Jane Stoddard Williams
Launched in January 2011 by Bloomberg Radio, “Bloomberg EDU,” is the only national radio program devoted solely to covering education in America. Hosted by education advocate and journalist Jane Stoddard Williams, “Bloomberg EDU” explores the intersection of public policy, philanthropy and public and private sector investment in the national education debate through lively discussion with high-profile guests.

Educators on How Tablets Have Changed Our Schools

May 17, 2013 | Sara Schapiro, director of the League of Innovative Schools at Washington, D.C.-based Digital Promise; Mark Sullivan, principal of Burlington High School in Massachusetts; Michael Muir, leader of Multiple Pathways for Maine's Auburn School Department; and Linda Clark, superintendent of Idaho's Meridian Joint Schools District No. 2 discuss the use of iPads and other tablets in K-12 education. Download podcast.

Researcher Peter W. Cookson, Jr., on Ed. Equity | Writers Discuss Segregation in Schools

May 10, 2013 | 2013 Peter W. Cookson, Jr., author, sociologist and a senior fellow at Education Sector, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, discusses equity issues and education inequality. Education writers Sarah Garland, author of "Divided We Fail: The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation" and Dana Goldstein discuss segregation, desegregation and integration. Download podcast.

2013 National Teacher of the Year | Columbine Survivor on School Safety

May 3, 2013 | 2013 National Teacher of the Year Jeff Charbonneau, who teaches science at Zillah High School in Washington state, discusses making school relevant. Elementary school art teacher Katie Lyles, who was a student at Columbine High School the day of the 1999 killings, discusses school safety, bully prevention and mental health programs. Download podcast.

Roundtable on High-Stakes Testing

April 26, 2013 | Dan Koretz, professor and director of the Education Accountability Project at Harvard University; John Merrow, PBS education correspondent; Kevin Riley, "Atlanta Journal Constitution" editor in chief; and Greg Toppo, "USA Today" national K-12 education reporter, discuss the effects and increased pressure of high-stakes testing on education, test-tampering indictments of 35 educators in Atlanta and renewed discussion about standardized test score irregularities in the District of Columbia. Download podcast.

Laurene Powell Jobs, Davis Guggenheim on Immigration

April 18, 2013 | Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and chair of the Emerson Collective, and filmmaker Davis Guggenheim discuss education, the economy and "The Dream is Now," an online and broadcast campaign to promote passage of immigration reform for undocumented youth who came to the United States as young children. Download podcast.

Del. Gov., Ed. Secretary on Learning Initiatives | Povidence, R.I., Mayor on Literacy Effort

April 12, 2013 | Delaware Governor Jack Markel and Secretary of Education Mark Murphy discuss just-released educator survey results, early learning, data-driven instruction, the digital divide and desegregation. Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Angel Taveras discusses the city's award-winning project to improve early childhood literacy. Download podcast.

Tom Kane, Teach For America's New Co-CEOs on Teachers

April 5, 2013 | Tom Kane, professor of education and economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, discusses the Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project. Elisa Villanueva Beard and Matthew Kramer, co-chief executive officers of Teach for America (TFA), discuss their careers and plans for the organization, which recruits college graduates to teach in low-income communities. Download podcast.

Roundtable on Graduation Rates, Wendy Spencer on AmeriCorps

March 28, 2013 | John Gomperts, president and chief executive officer of America's Promise Alliance, and Robert Balfanz, co-director of the Everyone Graduates Center and a research scientist at Johns Hopkins University, discuss increasing high school graduation rates. Wendy Spencer, chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, discusses a new $15 million program to support low-performing schools' improvement plans. Download podcast.

Gates Foundation's Steve Cantrell, Teachers on 'MET' Project

March 22, 2013 | Steve Cantrell, chief research officer for education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, discusses the goals and findings of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project. Heather Werb and Derek Thomas, teachers at Florida's Hillsborough County public schools, discuss the three-year study, classroom observations and teacher development. Download podcast.

Arne Duncan, Paul Reville on Priorities, Early Education Teachers

March 15, 2013 | Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, discusses second term priorities. Paul Reville, Harvard Graduate School of Education professor of practice and until recently Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, discusses the correlation between socioeconomic status and educational attainment. Download podcast.

Roundtable on Implementing Common Core State Standards

March 8, 2013 | Sandra Alberti, director of State and District Partnerships and Professional Development for Student Achievement Partners, Toni Hull, a U.S. Department of Education Teaching Ambassador Fellow, and national board certified teachers Eric Grant and Heather Woods discuss implementation of Common Core Standards. Download podcast.

Sarah Carr, John Merrow, Andre Perry on Education in New Orleans

March 1, 2013 | Sarah Carr, author of "Hope Against Hope," John Merrow, education correspondent for the Public Broadcasting Service's "NewsHour," and Andre Perry, associate director of the Institute for Quality and Equity in Education at Loyola University, discuss the transformation of New Orleans public schools since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Download podcast.

Rahm Emanuel, Reporters on Chicago Schools and Violence

Feb. 22, 2013 | Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, author and journalist Alex Kotlowitz, and WBEZ education reporter Linda Lutton discuss the city's struggle with violence, the role of the community, the September 2012 teachers' strike and possible school closings. Download podcast.

Center for American Progress CEO, Teachers on the President’s Emphasis on Education

Feb. 15, 2013 | Neera Tanden, president and chief executive officer of the Center for American Progress, discusses the organization's recent report "Investing in Our Children" and President Obama's plan for high-quality early education for all. Teachers Hannah Clements, Brooke Peters and George Stern discuss the emphasis on education in the president's State of the Union address. Download podcast.

Roundtable on Education Issues to Watch in 2013

Feb. 8, 2013 | Education writers Dana Goldstein, Anya Kamenetz, Alyson Klein, and Andrew Rotherham, discuss federal funding for early education, rising racial and socioeconomic segregation, digital learning, school choice, teacher preparation, Common Core Standards, and "Elementary and Secondary Education Act" waivers and reauthorization. Download podcast.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Early Education

Feb. 1, 2013 | U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses poverty, social equity and his second term priorities. Duncan says increased access to early childhood education "is the best investment we can make." Download podcast.

Football Coaches on School Sports, Character, Safety

Feb. 1, 2013 | Lou DiRienzo, New Rochelle High School coach and Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice's mentor, Jon Kitna, Tacoma, Washington's Lincoln High School graduate, coach, teacher, and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback, and Jim Satterfield, a college, high school, and now flag-football coach, discuss community, adversity and gridiron safety. Download podcast.

Randi Weingarten, Teachers on School Safety, Bar Exam

Jan. 25, 2013 | Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, Kelly Vallianos, a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certified teacher from Carson, Calif., U.S. Department of Education teacher fellows Cindy Apalinski from Linden, New Jersey and Aaron Bredenkamp of Omaha, Nebraska, discuss school safety after the Sandy Hook shootings in Connecticut and developing a public school teacher bar exam. Download podcast.

Educators Discuss the Role of the Arts in Schools

Jan. 18, 2013 | Ayanna Hudson, director of arts education for the National Endowment for the Arts, Kate Baker, Seattle elementary school visual arts teacher, Keith Bisaillon, Colorado Springs high school music teacher, band director and assistant wrestling coach, and Beth Eppler, Oklahoma City elementary through high school dance teacher, discuss the arts in education. Download podcast.

School and Public Librarians on the Future of Libraries

Jan. 11, 2013 | Buffy J. Hamilton and Tricia Bengel, educators and technologists, James Collins and Tasara Redekopp, school librarians, and Jody Howard, dean of the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University, discuss the role of the 21st century librarian and the impact of technology on libraries and the community. Download podcast.

Paul Tough, Dave Levin, and Dominic Randolph on Teaching Character

Jan. 4, 2013 | Paul Tough, author and speaker, discusses his book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character. Dave Levin, co-founder and superintendent of the KIPP charter school network, and Dominic Randolph, head of Riverdale Country School, discuss the teachability of non-cognitive skills such as “zest and optimism.” The segments originally aired in 2012. Download podcast.

Mass. Secretary of Education Paul Reville |
Roundtable on Achievement Gap, Early Ed.

Dec. 14, 2012 | Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville discusses standards, assessments, accountability and the correlation between socioeconomic status and educational attainment. Early learning professionals Katherine Boyle, Takiema Bunche Smith and Anita Harvey-Dixon discuss preparing low-income children for school. Download podcast.

Chancellor of Virginia's Community Colleges |
Roundtable on Tutoring

Dec. 7, 2012 | Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia's community colleges, discusses the commonwealth's "rethink" on college readiness, completion and attainment. Tutoring industry executives, Arun Alagappan, Raymond Huntington, and Scott Fitzpatrick, discuss academic and test preparation strategies. Download podcast.

Education Week's Sarah D. Sparks |
Roundtable on Homeschooling

Nov. 30, 2012 | Education Week reporter Sarah D. Sparks discusses the current state and impact of homeschooling two million students in the United States. Homeschooling mothers, former teacher Holly Longino, author Jamie Martin, and "babble" blogger and designer Rachel Faucett, discuss why and how they homeschool their children. Download podcast.

Wesleyan's President Michael S. Roth |
Roundtable on Value of College

Nov. 23, 2012 | Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University in Connecticut, discusses the value of a liberal arts education. Bloomberg News education reporters John Hechinger and Janet Lorin discuss costs and outstanding student loan debt, which is about $1 trillion. Download podcast.

Joe Williams of Democrats for Education Reform | Roundtable on Education and the Election

Nov. 16, 2012 | Joe Williams, executive director of Democrats for Education Reform, discusses the political action committee's history. Education reporters Joy Resmovits, of the Huffington Post, Alyson Klein, of Education Week, and Scott Elliott of the Indianapolis Star, discuss education in the 2012 election campaign. Download podcast.

Mass. Principal on Proficiency |
Military Veterans on Teaching

Nov. 9, 2012 | Susan Szachowicz, retiring principal of Brockton High School in Massachusetts, discusses turning one of the state’s lowest-performing schools into one of the highest. Military veterans turned teachers, Craig Savery of Brockton High School in Massachusetts, Brian Thompson, of Cardoza High School in Washington, D.C., and Barry Smith, a Georgia Teaching Fellow and a member of Troops to Teachers program, discuss their careers in the classroom. Download podcast.

Kaplan CEO on Higher Education Market | Roundtable on Math 'Super Schools'

Oct. 26, 2012 | Andrew S. Rosen, chairman and chief executive officer of Kaplan, Inc. and author of Change.edu: Rebooting for the New Talent Economy discusses the evolving college and university marketplace. Economists and co-authors Glenn Ellison and Ashley Swanson discuss findings from their Massachusetts Institute of Technology study on high schools and math talent. Download podcast.

Teachers on Identifying and Replicating Best Practices

Oct. 19, 2012 | Three New York City-based teachers on hiatus from the classroom, Michelle Healy, Brooke Peters and Todd Sutler, discuss early education, class size, charter school laws, and building a community school in Brooklyn based on their Kickstarter-funded “Odyssey Initiative.” Download podcast.

Gov. Deval Patrick on Massachusetts Education

Oct. 19, 2012 | Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick discusses school reform, Common Core Curriculum Standards, broadband infrastructure needs and the commonwealth’s high-ranking results from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), also known as the nation’s report card. Download podcast.

Ron Thorpe, TNTP on Teacher Quality, Effectiveness, Retention

Oct. 12, 2012 | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards President and Chief Executive Officer Ron Thorpe, a former teacher and school leader, discusses teacher certification and school culture. On the roundtable, TNTP (formerly “The New Teacher Project”) Chief Executive Officer Ariela Rozman and President Timothy Daly discuss teacher training, development and compensation. Download podcast.

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