Modern Education

Mica Soellner is a political reporter for the Appleton Post Crescent and the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin focusing on the 2020 presidential election. She travels the state to talk to voters, attend candidate visits and follow grassroots political activity across Wisconsin. She is also a contributor to PolitiFact Wisconsin where she fact checks Wisconsin's congressional delegation and state officials. This was a pre-recorded episode on March 4, 2020 at KZSU Stanford.  Guest: Mica Soellner Host: Benjamin S. Woodford Cohost: Emily Quiles

Elizabeth Kozleski sat down to discuss her work in teacher training and special education. Her focus on transformative education and liberation pedagogy really helps paint a picture of where education can go and the power teachers have to make that change. We take a broad look at what happens in teacher empowerment and the philosophical understandings that might facilitate change. Episode originally recorded on February 26, 2020 at KZSU Stanford.  Guest: Elizabeth Kozleski Host: Benjamin S. Woodford Cohost: Emily Quiles Associates: Bianca Al-Shamari, Ebbie Banks

Christopher Thomas is an Advisor to the Education Global Practice at the World Bank. Prior to taking this position he was Lead Strategy Officer for the World Bank Group.  He has served as Advisor to the World Bank President’s Special Envoy, where his portfolio included the Sustainable Development Goals, Financing for Development, and relations with Multilateral Development Banks. Episode originally aired on January 31, 2020 at KZSU Stanford.  Guest: Chris Thomas Host: Benjamin S. Woodford Cohost: Emily Quiles Associates: Bianca Al-Shamari, Ebbie Banks

Ingvi Ómarsson is an Icelandic educator working on studies here at the Graduate School of Education in Stanford. His views on creating change in the classroom come from personal experience as a teacher. Tune in to hear all about it and check out his website for more info: http://ingvihrannar.com/mystuff/about-me/   Episode originally aired on September 27, 2019 at KZSU Stanford.  Guest: Ingvi Ómarsson Host: Benjamin S. Woodford Cohost: Emily Quiles Associates: Bianca Al-Shamari, Ebbie Banks  

Michael Tomasello calls in for an informative hour helping us understand the development of our species and the capabilities we grow into along the way. His new book "Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny" develops deep insights into the human trajectory. Listen in and check out Tomasello's website: https://psychandneuro.duke.edu/people/michael-tomasello Episode originally aired on October 25, 2019 at KZSU Stanford.  Guest: Michael Tomasello Host: Benjamin S. Woodford Cohost: Diego Sierra  

In 1989, Martha Ryan founded Homeless Prenatal Program to provide free prenatal care to at-risk pregnant women. In that first year, HPP provided prenatal care to 72 women. Twenty-nine years later, HPP has a staff of 90 (half former clients) that serves 3,500 families annually.  Episode originally aired on February 7, 2020 at KZSU Stanford.  Guest: Martha Ryan Host: Benjamin S. Woodford Cohost: Emily Quiles Associates: Bianca Al-Shamari, Ebbie Banks 

Special guest Raven Solomon visits the show to discuss her work with inter-generational equity and the value of diversity as a business asset. Her experience, insights, stories, and attitude, are a great lesson and her work is timely. Her book, "Leading Your Parents" can be found on her website. https://www.ravensolomon.com/product-page/leading-your-parents-paperback  Recorded live and originally aired on 90.1 FM KZSU Stanford on 1/31/2020. Guest: Raven Solomon Host: Benjamin S. Woodford Cohost: Emily Quiles Associates: Bianca Al-Shamari, Ebbie Banks.

Darren Kleinberg is an ordained rabbi and a holds a PhD in Religious Studies. He is currently serving in his seventh year as Head of School at Kehillah Jewish High School, in Palo Alto, CA, and is a Visiting Scholar with the Concentration in Education and Jewish Studies at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Darren is currently thinking, teaching, and writing about the cultivation of wisdom in educational settings and is the author of Hybrid Judaism: Irving Greenberg, Encounter, and the Changing Nature of American Jewish Identity, an exploration of the intersection of sociology and theology through the prism of American Jewish identity construction. Note: We apologize for the crackling at the beginning of the episode, we are all apart of the learning process. Episode originally aired on 13 December 2019 at KZSU Stanford.  

It's the Christmas season, and yes, we used this as an excuse to talk about gifts. Dating back to our homo sapiens tendencies, we dig into the psychology of why we love to receive and give gifts. From material to nonmaterial, its just nice to be reminded, "Hey I love you."  Originally aired on 6 December 2019 on 90.1FM KZSU Stanford.

Matt Bowman is the Executive Director of the Zephyr Institute – a community of scholars, students and professionals committed to understand trends of humanity. His work focuses on innovative technologies for education. He holds a B.A. in History from UC Berkeley, explaining his love for the thoughtful art of historical philosophy.  With his drive to connect to gain the bigger picture, he has also cofounded EdSurge, a news service for education entrepreneurs. His experience extends to Teach for America, writer for VentureBeat, and helped launch the Phaedrus Initiative, a nationwide network of inner-city learning schools. This episode was originally aired on 22 November 2019 on 90.1 KZSU Stanford.   

Our guest this week discusses her amazing journey from withering away with out a diagonsis, to studying neurobiology at stanford with researchers on the cutting edge of research in her affliction. Her journey is truly remarkable and heart warming. Tune in for more detail and check out additional episodes of Modern Education.

This week we talk with CNN's Ryan Prior as he discusses his personal journey. We explore the purpose behind his body of work in context of his own struggles and learning along the way.

Our co-host Emily Quiles will be leaving to London. For her last episode, Emily talks about her time at Modern Education.  Originally aired on 16 August 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

Géraldine Fauville, a marine biologist from Belgium, grew up with 40 miles of coast line. She was drawn into the mysteries of the ocean. She is now a practitioner on international ocean literacy projects and a researcher on how virtual reality technology can hep support ocean literacy. Originally aired on 7 August 2019, at KZSU Stanford.

We sit down with a panel of PhD students and PhD hopefuls who have worked together on their research projects. With themes of mentorship and experience, we look into the importance of opportunities that expand our visions of self.  Originally aired on 2 August 2019 at KZSU Stanford.

Modern Education takes a moment to discuss our hopes and dreams and everything in between. Originally aired on 26 July 2019 at KZSU Stanford.  

We know animals sleep but what's happening while they sleep has been relatively unknown. Philippe Mourrain, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and fellow researchers published their research, "Neural Signatures of Sleep in Zebrafish." The study found that zebrafish go through rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep), suggesting that common neural signatures of sleep may have emerged in the vertebrate brain over 450 million years ago. Originally aired on 19 July 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

Our panel of guests talk about training our dog friends. With the insight of our guests we outline ways to incorporate these training methods.  Guests: Nan Daley, Judy Cummings and Francesca Alonzo.  Originally aired on 12 July 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

Bob Martinengo has an idea: to make online material to textbooks accessible for the blind. We talk with Martinengo about his accessibility label and why publishers haven't made this a possibility sooner.  Originally aired on 5 July 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

Chris Field is a scientist and researcher at Stanford University, who has contributed to the field of climate change. He has worked on improving climate models to renewable energy systems and community organizations to minimize the risk of a tragedy of the commons. Originally aired on 21 June 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

Our host Benjamin S Woodford is currently researching how bias permeates our learning process. We check in with Benjamin and his research on bias and reflect on our own tilts. Originally aired on 28 June 2019 at KZSU Stanford.

Esther Wojcicki is a journalist, the founder of the Palo Alto High School Media Arts Program in Palo Alto and mother of three successful children. With the release of her new book, “How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results,” we discuss with her the lessons she learned along the road of parenting. Originally aired on 17 May 2019 at KZSU Stanford.

Love is in the air, reaching you through our airwaves that is. Love is indefinitely complicated yet an experience like no other. So we’re here to connect the research to that feeling that makes us go all squishy. Originally aired on 10 May 2019 at KZSU Stanford.

Dr. Ron Rosenfeld has spent over 30 years of his career researching human growth hormones in efforts to understand one of the most fundamental, complex yet poorly understood of the biological processes: growth. We talk with Dr. Rosenfeld to discuss his research breakthrough and the ethical dilemmas that consequentially stemmed from it. Originally aired on 5 April 2019 at KZSU Stanford.

Returning guest, Felicia Darling comes on air to talk about her new book, "Teachin' It! Breakout Moves That Break Down Barriers for Community College Students." She breaks down ideas of inclusive teaching and developing skills in academic areas we struggle with, rather than avoiding them.  Originally aired on 22 March 2019 at KZSU Stanford.

Special Guest Sue Kumleben, parent coach, parent, educator and trainer. This episode goes deep into the reasons why parent coaching is important and some of the basics on how to get started. Originally aired on 23 February 2018 at KZSU Stanford. 

The Director of Financial Aid Karen Cooper and Loan Coordinator Brandon Shelton at Stanford University visit us in the studio to discuss those daunting questions of financial aid. So what exactly are interest rates, subsidized/unsubsidized, income-driven plan? We are here to help. Originally aired on 8 March 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

Modern Education discusses the college admissions scandal, thinking about ways we should move the conversation forward.  Originally aired on 15 March 2019. 

The terms privilege to underprivileged have been used in todays dialogue to understand the basic premise, that we were not all born into the same advantages. We invited a panel of three guests to discuss their own privilege/under-privilege and how we should navigate our society with this awareness. Originally aired on 1 March 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

Speed reading may seem like a skill designated for the savvy-reader but it can be a skill useful in almost any career. We sat down with David Segura to share his practice tips on speed reading.  Originally aired on 22 February 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

David Labaree seeks to analyze the changing nature of educational institutions. He joins us in the studio to discuss what we see today in our higher-education system, being hyper-competitive think tanks and how it got there. Originally aired on 15 February 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

Eric Abrams is the Graduate School of Education’s new chief inclusion officer. With his 25 years of experience working on diversity issues in higher education, he shares his knowledge on how men can open discussions around feminism.  Originally aired on 8 February 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

Emily Bender works with Public Allies, an AmeriCorps funded program that focuses on young-adult leadership and professional development. More specifically she works with high schoolers manage their IEPs. Emily came into the studio to help clear up confusion around these programs. Originally aired on 1 February 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

Brainwashing starts at a young age through our school systems and this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The concern arises when our history, cultures and conflicts are misrepresented. In this episode, we look at the good guy vs. bad guy paradigm and the overall layout of the curriculum in our classrooms today.  Originally aired on 25 January 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

In reflection the blues classic Rollin' and Tumblin', originally recorded by Hambone Willie Newbern (1929), we build on the idea of mentorship. We also take moments to listen to these classics and how they have changed over time.  Originally aired on 18 January 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

To many, math has been a language that consists of very confusing numbers with no click or ah-ha moment, just more frustration. This is where our host Benjamin S. Woodford comes in. Currently studying at Stanford University, P.h.D in Math Education, he is interested in why we look at math as this overwhelmingly difficult process that only a few can be good at. Now let's change that few to many.  Originally aired on 11 January 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

When the new year is here the manta, "New year new me!" echoes behind the unusually busy gyms and motivational quotes found on Instagram. Whether it be true, is another story. So while we can't always hold these ideas true to ourselves we decided to weigh in on some big idea predictions for industries in 2019 by Isabelle Roughol. Originally aired on 4 January 2019 at KZSU Stanford. 

The energy from the French riots that came out of the Yellow Vest Movement, motivated by rising fuel prices and high cost of living, got us thinking: How do cultures and movements synthesize for change? We dove into Emily Quiles' archives on protests in England and the U.S., to look at some of these differences when talking about social movements around the globe. Originally aired on 14 December 2018 at KZSU Stanford. 

In the wake of Donald Trump shutting down the government over border security, we talk about why - what this really means for us - what can we do. And now has been recorded as the longest in history - 35 days.  Originally aired on 28 December 2018 at KZSU Stanford.   

Talking about feminism in a practical way, in order to breach the conversation between women and men.  Originally aired on 30 November 2018 at KZSU Stanford.   

In reflection to Black Friday, we jam out to "Material Girl" and talk tangents around the culture of stuffing our bags after stuffing our faces.  Originally aired on 23 November 2018 at KZSU Stanford.

The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released its worldwide assessment on biodiversity this May. We were invited to the conference at the Presidio in San Francisco to talk to Anne Larigauderie the Executive Secretary of IPBES and Jean-François Silvain the President of the Foundation for Research in Biodiversity (FRB).  We welcome experts in the field to discuss biodiversity and what this means for the future of our critters and more.  Special thanks to Chris Lowrie and Eber Bravo.  Conference held on 28 May 2019.  

Host Emily Quiles' first time on the air. As an introduction, we discussed concepts of journalism, life and happiness. Originally aired on 2 November 2018 at KZSU Stanford.

Dr. Michael McFaul is an academic and professor of political science at Stanford University. He has served under the U.S. National Security Council as the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. Originally aired on 5 May 2018 at KZSU Stanford.   

Visiting the studio virtually we have Education Ph.D. student and educational diagnostician Ann Lê talking about her entry into the field and the path moving into research doing doctoral studies. We discuss how to approach services in schools, some of the shortcomings of the system, and what you can do to get involved.

Cathy Williams is the Co-Founder and the Executive Director of YouCubed, a platform lead to inspire, educate and empower mathematics teachers from Stanford University. Cathy was the Director of K-12 Mathematics at Vista Unified School District. Her projects include the book and program, Math Language that Works and the virtual math teacher support program Getting Ready for Algebra. Originally aired on 03 March 2018 at KZSU Stanford. 

Melissa Orta Martinez is a Ph.D. student studying mechanical engineering at Stanford University. Her research focuses on building low-cost haptic devices for education applications, aiming to make education an interactive experience and accessible to everyone.  Originally aired on 20 July 2018 at KZSU Stanford. 

Jesse Grossman is a freemason, a teacher in Masonic education and musician. Originally aired on 6 July 2018 on KZSU Stanford. 

David Song is a doctoral student in higher education at the Graduate School of Education and an IES Fellow at Stanford University. His research is centered around STEM learning, achievement inequalities among first-and second-generation immigrant minorities and transfer pathways in higher education.

Jessica Sideropolous teaches piano lessons. With her dual-interest in music and math, she explains their similarities in the world of learning.  Originally aired on 22 June 2018 at KZSU Stanford. 

Thomas Valente is a professor at the Department of Preventative Medicine at the University of Southern California. Valente uses social network analysis, health communication and mathematic models to implement and evaluate health programs.  Original episode aired on 4 April 2018 at KZSU Stanford.