Stanford University's Denise Pope, also co-founder of Challenge Success, shares what we need to think about when it comes to choosing summer enrichment programs for our children, and offers some alternatives to children's rigid academic programs in the summer.
Jun 13, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 308
San Diego State University Professor Jean Twenge talks about her research that examining teens, smartphones and unhappiness.
May 16, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 307
Vicki Colbert, Yidan Prize winner, reflects on her work and research with Escuela Nueva.
May 09, 2018•10 min•Season 1Ep. 306
Bob Schwartz and Nancy Hoffman, co-founders of the Pathways to Prosperity network and HGSE faculty, discuss what they’ve learned about preparing students for the workplace.
Apr 25, 2018•21 min•Season 1Ep. 305
UC-Berkeley Professor Calvin Morrill talks about how a high school changed with increased security policies, and shares some perspective on how this might inform the current debate about school security.
Apr 18, 2018•24 min•Season 1Ep. 304
CJ Anderson, Super Bowl champion for the Denver Broncos, reflects on his community activism work and shares tips for other non-profit leaders.
Apr 11, 2018•11 min•Season 1Ep. 303
Angel Rich, founder and CEO of The Wealth Factory, examines the intersection of financial literacy, technology, and education.
Apr 04, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 302
Children's television producer Angela Santomero shares the inspirations behind her hit shows like Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, and talks about how parents can use television in smart and healthy ways.
Mar 28, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 301
Stephen Wolfram, CEO of Wolfram Research, reflects on the evolving role of computational literacy and AI in education.
Mar 21, 2018•22 min•Season 1Ep. 300
Carol Dweck, Stanford professor of psychology, examines mindset, motivation, and parenting tips in the context of recently receiving the Yidan Prize.
Mar 15, 2018•13 min•Season 1Ep. 299
Rick Weissbourd, faculty director of Making Caring Common, discusses the launch of the Caring Schools #CommonGood Campaign.
Mar 07, 2018•10 min•Season 1Ep. 298
Jackson Katz, an educator, activist, and creator of the Mentors in Violence Prevention program, discusses the significant role men play in preventing gender violence and creating more gender equality in light of movements like Metoo.
Feb 27, 2018•22 min•Season 1Ep. 297
Is "Free College" Really Free? by Harvard Graduate School of Education
Feb 22, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 296
Dr. Ruth Talks Sex and Ed by Harvard Graduate School of Education
Feb 14, 2018•24 min•Season 1Ep. 295
John Wilson, former president of Morehouse College and former executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, talks to Domonic Rollins about educating black boys, obstacles on the road to college, and other issues affecting student equity.
Feb 07, 2018•27 min•Season 1Ep. 294
Elmo (along with executive vice president Sherrie Westin) from Sesame Street visit the Harvard Ed School campus to discuss the global work Sesame Workshop is doing to educate young children displaced by conflict and persecution.
Feb 07, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 293
Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris shares how childhood adversity creates toxic stress that can impact health long term, and particularly how intervention and response through collaborative efforts can significantly alter children's futures.
Jan 31, 2018•19 min•Season 1Ep. 292
Cornel West: Love, Hope, and Education by Harvard Graduate School of Education
Jan 25, 2018•18 min•Season 1Ep. 291
Researcher and Author Carla Shalaby shares what she discovered from following four "troublemakers" as they made their way at school.
Jan 16, 2018•12 min•Season 1Ep. 290
Georgetown University Professor William T. Gormley, Jr., discusses the importance of teaching critical thinking skills, especially in these times of “fake news.”
Jan 10, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 289
Columbia University Assistant Professor Raygine DiAquoi shares what she discovered about how black parents talk to their sons today about race and discrimination.
Jan 03, 2018•15 min•Season 1Ep. 288
MIT Professor Mitch Resnick, author of “Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play”, talks about creativity in learning and explains why kindergarten is the greatest invention of the last millennium.
Dec 14, 2017•19 min•Season 1Ep. 287
Chezare A. Warren, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, reflects on urban teacher preparation, culturally responsive teaching, and critical race theory in education.
Dec 06, 2017•17 min•Season 1Ep. 286
Psychotherapist Lynn Lyons talks about her work training educators to respond to student anxiety, and provides insight on what schools get right or wrong about anxiety in children.
Nov 29, 2017•22 min•Season 1Ep. 285
John Palmer, Associate Professor and Chair of Educational Studies at Colgate University, reflects on refugee education in the Korean peninsula and beyond.
Nov 08, 2017•15 min•Season 1Ep. 284
Vanessa Grigoriadis, author, explores what’s really happening behind closed doors on America’s college campuses.
Nov 01, 2017•16 min•Season 1Ep. 283
Documentary filmmaker and girls' education advocate Zuriel Oduwole discusses what inspired her to become an advocate for better access to girls' education across the world.
Oct 26, 2017•11 min•Season 1Ep. 282
Mark Emmert, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) reflects on the evolving role of college athletics, amateurism in college sports, and his favorite moment as a fan.
Oct 18, 2017•15 min•Season 1Ep. 281
Journalist Linda Wertheimer, author of Faith Ed: Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance, looks at the challenges faced by public schools when incorporating lessons about world religions into their classrooms.
Oct 03, 2017•22 min•Season 1Ep. 280
Chinese-American journalist Lenora Chu arrived in Shanghai in 2010 with her family enrolling her son in a top-performing school. Chu discusses the culture clash she experienced in her book, “Little Soldiers: An American Boy, Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve," and what America could learn from China.
Sep 27, 2017•15 min•Season 1Ep. 279
