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Voz y Contrapeso

Un antídoto contra la polarización y las noticias falsas.

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Backbenchers

An in-house ombudsman for the loyal opposition.

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Chalk & Practice

How do we get better, faster? Educators come together to answer.

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Chalk & Practice – Episode 34

Lessons from a summer of teacher training (with Marguerite Shells)

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Open Floor – Episode 171

Misreading the American Dream with Tobias Roe

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Open Floor – Episode 169

The debate, a city's U-turn, and who is Curtis Roan?

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Chalk & Practice – Episode 33

The learning game (with Ana Sotelo Márquez)

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Education

The Trouble With Certainty

By Neel Prakash

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Education

On Machines and Wages

By Neel Prakash

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Education

Beyond School: Postcards from an Unschooling Year

By Sadie Birnbaum

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Education

Bilingualism and the Monoculture

By Dara Okonjo

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Marit Halvorsen

Misinformation & civic tech

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