Growing Up Alone?
The political scientist Robert Putnam discusses his new book about growing inequality in the U.S. and the demise of the American Dream.
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An interview with Anne Helen Petersen, a media-studies professor who is leaving academia to write for the Internet
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An interview with Stephanie Coontz, author of A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s
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An interview with Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness
Mike Gabelmann/Flickr Why Study Philosophy? 'To Challenge Your Own Point of View'
An interview with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex
The Joy of Teaching Computer Science in the Age of Facebook
"When people see companies like Google and Facebook being founded by relatively young people, they feel empowered and think: I can do that."
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The series' executive producers discuss the challenge of creating a show that's both universally relatable and authentic to its writers' experiences.
The College Course That's All About Death
An interview with Erika Hayasaki, author of The Death Class: A Story About Life
Steve Helber / AP 'It Feels Like Education Malpractice'
What one woman learned from 10 years of teaching in a New York City public school
Jim Young / Reuters Lectures Didn't Work in 1350—and They Still Don't Work Today
A conversation with David Thornburg about designing a better classroom
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