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Dave Eggers on Finding Creative Refuge From the ‘Lunacy’ of Technology
Dave Eggers is best known for his best-selling books, including The Circle and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. But he's also an education …
6 years, 3 months ago
How ‘Dialogue’ Can Create Empathy in a Divided Classroom
In many classrooms these days, student discussion can grow so heated that passion threatens to overwhelm productive conversation. And in today’s high…
6 years, 3 months ago
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 screen media on children and y…
6 years, 3 months ago
A Case For Educational Innovation Without ‘Disruption’
There’s a budding field called the science of teaching and learning, where scholars are figuring out what works when it comes to educating students. …
6 years, 3 months ago
Students Today Are Learning All The Time. Can Schools Keep Up?
Not so long ago, students did most of their learning at school, and maybe while doing homework or during trips to the museum. Now, learning—like the …
6 years, 4 months ago
How Stretching to Pay for College Is Altering Middle Class Life
In an usual study on student debt, NYU anthropologist Caitlin Zaloom sat down with more than 160 people—students and parents—and got them to open up …
6 years, 4 months ago
Can Teaching 'Hope' Revive Democracy?
A new book argues that hope is something that can be taught, and that it is the key to countering today's heightened polarization and cynicism. We sa…
6 years, 4 months ago
When a Homecoming Video Raises Questions About Campus Diversity
A two-minute video made by students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison was meant to promote school spirit and campus unity during homecoming f…
6 years, 4 months ago
Encore Episode: How Far Parents Will Go to Save on College
Parents are giving up custody of their kids to get need-based college financial aid. That was a headline in August in ProPublica Illinois, and it got…
6 years, 5 months ago
Teaching Students How to Live a Good Life
When people think of education, they often picture content knowledge in subjects like reading, writing or arithmetic. But there’s a growing interest …
6 years, 5 months ago