in Piazza

In the first of our "Best Of" series, we're taking it back to our conversation InPiazza with Reed Hastings, co-founder, chairman and co-CEO of Netflix. He discusses his work and education opportunity for all with Jeanne and Michael. 

From how the state is helping schools personalize learning to giving students and families a better pathway to the future, the vision of this dynamic Arizona governor is featured in Piazza this week.

In this lively final episode of the STOP for Education series, two rock-star women ed tech innovators share with Jeanne how their programs infusing real-world applications into online learning are making a difference for students in the U.S. – and around the world.

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What was it like for educators to get parent support for reopening schools in 2020? And why is the concept of school choice so controversial?

In the third part of a series recognizing award winners in education innovation, school leaders share their experiences about the support – and resistance – they’ve received from their students’ parents and communities and how it’s shaped their schools.

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Should schools be run as businesses? How would more competition impact the education sector’s status quo? Three award-winning education leaders answer these questions and more in the second of a four-part series honoring innovation in education throughout the pandemic.

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Three award-winning school principals take us back to March 2020 and how they pivoted as educators to continue serving their vulnerable student populations as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on American education. In this new series from In Piazza, find out how they navigated state rules, rallied community support and met students’ physical and academic needs — and why their efforts are being honored.

KaiPod Founder Amar Kumar joins in Piazza to talk about how his organization is helping students learn, not only through their innovative online learning tools and platform, but by helping parents and families find an alternative option for their children in KaiPod learning centers. Listen on to hear more on why this work is so important now more than ever.

Entrepreneur Sal Khan, Founder of the breakthrough learning resource Khan Academy, which offers personalized learning instruction on everything from math to history, and everything in between, joins Michael and Jeanne in Piazza to talk about his journey in education, why the necessity for innovation in learning cannot be ignored, and what exciting developments he’s looking forward to in the future.

In Piazza this week tackles the thorny issue of finding common ground on some of the most relevant and often divisive education issues of our day. Join Jeanne as she talks to Rick Hess, (@rickhess99) resident scholar and director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Pedro Noguera, (@PedroANoguera) Dean of the Rossier School of Education and a Distinguished Professor of Education at USC, about their new collaborative effort, A Search for Common Ground: Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K–12 Education, and much more.

Todd Rose, Co-founder of Populace, professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and author of Dark Horse with Ogi Ogas and The End of Average joins in Piazza to talk about why we’re not doing research right, how personalization can change the future of work and education for the better, and just how much what bring us together matters more than what sets us apart.