Picture: Trustees of the General Education Board, the first Rockefeller foundation, at a retreat in Rockland, Maine, in July 1915. Front row, from left: Edwin A. Alderman, Frederick T. Gates, Charles W. Eliot (former president of Harvard University), Harry Pratt Judson (president of University of Chicago), Wallace Buttrick (executive officer of the Board). Second row, from left: Wickliffe Rose (head of the Rockefeller public health programs), Hollis B. Frissell, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., E. C. Sage, Albert Shaw, Abraham Flexner. Third row, from left: George E. Vincent (president of the Rockefeller Foundation), Anson Phelps Stokes, Starr J. Murphy, Jerome D. GreeneTopics:Kate Baker, the Executive Director of The Network For Educational Opportunity, joins me to discuss her battles in educational politics, school choice, the history of compulsory schooling, and parenting.This is an edited version of 7-26-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST.Look Closer:N.H. will request waiver from NCLBhttp://m.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120722%2FNEW…Network for Education Opportunityhttp://networkforeducation.org/A SHORT ANGRY HISTORY OF AMERICAN FORCED SCHOOLINGhttp://4brevard.com/choice/Public_Education.htmThe Underground Historyof American Education: A Schoolteacher's Intimate Investigation Into The Problem Of Modern Schoolinghttp://johntaylorgatto.com/underground/Help School Sucks, Tragedy and Hope and John Taylor Gatto:Enter the coupon code: "SCHOOLSUCKS"
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