule at your high school had been determined, not by teachers and administrators, but entirely by teenagers? This week, stories about whether, when it comes to governing, kids do any better than grown-ups.
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(Or visit http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/424/kid-politics?act=3#play)
- Jyllian Gunther visits The Brooklyn Free School, where there are no courses, no tests and no homework, and where the kids decide everything about how the school is run, including discipline. Jyllian is a filmmaker, working on a documentary called Growing Small. (16 minutes)
SONG: "IF THE KIDS ARE UNITED (THEY'LL NEVER BE DIVIDED)", SHAM-69
Photo
Image from Ben Calhoun.
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