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What is art? To what extent is art beneficial for the creator and the perceiver? What makes good art? How should we teach art? What is art appreciation?

In this week's episode Professors Sasha Sherman and Clair Morrisey share insights from their work 'What is Art Good For?' 

This last week I was invited to the Unfinished Live conference, hosted in New York City, as press! It was my first time representing the Re-Educated brand, and I am really excited to share all the lessons I learned throughout the week. The conference focused on developing the founding principles for the future of the internet. The theoretical conversations modeled many of the questions we ask here regarding education. I hope you enjoy!

In this week's episode we tackle the big question driving this podcast, what is the purpose of education? Using the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle, I use the plot's protagonist, Jamal Malik, to further analyze this question. The themes covered this week include: what are some of the biggest differences between the academic environment and the world outside of school, what is knowledge and how has its definition transformed in the 21st century, and what are some traits of an educated person? I hope you enjoy this conversation and please feel free to share your ideas and thoughts!

~gy

We officially made it to 20 episodes! Thanks for all your support. In today's episode Professor Kristen Collins talks about the fine balance between feeling recognized and feeling surveilled, an issue I had never considered in regards to education. We discuss how schools are run similarly to prisons and talk about its impacts on students. I hope you enjoy this conversation :)

In today's episode we delve into the missing art of eastern philosophy in our western education system. I found a Buddhist monastery in central France and attended a 10 day meditation course to learn more about the practice of meditation. In this episode I share what I learned, and possible application in our schools.

If you are interested in attended here is the website to find a location near you. 

Link: https://www.dhamma.org/en/index

On this week's podcast we dive into the highly politicized issue of school choice for the first time. We discuss conversations parents should have with their children when choosing a school, the different schooling options available to students, the reason school choice is politicized, family engagement, and tips for working in the non-profit sector. I hope you enjoy this conversation!

When I met Naveen his ability to transform his passion, creativity, and imagination into an action plan culminating in a product left me in awe. In this week's episode we discuss the importance of intellectual humility, a wild imagination, and a self-motivating incentivization structure. He shares his experience building both the Kaleido event and the Humane Warriors Organization. I hope you enjoy this conversation! 

Kaleido: https://kaleido.community/

In this week's episode we focus on how topic modeling, another machine learning technique, can be used to identify motifs in a school's mission that leads to inequity in private and charter schools. We then transition the conversation to our educational philosophies. I hope you enjoy!

I spent the last week in Sienna, Italy in a missionary surrounded by trees, animals, and silence, with a 100 people from around the world to discuss consciousness and the largest issues facing humanity. Is this a dream or what? I was blessed with this once in a lifetime experience and I had to share some of the lessons I gleaned from this conference. I hope to recreate such an event like this for people passionate about policy reform in the States. I hope you enjoy!

Link: https://cortonafriends.org/

The U.S News College ranking system helps millions of students make their college decision, but how are these rankings actually calculated? Francie Diep joins me on today's episode to discuss some of the issues that arise with having a dominant ranking system for colleges.