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Summary: For eight years, President Obama made the White House a place that brought people together-- incredible students, parents, principals, district leaders, school counselors, teachers, college presidents, professors, business leaders, and more. And after January 2017, the inspiring stories we heard and the incredible people we met no longer had a place to share their experiences and good ideas with folks across the country. These stories constantly reminded and inspired us of people’s commitment to education. It is the ultimate bedrock of our society, and people are passionately fighting to make it better. At the White House we were fortunate to get to shine a spotlight on some of those incredible education advocates and practitioners, and we want to continue to shine that spotlight and talk about what’s working, how others can get involved, and hopefully be inspired along the way. We hope you’ll join us.
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Rebecca Sibilia, CEO of EdBuild, explains why predominantly nonwhite school districts get $23 billion less in funding each year compared to white school districts, even though they educate roughly the same number of students. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
Roberto Rodriguez, president and CEO of Teach Plus, talks about the importance of educators and how to elevate and advance the teaching profession. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
College Signing Day is May 1! Eric and Stephanie celebrate the fifth anniversary of this annual event and how you can get involved. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
New America’s Director for Higher Education, Amy Laitinen, shares her unexpected journey into higher ed policy and how she’s holding colleges and universities accountable. Plus, Amy and hosts react to the college cheating scandal. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
Deb Delisle, the Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education at the Department of Education during the Obama administration, joins us in swampED studios. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO of Teach For America, talks to Eric and Kyle about her upbringing in the Rio Grande Valley, joining Teach For America, and creating educational opportunities for all students. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
Third Way’s Wesley Whistle breaks down his latest analysis of the economic benefits a college degree gives students and society at large. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
Tiffany Jones from The Education Trust talks with Stephanie about how the solution to increasing college degree attainment goes hand-in-hand with racial equity. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
Dan Porterfield, the president and CEO of The Aspen Institute, joins us in swampED studios. He discusses the transformative power of education and bringing more low-income, first-generation, and students of color into higher ed. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
In honor of National School Counseling Week, we're giving this year's School Counselor of the Year finalists the mic — get to know Roberto Aguilar, Jan Desmarais-Morse, Desiré DeSoto, Nwakaego Edordu Oriji, and Sarah Kirk.
We sit down with School Counselor of the Year Brian Coleman from Chicago. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
The Center for American Progress’ Scott Sargrad sits down with Eric and Stephanie to talk about how newly elected governors can show they’re serious about education. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
Third Way’s Tamara Hiler joins Eric, Stephanie, and Kyle in swampED studios to talk about reauthorizing the Higher Education Act. Tamara shares her insights on improving higher education accountability, including what we can learn from No Child Left Behind. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
As the year draws to a close, Eric talks with Evan Stone, the co-founder and co-CEO of Educators for Excellence, about the biggest issues on educators’ minds, including unions and economic security. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
The average military-connected child will move six to nine times, attending different schools along the way. Dr. Mary Keller, president of the Military Child Education Coalition, joins Eric in swampED studios to share how educators and school counselors can better support these students. As always we end with our Moment of Hope.
