Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNora Gross, "Brothers in Grief: The Hidden Toll of Gun Violence on Black Boys and Their Schools" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
Episode 399
A heartbreaking account of grief, Black boyhood, and how we can support young people as they navigate loss.
JahSun, a dependable, much-loved senior at…
1 year, 3 months ago
Peter Hessler, "Other Rivers: A Chinese Education" (Penguin, 2024)
In 2019, journalist and writer Peter Hessler traveled with his family to China. He’d gotten a gig as a teacher of writing—nonfiction writing in parti…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why Teachers Turn to AI
Episode 40
In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Sue Ollerhead. Dr. Ollerhead is currently a Senior Lecturer in Langu…
1 year, 3 months ago
Peter Mandler, "The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain's Transition to Mass Education Since the Second World War" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 194
How did public demand shape education in the 20th century? In The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain’s Transition to Mass Education since the Second …
1 year, 3 months ago
Graduate School Myths and Misconceptions
Episode 247
It’s daunting when you don’t know what to expect about graduate school…or you’re worried you won’t measure up. This episode helps dispel the myths an…
1 year, 3 months ago
Crystal R. Sanders, "A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs" (UNC Press, 2024)
Episode 485
A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs (UNC Press, 2024) tells the little-known story …
1 year, 3 months ago
Lindsay Weinberg, "Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)
Episode 77
In Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024), Lindsay Weinberg evaluates how this latest era o…
1 year, 4 months ago
A Teacher’s Guide to Learning Student Names
Episode 245
Today’s book is: A Teacher’s Guide to Learning Student Names: Why You Should, Why It’s Hard, How You Can (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024), by Mic…
1 year, 4 months ago
Luci Pangrazio and Neil Selwyn, "Critical Data Literacies: Rethinking Data and Everyday Life" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 246
Data has become a defining issue of current times. Our everyday lives are shaped by the data that is produced about us (and by us) through digital te…
1 year, 4 months ago
Stephen Jackson, "The Patchwork of World History in Texas High Schools" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 245
The Patchwork of World History in Texas High Schools (Routledge, 2022) traces the historical development of the World History course as it has been t…
1 year, 4 months ago