Ed Infinitum

Season 3, Episode 9 - "What life we can make for our children" : Reclaiming Education for Native Americans

This Thanksgiving, our show highlights both the hideous experiences indigenous people suffered in US schools, and the successful Native American resistance to, and growing cultural reclamation of, the educational institutions that enroll their children.

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Next episode will post on Dec 11th

S3E8 - Play's the Thing: The History, and Future, of Recess

Recess has always been about more than just horsing around outside between classes. In this episode we explore how recess came to be, how it came to be under threat, and how it may be making a comeback.

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Next episode will post Friday Nov 27th

Season 3, Episode 7: Oh, you beautiful doll

In this episode we recount the story of a unique cultural and educational exchange project between the United States and Japanese schoolchildren during a time of rising xenophobia and isolationism.

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Also, a big shout-out to Isaac Meyer's History of Japan Podcast!

Next episode will post on November 13th

S3E6 - What do you pledge?

We explore the history, development and challenges to the use of the pledge of allegiance in US schools.

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Next episode will post on Friday, Oct 30th

S3E5 - Watch your language!

English classes are charged with teaching students "correct" language usage; linguists say there is no such thing. What are the social, racial and linguistic consequences of the way schools teach grammar and usage? This may well be the most exciting discussion of grammar you have ever heard!

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Next episode will post on Friday, October 16

S3E4 - What's so special about special education?

Special Education remains opaque to too many Americans. This episode aims to get past the stereotypes and explore the workings, history, and philosophy behind special education programs in US schools.

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Next episode will post on Friday, September 25th.

Season 3, Episode 3 - Going the Distance: A history of remote learning

Remote learning is not a new development in education. In this episode, we review the history, practices, pitfalls and potential future of remote learning as we enter a school year where the majority of U.S. students will be engaged in some form of distance education.

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Next episode will post on Sept 18th

Season 3, Episode 2 – How it all began, Part II - Common for whom?

We continue our quest to locate the origin(s) of public education in the United States, from Horace Mann's Common Schools to the fight for racial equity in schooling.

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Next episode will post on September 18th, 2020

Season 3, Episode 1 – How it all began, Part I - Satan, Jefferson, and Dictionaries

How did we get here? We start off the third season of Ed Infinitum with a two-parter about the origin of public education in the United States...or...origins, plural? Things aren't so simple, as we'll soon see.

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Next episode will post on September 4th, 2020

S3E0 - There are no best practices

Special Episode: How will in-person teaching and learning be conducted in a pandemic? What are the arguments for and against this practice, and where, if anywhere, is the roadmap for executing it?

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Next episode will post in mid-August as Season 3 begins.