Kathleen deLaski

Learning and Education

Trending in Ed Summer Reading List 2025 – 10 Books To Read

Join us as Mike Palmer reveals Trending in Ed’s Summer Reading List 2025! Mike shares the books that resonate most with the learning zeitgeist based on conversations with folks like ⁠Isabelle Hau⁠, ⁠Horacio Sanchez⁠, ⁠Kathleen DeLaski,⁠ and ⁠Eddie Watson⁠. Plus get sneak peaks at upcoming book episodes with ⁠Elliot Felix⁠, ⁠Doug Lemov,⁠ and ⁠Shalinee Sharma⁠ up next in the Trending in Ed feed.

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Higher Education

Who Needs College Anymore? with Author Kathleen deLaski

Kathleen deLaski, author of Who Needs College Anymore? Imagining a Future Where Degrees Won’t Matter joins host Mike Palmer for a candid conversation about the future of higher education. With rising college costs and a shifting job market, many are questioning the value of a traditional college degree. We dig into it with Kathleen who brings her unique blend of experience at the Education Design Lab and beyond to bear on the conversation.

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Future of Work

Skills Visibility and Equity with Kathleen deLaski

Kathleen DeLaski is the Founder and CEO of Education Design Lab, a non-profit innovation engine focused on helping the new learner majority find pathways to good jobs and meaningful work in transformational times. Kathleen joins host Mike Palmer in a conversation about the importance of skills visibility to access and equity building off of the Lab’s recent white paper on the topic.

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