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TV & SPEAKING APPEARANCES

Richard Kahlenberg has testified before Congress, the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, and in federal court. He also has appeared on numerous television programs, including PBS NewsHour, and has spoken to hundreds of live audiences, including at universities, think tanks, and community groups.

ORGANIZATIONS
KAHLENBERG HAS SPOKEN BEFORE

Government Organizations

U.S. Congress, House Committee on Financial Services

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

U.S. Department of Education

Think Tanks

American Enterprise Institute

Brookings Institution

Cato Institute

Center for American Progress

Committee for Economic Development

Economic Policy Institute

Demos

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Fordham Institute

New America Foundation

Pioneer Institute

Progressive Policy Institute,

Woodrow Wilson Center

Selected Colleges & Universities

Amherst

Columbia

George Washington

Georgetown

Harvard

Howard,

Middlebury

New York University

Oberlin

Pitzer

Rutgers

Stanford

University of Chicago

University of Maryland

University of North Carolina

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern California

University of Virginia

William and Mary

Yale

Other Organizations

American Association of Community Colleges

American Educational Research Association

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Aspen Ideas Festival

Chautauqua Institution

College Board

Council for Opportunity in Education

Education Law Association

National Academy of Sciences

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

National Council of Educational Opportunity

New York Historical Society

New York Public Library

William T. Grant Foundation

SELECT VIDEOS
OF KAHLENBERG'S PUBLIC APPEARANCES

"Wicked Problem: Affirmative Action--Who Wins?"

Aspen Ideas Festival 

June 27, 2023

"Writer Predicts Diverse Colleges After End of Affirmative Action" 

PBS NewsHour

June 29, 2023

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"Affirmative Action in College Admissions Eliminated by Supreme Court" 

CNN News Central 

June 29, 2023

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"Zoned Out: Examining the Impact of Exclusionary Zoning on People, Resources, and Opportunity"

Congressional Testimony/CSPAN 

October 15, 2021

"Integrating Our Public Schools With Richard Kahlenberg"

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed TV/CUNY TV

May 6, 2019

"Race or Class? An Affirmative Action Debate" 

Middlebury College

November 22, 2019

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"America's Elite Colleges Struggle to Integrate Low-Income Students" 

CBS News

May 23, 2018

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"Politics and Race Relations" 

CSPAN/Arena Stage

May 29, 2018

"What's Different About the Latest Challenge to Affirmative Action?"

PBS NewsHour

December 10, 2015

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"Brown v. Board at 60: School Demographics" 

American Enterprise Institute/CSPAN

November 3, 2015

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"Federal Grants for Charter Schools"

CSPAN Washington Journal

October 12, 2015

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"Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action Challenges" 

PBS NewsHour 

October 10, 2012

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"Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy"

CSPAN 

November 27, 2007

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