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Carlo Rotella
Higher Education
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What Can I Get Out of This? A Writer’s Guide to Teaching with Author Carlo Rotella

Mike Palmer welcomes Carlo Rotella, a professor at Boston College and author of the book ⁠What Can I Get Out of This? Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics⁠. Rotella, who has an academic specialty in the cultures of cities and also writes for magazines like The New York Times Magazine, approaches his classroom as a “scene” much like a boxing gym or a music club, where people practice a craft and hone their “chops”.

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Gerry White
AI
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AI and Agency: Navigating the Future of Academic Technology with Gerry White

Welcome back to Trending in Education! This week, we dive headfirst into the accelerating world of emerging technology with Gerry White, Dean of Academic Technology for ECPI University. Gerry, an English and Music major turned tech enthusiast, shares his fascinating career trajectory and the work he is doing to keep ECPI University at the forefront of the AI revolution.

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Jon Deane
K12 Education
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Providing a Balanced Scorecard for GreatSchools Across the US with Jon Deane

On this episode of ⁠Trending in Education⁠, host Mike Palmer sits down with Jon Deane, CEO of ⁠GreatSchools⁠, for a deeply informed conversation about the choices—and complexities—facing modern parents. GreatSchools’ mission is simple: to help every parent cut through the noise and truly understand their children’s educational options. As a parent to a 6-year-old, Mike knows firsthand that the pressure to choose the right path is real, and it often doesn’t get the attention it deserves.

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Amit Sevak⁠
Education
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Reimagining Assessment for the Age of AI with Amit Sevak, CEO of ETS

The global landscape of education and work is changing at a pace that requires an entirely new approach to measurement. ⁠Trending in Education⁠ host ⁠Mike Palmer⁠ welcomes ⁠Amit Sevak⁠, CEO of ⁠ETS ⁠(Educational Testing Service), the organization responsible for millions of assessments worldwide, to discuss the high-stakes transformation of how we identify talent.

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Scott R. Levy
K12 Education
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Why School Boards Matter with Author Scott R. Levy

On this episode of Trending in Education, Mike Palmer welcomes author ⁠Scott R. Levy⁠ to discuss his new book, ⁠Why School Boards Matter: Reclaiming the Heart of American Education and Democracy⁠. Scott shares his journey from Wall Street to serving on his local school board in 2015, driven by the unintended negative consequences he observed from federal programs like Race to the Top.

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Collegis Education⁠'s DisruptED
Higher Education
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Higher Ed DisruptED – Notes from Collegis and Google’s Leadership Conference

In this special episode of ⁠Trending in Ed⁠, host ⁠Mike Palmer⁠ is LIVE! at Google’s Headquarters in Chicago for ⁠Collegis Education⁠’s DisruptED event, providing highlights from six in-depth interviews with nine leaders in higher ed, technology, data, market analysis, and research.

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Liz City and Rachel Curtis
K12 Education
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Leading Strategically in K12 with Authors Liz City and Rachel Curtis

In K-12 education, the urgency of children’s needs often eclipses strategic thought, resulting in constant reaction and a “whack-a-mole” approach to problems. We talk with co-authors Elizabeth “Liz” City and Rachel Curtis about their new book, ⁠Leading Strategically: Achieving Ambitious Goals in Education⁠, which offers a practical, accessible framework for leaders at all levels—from teachers to superintendents—to shift from constant doing to intentional, effective action.

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Jeff Young
AI
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Climbing the AI Learning Curve with Jeff Young

We are thrilled to welcome a fellow podcaster and longtime education journalist, Jeff Young, to the show. Many know Jeff’s work from his time hosting the weekly EdSurge Podcast, where he was a consistent voice covering the intersection of technology and learning. Now, Jeff is out on his own and has launched a new project to tackle the biggest story in education: AI and the fundamental questions it raises about what it means to learn.

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AJ Gutierrez
K12 Education
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Building Equal Opportunity Schools with AJ Gutierrez

Mike Palmer⁠ welcomes back Friend of the Show, ⁠AJ Gutierrez⁠, the pioneering co-founder of Saga Education, now CEO of ⁠Equal Opportunity Schools (EOS)⁠.

AJ shares his transition from direct service to a focus on systemic change, detailing the crucial, often overlooked, mission of EOS: identifying and accelerating equitable opportunity for high-potential students.

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Michael Ioffe
AI
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AI-Powered Learning in the Flow of Work with Michael Ioffe, CoFounder and CEO of Arist

Welcome to an inspiring conversation on the future of learning with Michael Ioffe, founder of ⁠Arist⁠, a company doing really interesting work in education. Michael is a Forbes 30 under 30 and a Thiel fellow. Michael joins host Mike Palmer to share his journey, beginning with his early obsession with education, influenced by his parents who were refugees. His experiences, including scaling free live conversations with entrepreneurs to 500 cities in 50 countries by age 18, led to a critical insight in a war zone in Yemen: the best way to deliver learning where educational resources and internet access are limited is via text message. This led to building Arist, which focuses on meeting people where they are and making learning conversational and digestible.

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