Overloaded and Underprepared, Art of Forgery

Overloaded and Underprepared: Kids Go Back to School (1:03) Guest: Denise Pope, Ph. D., Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education and Co-founder of Challenge Success; Maureen Brown, MBA, Executive Director at Challenge Success; Sarah Miles, Ph.D., MSW, Director of Research at Challenge Success  School is Top of Mind this hour. High-schoolers across the country are slowly acknowledging that summer’s-almost-over pit in their stomachs. Our guests this hour say the stress and pressure of school in America is as intense as it’s ever been.  And here’s the real problem – kids are leaving the education system missing many of the components to a successful life. Schools are so worried about tests and grades, they’re not teaching kids to be independent, adaptable, ethical or capable of thinking critically.  The new book, “Overloaded and Underprepared” offers strategies for creating stronger schools and healthier, more successful kids. It’s the culmination of years of research by the Stanford Education initiative called “Challenge Success.” Stanford education professor Denise Pope co-founded the program and joins me for the hour. Welcome.  The Art of Forgery (50:47) Guest: Noah Charney, author, art historian found of ARCA – the Association for Research into Crimes against Art  Art Forgery is Top of Mind this hour. It’s among the most romanticized of crimes and often considered victimless, unless you’re inclined to feel bad for the uber-rich or the supremely-snobbish folks suckered by an imposter’s canvas. Forgery is a crime, though – and a difficult one to prosecute, according to Noah Chaney’s new book “The Art of Forgery.”  Among the most surprising revelations in his book about the greatest art forgers of all time is his suggestion that rarely is the forgery motivated by money. Rather, the most successful forgers are out to prove their artistic genius or to exact revenge on the art houses that fail to see that genius. In some incredible cases, the forger does it all for fame – even leaving clues in the forged work, hoping to be discovered.