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In today's episode we delve into the missing art of eastern philosophy in our western education system. I found a Buddhist monastery in central France and attended a 10 day meditation course to learn more about the practice of meditation. In this episode I share what I learned, and possible application in our schools. If you are interested in attended here is the website to find a location near yo...

On this week's podcast we dive into the highly politicized issue of school choice for the first time. We discuss conversations parents should have with their children when choosing a school, the different schooling options available to students, the reason school choice is politicized, family engagement, and tips for working in the non-profit sector. I hope you enjoy this conversation!

When I met Naveen his ability to transform his passion, creativity, and imagination into an action plan culminating in a product left me in awe. In this week's episode we discuss the importance of intellectual humility, a wild imagination, and a self-motivating incentivization structure. He shares his experience building both the Kaleido event and the Humane Warriors Organization. I hope you enjoy...

In this week's episode we focus on how topic modeling, another machine learning technique, can be used to identify motifs in a school's mission that leads to inequity in private and charter schools. We then transition the conversation to our educational philosophies. I hope you enjoy!

I spent the last week in Sienna, Italy in a missionary surrounded by trees, animals, and silence, with a 100 people from around the world to discuss consciousness and the largest issues facing humanity. Is this a dream or what? I was blessed with this once in a lifetime experience and I had to share some of the lessons I gleaned from this conference. I hope to recreate such an event like this for...

The U.S News College ranking system helps millions of students make their college decision, but how are these rankings actually calculated? Francie Diep joins me on today's episode to discuss some of the issues that arise with having a dominant ranking system for colleges.

Today's big question: When it comes to the Internet what are some of the most pressing issues our society face? Using Frank McCourt's input I suggest a few ideas that can be embedded into our curriculums to improve our student's technical literacy. 

The big question for today's episode: how can we be better active listeners and why is this critical in today's political climate?  If you have any questions for Candace here is her email: candace.bertotti@gmail.com . I hope you enjoy this conversation!

In today's conversation we discuss the role uncertainty should play in our policy decision making process. Brianne Bilsky is the residential dean at the Berkeley College at Yale as well as a lecturer in the humanities department. If you have any question for Brianne feel free to reach out to her at brianne.bilsky@yale.edu.

Kyle Wagner is a learning experience designer and a project based learning consultant who travels throughout the world implementing the PBL model in schools. The primary questions we discuss are why is the PBL model an improvement to the current forms of teaching, what are its impacts, and how can we go about implementing these practices in schools and in policy? This was an insightful conversatio...

Our guest today is Martin Vanderwerf, the Associate Director at the Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW). Today we talk about the implications of the ROI metric when evaluating the efficacy of higher education institutions. If you have any questions for Martin Vanderwerf here is his contact information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-vanderwerf-6979509/.  You can also email him at marti...

How can we use the process data collected in standardized testing to improve upon our tests?

In this week's episode we analyze the key concepts of a conservative take on the issues with higher education by John M. Ellis.

In today's conversation we discuss the importance of early childhood education, the balance between the federal and the state governments in educational issues, organizational report cards, and teacher evaluation. I hope you enjoy, and as always stay Re-Educated!

I hope you enjoy this conversation! Feel free to reach me at gy118@georgetown.edu if you have any questions.

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In today's conversation we discuss ways in which schools can assist students in finding their interests.

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