TV host, author, and producer Mike Rowe says America needs to change its understanding of work and face up to the widening skills gap. Many manufacturers can't fill find workers to do well-paid skilled technical and labor jobs. Mike argues that stereotypes about blue-collar work must change. He's launched the mikeroweWORKS Foundation to raise awareness and help young workers. The third season of his popular CNN show, "Somebody's Gotta Do It," starts September 27th.
Read more#16 Campus Free Speech Is Under Threat: How Do We Fix It?
We look at threats to free speech on college campuses with Greg Lukianoff, a constitutional lawyer and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Greg says there's been an alarming rise in trigger warnings and hypersensitivity, with a growing number of students demanding protection from words, ideas, and emotions that they don't like. Is this a disaster in the making for education and for students themselves?
Read more#13 My Child Has a Terrible Teacher. Elizabeth Green, How Do We Fix It?
How often have heard parents complain about their kids' teachers? Everyone, it seems, has opinions about education, test scores, and schools. Who is to blame for poor teaching, and how do we fix it? What makes a teacher great? Elizabeth Green, editor-in-chief of Chalkbeat, is the author of "Building a Better Teacher." She studied teaching methods in America and Japan and has some innovative solutions.
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