Adam Carter, chief academic officer at Summit Schools, shares how personalized learning is being designed to help students thrive and reinvigorate teachers.

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Susanna Loeb, associate professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, discusses Tips by Text, a program designed to help parents set aside time to engage their kids in learning activities.

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Antero Garcia, assistant professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and author of "Good Reception: Teens, Teachers, and Mobile Media at Los Angeles High School," shares some of the the benefits and pitfalls of technology in the classroom.

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Eamonn Callan, professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, talks about the importance of listening and trying to develop an understanding of people who you disagree with in order to build successful working relationships.

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Bryan Brown, associate professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, discusses the importance of communicating science to students and how the words you use can make a big difference for students trying to learn new scientific ideas.

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Thomas S. Dee, the Barnett Family Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, talks about how to tell whether holding your child back a year is the right thing to do.

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Caroline Winterer, director of the Stanford Humanities Center, talks about the importance of humanities education and why learning about the past is important for our collective future.

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Sarah Levine, assistant professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, discusses the importance of literature and why multiple choice exams aren't the best way to measure students' reading comprehension.

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Philip Zimbardo, psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford, drops in for a conversation about bullying, overcoming shyness, and helping people in need.

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Kelly McGonigal, health psychologist, Stanford lecturer, and the author of "The Upside of Stress," shares her insights on stress and why it isn't necessarily something to be avoided.

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