In an educational climate consumed with leaving no child behind and closing achievement gaps, the education system has neglected to raise the ceiling while we’ve struggled to lift the floor. Chester Finn takes us inside America’s most selective high schools to learn how high achieving students perform. We discuss his latest book Exam Schools.
Guests include Ventura Fire Chief Don McPherson; former UK Ambassador to Libya, Oliver Miles; Chester Finn from Stanford University; top social forecaster Patricia Aburdene; Jeff Solomon president of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies; and Andrew Erlich biographer of Jack Earle, the world’s tallest man.
John Taylor is a Stanford University professor who has been an adviser to presidents. We discuss his First Principles of how to restore America to prosperity.