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What Happened in History

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 06:18:37 +0000

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, about the impact of redlining in the city and efforts underway to improve education in the district.

Educational Goods

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 08:42:49 +0000

In this episode, we meet with Dr. Helen Ladd, Professor Emerita of Economics and Public Policy at Duke University, who also advises Systems Approach for Better Education Results at The World Bank, to discuss her most recent book, "Educational Goods: Values, Evidence, and Decision-Making."

The Case against Education

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:10:16 +0000

In this episode, we meet with Dr. Bryan Caplan, an economist at George Mason University and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, to discuss his most recent book, "The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money."

Show Your Work

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 04:26:15 +0000

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Ryan Baker of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics to discuss "knowledge tracing."

How Babies Learn

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 19:53:03 +0000

In this episode, we meet with Dr. Lauren Emberson of the Princeton Baby Lab to learn more about "statistical learning."