On a new Teachers’ Lounge, it’s my conversation with Joshua Stafford! He’s the superintendent at the Vienna High School District, down on the southern tip of Illinois.
We had a wide-ranging conversation about the history of education in America, standardized testing, school safety, his recent journey to Singapore through the Fulbright program, and a fateful trip to Haiti years ago that showed him why public education is a gift.
We've got all of that and much more!

SHOW NOTES
Educators in this episode:
Joshua Stafford
Stories featured in this episode:
Illinois 'Democracy Schools' see strong civics education as a way past political polarization
Music: Our show's theme music is from the northern Illinois-based band "Kindoves" and their songs "Popn," "Origins" and "Quiche." You can find more of their music on their Soundcloud page. You can also listen to the episode of WNIJ's Sessions from Studio A where they were featured.
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