is Professor Emeritus of Education and Humanities at the University of Virginia. He is founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation, dedicated to offering gratis a full Pre-K–8, knowledge-based curriculum that is specific, coherent, and cumulative.

is the co-author of 40 More Years and a Fellow at the Center for American Progress.

is a producer at Radio Open Source.

is senior editor at The Nation and editor-at-large at Dissent.

is a Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy and Distinguished Lecturer at the Georgetown University Law Center. He formerly served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council; Chief of Staff at the United States Department of Labor; and Deputy Assistant Attorney General […]

is the economics and business correspondent for The Week, and previously worked as a climate and economics reporter for ThinkProgress.

is a Research Associate with the Economic Policy team at the Center for American Progress, where he focuses on competition policy and antitrust enforcement.

is the Director of Strategic Initiatives for the think tank arm of Education Reform Now and Democrats for Education Reform. He’s a past Senior Education Counsel to former Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and founder of the Federal Education Budget Project.

served as the Acting Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff at the United States Department of Energy. 

was the Associate Director for Health Programs at the White House Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama. She is currently a consultant.