Education Talk Radio

EDUCATION TALK RADIO PRE K -20
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The voice of the American Consortium for Equity in Education at ace-ed.org | Host Larry Jacobs facilitates rich discussions with innovative educators, thought leaders, authors and the leaders within the education industry to promote equity, access and opportunity for every student in every school.

  1. 2d ago

    Schools Can't Improve If Teachers Can't Fail with Jal Mehta and Max Yurkofsky

    Schools are constantly being asked to improve, innovate, and respond to new challenges. But what happens when the people closest to those challenges don't feel safe admitting that something isn't working? David Cicero talks with Jal Mehta of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Max Yurkofsky of Radford University, authors of A Chance to Solve Their Own Problems, about what actually happens when schools try to solve problems from within. They explore why trust and psychological safety are essential to meaningful improvement, what leaders can do to protect space for experimentation, and why the technical tools of continuous improvement only work when the human conditions are there too. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  2. Sep 11

    When Schools Focus on What They Do Best with Alissa Jacques Saint-Pierre

    As families gain more agency over where and how their children learn, education is becoming less about choosing a single school and more about navigating an expanding ecosystem of options. Alissa Jacques Saint-Pierre of the National School Choice Awareness Foundation joins Education Talk Radio to explore what families are looking for, why their needs can change over time, and what school leaders can learn by listening to families—including those who choose somewhere else.  We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  3. Sep 4

    3,000 Tools Later, Schools Are Asking What Actually Works with Tracy Weeks

    K–12 districts have accumulated access to thousands of digital tools, but many of those resources see little actual use. Dr. Tracy Weeks, Senior Director of Education Policy and Strategy at Instructure, joins Education Talk Radio to discuss why districts are taking a harder look at their edtech portfolios and asking which tools are actually worth keeping. The conversation explores how tighter budgets and growing concerns about classroom screen time are pushing districts to examine cost, usage, instructional value, and evidence of impact. Tracy and David also discuss what schools should look for when evaluating technology, how AI is changing those decisions, and why experimentation still matters as districts work to determine where technology genuinely improves teaching and learning—and where it doesn't. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  4. Aug 28

    The STUDENTS FIRST Act of 2026: Students Set the Rules for AI in Schools

    At America’s Youth AI Festival, 98 students representing all 50 states came together at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute to serve as a mock National AI Student Senate. After debating, negotiating, and finding common ground, they passed the STUDENTS FIRST Act of 2026—a national framework and model student-led policy for the use of AI in K–12 education. Education Talk Radio host David Cicero is joined by Jeffrey Riley, Executive Director of Day of AI, and National AI Student Senators Shamitha Dokki and Nandana Warrier to discuss how the framework came together and what students believe adults are getting wrong about AI in schools. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  5. Aug 21

    School Is Having a Napster Moment with Dr. Eric Wearne

    Dr. Eric Wearne, Assistant Professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University and Director of the National Hybrid Schools Project, joins Education Talk Radio to explore why he believes education is having a “Napster moment”—a period of experimentation and disruption as families mix traditional schools, hybrid models, homeschooling, online learning, and other options.  We discuss what hybrid schools are teaching us about the future of education, why smaller and more local models are growing, what may be lost as schooling becomes more individualized, and what traditional schools should double down on when they no longer have to do everything themselves.  We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  6. Aug 14

    When Convenience Comes at a Cost to Learning with Dr. Jonathan Strecker

    Technology promises to make learning faster, easier, and more personalized. But what happens when convenience begins to replace the experiences students need to grow? David Cicero talks with Jonathan Strecker, Head of School at Valley School of Ligonier and author of Emergence, about the difference between achievement and development, why struggle and even boredom matter, and how AI can support learning without doing the learning for students. The conversation explores Strecker’s five dimensions of human development—intellectual, social, emotional, ethical, and physical—and what schools should consider as technology becomes increasingly capable of removing friction from students’ lives. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  7. Aug 7

    When People Struggle, the System Is Speaking with Eric Rowe and Locha Brooks

    In this episode, Eric Rowe and Locha Brooks explore why many of the challenges schools attribute to students, teachers, or leaders may actually originate within the systems that shape their experiences. Rather than focusing on fixing people, the conversation examines how assumptions, structures, and processes influence behavior, decision-making, and organizational outcomes. Together, they discuss why meaningful improvement begins by understanding the system behind a problem, how leaders can become better listeners before becoming problem solvers, and why asking better questions may be the most important step toward lasting change. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

  8. Jul 31

    EdTech Isn't the Innovation with Chris Dede

    In this episode, Dr. Chris Dede, Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, challenges one of the most common assumptions schools make when evaluating educational technology. Rather than starting with AI or the latest product, he argues that leaders should first identify the learning experiences they want students to have—and only then determine whether technology has a meaningful role to play.  The conversation explores why so many edtech implementations fall short, how learning science should guide technology decisions, what it means to use technology to "do better things" rather than simply do existing things more efficiently, and how school leaders can build a more thoughtful framework for choosing and implementing educational technology. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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The voice of the American Consortium for Equity in Education at ace-ed.org | Host Larry Jacobs facilitates rich discussions with innovative educators, thought leaders, authors and the leaders within the education industry to promote equity, access and opportunity for every student in every school.

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