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Summary: For eight years, President Obama made the White House a place that brought people together-- incredible students, parents, principals, district leaders, school counselors, teachers, college presidents, professors, business leaders, and more. And after January 2017, the inspiring stories we heard and the incredible people we met no longer had a place to share their experiences and good ideas with folks across the country. These stories constantly reminded and inspired us of people’s commitment to education. It is the ultimate bedrock of our society, and people are passionately fighting to make it better. At the White House we were fortunate to get to shine a spotlight on some of those incredible education advocates and practitioners, and we want to continue to shine that spotlight and talk about what’s working, how others can get involved, and hopefully be inspired along the way. We hope you’ll join us.
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Eric and Stephanie give us the rundown on the fifth annual Beating The Odds Summit, which was started by former First Lady Michelle Obama to celebrate students overcoming barriers to attend higher education. Don’t miss out on excerpts from the conversation with Mrs. Obama, Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs, La La Anthony, and more, as they share advice for college-bound students.
Eric and Stephanie sit down with Brad Jupp, former Senior Program Advisor at the Department of Education and middle school English teacher. Jupp shares his story of a lifelong career spent at the intersection of education and policy. We cover everything from educator unions to advice for new teachers. As always, we end with our Moments of Hope.
What makes college worth the time, money, and effort students invest to earn a degree? Brandon Busteed, Executive Director of Education and Workforce Development at Gallup, joins our hosts in the studios to unpack the latest public opinion research on college satisfaction as he shares what students say made their higher education experience worthwhile after graduating. As always, we end with our moments of hope.
Here in the United States we sometimes take education for granted, but we have to remember that millions around the world don’t have these same opportunities. Our hosts interview Saria Samakie, Founder of Fikra 3al Mashi and Syrian refugee, who has overcome incredible obstacles to continue his education. He’s now a student at Georgetown University and runs a non-profit in Jordan to help other Syrian refugees like himself continue to learn. As always, stay tuned for our moment of hope.
Our hosts hit Capitol Hill to talk with Senator Chris Murphy about school discipline, his letter to Secretary #BetsyDevos, and breaking the school to prison pipeline. As always, we end with our moments of hope.
Martha Kanter, Executive Director of the College Promise Campaign and Former Undersecretary of Education, joins Kyle and Stephanie in the studio to talk about college access, affordability, quality and completion as well as the movement for free community college. We end, as always, with our moment of hope!
Kat Pastor, 2016 School Counselor of the year from Flagstaff, Arizona, joins ours hosts in the studio for an insightful discussion on #RedForEd teacher walkouts and education challenges faced by rural students. Your dose of daily positivity is provided by our weekly moments of hope!
On this week’s special episode, our hosts are joined by Janel Young from the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education to honor one of the best days of the year: College Signing Day. The conversation around the day’s history and the importance of this celebration is bound to brighten your day. As always, we close with our moments of hope.
This week, we talk to Barbara Duffield, Executive Director of SchoolHouse Connection and Stefanie Cruz, Vice President of Marketing and Digital Strategy at America’s Promise, about Education Leads Home, a national campaign building a stronger future for homeless students. An insightful conversation on homelessness in education followed by our moments of hope!
We are back on the road with a whole episode talking about technology and design in education. Helping us talk through the issues and solutions are Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education and Karen Cator, CEO of Digital Promise. Join us for moments of hope, stories from the Department of ED, and more!
This week, author and education advocate, Ted Dintersmith, shares insights from visiting schools across all 50 states in his new book What School Could Be with our hosts. As always, join us for our moments of hope!
This week, Stephanie and Eric debrief on Eric's recent experience on a service trip to Puerto Rico. We get to hear all about his trip to restore an elementary school - six months after Hurricane Maria - where he interviews Arne Duncan, Former Secretary of Education and two local third graders. Join us for an inspiring episode!
This week we tackle the most pressing civil rights challenges in our nation’s schools with Catherine Lhamon, Chair of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and Former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. Tune in as we talk about inequity, restorative justice, Title IX rollbacks, and as always, don’t miss out on our moments of hope.
In our first-ever field segment, Eric Waldo hits SXSW Education and interviews education innovators from around the country. But before that, the hosts unpack and react to Secretary Betsy Devos’s 60 Minutes interview.
Join us this week as we examine the Obama Administration’s biggest challenges and accomplishments regarding American Indian affairs and the issues that face the education of Native American children and students, today. This week, we have a special host filling in for Eric Waldo: Don Yu, Director of the Better Make Room initiative and former Chief Transformation Officer at the Bureau of Indian Education. As always, stick around for our moments of hope.
