In which Dan chats with Anya Kamenetz, an author, speaker, and reporter who's done lots of big thinking on the most important issues facing our world. Anya writes The Golden Hour Substack; she covered education for many years for NPR; and her newest book is The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives, And Where We Go Now.

Dan and Anya talk discuss capitalism, measurement in education, climate change as school curriculum, Wikipedia, AI, and more. 

As always, I welcome comments and feedback on Bluesky (@dankearney) and Instagram (@BigIdeaEd).

Mentioned in the episode:

The Golden Hour on Substack
The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now by Anya Kamenetz
The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don't Have to Be by Anya Kamenetz
The U.S. Economy Is Racing Ahead. Almost Everything Else Is Falling Behind by David Leonhardt, NY Times
How to Raise Kids to Identify Misinformation by Anya Kamentez, The Integrity Project
NJ Climate Change Education Resources
An Educator's Guide to Climate Emotions
Tech Won't Save Us, a podcast from Paris Marx
The Generative AI Con by Ed Zitron