IdeaSpark: Big Ideas in Education

What happens when a middle school class decides to help keep a baseball league for visually impaired athletes in the game? And how can any teacher, even one bound to a strict scope and sequence, bring that kind of purpose into a 45-minute class period? In this new episode, Richard Culatta sits down with Dr. Diana… Read more

What if learning is not boring at all, and somebody simply engineered the fun out of it? In this new episode, Richard Culatta sits down with Joseph Baird, Senior Lecturer at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Before he became a professor, Joseph ran a mobile game studio whose learning apps topped the… Read more

Why do so many students feel invisible in their own classrooms, and what does belonging actually have to do with how much they learn? Two of the most widely read voices in education answer both questions with research, real school stories, and simple moves any educator can start tomorrow. In this new episode Richard… Read more

Early childhood educators have the responsibility of helping shape a child's brain during its most rapid developmental window. How can we give them the respect and support they deserve, and what would it take to fix the broken economics behind early childhood education? In this new episode Richard sits down with… Read more

Why do fewer than 5% of adults use the math they learned in high school, and what would happen if a state legislator, school board member, or governor had to take the same standardized math tests they use to judge our schools? In this episode, Ted Dintersmith, an education advocate, venture capitalist, filmmaker, and… Read more