Heather Hough, executive director of the Stanford research center Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), discusses what decisions policymakers and school leaders are considering as they look to restart schools amidst COVID-19. Originally aired on SiriusXM on May 9, 2020.

Guest speaker Larry Cuban - Stanford professor of education, emeritus - provides a historical perspective on school reform to help inform which innovations in teaching and learning that have come out of COVID-19 may stay with us long after the pandemic is over.

Denise and Dan speak with Professor Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo about grading, testing, and other assessments during the novel coronavirus pandemic when schools are closed and many schools have moved to teaching online. 

Guest speaker Jelena Obradovic - an associate professor at Stanford Graduate School of Education - discusses spending time at home with young children (toddlers and Pre-K) in the stages of early learning.

Guest speaker Michael Hines - assistant professor of education at Stanford GSE - discusses how Chicago schools managed classes during the polio crisis that closed schools in the city in the 1930s, as well as provides strategies for teachers and parents in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.

Professor Jonathan Rosa joins Dan and Denise to discuss how school communities are coping with the novel coronavirus pandemic, and what issues may emerge during recovery.

Guest speaker Maya Rossin-Slater—an assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research—discusses the long-term mental health impacts on survivors of fatal mass shootings.

Amado Padilla, a professor of education at Stanford GSE, explains the challenges of helping kids who live in trailer parks to thrive and compete academically with their peers who come from wealthier communities.

Anthony Antonio - associate professor of education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education - discusses how friendships and relational networks matter for academic and social success in college.

Michael Hines - an assistant professor in the School of Education - discusses the value of teaching cultural history classes in the twentieth century.