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Amanpour and Company

Why Is American Student Achievement Down? (It’s Not Trump or the Pandemic)

Season 2025 Episode 8044 | 17m 51s

Michel Martin sits down with Andrew Rice, a features writer at New York Magazine, to discuss his recent cover story, “The Big Fail: Student achievement has fallen off a cliff. And neither Trump nor the pandemic is to blame.” In the story Rice investigates a steep, decade-long decline in U.S. student achievement and why even wealthy and progressive communities are struggling to address the problem.

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Tom McTague; Josh Fox; Reshma Saujani; JR
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Reshma Saujani discusses her new documentary, "No Country for Mothers."
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Susan Saulny uncovers a decades-old family secret and unpacks its impact on her family.
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June 19, 2026
Annalena Baerbock
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July 18, 2026
Danny Danon; Daniel Kurtzer; Ann Patchett; Raphael Warnock
Episode: S2026 E8187 | 55:29
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Sen. Warnock Calls Out First Trillionaire, Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling
Senator Raphael Warnock discusses his book "The Crooked Places Made Straight."
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China expert Elizabeth Economy discusses how Beijing is looming over the G7 summit in France.
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June 17, 2026
David Sanger; Yeganeh Torbati; Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; Simon Kuper; Elizabeth Economy
Episode: S2026 E8186 | 55:21
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Chrystia Freeland; Stephanie Flanders; Erin Brockovich
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Erin Brockovich discusses the impacts of AI data centers on local communities.
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