{"id":1574,"date":"2013-05-13T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T00:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2018-02-01T00:34:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T00:34:51","slug":"kqed-forum-david-kirps-strategy-for-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/2013\/05\/13\/kqed-forum-david-kirps-strategy-for-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"KQED Forum: David Kirp&#8217;s Strategy for Public Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1575 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-800x759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-800x759.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-160x152.jpg 160w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-768x729.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-1020x968.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-1920x1822.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-1180x1120.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-960x911.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-240x228.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-375x356.jpg 375w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2013\/05\/KDOL_Frontline-054-520x493.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>In rebuilding our public schools, education policy expert David Kirp says we should stick to what works, like quality early-childhood education and creating word-rich curriculums. In other words, avoid getting carried away by quick fixes and the latest trends. His new book, &#8220;Improbable Scholars,&#8221; tells the success story of Union City, New Jersey, and argues that all our public schools can benefit from what was learned there.<br \/>\nGuest:<br \/>\nDavid L. Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, member of President Obama&#8217;s 2008 education policy transition team, and author of &#8220;Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America&#8217;s Schools&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/a\/forum\/R201305131000\">Listen here&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In rebuilding our public schools, education policy expert David Kirp says we should stick to what works, like quality early-childhood education and creating word-rich curriculums. In other words, avoid getting carried away by quick fixes and the latest trends. His new book, &#8220;Improbable Scholars,&#8221; tells the success story of Union City, New Jersey, and argues &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/2013\/05\/13\/kqed-forum-david-kirps-strategy-for-public-schools\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">KQED Forum: David Kirp&#8217;s Strategy for Public Schools<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"series":[],"affiliates":[],"programs":[],"collections":[],"interests":[],"class_list":["post-1574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":{"template_type":"standard","featured_image_type":"standard","is_audio_post":false},"template_type":null,"featured_image_type":null,"is_audio_post":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1857,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions\/1857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"affiliates","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/affiliates?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"programs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"collections","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collections?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"interests","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/interests?post=1574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}