The Educate Podcast

The Educate podcast is all about education. We care about equity and opportunity and how people learn. We dig deep into education research. We're curious about how research translates into policy — or not. We think good teaching is hard. We think history has a lot to tell us about why things are the way they are. We believe in vivid storytelling.

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April 26, 2013

Affirmative Action: For

Why being colorblind is a fine aspiration and a dangerous policy. The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on another […]

April 19, 2013

After Atlanta: More or Less Cheating?

A key analyst during the Atlanta cheating scandal tells us what can be done about cheating as Common Core standards […]

April 12, 2013

Rethinking Pell Grants

Pell Grants have been helping low-income students go to college for 50 years. A new report recommends changing the way […]

April 5, 2013

Happy Teachers

A new poll finds that American teachers lead the most satisfied lives, second only to physicians. What’s making our overworked, […]

March 29, 2013

MOOC Recruiting

There’s a talent war for computer engineers in Silicon Valley. That’s why MOOCs are getting in the head hunting game, […]

March 22, 2013

New GED Coming

In January of 2014, the GED exam is going digital, and it’s going to be harder to pass. This adult […]

March 15, 2013

Employers Want More From College Grads

According to a new survey of employers, American colleges don’t produce enough qualified graduates for today’s workforce. Among the complaints: […]

March 8, 2013

Education Sequestration

As the nation braces for cuts to federal programs under sequestration, a top education reporter describes how this new era […]

March 1, 2013

Financial Ed and the Common Core

If students learn about personal finance in grade school, they’ll be more responsible spenders as adults. So goes the thinking […]

February 22, 2013

Project-Based Learning

A high school English teacher in Michigan says making videos of Shakespeare plays is better for students than memorizing facts […]

February 15, 2013

Beating the Odds

We met Tracy Edwards last year during our reporting at the YES Prep charter school network in Houston, Texas. Unlike […]

February 8, 2013

Need-Based Aid

Most private schools give out aid packages based on merit, often trying to compete for students from wealthy families who […]

February 1, 2013

Mississippi Charter Debate

Mississippi legislators recently passed legislation that would allow charter schools in the state for the first time. In the Mississippi […]

January 25, 2013

The Decline of Catholic Education

For much of the 20th century, a Catholic education was often a relatively inexpensive, higher-quality alternative to inner-city public schools. […]

January 18, 2013

Testing Teachers Reprise

Teacher quality was in the news again last week with a PBS documentary about former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee […]

January 11, 2013

Merit Badges for Veterans

Veterans who enter the workforce often have a tough time translating their military experience to “resume-ready” skills. But a new […]

January 4, 2013

Pre-K in OK

Oklahoma is one of the most politically conservative states in the nation and it’s also home to one of the […]

December 28, 2012

eBay for Professors

Ever heard of the self-employed college professor? Thanks to the efforts of the for-profit education company Straighter Line, some professors […]

December 21, 2012

School Safety

According to the U.S. Department of Education, schools are actually safer than they’ve been in decades – which makes the […]

December 14, 2012

Popularity

It turns out being popular in high school could actually be important later in life. New research from the University […]

December 7, 2012

Diverse Schools

In the 1960s “white flight” sent many middle-class families from the cities to suburbs out of fear that the quality […]

November 30, 2012

Goodbye to Cursive

Since handwriting is becoming less important in modern life, teaching cursive is going out of style in American schools. But […]

November 23, 2012

The Real Digital Divide

For a long time it was assumed that a “digital divide” existed between rich kids and poor kids. But emerging […]

November 16, 2012

Tuition by Major

Florida governor Rick Scott is proposing a tiered pricing plan for the state’s colleges and universities that would cut tuition […]

November 9, 2012

The Military and the GED

The GED test was created to help returning World War Two veterans who hadn’t graduated from high school have an […]

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