Lets start by talking about what was your inspiration for writing this book. Guest i had been writing about education Reform Efforts which there were many and i was also somewhat involved in the Reform Movement i was on the board of the Charter School when i became fascinated by what was going on partly because i think education is so important, i think it is our best hope for addressing inequity in society and breaking the cycle of poverty and also intellectually what is interesting to me there was a mystery i wanted to solve essentially which is what happens when kids got to high School Everything seemed to fall apart, school seemed to be improving at the middle school level and i would go into classrooms and the kids looked eager and engaged but when you went to high school classrooms, it was a different picture and the scores were not including. Nobody seemed to understand why. Although theralthough there havt of attention over the years on the high school problem. So, but i stumbl
I think its very exciting time. People are a little bit some consider a little bit worried, hope, fighting too much. Were arguing too mump. Disputing too much. Like hatfields and mckoys. And i say thats great. Because that means these are signs of vitality, of life, not of a movement thats cracking up. Or that itsen its last legs. People are fighting and debating and arguing so strenuously because something of value is concerned here and that is the conservative movement. Which is still a major actor in american politics. At the same time we have an opportunity to accept change. I think thats part of what it means to be a conservative today. Not to be so resistant that we wont allow anything to happen. Even edmund burke said that change is inevitable the the question is whether its prudent change and they whats i as traditional conservative looking for to right kind of leadership and the right kind of debate and discussion so i welcome all thats going on this various strands, the vario
The education i was on the board of the Charter School became fascinated by what was going on partly because i think education is so important i think it is our best hope for addressing and equity inside it society and breaking that society a multi generational poverty. There was a mystery that i wanted to solve essentially which was what happen when kids got to high School Everything seemed to fall apart scores seem to be improving at the elementary level and i would go into classrooms and the kids either looked engaged but when you went into High School Classrooms it was a different picture and the scores were not improving. Nobody seems to understand why although there has been a lot of attention on the high school problem. When i stumbled upon really, i cant say i solve this mystery myself but i stumbled upon the fact that the real problems in the problems of the parents in high school. Its different than the Elementary School. Once i realized that and i realize that despite all of
Or is on its last leg. People are fighting and debating and arguing so strenuously because the something of value is a concern command that is the conservative movement which is still the major actor in american politics. At the same time, we have an opportunity to accept change and that is part of what it means to be a conservative today cannot be so resistant that we wont allow anything to happen. Edwin burke said change is inevitable. It prudent change, and thats what i as a traditional conservative am looking for in the right kind of leadership and debate and discussion, so i welcome all thats going on right now. All the various strands and strains of conservatism. Thats good. Coming out of that is going to be a bigger and better and more relevant conservative movement in the years ahead. I want to read a quote. Barry would go absolutely crazy if he were watching this today. He would be yelling at the television and think that its embarrassing situation we have with donald trump. I
Education Reform Efforts and involved in the Education Reform Movement and the Charter Schools i was fascinated partly because education is so important and it is our best hope to address inequities in society of multi generational poverty but there was a mystery i wanted to solve is what happened when kids go to high school and falls apart and then i will go to classrooms but in the High School Classrooms its a different picture and scores were not improving to understand this problem. So what i stumbled upon i cannot say i solve the mystery myself but i stumbled upon the fact that the real problem that have become so apparent in high school so once i realized all of the research i had done with those Panel Discussions i had never heard the mention of the problem that somebody had to try to get that issue into the Public Education communication because that is a problem we are talking about we cannot fix them unless we address that problem. Can you describe for people who are not usua