16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning

Chelsea Adams, Katie Day

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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154 episodes
Updated June 12

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May 15, 2025 · 25 min
The Evidence of Your Eyes and Ears
Striking teachers in Nepal; AI in the classroom in China and Estonia; National Teacher of the Year Announced. Plus, critical questions about personalized learning, student agency, and the pace of educational change.
May 1, 2025 · 58 min
Seattle’s Search for School Equity feat. Vivian Van Gelder
Discover how three decades of experimentation in autonomy and accountability in Seattle Public Schools have left students, parents, and communities searching for a shared vision of educational reform.
Apr 17, 2025 · 36 min
The Politics and Price of Free Speech in American Schools
Understand how recent political interventions are reshaping free speech and institutional autonomy on campuses across America.
Apr 3, 2025 · 34 min
Fit and Grit: Rethinking How Colleges Define and Pursue Excellence
Tackling outdated assumptions about merit and fit in higher education admissions with Emily Chase Coleman, co-founder and CEO of HAI Analytics.
Mar 20, 2025 · 31 min
Mass Firings & Campus Crackdowns: U.S. Academia Under Fire
This week we are covering: the sweeping restructuring of the U.S. Department of Education amid mass firings, civil rights lawsuits, and Title VI investigations; the arrests of Palestinian student activists at Columbia University; Science of Reading updates.
Mar 6, 2025 · 27 min
Degrees on Arrival: The Steamboat Ladies
The incredible story of the Steamboat Ladies, a group of 700+ women denied degrees at Oxford and Cambridge due to their gender who found a loophole at Trinity College Dublin in the early 1900s.
Feb 20, 2025 · 28 min
Senate Bills, Data Vaults, & Climate Classes
New restrictions on academic freedom, climate education mandates, federal data vault initiatives, and evolving research on the impact of AI on critical thinking.
Feb 6, 2025 · 41 min
Jerome Bruner: Shaping Education Through the Cognitive Revolution
Explore Jerome Bruner's influence on education and cognitive psychology and his groundbreaking ideas in discovery learning, scaffolding, and narrative psychology.
Jan 23, 2025 · 37 min
Data Privacy, App Bans, and Keeping up with the College-Bound
Australia's social media ban for under-16s, Rick Singer's new venture, direct admissions trends, a major PowerSchool breach, and shifts in higher education and the liberal arts.
Jan 9, 2025 · 48 min
Confronting Educational Censorship & Securing Academic Freedom: A Conversation with Jeremy C. Young of PEN America
A critical discussion of educational censorship and academic freedom with Jeremy C. Young of PEN America. Discover how local communities, charisma, and policy are shaping the conversation in higher education.
Dec 5, 2024 · 40 min
Red Bricks, Revolution, and Renewal
Reflections and takeaways on teaching and learning from the 2024 NCTE National Conference held in Boston.
Nov 21, 2024 · 36 min
Education at the Ballot Box: 2024 U.S. General Election Debrief
In this 2024 U.S. general election debrief, we cover potential changes to school choice, student loans, Title IX, and educational policies that could reshape learning for teachers and students nationwide.
Nov 7, 2024 · 1 hr 7 min
Voices in Teaching feat. 2020 Nebraska Teacher of the Year Megan Helberg
Discover how 2020 Nebraska Teacher of the Year Megan Helberg empowers rural students through innovative Holocaust education, travel, and community building initiatives.
Oct 24, 2024 · 31 min
Charter Closures, Elite College Admissions, and Smart Phone Bans - Edu News for October 2024
This week's education news headline roundup covers alarming charter school failure rates, elite college admissions consulting practices, UK's nationwide school phone ban proposal, and major changes to college sports recruitment.
Oct 10, 2024 · 47 min
Confronting Misinformation: Lessons from the Classroom
Explore the impact of misinformation and disinformation on schools and communities of learning; learn about strategies and tools to strengthen communication and slow the spread of false or misleading information.
Sep 26, 2024 · 24 min
Scandals, Subpoenas, and Student Loan Shakeups - Edu News for September 2024
We discuss the latest news from Ohio’s embattled State Teachers Retirement System, the Columbus City Schools board, and Ohio’s taxpayer funding for private religious schools. California’s potential ban on legacy college admissions and the Navient student loan settlement round out the episode.
Sep 12, 2024 · 38 min
Student Well-Being: Why Mental Health Must Come First
Explore the challenges to well-being and mental health facing K-12 and college communities, including rising rates of anxiety and depression, increasing academic pressure, social media, and economic uncertainty. Hear about organizations working to transform student well-being in schools.
Aug 29, 2024 · 48 min
Social Learning Theory
Discover how behaviors are learned through observation with Social Learning Theory; learn about Albert Bandura, the Bobo Doll experiment, and SLT's impact on education and media.
Aug 15, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min
Ethics and the Educator
Ethics and the educator: explore how teachers exercise responsibilities as moral role models and employ effective strategies for fostering ethical sensitivity in the classroom.
Aug 1, 2024 · 58 min
Schooling Without School: Free Schools, Democratic Schools, and the Unschooling Movement
Free schooling, unschooling, democratic schools, and the self-directed learning models reshaping the lives of thousands of learners.

16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning

The Evidence of Your Eyes and Ears

Seattle’s Search for School Equity feat. Vivian Van Gelder

The Politics and Price of Free Speech in American Schools

Fit and Grit: Rethinking How Colleges Define and Pursue Excellence

Mass Firings & Campus Crackdowns: U.S. Academia Under Fire

Degrees on Arrival: The Steamboat Ladies

Senate Bills, Data Vaults, & Climate Classes

Jerome Bruner: Shaping Education Through the Cognitive Revolution

Data Privacy, App Bans, and Keeping up with the College-Bound

Confronting Educational Censorship & Securing Academic Freedom: A Conversation with Jeremy C. Young of PEN America

Red Bricks, Revolution, and Renewal

Education at the Ballot Box: 2024 U.S. General Election Debrief

Voices in Teaching feat. 2020 Nebraska Teacher of the Year Megan Helberg

Charter Closures, Elite College Admissions, and Smart Phone Bans - Edu News for October 2024

Confronting Misinformation: Lessons from the Classroom

Scandals, Subpoenas, and Student Loan Shakeups - Edu News for September 2024

Student Well-Being: Why Mental Health Must Come First

Social Learning Theory

Ethics and the Educator

Schooling Without School: Free Schools, Democratic Schools, and the Unschooling Movement