In this July 2016 conversation, Dr. David Stricklin, head of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, talks with Baker Kurrus, former Little Rock School District (LRSD) superintendent, about his upbringing, education, early experiences as a lawyer, working with Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller, and his service on the LRSD school board. They also talk about Kurrus' appointment as superintendent of LRSD schools, the problems he tried to address, the politics surrounding the district, his removal as superintendent, and his views on public schools and challenges they face.