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16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning
Hosted by Chelsea Adams, Katie Day · EN
16:1 is a podcast about education, teaching, and learning. Join veteran educators for discussions about the classroom, educational psychology, policy, technology, and more. New episodes drop every other week during the school year.
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Place and Promise: Mapping the Impact of the Harlem Children’s Zone
2w ago00:44:35Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we examine an ambitious social experiment: the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), a 100+ block area in New York City where an educational philosophy of place-based intervention is being played out. Founded by a charismatic social entrepreneur named Geoffrey Canada, HCZ is a non-profit pursuing an elusive goal: break cycles of intergenerational poverty in Central Harlem with an all-encompassing “cradle to career” support pipeline for students and their families. As Harlem undergoes major economic transformation marked by an influx of global retailers and luxury developments, families within the Zone are wondering: Can neighborhood revitalization coexist with social equity, or does the very success of these interventions accelerate the displacement of the families they were meant to serve? For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website. Sources & Further Reading: Harlem Children's Zone Waiting for "Superman" - Wikipedia William Julius Wilson - Wikipedia Harlem Children's Zone - Wikipedia Resources PNI 20 more communities chosen in 2011 for the Promise Neighborhoods Program, inspired by the Harlem Children’s Zone® HCZ Promise Academy Charter Schools Geoffrey Canada - Wikipedia Michelle Rhee - Wikipedia Supporting kids from cradle to career in Central Harlem | Stanford Graduate School of Education Long-Time Residents Regret Changes in Harlem. Gentrification – Harlem 350. Manhattanville Campus Plan Columbia University proposes the Manhattanville in West Harlem Rezoning and Academic Mixed The Harlem Children’s Zone: Revitalizing Our Nation Through Education 84M341/HS - 2019-20 School Quality Snapshot - Online Edition - New York City Department of Education Geoffrey Canada's Biography
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The Learner’s Guide to Leadership
4w ago00:57:01Tap to summarizeThe Learner’s Guide to Leadership A focused exploration of learning leadership in education, schools, organizations, and civic spaces. Effective leadership emerges from more than simply holding a position of authority; it is a continuous process of learning, adaptation, and cultivating the self and others within an organization. In this episode, we examine educational frameworks that aim to cultivate successful leadership in various contexts, from rigorous principles of military leadership to the sometimes unstructured approaches of social enterprise. We’ll talk about the tension between remaining deeply attached to a mission or to being a certain type of educator and the necessity of preparing others to carry our missions forward. For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.
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Education, Teaching, & Learning: Reflections on the First 150
Apr 3001:04:59Tap to summarizeDear listeners: we’ve made it to a major milestone! To mark our 150th episode, we have curated some of our favorite moments from the 16:1 archive— recurring themes and evolving questions on education, teaching, learning, and schools that have defined our six year research journey to date. Thank you for listening, and here’s to the next 150! For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website. Episode 12 - Ruby Bridges - 16:1 - An Education Podcast Episode 51 - Left Behind - 16:1 - An Education Podcast Episode 108 - Rethinking School Norms: How Industrial History Shapes Modern Education - 16:1 Episode 119 - Confronting Misinformation: Lessons from the Classroom - 16:1 - An Education Podcast Episode 132 - Seattle’s Search for School Equity feat. Vivian Van Gelder - 16:1 - An Education Podcast Episode 134 - The Future of Community News: The Reporting Project at Denison University - 16:1 - An Education Podcast Episode 138 - Culturally Responsive Pedagogy - 16:1 - An Education Podcast Episode 139 - Textbook Wars - 16:1 - An Education Podcast Episode 143 - Inclusive Classrooms (or, On Making Chicken Soup) - 16:1 - An Education Podcast Episode 144 - Writing the Textbook for Emergency Care - 16:1 - An Education Podcast
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Education and American Identity: Mortimer Adler and The Paideia Proposal
Apr 1600:49:42Tap to summarizeWe’re approaching America’s 250th birthday, and we are asking ourselves tough questions about schooling and democracy through the lens of the influential works of Mortimer Adler, a philosopher, educational reformer & theorist, and advocate for holistic liberal arts education. Adler saw philosophic thinking as a universal responsibility, one that every citizen must undertake in order to uphold healthy democracy and promote civic stability. Adler’s work, often linked with contemporaries like Robert Maynard Hutchins at the University of Chicago, sought to overhaul America’s K-12 and higher education systems by replacing vocational and elective programming with a structured liberal arts approach built on the “Great Books.” In 1982, The Paideia Proposal was published by Adler and fiercely debated by his contemporaries, who sometimes struggled to connect the dots between the practical realities of the American education system and Adler’s blueprints for a more engaged citizenry. Just a few months away from 250, America is feeling like a place where Adler’s most salient questions and challenges have taken on a renewed urgency. How does a nation prepare its citizens for the responsibility of self-governance? 00:25 Intro 03:10 America 250 & Democratic Fragility 06:50 Citizenship, Seminars, & Celebrating Intellectual Diversity 10:00 Engaging Educational Communities for Active Citizenship 12:45 Mortimer Adler: Everyman Philosopher 17:20 Anchored in Aristotle: Adler’s Greek Intellectual Roots 22:00 Education is for Lifelong Learning 27:15 A Guide to Democratic Classroom Teaching: Lectures, Coaching, & Socratic Inquiry 33:45 Reactions from Contemporaries & Enduring Questions 46:45 What We Learned For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.
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Education & Career Pathways in U.S. Correctional Facilities
Apr 200:38:12Tap to summarizeThis episode confronts a complexity of the U.S. justice system: education within prisons. What does educational opportunity look like for incarcerated individuals? The sheer scale of incarceration in the United States and devolved, state-by-state control has led to a patchwork system of educational resources that ends up being sometimes at odds with its own rehabilitative goals. Join us for a look at the challenges and systemic failures of correctional schooling and the quiet efforts to address them, which often aim to reduce recidivism and even the bottom line for taxpayers. 00:20 Intro & Announcements 00:00 The Scale of Incarceration in the U.S. 03:30 Federal vs. State Prison Education: Repeatable Process or Patchwork Promises? 12:00 Policy Levers for Improvement & States that Excel (Ohio, California) 18:30 Pell Grant Access 25:00 Incentives, Recidivism, and Privatization 31:00 Teaching in Prison: Qualifications and Challenges 37:00 What We Learned (Mariel Boatlift) For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.
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Take Ten
Mar 1900:43:09Tap to summarizeDid your high school experience feel a little like a relic from another era? Beneath the daily routines of bells and benchmarks is a history of deliberate choices (made by a small number of voices), evolving philosophies, and healthy controversy that evolved through a period of rapid social change. This week, the hosts examine the origins of the American high school system as we know it, prompting critical inquiries into the emergence and evolution of the course and assessment structure that dictates the rhythms of adolescence in the United States. We review the landmark report of the Committee of Ten, an 1892 working group of National Education Association of the United States Committee on Secondary School Studies, which was convened in order to create a framework of educational standards to bring order to the patchwork chaos of secondary schooling in the U.S. left in the wake of the Civil War. We discuss the initial goals of the secondary school system and to what extent original intentions are still serving our students today. The episode also interrogates the notion of a singular “best” teaching or assessment method. 00:15 Intro & Recap of Holocaust Education Museum Exhibit (Cincinnati) and Guided Virtual Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau 06:50 An Academic Conference with Enormous Power Over American High Schools 10:15 The Report of the Committee of Ten: The Most Important Education Document Ever Issued? 12:00 The Formalizing of Education as a Profession 14:50 The National Education Association: Convener of Educational Change 16:00 Horace Mann, Common Schooling, & the Evolution of Standards 19:30 Who Decides What is “Best”? And Better Questions 25:50 Ten After Ten: Retrospective Look & Influence of the Report 30:20 The End of Differentiation & Discussion Questions 40:00 What We Learned For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website. Sources & Further Reading: Report of the Committee of Ten on Secondary School Studies : with the reports of the conferences arranged by the Committee United States. Bureau of Education. Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... With Accompanying Papers. Washington: G.P.O., 18701928. Education Reform in Antebellum America | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History The History of NEA Ten Years' Influence of the Report of the Committee of Ten Episode 60 - Where No Mann Has Gone Before - 16:1 - An Education Podcast Episode 40 - A More Perfect Union? - 16:1 - An Education Podcast NEA Leadership on Teach for America Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education The Carnegie Unit
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Dual‑Language Learning: Practice, Policy, & Philanthropy
Mar 500:37:25Tap to summarizeWe’re pleased to welcome guest Dr. Maggie Marcus to the podcast. Dr. Marcus joins us for a conversation on bilingual learners, two-way immersion programs, and navigating the needs of English learners from a policy level at a time of increased scrutiny on language learning in relation to civic identity. Dr. Marcus is the Executive Director of the Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation, which is dedicated to improving educational outcomes for English Learners. 02:30 The Joy of Teaching Aligned to Talent: Dual Language Learning 10:30 Professional Pathways for Language Learners 16:30 Two-Way Immersion Programming: Research & Praxis 22:00 Century Foundation Report: Community Demand for Bilingual Educational Opportunity 27:30 English Learners & Pandemic Recovery Trends 31:00 What We Learned Sources & Further Reading: Is Your Child Classified as an English Learner? - PIQE What Families Want: New Data on Public Demand for Bilingual Education Pandemic Response to Pandemic Recovery: Helping English Learners Succeed This Fall and Beyond Quadrinity Check-In | Hoffman Institute Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation Music by John Williams | GRAMMY® Award Winner | Disney+ Mayor Mamdani Declares Local State of Emergency, Snow Day for NYC Public Schools to Keep New Yorkers Safe For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.
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Palaces and Partnerships: The Carnegie Library
Feb 1900:45:13Tap to summarizeLearn about the remarkable partnerships that produced more than 2,500 Carnegie‑funded libraries across the United States and the complex, negotiated process that made these institutions enduring pillars of public knowledge. Drawing on contemporary scholarship, the conversation illuminates how local communities, librarians, and decision makers harnessed Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropic energy to shape America’s public library system.00:30 Intro03:00 Andrew Carnegie: Immigrant to Titan of American Industry11:30 Carnegie Libraries Spread Across the Country24:40 Library Design and Enduring Legacy30:00 Carnegie’s Vision of Citizenship & the Gospel of Wealth39:45 What We Learned This WeekFor a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.
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Writing the Textbook for Emergency Care
Feb 500:35:55Tap to summarizeWriting the Textbook for Emergency CareWhat does it look like when a community builds critical infrastructure before established institutions recognize the need? In this episode, we examine a short-lived but transformative ambulance program that helped define modern emergency medical response at a time when most U.S. emergency calls were handled by minimally trained personnel. At the intersection of medical research, workforce development, and community trust, this effort, known as the Freedom House Ambulance Service, reframed first responders as field clinicians and demonstrated how on-the-job education can function as public health infrastructure. Learn about the researchers and educators who helped shape early resuscitation science, the culture of embedded learning that accelerated community care, and the institutional shifts that rippled across the country in the wake of the program’s success.00:30 Intro + Ohio’s changing kindergarten enrollment cutoffs; school & family impact06:00 Freedom House Ambulance Service: Community-driven transformation in Pittsburgh’s Hill District13:20 Learning under fire: education and training in the field17:05 Writing the textbook for emergency medical care18:30 Building effective learning community in a crisis context23:20 Rules, restrictions, and mavericks; pushing boundaries to further medical research25:50 Education as public infrastructure, not credentialing pipeline; the relative value of expertise27:00 The structure of schools & workplaces for community empowermentFor a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.Sources & Further Reading:Freedom House Ambulance Service - WikipediaNancy Caroline - WikipediaPeter Safar - WikipediaEmergency Medical Services - WikipediaAmerica's First Paramedics Were Black. Their Achievements Were Overlooked for DecadesFreedom House Ambulance: The FIRST Responders | America's First EMT ServiceHow to see Dublin’s secret painting | The Doyle CollectionFreedom House Ambulance Service – EMS MuseumAbout Us - Freedom House DocThese Trailblazing Black Paramedics Are the Reason You Don't Have to Ride a Hearse or a Police Van to the HospitalSend Freedom House! | Pitt Med | University of PittsburghNancy Caroline Award | Safar Center for Resuscitation ResearchThe Jewish Woman who Revolutionized Emergency Medicine | AishHellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton | National Gallery of Ireland'There's no telescope this large ever built. It's not like we have a precedent for how to do these things,' Giant Magellan Telescope engineers on why they used the Unreal Engine to build an unprecedented telescope simulator | TechRadar
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Voices in Teaching: Tina Heinecke-Kurtz
Jan 2201:04:26Tap to summarizeWe’re back to kick off our “third” season (and sixth year!) with learning strategist, National Board certified science educator, and special education teacher Tina Heineke-Kurtz. Tina is a delightful and adventurous human being with a strong passion for inclusive education, and her career in teaching and advocacy has touched the lives of countless students. We spoke with Tina about life in Oconomowoc, co-teaching in an inclusive classroom, and the challenges of meeting the needs of all learners. Welcome back, listeners, and enjoy the chaos of a gaggle of Midwesterners.00:00 Ice Fishing with the Stomach Bomb08:40 Teaching Journey and Career Path13:20 Middle School and Mentorship21:00 Co-Teaching In Inclusive Classrooms27:40 COVID and Social/Emotional Displacement34:40 Making Chicken Soup37:20 Inclusive Practices and Stakeholder Perspectives47:00 Professional Development and Personal Growth49:20 MARBLES, MARBLES, MARBLES!56:50 The One Who Cared1:00:00 What We LearnedFor a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.
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