Steven Brill's book, Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools, has poured fresh fuel on the education reform debate. In this provocative segment, Steven speaks with a panel of his peers and offers a spirited defense of some of the most provocative ideas in the book. Listen in as we go beyond the talking points on Class Warfare. Steven Brill is the author of <i><a href="http://www.classwarfarebook.com/" target="new">Class Warfare:</a>Inside The Fight to Fix America's Schools</i>. Valerie Strauss is an education writer at the <i>Washington Post.</i> Stephanie Banchero is a national education reporter for the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>. Richard D. Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, and author of <i>Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles over Schools, Unions, Race and Democracy.</i> Frederick M. Hess is director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and pens the <i>Education Week</i> blog "Rick Hess Straight Up."