Listen to Professor Axelrod’s discussion with host Matt Galloway about how educators, parents and students have dealt with tough issues in the past, such as how to educate special needs children, and the use of the strap in schools, a practice which continues today in some American states. More than 100 leading thinkers in education from across Canada and around the world attended the 16^th Biennial Conference of the Canadian History of Education Association, organized by Professor Axelrod.