Videos

Tara Westover detailed her life growing up with survivalist parents in the Idaho mountains and her introduction to formal education at age 17. She was interviewed by author and journalist…

Journalist Natalie Wexler talked about her book, The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System--And How to Fix It, in which she argued that the U.S. education…

University of Chicago Professor Eve Ewing discussed her book, 1919, and some of her other works.

Rutgers University history professor Rachel Devlin looked at the desegregation of American public schools through the actions of young women throughout the country.

Colin Powell, retired four-star general and former secretary of state, recounts his military and political career through a collection of 44 remembrances that impart General Powell’s thoughts on life and leadership. General Powell weaves his…

Dave Cullen talked about his book Columbine (Twelve; April 6, 2009). In his book, on the 10th anniversary of the mass murders, he presents a comprehensive account of the shootings on Tuesday, April…

Elizabeth Todd-Breland (A Political Education) and William Ayers (about Becoming a Teacher) talked about education and education reform in the United States.

Pacific Research Institute fellow Lance Izumi argued that parents should have the right to opt out of the public school system.

Brad Meltzer presents a collection of women (and some men) throughout history that he believes his daughter, Lila, can look up to and derive strength from. The author profiles a range of…

Harvard Professor Anthony Jack shared his thoughts on the challenges disadvantaged students face at higher education institutions.

Donna Frietas talked about sexual abuse on college campuses. She spoke at the Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison.

Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), and professor Jon Haidt argued that a variety of social and societal trends have led to a weakening of…

Former Business Week editor Andrea Gabor reported on how several school systems throughout the country have abandoned “top-down” education reform in favor of a different model that,…

Known as “The Monkey Trial,” the Scopes Trial put a national spotlight on the debate of teaching evolution in public schools. Author and University of Kansas professor Jeffrey Moran talked about the media…

Justin Driver, author of Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind, and Lenora Chu, author of Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese…

Donna Frietas talked about sexual abuse on college campuses and took viewer phone calls from the Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison.

Johns Hopkins Professor William Egginton discussed identity politics on college campuses and their impact on higher learning.

Obama administration Education Secretary Arne Duncan discussed the successes and failures of schools in America. He was interviewed by Kaya Henderson, former chancellor of the District of…

Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan reflected on his career in education and offered his thoughts on the state of America’s schools.

Princeton professor Keith Whittington discussed free speech on college campuses.