Ranked #1
Ron Berger, et. al. “Learning that Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction” (Jossey-Bass, 2016)
Ron Berger, et. al. “Learning that Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction” (Jossey-Bass, 2016)
The school structures we present to teachers can sometimes resemble two extremes. In the first set of circumstances, tea... Read more
24 Aug 2016
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59mins
Ranked #2
Timothy D. Walker, “Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms” (W. W. Norton, 2017)
Timothy D. Walker, “Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms” (W. W. Norton, 2017)
In this episode, I speak with Tim Walker, the author of Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms (... Read more
12 Apr 2017
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33mins
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Ranked #3
Paul Benneworth et al., “The Impact and Future of Arts and Humanities Research” (Palgrave, 2016)
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What is the future for Arts and Humanities in Europe? The podcast discusses these questions with Paul Benneworth, one of... Read more
13 Dec 2016
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44mins
Ranked #4
Jessica Calarco, “Negotiating Opportunities: How the Middle Class Secures Advantages in School” (Oxford UP, 2018)
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In what ways do middle class students obtain advantages in schools? In her new book, Negotiating Opportunities: How the ... Read more
24 May 2018
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37mins
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Ellen Mayock, “Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
Ellen Mayock, “Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
Recent controversies surrounding sexual harassment and assault on college campuses have sparked heated discussions surro... Read more
13 Sep 2016
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #6
Gita Steiner-Khamsi and Florian Waldow, “Policy Borrowing and Lending: World Yearbook of Education 2012” (Routledge, 2012)
Gita Steiner-Khamsi and Florian Waldow, “Policy Borrowing and Lending: World Yearbook of Education 2012” (Routledge, 2012)
Gita Steiner-Khamsi and Florian Waldow are the editors of Policy Borrowing and Lending: World Yearbook of Education 2012... Read more
29 Jun 2014
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34mins
Ranked #7
David Feith, “Teaching America: The Case for Civic Education” (Rowman and Littlefield Education, 2011)
David Feith, “Teaching America: The Case for Civic Education” (Rowman and Littlefield Education, 2011)
In his new book, Teaching America: The Case for Civic Education (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011), David Feith,... Read more
1 Nov 2011
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46mins
Ranked #8
John Owens, “Confessions of a Bad Teacher: The Shocking Truth from the Frontline of American Public Education” (Sourcebooks, 2013)
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As you spend more time working in one role, organization, or field, it can become easy to lose perspective on how your w... Read more
10 Oct 2016
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38mins
Ranked #9
H. Appel, S. Whitley, C. Kline, "The Power of Debt: Identity and Collective Action in the Age of Finance" (Institute on Inequality and Democracy, 2019)
H. Appel, S. Whitley, C. Kline, "The Power of Debt: Identity and Collective Action in the Age of Finance" (Institute on Inequality and Democracy, 2019)
Ranked #10
Jonathan Haidt, "The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure" (Penguin, 2018)
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We say on this show all the time that democracy is hard work. But what does that really mean? What it is about our dispo... Read more
28 Oct 2019
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47mins
Ranked #11
Robert N. Gross, “Public vs. Private: The Early History of School Choice in America” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Robert N. Gross, “Public vs. Private: The Early History of School Choice in America” (Oxford UP, 2018)
There are numerous political debates about education policy today, but some of the most heated surround vouchers, charte... Read more
6 Aug 2018
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #12
Thomas A. Bryer, “Higher Education Beyond Job Creation: Universities, Citizenship, and Community” (Lexington Books 2014)
Thomas A. Bryer, “Higher Education Beyond Job Creation: Universities, Citizenship, and Community” (Lexington Books 2014)
Thomas A. Bryer joins the podcast to discuss his book Higher Education Beyond Job Creation: Universities, Citizenship, a... Read more
17 Jul 2014
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49mins
Ranked #13
Elizabeth Todd-Breland, "A Political Education: Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago since the 1960s" (UNC Press, 2018)
Elizabeth Todd-Breland, "A Political Education: Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago since the 1960s" (UNC Press, 2018)
Elizabeth Todd-Breland’s new book A Political Education: Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago since the 1960s ... Read more
14 Mar 2019
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #14
Michelle Kuo, “Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, A Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship” (Random House, 2017)
Michelle Kuo, “Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, A Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship” (Random House, 2017)
It takes courage to walk into a classroom when students don’t look like you. It takes courage to return every day to tea... Read more
26 Nov 2017
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29mins
Ranked #15
Kevin J. Dougherty and Vikash Reddy, “Performance Funding for Higher Education” (Jossey-Bass, 2013)
Kevin J. Dougherty and Vikash Reddy, “Performance Funding for Higher Education” (Jossey-Bass, 2013)
Kevin Dougherty and Vikash Reddy are the authors of Performance Funding for Higher Education: What Are the Mechanisms Wh... Read more
24 May 2014
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50mins
Ranked #16
Andrew Karch, “Early Start: Preschool Politics in the United States” (University of Michigan Press, 2013)
Andrew Karch, “Early Start: Preschool Politics in the United States” (University of Michigan Press, 2013)
Over the last several months, I’ve had the pleasure to have a number of political scientists who study education policy ... Read more
8 Jul 2013
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21mins
Ranked #17
David Resnick, "Representing Education In Film: How Hollywood Portrays Educational Thought, Settings and Issues" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
David Resnick, "Representing Education In Film: How Hollywood Portrays Educational Thought, Settings and Issues" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
David Resnick combines two of his passions, movies and education, in his book, Representing Education In Film: How Holly... Read more
29 Jul 2019
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53mins
Ranked #18
Charles Clotfelter, “Big-Time College Sports in American Universities” (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Charles Clotfelter, “Big-Time College Sports in American Universities” (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Corruption in big-time college sports recently claimed another victim: Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel. Once regar... Read more
8 Jun 2011
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #19
Joy Lisi Rankin, "A People’s History of Computing in the United States" (Harvard UP, 2018).
Joy Lisi Rankin, "A People’s History of Computing in the United States" (Harvard UP, 2018).
We know, perhaps too well, the innovation-centric history of personal computing. Yet, computer users were not necessaril... Read more
19 Feb 2019
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40mins
Ranked #20
Karen Teoh, “Schooling Diaspora: Women, Education, and the Overseas Chinese in British Malaya and Singapore, 1850s to 1960s” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Karen Teoh, “Schooling Diaspora: Women, Education, and the Overseas Chinese in British Malaya and Singapore, 1850s to 1960s” (Oxford UP, 2018)
In Schooling Diaspora: Women, Education, and the Overseas Chinese in British Malaya and Singapore, 1850s to 1960s (Oxfor... Read more
17 Apr 2018
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34mins
