You've heard it from pundits and politicians alike: "The Supreme Court has voted the Bible out of our schools." But is this really true? Can you teach the Bible in public school? Are you allowed to read it? Pray in school? You might be...

Should Public Schools Teach Religion? Is religious illiteracy a problem? If so, how should we fix it?

Leonie Haimson is a parent advocate and Executive Director of Class Size Matters, as well as the founder of the NYC Public School Parent blog. Class Size Matters is part of a coalition called New York State Allies for Public Education,...

Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education.



Diane Ravitch’s Blog is dianeravitch.net and has received more that 17 million hits in

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U.S. GDP accounting underestimates intangible capital, overstates financial capital, and is all but oblivious to the erosion of human and social capital.
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Peter Temin, the Elisha Gray II Professor Emeritus of Economics at the...

Dr. Michael Hynes is the Superintendent of Schools for the Patchogue Medford School District. Prior to working in Patchogue-Medford, Dr. Hynes served as the Superintendent of Schools for the Shelter Island School District, the...

Preston Green is a professor of educational leadership and law at the University of Connecticut. At the University of Connecticut, Dr. Green helped develop the UCAPP Law Program, which enables participants to obtain a law degree and...

Described in Diverse Issues in Higher Education as “one of the most exciting scholars of his generation,” Dr. Yohuru Williams is the History Department Chair and the Director of Black Studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT....

Sullen Inwood is the Director of Easton Country Day School.She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders/Learning Disabilities at Northwestern University and her Master’s in Education for Pre-K – 12 at Southern Connecticut....

Need to pass an exam on LBJ and the Great Society? You've found the right video. HipHughes History Lectures are easy to digest and will not make you throw up and run away.

Marcus Stallworth, LMSW has been employed in the field of Child Welfare for the past 17 years. He worked for Child Protective Services for approximately 13 years. He is recognized in the State of Connecticut as an expert witness in his...

Dr. Scott Ellsworth, University of Michigan, teaches courses on African American history, Southern literature, race and sports, and crime and justice in contemporary U.S. society. Trained as a historian, he received his Ph.D from Duke...

In episode 52 of Supreme Court Briefs, two students get caught smoking in the high school restroom, and one denies it, so the principal searches her purse

MOT 1947: HARVARD PRESIDENT: CU Book 'Public Education & the Structure of American Society.' INT James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) at podium audience FG. REPRISAL: Conant '...public schools are ladders of opportunity... vital concern...

In the third episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat examines the first of many Supreme Court cases dealing with the separation of church and state- Engel v. Vitale. The state board of education said that students were to open each day...

Anthony Cody spent 24 years working in Oakland schools, 18 of them as a science teacher at a high-needs middle school. A National Board- certified teacher, he now leads workshops with teachers on Project Based Learning. He is the...

A short history of the Pledge of Allegiance and a look at both sides of the argument of whether the phrase "Under God" violates the 1st Amendment.

Linah Anyango is a science teacher formerly of Mombasa, Kenya. Linah now teaches at Regis School Runda, Kenya's only National Curriculum School built to International Standards. She is a top 50 finalist for the Global Teacher Prize.

Francine Stock introduces this debate Public Schools are a blight on British society Francis Wheen looks back unhappily at the philistinism, racism, anti-sem...IQ2 Debate: Public schools are a blight on British society (1 of 12)

Reading Through History: The Great Supreme Court Cases Topeka, KS 1950 Schools were segregated by skin color. Each day, 8-year old Linda Brown and her sister had to walk one mile, crossing several busy railroad tracks along the way, to...

How nine students going to a new school became a national crisis, commanded military intervention and became the focus of international attention.