Books and Articles

"The Mismeasure of Teaching and Learning in Contemporary School Reform" Dissent, Spring 2011.

"Making Sparks Fly" The American Scholar, Summer 2011.

"Rethinking Remedial Education and the Academic-Vocational Divide" Mind, Culture, and Activity, January-March 2012

Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education The New Press, September 2012. 

"Second-Chance Collegians: Inside the Remedial Classroom" Dissent, Fall 2012

"On the School of Second Chances: a Q&A with Mike Rose" The Los Angeles Times, March 29 2013.

Commentary and Opinion Pieces

"What College Can Mean to the Other America" The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 11 2011. 

"Gingrich on School and Work: More than a Bad Idea" The Answer Sheet, in The Washington Post, November 29 2011.

"The Missing Element in Student Success" Inside Higher Ed, September 7 2012.

"Heal the Academic-Vocational Schism" The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 10 2012.

"Developing Professors for Student Success" Inside Higher Ed, September 14 2012.

"A Learning Society" Inside Higher Ed, September 27 2012.

Response to James J. Heckman, "Promoting Social Mobility" Boston Review, September-October 2012.

"The College Payoff: Economics... and Then Some" The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 9 2012.

"Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education" The Answer Sheet, in The Washington Post, October 15 2012.

"Work and Dignity: A Conversation between Mike Rose and Matthew Crawford" The Hedgehog Review, Fall 2012.

"Who Should Go to College?" Truthdig, December 9 2012.

"Ground Zero in the Land of Opportunity" Truthdig, December 12 2012.

"Where the Action Is in Higher Education" The Answer Sheet, in The Washington Post, January 9 2013.

"Giving Cognition a Bad Name" Education Week, January 15 2013.

"Character Education Is Not Enough to Help Poor Kids" The Christian Science Monitor, January 23 2013. A different version is published as "Saving the Poor with Science" in UTNE Reader online, February 14 2013. 

"Time to Help College Professors Be Better Teachers" The Christian Science Monitor, March 22 2013. 

"On Writing" Inside Higher Ed, April 5 2013. 

Radio and Television Appearances

"On Being" (formerly "Speaking of Faith") American Public Media: "The Meaning of Intelligence," January 7 2010. Rebroadcast, August 26 2010 and August 30 2012. Listen here.

"Radio Times" WHYY Radio on Possible Lives and Why School?, Febuary 25 2010. Listen here.

"Humankind" Sirius XM satellite radio on The Good Classroom, March 27 2010. Listen here.

"Value of College Extends Beyond Paycheck" National Public Radio Weekend Edition with Scott Simon, June 11 2011. Listen here.

"Radio Times" WHYY Radio on Back to School, September 18 2012. Listen here.

"The Tavis Smiley Show" Public Radio International on Back to School, December 13 2012. Listen here.

"Midday with Dan Rodricks" WYPR on Back to School, January 7 2013. Listen here.

"The Roundtable" WAMC Northeast Public Radio on Back to School, January 10 2013. Listen here.

"Culture Shocks" with Barry Lynn, January 30 2013. Listen here.

"Up Front" KPFA, March 18 2013. Listen here.

Podcasts

National Writing Project, "Mike Rose Finds Hope and Possibility in Public Education," July 14 2009. Listen here. 

Penguin Group, A conversation between Mike and Matthew Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft. Listen here.

National Writing Project, "Back to School: A Conversation with Mike Rose," December 13 2012. Listen here.

Guest Blogs

Blog Talk Radio, A discussion of Why School? on the National Writing Project Book Group Network. Listen here.

"My View: Should Everyone Go to College?" Schools of Thought, CNN blog, October 9 2012.

"Why Do We Educate Our Children?" LeadScape, Repeated November 5 2012.