Mallory Dwinal, founder of Reach University, joined me to talk about the new accredited institution she started, Reach University. In the episode, we talked about just what is job-embedded learning, how does Reach University validate it in a reliable and rigorous way, what problems does this approach help solve, and what does this mean for the future of higher education and training—specifically in terms of teacher training, but also more broadly.

Edson Barton, CEO and founder of YouScience, joined me to talk about the science behind YouScience, a platform that offers assessments to help students discover careers for which they are well suited. In this conversation, we dug into how the aptitude tests work, what's their validity, how does YouScience compare to other similar solutions out there, what does the student and educator experience look like, and what can educators, families and students do with the information. As always, you can watch the conversation here or, in a new feature, listen here or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

At the end of January, Jobs for the Future announced an acquisition of the Education Quality Outcomes Standards Board, a nonprofit I cofounded. In this conversation with Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and Steve Yadzinski from JFF, we dig in to why JFF made the acquisition, what they hope to accomplish with EQOS, and the broader importance of and use cases for outcomes in postsecondary education and training.

Marc Prensky has been turning heads around how education should work since he wrote his influential book arguing that video games were good for learning. He's at it again, with a set of ideas for empowering students to accomplish continuous real-world impact projects with guidance in hubs that are dramatically different from traditional schools. He joined me to talk more about the concept.

Strada Education Network, a philanthropy focused at the intersection of education and careers, has a new person in charge, Tom Dawson. Long among a handful of organizations that are changing the role philanthropy plays with non-profit and for-profit organizations, Tom joins me to talk about the philosophy behind Strada's strategy and how it's set up to advance social impact.