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Heterodox conversations to stretch your thinking about important issues in education.

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Heterodox conversations to stretch your thinking about important issues in education.

    Hard Questions About School Choice

    Hard Questions About School Choice

    Drew Perkins talks with Shaka Mitchell, a Senior Fellow with the American Federation for Children, about school choice issues and challenges, including recent legislation passed in Kentucky.
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    • 1 hr 21 min
    2024 Federal Education Budget Advocacy

    2024 Federal Education Budget Advocacy

    Drew Perkins talks with NASSP CEO Ronn Nozoe about their advocacy efforts regarding the 2024 federal education budget.
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    • 52 min
    Community-Led Education, Overcoming The Culture Wars

    Community-Led Education, Overcoming The Culture Wars

    This episode is the audio archive from a ThoughtStretchers Education Community discussion event from April 18, 2024, titled Catalyzing Community-Led Change: Overcoming the divisive and narrow politics of our time.
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    • 1 hr 13 min
    A School Focused On Intellectual Virtues?

    A School Focused On Intellectual Virtues?

    Drew Perkins talks with Jacquie Bryant, Founding Principal of a public middle school called Intellectual Virtues Academy.
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    • 1 hr 3 min
    Sorting The Evidence For Direct Instruction And Inquiry

    Sorting The Evidence For Direct Instruction And Inquiry

    Drew Perkins talks with Dylan Wiliam about the evidence and support for different instructional approaches including direct instruction and inquiry-based learning.
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    • 1 hr 6 min
    Is Higher Education A Bait And Switch?

    Is Higher Education A Bait And Switch?

    Drew Perkins talks with Bill Coplin about his new book, The Path to Equity: Inclusion in the Kingdom of Liberal Arts, which calls for a shift in liberal arts education to a more practical and less academic approach.
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    • 1 hr 1 min

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