Though it has its weaknesses, Teach for America is a vital opportunity to put passionate teachers into schools that need them.

The difference in the way teachers are treated overseas is striking, Tom Bloch says.

A morally-informed citizenry starts in the schools, Tom Bloch believes.

Tom Bloch observes that we are rapidly losing ground to overseas education systems.

Tom Bloch says charter schools provide a new level of choice for families.

Tom Bloch sees a major achievement gap between the haves and the have-nots in the US.

Incentivizing teachers through salaries is an avenue toward progress at Tom Bloch’s University Academy.

Tom Bloch needed a break from the all-consuming nature of being a CEO.

Tom Bloch summarizes the charter school he founded in Kansas City.

A culture based on the systematic disposal of potentially useful material items inspired Laurence Gonzales to ask some hard questions.

The universities where Laurence Gonzales has taught have replaced the rules of scholarship with the rules of business.

Citing TV as a primary example, Laurence Gonzales says there are simply not enough opportunities for thought.

Socrates would say any medium of inquiry is worthless if it’s making us shallower.

With technology, our gain in efficiency is another person’s loss in toxicity says Laurence Gonzales.

Laurence Gonzales says being aware of our behavioral patterns is the first step in noticing how we make mistakes.

Being more inefficient on purpose can bring the irrelevancy of our efficient behavior to light Laurence Gonzales notes.

Relying on a system of mental models can confuse associations with reality says Laurence Gonzales. .

Author Laurence Gonzales charts recent human de-evolution.

In his book, Laurence Gonzales goes from human behavior to the cosmos in an attempt to explain why smart people do stupid things.

Rebecca Miller talks about why she writes about men confronting death, motherhood and how we all handle things differently

Rebecca Miller reads a passage from The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.

Rebecca Miller talks about watching her novels become film and what it is like to select actors for characters she has created.

Rebecca Miller talks about the woman who inspired Pippa, keeping character and self separate and why she hopes people read this book.

Rebecca Miller talks about how we define ourselves, how she came to be an artist and how her own identity has shifted over time.

Senator Wofford lays out an action-plan for President Obama: pass the Kennedy-Hatch Bill.

Known for his villains and unsympathetic characters, actor Alan Rickman talks about his work in the film “Nobel Son” and the “Harry Potter” series. Distributed in partnership with Uinterview.com.

Heidi Melin says women need to keep their career options open.

Heidi Melin says great leaders foster an environment for ideas.

Neal Martin says his book has the most current research on the unconscious mind.

Neal Martin says we can’t really use MRI’s for marketing yet.