Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us. The New Press, September 2009.
Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America
has a new preface in which Mike reflects on the current state of public education."Intelligence, Knowledge, and the Hand/Brain Divide." Phi Delta Kappan, May 2008.
"The Binary Ties that Bind," About Campus, September - October 2008
"Blending Hand Work and Brain Work: Can Multiple Pathways Deepen Learning?" in Beyond Tracking: Multiple Pathways to College, Career, and Citizenship, edited by Jeannie Oakes and Marisa Saunders, Harvard Education Press, 2008.
"Blue-Collar Brilliance," The American Scholar, Summer 2009. (Reprinted in The Utne Reader, November - December 2009.)
"The Positive Purpose of Remediation," About Campus, November 2009.
"Business Goes to School," Truthdig, September 14, 2009.
"Standards, Teaching, Learning," Phi Delta Kappan, December/January 2009-2010.
"Writing for the Public," College English, January 2010.
"On Using History," Historically Speaking, January 2010.
Commentary and Opinion Pieces
"Politics and Knowledge." Education Week, January 7, 2009.
"The Genesis of 'Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us'," The Huffington Post, Novemeber 12, 2009. Click here
"Colleges Need to Re-mediate Remediation," The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 4, 2009.
"One from the Heart: Helping Young People Reconnect to School," Education Week, September 2, 2009.
"Mike Rose Asks, Why School? ," Teacher Magazine, October 7, 2009.
"Education 'Miracles' Don't Survive Scrutiny," Truthdig, August 13, 2009.
"Blinded By Reform," Truthdig, October 21, 2009.
"Interview with Mike Rose," IDEA, November, 2009. Click here
Radio and Television Appearances
"Open Line" WOSU (Columbus, Ohio) on The Mind at Work, July 16, 2009. Listen here.
"Marketplace" on Why School?, August 25, 2009. Listen here.
"The Brad Davis Show" WDRC (Hartford, Connecticut) on Why School?, September 8, 2009.
"The Bob Edwards Show" Sirius XM on Why School?, September 16, 2009. Listen here.
"Open Line" WOSU (Columbus, Ohio) on Why School?, 2009.
"Uprising" KPFK on Why School?, October 27, 2009. Listen here.
"America Tonight" (National Radio), November 8, 2009.
KNPR with Dave Berns (Nevada), November 10, 2009. Listen here.
Podcasts
National Writing Project, "Mike Rose Finds Hope and Possibility in Public Education." Listen here. July 14, 2009.
Penguin Group, A conversation between Mike and Matthew Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft. Listen here.
Guest Blogs
“Penguin Blog,” US Penguin Group, posted August 19, 2009.
