Matt Dalio, founder and CEO of â Endless Studiosâ , joins host Mike Palmer to explore the profound connection between games, technology, and workforce development. Matt, who grew up with an early global perspectiveâincluding a transformative year in China at age 11âbrings his philanthropic drive to the world of scalable tech solutions .
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On this episode of Trending in Education, host Mike Palmer talks with Halley Bowman, who focuses on curriculum and tutor training at â Saga Educationâ , and Katherine Huete, founder of the consultancy â Estelitaâ and a leader in scaling language support at Saga. We explore the powerful resurgence of high-impact tutoring, especially its critical role in supporting emergent multilingual learners (EMLs) in secondary math.
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Mike Palmer welcomes Carlo Rotella, a professor at Boston College and author of the book â What Can I Get Out of This? Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skepticsâ . 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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On this episode of Trending in Education, host Mike Palmer welcomes Liz Cohen, Vice President of Policy at â 50CANâ and author of the new book, â The Future of Tutoring: Lessons from 10,000 School District Tutoring Initiativesâ .
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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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On this episode of â Trending in Educationâ , host Mike Palmer sits down with Jon Deane, CEO of â GreatSchoolsâ , for a deeply informed conversation about the choicesâand complexitiesâfacing 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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The global landscape of education and work is changing at a pace that requires an entirely new approach to measurement. â Trending in Educationâ host â Mike Palmerâ welcomes â Amit Sevakâ , CEO of â ETS â (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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On this episode of Trending in Education, Mike Palmer welcomes author â Scott R. Levyâ to discuss his new book, â Why School Boards Matter: Reclaiming the Heart of American Education and Democracyâ . 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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In this special episode of â Trending in Edâ , host â Mike Palmerâ is LIVE! at Google’s Headquarters in Chicago for â Collegis Educationâ ’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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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, â Leading Strategically: Achieving Ambitious Goals in Educationâ , which offers a practical, accessible framework for leaders at all levelsâfrom teachers to superintendentsâto shift from constant doing to intentional, effective action.
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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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