- 2025: Gholdy Muhammad, "Cultivating Genius and Joy in Education through Culturally and Historically Responsive Pedagogies"
- 2024: Dr. Rebecca Sockbeson, "Indigenous Knowledge Mobilization (IKM) & Anti-Racist Education in Immobilizing Times"
- 2023: Alex Meyers, "Supporting Transgender Students"
- 2022: Bettina L. Love, "We Gonʼ Be Alright, But That Ainʼt Alright: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom"
- 2021: Mays Imad, "Bearing Witness as an Act of Love, Resistance, and Healing"
- 2021: Matthew Chingos, "Charter Schools at 30: What Does the Research Say?"
- 2018: Gloria Ladson-Billings, "Hip Hop/Hip Hope: The (R)Evolution of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy"
- 2017: Michele Moses, "All Views Are Not Created Equal: Disagreement, Diversity, and the Politics of Being Reasonable in Education Settings"
- 2016: Julian Vasquez Heilig, “A Remedy for Educational Injustice”
- 2015: Laura W. Perna, “Increasing Higher Education Attainment of All Students: The Need for a Comprehensive Approach”
- 2014: Sean F. Reardon, “Race, Income, and the Reduction of Inequality in American Education”
- 2013: Diana Hess, “The Challenges of Civic Education in a Time of Political Polarization”
- 2012: Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, “Civic Education: What, Where, How, and Why?”
- 2011: Deborah Loewenberg Ball, “Hopelessly American: The Challenge of Responsible Education”
- 2009: Melissa Roderick, “Rising to Meet Obama’s Challenge: What the Crisis in Educational Attainment Means for Urban High Schools”
- 2008: Diane Ravitch, “The Perils of School Reform”
- 2007: Gregory Michie, “We Don’t Need Another Hero: Urban Schools and the Promise of Public Education in America”
- 2006: Tommie Lindsey, "It Doesn't Take a Genius"
- 2005: Jonathan Zimmerman, “We Are All Pluralists Now: The Surprising History of America’s Culture Wars”
- 2004: Howard Gardner, “Good Work in Education”
- 2003: Pedro Noguera, “City Schools and the American Dream”
- 2002: David Tyack, "Majoring in Failure: Mismatch of Pupil and School"
- 2001: Charles V. Willie, “Diversity and Student Achievement”
- 2000: William Ayers, "Teaching as an Act of Hope: Equity and Social Justice in Education"
- 1999: Ellen Langer, "The Power of Mindful Learning"
- 1998: Deborah W. Meier, “On Education”
Brodie Family Lecture
The Brodie Family Lecture Fund was established in 1997 by Theodore H. Brodie '52, an Overseer of the College from 1983 to 1995. This fund is used to bring a speaker of note in the field of education to campus at least once a year, delivering a message on the subjects of problems and practices of teaching and learning.
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Mills Hall Event Space
Title: A Public Education Worth Fighting For
Speaker: Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider
Sponsored by: The Brodie Family Lecture Fund
Why does the U.S. lack a bold, inspiring vision for public education? In this timely conversation, authors and podcasters Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire will expose how political inaction, cultural complacency, and narrow economic priorities have left us without a shared roadmap for our schools. More importantly, they'll articulate a compelling alternative: an expansive vision that reclaims public education’s historic mission, while also reimagining what “public” truly means—a genuine commitment to community, civic engagement, and human flourishing.