This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate initiative, we’ll talk about identifying high achievers at a young age – and how we can foster learning in kids – with Tom Clynes. His story “How to Raise a Genius” appears in the journal Nature.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how Baylor and many other universities turn a blind eye to sexual assault claims – and about how these schools can address the issue – with Jessica Luther. Her book is called “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape.”
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This hour, we’ll talk with Katherine Newman, provost and professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She’s the co-author of the new book “Reskilling America: Learning to Labor in the Twenty-First Century.”
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This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate initiative, we’ll talk about how we can help young people process the many issues that contribute to these violent acts with a panel of child psychologists.
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This hour, we’ll talk with C. Nicole Mason about her memoir, “Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about why internalizing seemingly unconnected data actually makes us better thinkers with William Poundstone. His new book is called “Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts are so Easy to Look Up” (Little, Brown and Co.).
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This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate Series, we’ll talk about creating more inclusive classrooms – and about what our schools can tell us about the nation’s future.
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As part of KERA’s American Graduate series What’s Next For The Class Of ’17, this hour we’ll discuss those pivotal decisions with Julie Lythcott-Haims, former Stanford dean and author of “How to Raise an Adult” (Henry Holt and Co.).
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This hour, we’ll talk about creating healthy environments for children with panelists from SMU’s upcoming “Tipping the Scales for Children: From Ethics to Action to Wellbeing” conference.
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This hour, we’ll talk about ways that universities can better serve students with Columbia University professor Jonathan R. Cole, author of “Toward a More Perfect University.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about why comparisons to the average person are essentially meaningless with Todd Rose, author of “The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness.”
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We’ll talk about the future of education locally with Fort Worth ISD superintendent Kent Scribner, Dallas ISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa and Grand Prairie ISD superintendent Susan Hull.
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