We’re kicking off our campaign with diverse points of view from four people who are working hard to change U.S. education. Listen to what they have to say and then submit your own advice.
Bob Compton is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur whose documentary film, 2 
Million Minutes, takes a look at how six high school students from United States, China and India spend their high school years (two million minutes in total). We talked with Compton at the Republican National Convention, where he was screening his film.
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Deborah Meier has spent more than four decades working in public education. A MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius,” she founded Central Park East Elementary school and, later, Central Park East Secondary School. Deborah Meier is currently on the faculty of NYU’s Steinhardt School of Education as senior scholar and adjunct professor.
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John Wilson, a former special education teacher, is Executive Director of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union. We talked with him at the Republican National Convention.
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Barbara O’Brien is the Lt. Governor of Colorado and co-chair of the P-20 Education Council, a state-wide education reform effort. We caught up with O’Brien at the Democratic National Convention.
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