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 Interview Notes, Resources, & LinksGet the book, The College Dropout ScandalFollow David on Twitter @DavidKirpAbout David KirpDavid Kirp is a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, a contributing writer at The New York Times, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the National Academy of Education. He served on President Obama's 2008 education policy transition team, and previously appeared on Principal Center Radio to discuss his book Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools, was awarded the 2014 Outstanding Book Award by the American Educational Research Association.

David Kirp joins Justin Baeder to discuss his book, Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools.Interview Notes, Resources, & Links Purchase David's book, Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of A Great American School System and A Strategy for America's Schools About David KirpDr. Kirp is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkley and the author of Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools, which recently received the American Educational Research Association's award for outstanding book of the year.Professor Kirp also served on the Obama Administration's Transition Team, working on education policy.

originally aired 7-24-2011 What's good enough for a child you love? What's good enough parenting? Good enough early education? Good enough healthcare? Good enough schools? DAVID KIRP, envisions a national effort to support and develop our children based on a simple "Golden Rule:" Every child deserves what's good enough for a child you love. David Kirp, Kids First In KIDS FIRST, he offers on-the-ground accounts of initiatives that work - and that could affordably be implemented in communities everywhere - to achieve five key priorities: 1) strong support for new parents 2) high-quality early education 3) linking schools and communities to improve what both offer children 4) giving all kids access to a caring and stable adult mentor 5) providing kids a nest egg to help pay for college or kick-start a career.Where do you think the most important changes need to take place to turn things around in terms of big issues like the economy, the environment, and social justice? His latest book, Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools, was named outstanding book of 2013 by the American Education Research Association. The book chronicles how an urban school district has brought poor Latino immigrant children, many of them undocumented, into the education mainstream.

David Kirp, author of the acclaimed “Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for American Schools” and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley, argues that the best way to improve education is to avoid trendy reforms and stick with what works: providing support for teachers to make personal connections with their students. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 28686]

David Kirp, author of the acclaimed “Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for American Schools” and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley, argues that the best way to improve education is to avoid trendy reforms and stick with what works: providing support for teachers to make personal connections with their students. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 28686]

David Kirp, author of the acclaimed “Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for American Schools” and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley, argues that the best way to improve education is to avoid trendy reforms and stick with what works: providing support for teachers to make personal connections with their students. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 28686]

David Kirp, author of the acclaimed “Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for American Schools” and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley, argues that the best way to improve education is to avoid trendy reforms and stick with what works: providing support for teachers to make personal connections with their students. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 28686]

If anyone has grasp for the great social problems that face America, it's David Kirp. He has dedicated his career to tackling developmental roadblocks such as HIV/AIDS, gender discrimination, and healthcare access. In his new book, "Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools," Kirp chronicles how one poor urban school district continues to defy expectations by graduating students to college at an almost unprecedented rate. He joins HearSay host Cathy Lewis in advance of his October 23rd Darden Lecture in Education at Old Dominion University for a look at the future of America's ailing public school system.

There is an apocryphal story about the state of education, which tells the tale of a man who falls asleep, ala Rip Van Winkle, 100 years ago. He wakes up today and is totally disoriented. Everything is new and different. Transportation, technology, design, fashion, entertainment....then he stumbles into a school, into a 21st century classroom and suddenly he feels calm, at home....because, well because almost nothing has changed. Some would argue that this is part of the problem of education today. Others would argue for the value of those fundamentals; that we’ve long had many of the right ideas, but that we just needed to execute them better. This is where we join the conversation with UC Berkley Professor and education expert, David Kirp and his latest work Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools My conversation with David Kirp: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}