Insights Into Education

How do we evolve our education systems? We need public schools and vital educational programs that provide the foundational basic skills all of us need. What we don't have is a way to save and enhance effective programs, get rid of approaches that block quality education, and prepare our children for their future. Dan and Ed explore Vijay Govindaraja's three box system as it applies to education....

What if your son or daughter entered school this fall and the teachers, counselors and parents had access to information about the ways the child learns best? Are they an audio learner, a visual learner? What are their strengths and what developmental areas does the teacher need to help them with? What if the educational program was delivered based upon each child's individuality and needs? You CA...

This podcast focuses on skills, ways of thinking, and communication approaches necessary for the workplace of today and tomorrow. Ed and Dan are joined by Alex Berger to discuss how interdisciplinary education models utilizing the resources of AI can prepare learners to be successful collaborative members of problem-solving teams. 

Chat GPT and other Large Language Models are quickly becoming the go to source for information. This can be a time-saving boon to teachers that frees them up to focus on individualizing education and can providing expanded learning opportunities for students. The challenge, as always, is how to use the tools responsibly.

Educators everywhere are having difficulty incorporating the power and presence of AI in the learning environment.  What skills will students need 2, 5, and 10 years from now to be successful in life and work?  In this episode, Ed and Dan visit with Alex Berger about the kind of skills currently being sought in the workplace, how the old model of training for a specialized skill no longer applies,...

Our schools are lacking a sense of urgency about changes that need to be made to incorporate and work with AI. The majority of school systems are clinging to old models that will leave students unprepared. Teachers, like many members of the public, have heavy demands on their time and it is difficult to change gears and catch up but it has to be done to prepare humanity to deal with what is happen...

We are still recoiling from the COVID pandemic which killed over a million Americans and damaged millions more. Years before, many scientists warned that we were not prepared for a major epidemic. But instead of listening to the scientists, our leader ignored the facts. Stupidity, not ignorance, overshadowed reality. In the last decade, scientists and others have warned us about an alien intellige...

We are at the stage in the development of our species where we must break from the assumptions and practices of the past. This is the first time in human history that an almost total redirection of our course is required. Our children must be prepared for this new reality which is already deeply rooted in our operating systems. Educational leaders are reimagining and redesigning the way we prepare...

What is the real message when we say "Schools for their future not our past"? Some dynamic schools are currently working on redefining their educational programs and focusing on the skills and approaches necessary to prepare students for a future where they can collaborate with Alien Intelligence. If today's students will have the skills they need to be effective, educators, parents, boards of edu...

Rosemary Agneessens is a proven community organizer and leader. She joins Dan and Ed for a refreshing and much-needed discussion of where we are now and where we are going. The pandemic will pass. Many of the players at the state and national level will try the old way of holding power. They will face energized leaders who see a clear path to the future. Rosemary has stayed focused on the battleli...

Dan and Ed introduce a highly respected educator, Richard Parkhouse. Richard is uniquely qualified to help evolve education so that schools are student-centered and address changes necessary if America is to flourish. Richard is an author, speaker, and is committed to creating "school cultures of significance, where everyone matters."  He has had the opportunity to inspire greatness in thousands o...

Dan's and Ed's guest is Galen Englund, a remarkable and  very  accomplished young man. This podcast highlights the educational paths that led to his successful career and the ability to make a contribution to himself and to society. Galen is open, factual, and freely discusses his family background, and his educational travails as a challenging and misunderstood student. His early education ranged...

Dan and Ed are deeply impressed with Diane Ravitch's critically acclaimed new book. Inspired by her insights and leadership – and the past and present corruption of public education by people who call themselves reformers, but are really deformers –  they begin an unscripted and very frank dialogue which includes thoughts from Ed's new book about the future of education and how we need to evolve o...

Part two. Interview with David Nathaniel  Berger .  Dan and  Ed  continue to document the preparation necessary for our graduates to make a contribution to themselves and to society. David's deep commitment to The International Work Group For Indigenous Affairs, located in Denmark, is the result of his education and his self-directed quest for knowledge. This podcast gives an insight into how the...

What preparation is necessary to make a contribution to yourself and society? In Part 1 of this two-part episode, Dan and Ed interview David Nathaniel Berger who is currently in Denmark working with the International Work Group For Indigenous Affairs. We ask David to identify the pivotal experiences he had growing up, his middle and high school preparation, his time at Arizona State University and...

Dan Kenley interviews Ed Berger about his recent book, Human Competence. What was the thinking behind this unique approach to education reform? Why write an education book that avoids edubabble and academic gamesmanship? How is this book an indicator of education for the future? Why stress 'no education without immediate and practical application'? Dan probes and exposes the students' role in deal...

Some of the best and brightest young USA students, faced with debt, damaged school districts, and poor pay, especially as educators, venture into other lands and find meaningful work and decent remuneration for their efforts. Our guest, Dan Miles, a vibrant and exciting music and mathematics educator went into the unknown and took charge of his future. He shares the pathways he followed to teach i...

Dan and Ed bring Holli Kenley back to update us on positive things that are happening for parents and kids. Holli gives updates on the latest breakthroughs on screen dependence, game addiction, depression disorders, and many other challenges facing today's families. She introduces us to good research about the importance of play, and how play gives children skills to deal with stress release and e...

Dan and Ed focus on current education practices and highlight both problems and strengths they have observed in schools. Dan shares his recent experiences working as an administrator in a California middle school; Ed shares information about his research and writing about how we must evolve our education systems to deal with AI and the effects of climate change. He introduces his new book, Human C...

With special guest, Alex Berger calling in from Denmark, Dan and Ed engage in a lively discussion of critical issues that must be addressed to enhance public education and free it from standardization and data-focused testing. This unscripted exchange ranges from preparing students to delve into the root causes of current events, to changes in the way we teach. Throughout the conversations, the ma...

Dan and Ed bring back Nicky Indicavitch because she is one of the most eloquent and knowledgeable spokespersons for what has become a National Model for grassroots civic involvement and change. In a state where the voice of the citizens has been ignored, and where representative government has been intentionally misled, a breakthrough occurred that is moving the state away from the control of a sm...

Dan and Ed asked Jim Hall to return to continue reporting on his work for Charter School Accountability. In episode 29, April 11, 2018, Jim explained his motivation and his research into how taxpayer money is given out with little or no accountability. In Arizona, millions of taxpayer dollars have gone into privatizer's pockets. Part of this theft is allowed by an ideology that that is labeled "Sc...

Dan and Ed welcome Holli Kenley back to Insights Into Education. Holli is a highly experienced marriage and family therapist and noted author. Based on her years of research and observations, Holli shares vital parenting information and principles.    Parenting is a tremendous responsibility. Everything we say and do or don't say and do deeply affects our children and their futures. Contrary to po...

Dan and Ed welcome back Rosemary Agneessens, one of the most knowledgeable and energetic ladies we have the privilege of having as our guest. Rosemary shares insights into the amazing things happening for civic involvement and representative change in Arizona. She explains the  Red For Ed  movement that has activated educators, parents, and citizens in this Republican right to work state. Arizona,...

Dan and Ed are still reeling from this remarkable and informative visit with Jim Hall, educator and investigator of charter school finance in Arizona. Charter school finance? Sounds boring? Well, hold on to your grip on reality and prepare for information that will help you fight for teachers and students against a state government that is not honest or above board and has hidden the facts about t...