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EdSurge Podcast

A weekly podcast about the future of learning. Join host Jeff Young and other EdSurge reporters as they sit down with educators, innovators and scholars for frank and in-depth conversations.

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A Student Perspective on Blended Learning

A Student Perspective on Blended Learning

We hear about edtech from the perspective of entrepreneurs and educators. But what about the viewpoint of a student?This... Read more

26 Jun 2015

14mins

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Does Tech Support Personalized Learning—or Distract Us From What’s Really Important?

Does Tech Support Personalized Learning—or Distract Us From What’s Really Important?

“Personalized learning” is a term that is no stranger to interpretation—even to the point that writers have started to a... Read more

9 May 2017

1hr 3mins

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What Schools Could Be—and What Education Investors Get Wrong

What Schools Could Be—and What Education Investors Get Wrong

Does this sound familiar? An Ivy League-educated philanthropist, who built his wealth from a career in technology, decid... Read more

13 Mar 2018

34mins

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How Childhood Has Changed (And How That Impacts Education)

How Childhood Has Changed (And How That Impacts Education)

It’s easy to forget that notions of childhood have changed radically over the years—and not all for the better, says Ste... Read more

11 Jul 2017

24mins

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Social-Emotional Learning May Be A Limited Solution for Reforming School Discipline

Social-Emotional Learning May Be A Limited Solution for Reforming School Discipline

The United States Government Accountability Office recently released a report confirming decades of anecdotal research s... Read more

10 Apr 2018

28mins

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Why Competency-Based Education Stalled (But Isn’t Finished)

Why Competency-Based Education Stalled (But Isn’t Finished)

The phrase competency-based education is quite a mouthful, but it was all the rage a few years ago among college leaders... Read more

1 May 2018

27mins

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Many Frustrated Teachers Say It’s Not Burnout—It’s Demoralization

Many Frustrated Teachers Say It’s Not Burnout—It’s Demoralization

A few years ago, after more two decades in the classroom, Chrissy Romano-Arribito began to experience something that may... Read more

19 Nov 2019

17mins

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Why Social-Emotional Learning Is Suddenly in the Spotlight

Why Social-Emotional Learning Is Suddenly in the Spotlight

In the last few years, terms like “whole child” and “social-emotional learning” have become buzzwords. But behind the bu... Read more

7 May 2019

22mins

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Apple’s Longtime Education VP Shares Frustrations With Slow Pace of Change

Apple’s Longtime Education VP Shares Frustrations With Slow Pace of Change

People love to try to figure out what Apple is up to and to guess their strategy—that’s true for its education strategy... Read more

31 Jul 2018

29mins

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The Evolving World of Microcredentials

The Evolving World of Microcredentials

Many colleges these days are experimenting with short-form online degrees to try to reach new audiences and offer new op... Read more

23 Jan 2018

27mins

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This Accelerator Seeks To Scale Equity in Schools

This Accelerator Seeks To Scale Equity in Schools

Caroline Hill is a firecracker. She keynoted the Blended Learning Conference in Rhode Island and INACOL in Florida. At b... Read more

17 Jul 2018

24mins

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Why Professors Doubt Education Research

Why Professors Doubt Education Research

Lauren Herckis, an anthropologist and research faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, has been exploring the culture of ... Read more

6 Mar 2018

21mins

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The Future of K-12 School Post-Coronavirus

The Future of K-12 School Post-Coronavirus

Today we’re looking at what K-12 schools could look like after social distancing is over and people reassess what they w... Read more

2 Apr 2020

19mins

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Lessons From Flipped Classrooms and Flipped Failures

Lessons From Flipped Classrooms and Flipped Failures

Robert Talbert, a math professor at Grand Valley State University, talks about his new book on flipped learning—a metho... Read more

9 Aug 2017

22mins

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Who Does Online Learning Really Serve?

Who Does Online Learning Really Serve?

Online education has been touted as a way to increase access to education. But it’s increasingly unclear if online learn... Read more

11 Sep 2018

27mins

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Beware of the Word ‘Flexible’: Architect Danish Kurani on Designing 21st Century Schools

Beware of the Word ‘Flexible’: Architect Danish Kurani on Designing 21st Century Schools

“Flexible.” It’s a word that often pops up in conversations about redesigning learning environments, relating to choices... Read more

6 Apr 2017

17mins

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How This Famed Chinese Venture Capitalist Thinks AI Will Reshape Teaching

How This Famed Chinese Venture Capitalist Thinks AI Will Reshape Teaching

Artificial intelligence promises to have a dramatic—and yes, disruptive—effect on education and over jobs during the nex... Read more

11 Dec 2018

43mins

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Why Talking About ‘Screen Time’ Is the Wrong Conversation

Why Talking About ‘Screen Time’ Is the Wrong Conversation

Today we’re diving into this issue of screen time, with a guest who for years has tracked research about the impact of s... Read more

11 Feb 2020

26mins

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Reactions to a College Alternative: Debating the Merits of MissionU

Reactions to a College Alternative: Debating the Merits of MissionU

A for-profit startup recently launched what it calls an alternative to traditional college, that takes only one year to ... Read more

18 Apr 2017

46mins

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The Case For a ‘Networked' College

The Case For a ‘Networked' College

The campus of the future will be “networked,” argues Peter Smith, meaning that more and more academic-related services w... Read more

10 May 2018

28mins

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