Before he retired in Spring of 2015, [John Bryan Starr taught two of the most highly regarded classes at Yale about the politics and policy surrounding public schools in the United States. These classes had a unique structure where students read and discussed the material outside class in small groups and continued their discussions in the classroom. In the words of one of his students, "You could just trust upon entering class every week that you were guaranteed a profound learning experience in those two hours." In this episode of the Teach Better Podcast, John Starr shares his secrets.