Community Crafted Education

Episode 11: On Families

Catherine Pakaluk, Associate Professor of Economics at Catholic University of America and author of Hannah's Children, joins Eric to talk about families, population decline, and school choices.

Episode 10: On Civil Dialogue

Michael Ford, Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue, joins Eric to talk about civil discourse in a fractured school landscape, school boards, and viewpoint diversity.

Episode 9: On AI and the Disengaged Teen

Rebecca Winthrop, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, joins Eric to discuss the future of AI in schools and her book, The Disengaged Teen.

Episode 8: On Gifted Education

Pamela Hobart, Gifted and Talented Education Evangelist from GT School, joins Eric to talk about gifted students and their families, the nature of gifted and talented programs, and massively accelerating school.

Episode 7: On Defining Success

Matt Lee, Assistant Professor with the Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University, joins Eric to talk about how families make school choices, and new methods and approaches for defining "success" in education. 

Episode 6: On Mental Health

Michael Strong, founder of The Socratic Experience, joins Eric to talk about the state of student mental health in the U.S. and what impact the community-crafted education sector might have on it.

Episode 5: On Black Homeschoolers

Cheryl Fields-Smith, Professor of the Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the University of Georgia, joins Eric to talk about black homeschoolers, the history of homeschooling, and her new book, Creating Educational Justice. 

Episode 4: On Classical Education

Josh Herring, Professor of Classical Education and Humanities at Thales College, joins Eric to discuss classical education -- how it's defined, how it has grown over the years, and what the impacts of a new, larger set of classical schools might be.

Episode 3: On Teachers

David Marshall, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundation, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University, joins Eric to talk about differences in preparing teachers for conventional public schools versus new, community crafted education models, core teaching principles that are essential for educators in any setting, and the role of conventional teacher preparation programs in a new landscape. 

Episode 2: On Family Business

Sara Davis, Director of the Family Enterprise Center at Kennesaw State University, joins Eric to discuss parallels between founding a family business and launching a community-driven school, multi-generational success, and local community values.