Ep. 06 - Journalist Amanda Ripley on how to calm the culture wars that harm our public schools

Courageous Conversations about our Schools

Ken’s guest, journalist Amanda Ripley, has devoted much of her career studying and writing about conflict. She has written for Time Magazine, The Atlantic, the Washington Post and numerous other publications. Her most recent book is High Conflict – Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out. In this interview, Ripley suggests ways to respond to the “conflict entrepreneurs” that are fueling the culture wars in education, and she explains what it will take to shift from “high conflict” – the kind that wreaks havoc on relationships and public discourse -- to “healthy conflict” that schools and all of our public institutions need to thrive.