About This Episode Season 8. Episode 9. Podcasts, audiobooks, online courses, newsletters, and social media have made it possible to learn almost anywhere. But how much of what we consume actually sticks? Cognitive psychologist Dr. Daniel Willingham joins Education Insight to examine the difference between feeling informed and actually learning. From listening while multitasking to…
About This Episode Season 8. Episode 8. Grades have been a fixture of education for generations, but how much does an A, B, or C really tell us about what a student knows? Joe Feldman, author of Grading for Equity, and Dr. Shantha Smith, CEO of Crescendo Education Group, join Education Insight to rethink some…
About This Episode Season 8. Episode 7. Schools are increasingly navigating difficult conversations around identity, values, curriculum, discipline, and belonging. But what happens when people on different sides of those conversations all feel like they’re the ones being excluded? Dr. Liza A. Talusan, educator and author of The Identity-Conscious Educator and Identity-Conscious Practice in Action,…
About This Episode Season 8. Episode 6. Teacher shortages are affecting schools across the country, from unfilled positions and larger class sizes to fewer course options and educators being stretched increasingly thin. But after decades of attempts to solve the problem, why does it continue? Dr. Richard Ingersoll of the University of Pennsylvania joins Education…
About This Episode Season 8. Episode 5. What happens when some of the most meaningful learning takes place outside the traditional classroom? At The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, teenagers are gaining hands-on experience with wildlife while developing skills and perspectives that can shape who they become. Dr. Anna Young, Vice President of Learning and…
About This Episode Season 8. Episode 4. Test scores, grades, graduation rates, and college acceptance are common measures of student success, but how much do they really tell us about whether a young person is prepared for life? Dr. Yong Zhao, Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas and author of Counting What Counts:…
About This Episode Season 8. Episode 3. When parents choose a school, test scores and rankings can only tell them so much. How do families determine where their child will actually feel safe, supported, challenged, and able to thrive? In this episode of Education Insight, we sit down with Dr. Ashley Rogers Berner, Director of…
About This Episode Season 8. Episode 2. Why do so many students struggle to put their thoughts into writing, and what might we be missing in the way we teach them? In this episode of Education Insight, we sit down with Natalie Wexler, education journalist and co-author of The Writing Revolution 2.0: A Guide to…
About This Episode Season 8. Episode 1. Every day, we’re flooded with headlines, videos, social media posts, and breaking news alerts competing for our attention. But in a world where anyone can publish information with the click of a button, how do we know what’s actually true? In this episode of Education Insight, we sit…
About This Episode Season 7. Episode 20. In this episode of Education Insight, Lacey Kendall sits down with Chris Bessonette, Head of School at Mountain Academy, part of Teton Science Schools in Wyoming, where students learn far beyond the traditional classroom setting. Surrounded by the natural landscapes of Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park,…
