On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll learn about the students and faculty at Stony Brook University who have created a resilience tool ...
Student demands and a record-setting genome
Jul 15 2024 • 00:28:31
The spring 2024 semester was marked by student protests across the country. On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll speak with an organize...
College textbooks and civic preparedness
Jul 08 2024 • 00:28:31
College textbooks can be a necessary part of coursework, but they’re often pricey. On this week's episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we'll hear abo...
The Education Wars
Jul 01 2024 • 00:28:31
America is experiencing renewed efforts to ban books, pass so-called parents' rights legislation, and vilify teachers unions. We’ll speak with the au...
Reimagining graduation requirements
Jun 24 2024 • 00:28:31
New York education officials have unveiled a proposal that would transform the state’s graduation requirements.
Lucas Willard speaks with state Com...
Overcoming student loneliness
Jun 17 2024 • 00:28:31
Research shows that college students are increasingly lonely. We’ll dive into a study that examines students’ mental health and how colleges and unive...
FAFSA’s troubled rollout and advocating for school safety
Jun 10 2024 • 00:28:31
The rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, has been rocky this year. We’ll dig into how the bumpy rollout could affect col...
Nate Powell and the legacy of "Lies My Teacher Told Me"
Jun 03 2024 • 00:28:30
Published in 1995, James W. Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me” continues to challenge the U.S. education system and everything we thought we knew abou...
Leonardo da Vinci’s machines and children’s theater
May 27 2024 • 00:28:31
On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge:
For five centuries, the world has benefitted from the artistic and scientific contributions from Leo...
Bioacoustics and a cacophony of cicadas
May 20 2024 • 00:28:31
On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge:
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to listen in on the animal kingdom.
Periodical cica...
