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IDEAS IN ACTION | USC's Podcast SeriesTransformative Learning: Innovation, Inclusion, and the Future of EducationWhile education is weathering attacks on Critical Race Theory, outlawed instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity, and issues of inclusion, educators are working to create a more equitable educational system. Several renowned authors and educators will discuss what’s at stake, offer innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and share their visions for the future of education. Christopher Emdin is the Robert A. Naslund Endowed Chair in Curriculum and Teaching and professor of Education at USC, where he also serves as director of youth engagement and community partnerships at the USC Race and Equity Center. He is the...2022-12-081h 00
Common GroundReflections on Common GroundAEI’s Rick Hess and USC’s Pedro Noguera reflect on the whole Common Ground exercise and consider what it takes to have constructive dialogue.Learn more about Rick and Pedro’s book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations about the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2022-11-1526 minCommon GroundBiden's Student Loan Forgiveness PlanAEI’s Rick Hess and USC’s Pedro Noguera discuss Biden's recent announcement on student loan forgiveness. They consider how the plan might affect tuition inflation, who actually benefits from loan forgiveness, and how greater financial literacy may help. Learn more about Rick and Pedro’s book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2022-09-2723 minCommon GroundRick and Pedro Go to the MoviesIn the last episode before their summer hiatus, Rick Hess and USC’s Pedro Noguera discuss their favorite education themed movies and tv shows, including Stand and Deliver, Remember the Titans, and Lean on Me. They also explore how pop culture influences what we come to expect from teachers and students.Learn more about Rick and Pedro’s book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations about the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.”2022-06-1626 minCommon GroundParent Rights and the Florida BillAEI’s Rick Hess and USC’s Pedro Noguera discuss the rights and responsibilities parents have when it comes to advocating for their children's education, and how they think about whether those rights infringe upon the role of the educator or the rights of other children.Learn more about Rick and Pedro’s book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2022-04-1929 min
The Education Gadfly Show#813: Rick Hess and Mike Petrilli on ed reform and culture wars - 3/30/22On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast (listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify), Rick Hess, Senior Fellow and Director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and the cohost of the “Common Ground” podcast, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss how to advance an ed reform agenda in the midst of ongoing culture wars. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber Northern discusses a study on housing affordability’s impact on student outcomes.You can find this and every episode on all major podcast platforms, as well as share it with friends.Rec...2022-03-3028 minCommon GroundUkraine, Russia, and civics educationAEI’s Rick Hess and USC’s Pedro Noguera discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine and speak more broadly on how to think about the role of current events in civics education.Learn more about Rick and Pedro’s book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations about the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2022-03-0729 minCommon GroundMLK, Jan. 6, and voting rightsAEI's Rick Hess and USC's Pedro Noguera discuss how schools should teach about Martin Luther King, Jr., the events of January 6, and voting rights. The two converse about how teachers can avoid teaching kids what to think, whether the way MLK is taught in schools distorts who he really was, and more.Learn more about Rick and Pedro’s book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations about the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2022-01-1926 minCommon GroundSchool sportsAEI's Rick Hess and USC's Pedro Noguera tackle the topic of school sports in today's episode. Their conversation covers whether K-12 sports are helpful or harmful for kids, how to balance academics and athletics, whether college football coaches are paid too much compared to professors, what U.S. sports can learn from New Zealand rugby players, and much more.Learn more about Rick and Pedro's book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations about the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2021-12-1327 minCommon GroundThe role of parents in educationAEI's Rick Hess and USC's Pedro Noguera talk over the role of parents in education, focusing on the relationship between parents, schools, and school boards. They discuss why so many parents nowadays feel frustrated with their school leaders, as well as strategies for superintendents and school boards to help those parents feel like their needs are being heard, and more.Learn more about Rick and Pedro’s recent book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2021-11-0128 min
in PiazzaRick Hess and Pedro Noguera: A Search for Common GroundIn Piazza this week tackles the thorny issue of finding common ground on some of the most relevant and often divisive education issues of our day. Join Jeanne as she talks to Rick Hess, (@rickhess99) resident scholar and director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Pedro Noguera, (@PedroANoguera) Dean of the Rossier School of Education and a Distinguished Professor of Education at USC, about their new collaborative effort, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K–12 Education, and much more.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/in...2021-10-2034 minCommon GroundSchool boards and superintendentsSchool boards are facing recalls at historic levels, even as large numbers of superintendents choose to leave their roles. What's going on? AEI's Rick Hess and USC's Pedro Noguera (who used to serve on a school board) dig in. Their discussion includes how the polarization we see in other aspects of the country influences this, whether education is (or should be) political, whether school boards are driven by local interests, and how to train superintendents well.Learn more about Rick and Pedro's recent book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2021-09-2926 minCommon GroundA third COVID school yearAEI's Rick Hess and USC's Pedro Noguera discuss the challenges schools face as they return to yet another school year with COVID-19 still present. The two strive to transcend the red-blue divides that often appear on questions of mask and vaccine mandates, school closures, social distancing, and more.Learn more about Rick and Pedro's recent book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2021-09-0826 minCommon GroundAnti-racism in SchoolsAEI's Rick Hess and USC's Pedro Noguera discuss anti-racism and Critical Race Theory in schools. As of the recording of this podcast, four state legislatures (Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Tennessee) had passed laws colloquially termed "Critical Race Theory bans," and over a dozen other state legislatures had introduced similar bills. Rick and Pedro wade into these bans, conversing about what Critical Race Theory and anti-racism actually mean, recommendations for making schools safer and better for all kids, book banning, the complexity of identity, and more.Learn more about Rick and Pedro's new book, A Search for Common...2021-06-1424 min
Getting Smart PodcastDr. Pedro Noguera and Dr. Frederick Hess on Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom is joined by Dr. Pedro Noguera and Dr. Frederick (Rick) Hess, co-authors of the new book A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12. Pedro Noguera is the Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean of the Rossier School of Education and a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Southern California. Frederick M. Hess is a resident scholar and the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he works on K–12 and higher education issues. He...2021-06-0440 min
Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive FunctionEp. 148: Pedro A. Noguera, PhD - Building New Ladders of Opportunity Beyond Chance and CircumstanceSend us a textAmerica’s struggle with equity was unveiled in a 2011 Department of Education study which showed that 45% of high-poverty schools received less state and local funding than what was typical for other schools in their district. The funding disparities were further brought to light through a 2019 Ed Build report that showed that majority-white districts received $23 billion more in school funding than majority non-white districts. If this data is accurate, the performance gap is truly an opportunity gap and the solution could reside in rethinking our thinking about poverty, potential, and performance.On this...2021-05-1350 minCommon GroundBiden's First 100 Days and EducationAEI's Rick Hess and USC's Pedro Noguera discuss President Biden's first 100 days in office and how he's done on education. The two get into Biden's plans for education spending, retrospectively grade his performance in office so far (spoiler: Pedro gives him an A, Rick a solid gentleman's D), then dive into a conversation on the culture wars and transgender issues.Learn more about Rick and Pedro's new book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2021-05-0523 minCommon GroundCOVID and the Return to SchoolAEI's Rick Hess and USC's Pedro Noguera discuss COVID-19 and the return to school. They cover federal COVID aid and how schools should use it, the new CDC guidance on distancing and how schools are responding, how schools should approach the inequities exposed by the pandemic, how to deal with learning loss, and the role unions have been playing in reopening.Learn more about Rick and Pedro's new book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2021-04-0522 minCommon GroundBonus Episode: A Search for Common Ground Book EventAt a time of bitter national polarization, we need to push past empty posturing in favor of a healthy, constructive competition of ideas. Rick Hess and Pedro Noguera, who tend to fall on opposing sides of the ideological aisle, candidly explore their differences on some of the toughest issues in K–12 education in their new book, “A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K–12 Education.” The two wrestle with important disagreements regarding issues such as school choice, for-profit provision, civics, and anti-racism, in a manner that yields understanding and a sense of shared purpose. In this...2021-03-1752 min
The AEI Events PodcastA search for common ground: Conversations about the toughest questions in K–12 educationAt a time of bitter national polarization, we need to push past empty posturing in favor of a healthy, constructive competition of ideas. Frederick M. Hess and Pedro A. Noguera, who tend to fall on opposing sides of the ideological aisle, candidly explore their differences on some of the toughest issues in K–12 education in their new book, “A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K–12 Education” (Teachers College Press, 2021).Dr. Hess and Dr. Noguera wrestle with important disagreements regarding issues such as school choice, for-profit provision, civics, and anti-racism, in a manner that yiel...2021-03-1552 min
AEI Podcast ChannelCommon Ground: Introducing the Common Ground PodcastToday, the AEI Podcast Channel introduces our newest podcast, Common Ground, hosted by Rick Hess and Pedro Noguera.Rick Hess, director of AEI's education policy studies, and Pedro Noguera, dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, kick off their new podcast with a reflection on the value of reasonable, civil debate with people you disagree with and on what prevents such debates from happening more often nowadays. Their discussion covers high-stakes testing, school reopening, accountability, personal responsibility, and more.Learn more about Rick and Pedro's new book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About...2021-03-0820 minCommon GroundIntroducing the Common Ground PodcastRick Hess, director of AEI's education policy studies, and Pedro Noguera, dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, kick off their new podcast with a reflection on the value of reasonable, civil debate with people you disagree with and on what prevents such debates from happening more often nowadays. Their discussion covers high-stakes testing, school reopening, accountability, personal responsibility, and more.Learn more about Rick and Pedro's new book, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K-12 Education.2021-03-0120 min