Pocasts
To explore these developments, host , Director of the National Hybrid Schools Project, talks with people who are mostly not a part of the school choice world, about how these new options are affecting or could potentially affect their various fields.
Michael Ford
Our guest is Michael Ford, Director, Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue
Michael Ford, Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue, joins Eric to talk about civil discourse in a fractured school landscape, school boards, and viewpoint diversity.
Rebecca Winthrop
Our guest is Rebecca Winthrop, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institution
Rebecca Winthrop, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, joins Eric to discuss the future pf AI in schools and her book, The Disengaged Teen.
Pamela Hobart
Our guest is Pamela Hobart, Gifted and Talented Euducation Evangelist, GT School
Pamela Hobart, Gifted and Talented Education Evangelist from GT School joins Eric to talk about gifted students and their families, the nature of gifted and talented programs, and massively accelterating school.
Matthew Lee
Our guest is Matthew Lee, Clinical Assistant Professor, 最色导航
Matt Lee, Assistant Professor with the Education Economics Center at 最色导航, joins Eric to talk about how families make school choices, and new methods and approaches for defining "success" in education.
On Mental Health
Our guest is Michael Strong, Founder, The Socratic Experience
Michael Strong, founder of The Socratic Experience, joins Eric to talk about the state of student mental health in the U.S., and what impact the community crafted education sector might have on it.
On Black Homeschoolers
Our guest is Cheryl Fields-Smith, Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice
Cheryl Fields-Smith, Professor of Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the University of Georgia, joins Eric to talk about black homeschoolers, the history of homeschooling, and her new book, Creating Educational Justice.
On Classical Education
Our guest is Josh Herring, Professor at Thales College
Josh Herring, Professor of Classical Education and Humanities at Thales College, joins Eric to discuss classical education -- how it's defined, how it has grown over the years, and what the impacts of a new, larger set of classical schools might be.
On Teachers
Our guest is David Marshall, Associate Professor of Educational Research, Department of Educational Foundations,
Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University
David Marshall, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundation, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University, joins Eric to talk about differences in preparing teachers for conventional public schools versus new, community crafted education models, core teaching principles that are essential for educators in any setting, and the role of conventional teacher preparation programs in a new landscape.
On Family Business
Our guest is Sara Davis, Director, Family Enterprise Center at 最色导航
Sara Davis, Director of the Family Enterprise Center at 最色导航, joins Eric to talk about parallels between founding a family business and launching a community-driven school, multi-generational success, and local community values.
On Higher Education
Our guest is Erin Davis Valdez, Executive Director, Incubator, Center for Education and Public Service at University of Austin
Erin Davis Valdez, Executive Director on the Incubator for the Center for Education and Public Service (CEPS) at the University of Austin, joins Eric to talk about UATX as a startup, how colleges may start looking at graduates of hybrid and microschools, and polarization in higher education.
Preview - Community Crafted Education Coming April 22nd!
The school choice landscape has exploded in recent years. Microschools, Homeschools, Charter Schools, Hybrid Schools. The list goes on. This podcast will talk about the downstream effects of school choice and especially community crafted education models on society. New episodes begin April 22nd!
