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Education

 

FEATURES

  • Still Separate and Unequal?
    Fifty years after nine African American teenagers integrated Central High School in Little Rock, AR, the country continues to struggle with segregation and inequality in its schools and beyond.

    Check out a sampling of opinions and join the discussion.
    Wednesday, September 12, 2007

 

GUESTS

  • Dr. Ruth Simmons
    Thursday, October 29, 2009
    Brown University president shares her personal educational odyssey and discusses changing leadership for women and the relevance of HBCUs.
  • Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler
    Thursday, September 24, 2009
    Healthy Kids, Smart Kids founder recounts her personal battle with obesity and describes how she used the experience to help children at the elementary school which she helms.
  • Arne Duncan
    Thursday, August 20, 2009
    U.S. Education Secretary discusses charter schools, the budget crisis of historically Black colleges and universities and parents' role in education.
  • John Corcoran
    Thursday, December 18, 2008
    Author of The Bridge to Literacy describes life masquerading as literate.
  • Geoff Canada, Paul Tough
    Friday, September 26, 2008
    Harlem Children's Zone CEO and journalist-author talk about the inspiration of the anti-poverty program.
  • Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
    Wednesday, March 19, 2008
    Editor of the African American National Biography weighs in on Sen. Obama's recent speech and the race discourses in America.
  • Myles Brand
    Tuesday, February 5, 2008
    NCAA president discusses the state of college athletics, including the lack of coaches of color.
  • Dr. Cornel West
    Tuesday, September 18, 2007
    Princeton University professor explains the backstory of his acclaimed spoken-word CD.
  • Dr. Terrence Roberts
    Thursday, September 6, 2007
    One of the nine students who volunteered to integrate Little Rock, Arkansas' Central High School 50 years ago, reflects on his experience.
  • Mike Rose
    Monday, September 3, 2007
    UCLA professor assesses the state of the American worker.
  • Dr. Rod Paige
    Tuesday, March 27, 2007
    Former U.S. Education Secretary comments on the influence of teachers' unions.
  • Marian Wright Edelman
    Tuesday, March 27, 2007
    Children's Defense Fund founder comments on the Leave No Child Behind act.
  • Margaret Spellings
    Thursday, December 14, 2006
    U.S. Education Secretary gives an update on the administration's education initiatives.

 

YOUNG VOICES

 


Published November 7, 2009

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