{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"D. Roderick (Rod) Kiewiet","description":"America, Heck Yeah! Public Schools &amp;amp; Baseball In this episode of the&amp;nbsp;PS You\u2019re Interesting&amp;nbsp;podcast, Jeff Jenkins and D. Roderick (Rod) Kiewiet, Professor of Political Science at Caltech, break down the long standing myth of the equalizing force of public education. We hold the idea that public schools present Americans with equal opportunity. Kiewiet gets to the reality through public school funding in California compared to the nation.&amp;nbsp; In a related pivot, they turn to the great American pastime and look at Moneyball, data, and baseball.&amp;nbsp;  Email:&amp;nbsp;bedrosian.center@usc.edu  Twitter:&amp;nbsp;@BedrosianCenter,&amp;nbsp;@jaj7d &amp;nbsp; For more check out the showpage.  ","author_name":"P.S. You\u2019re Interesting","author_url":"http:\/\/bedrosian.usc.edu\/ps","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7589780\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/26332601"}