Valerie Hannon, activist and author of several books including “Thrive: The Purpose of School in a Changing World”, joins us to question the ways in which education operates and inform better purposes and practices for our rapidly changing world.

Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and professor emeritus at Stanford University, joins us to talk about her collaborative work bridging learning policy, research, and practice.

DJ Vanas, a tribally-enrolled member of the Odawa Nation, former U.S. Air Force officer, author and speaker, joins us to talk about the warrior spirit and how its principles are accessible to all in learning and beyond.

Ulcca Joshi Hansen, author and chief program officer of Grantmakers for Education, joins us to talk about the highlights of her personal observations of education across the world and best practices to apply in remaking learning landscapes.

Michael H. Levine, senior vice-president of learning and impact at Noggin, joins us to talk about the learning app and where we are in today’s educational media ecosystem.

Karen Pittman, partner at KP Catalysts and former CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, joins us to talk about her work in developing models for holistic relationships between educators, parents, and learners.

Dr. Pamela Cantor, founder and senior science advisor of Turnaround for Children, joins us to talk about the impact of relationships and the measure of context in a learner’s life to redesign places of learning.

Todd Rose, author, co-founder and president of Populace, joins us to talk about the effect of collective illusions on social and learning ecosystems.

Emily Oster, author and professor of economics at Brown University, joins us to talk about how parents and educators can better use data for the benefit of children and learners.

Angela Duckworth, co-founder and chief scientist at Character Lab and author of “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perserverence”, joins us to talk about the concept of grit and its applications in education, parenting, and life.