Several powerful people and organizations have weighed in on the national conversation prompted by APM Reports' podcast episodes.

Correspondent Emily Hanford talks about the latest NAEP results and what they say about the state of reading instruction in the U.S.

Hanford talks about her reporting on what's wrong with how schools teach reading.

There's a growing movement at colleges and universities to create classrooms where students take the lead.

As administrators navigate issues of inclusion and free speech, students of color have been left to find their own way.

Do administrators have to choose between protecting free speech and creating a civil climate on campus?

Across the country, a gap persists between the number of black and Latino students graduating from state high schools and the number enrolling in state flagship schools.

Paul Dorr is a master of tactics to defeat referendums intended to finance public schools. He believes schools run by government steer kids away from Christianity. His campaigns — most of them in the Midwest — have also created lingering bitterness within communities.