About The Show
Education Insight is an award-winning weekly radio show and podcast that explores the most pressing and promising issues shaping education. Through conversations with students, educators, institutional leaders, and policymakers, the show examines how education, from early learning through higher education and workforce pathways, impact student success and regional prosperity.
Hosted by veteran broadcaster Lacey Kendall and produced by Growing Inland Achievement, Education Insight goes beyond headlines to unpack long-standing challenges, highlight innovative practices, and elevate voices from across the Inland Empire and beyond. Each episode offers context, insight, and real-world perspectives on topics such as access and equity, student success, workforce development, mental health, policy, and the evolving role of education in our communities.
Education Insight is designed for educators (K–12 and higher education), community leaders, policymakers, advocates, and anyone invested in building a more equitable and effective education ecosystem. Listeners can tune in on local partner radio stations or stream episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.
Education Insight has continued to grow as a trusted platform for elevating voices and ideas, shaping educational opportunity and economic mobility in the Inland Empire and beyond. Recognized with multiple honors in 2025, including the Best of the West awards and American Advertising awards, Education Insight has solidified its reputation as a nationally recognized resource for education-focused journalism.
THe TEAM
Staff Credits
Host: Lacey Kendall
Executive Producer: Jacob Poore
Production Assistant: Alyssa Silva
Production Engineer: Matthew Shaw
LATEST EPISODE
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Latest Episode
Education Insight: Supporting Students from the Classroom to Their First Career
About This Episode Season 7. Episode 8. In this episode of Education Insight, we explore the work of Give Something Back, an organization that is helping students overcome some of life’s toughest barriers to education. Many of the students served by Give Back are dealing with homelessness, family instability, or traumatic life circumstances that make…
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Awards & Recognition
Education Insight has continued to grow as a trusted platform for elevating voices and ideas, shaping educational opportunity and economic mobility in the Inland Empire and beyond. Recognized with multiple honors in 2025, including the Best of the West awards and American Advertising awards, Education Insight has solidified its reputation as a nationally recognized resource for education-focused journalism.
As a PRX‑distributed podcast, Education Insight is part of a leading public media network that connects independent creators with stations, platforms, and listeners nationwide, placing our work within a trusted ecosystem recognized for its editorial excellence, national reach, and meaningful audience engagement.
Meet Our host
Lacey A. Kendall
Lacey Kendall is a veteran journalist and media professional with more than 30,000 hours of live, on-air experience. Her career includes leadership roles as news director, program director, and general manager for an NBC News Radio affiliate, as well as coverage of major natural disasters for NBC Radio News. She has hosted syndicated public radio programs and served as a project engineer for Blindspot, produced by WNYC New York and the History Channel. She is also an on-air personality on KCAL-FM 96.7 and a multimedia consultant to colleges, universities, and public and commercial broadcast organizations nationwide.
In her work as an educator, Kendall has taught broadcasting, communication, public relations, and journalism at San Bernardino Valley College, the University of La Verne, and California State University, San Bernardino.
As the host and broadcast consultant for Education Insight, Kendall examines education, policy, access, and innovation across the United States.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Stories of Regional Impact
“What ‘Education Insight’ has done is to expose the complexity and synergy of education institutions. ‘Education Insight’ inspires us all to support our local education boards, colleges, and universities.”
Kenneth Lane, M.D.
Fmr. President, San Bernardino County Medical SocietySHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Stories of Regional Impact
“What ‘Education Insight’ has done is to expose the complexity and synergy of education institutions. ‘Education Insight’ inspires us all to support our local education boards, colleges, and universities.”
Kenneth Lane, M.D.
Fmr. President, San Bernardino County Medical Society