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The Learning Can’t Wait Podcast is your view into how changemakers are driving innovation in the field of education. Every week we interview leaders who are challenging the status quo at a time when it is absolutely necessary to rebuild the system for our students.
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Personalized learning, Student agency & Intrinsic motivation (opens the original)
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In this episode of Learning Can’t Wait, Hayley Spira-Bauer speaks with Aidan McDowell, founder and CEO of Unique Learn, about making learning more personal, purposeful, and engaging. Drawing on his own school experiences, Aidan explains how understanding students’ interests, cultures, emotions, and circumstances can help educators create meaningful learning experiences. He discusses Unique Learn’s approach to personalized practice and Unique Path’s student-driven career exploration, emphasizing
Homegrown talent, Career pathways & Work-based learning | Peter Bahr (opens the original)
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In this episode of Learning Can’t Wait, Peter Bahr, Vice President of Employer Alignment and Managing Director of Strada’s Institute for the Future of Work, joins Hayley Spira-Bauer to explore how education can better connect students to career opportunities. Drawing on his own experience navigating college while working full-time, Bahr discusses Strada’s research on interstate talent migration, including the finding that 55% of college-educated workers attended both high school and college in t
Leadership, Opportunity and Community | Aneesh Sohoni (opens the original)
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On this Learning Can’t Wait podcast episode, host Hayley Spira-Bauer speaks with Teach For America CEO Aneesh Sohoni about how his parents’ immigrant journey shaped his belief in educational opportunity and how teaching revealed both his students’ potential and the systemic barriers they faced. Aneesh explains that Teach For America’s impact extends far beyond two years in the classroom, creating a 72,000-member, multigenerational leadership network working throughout education and related field
Teacher Retention, Educational Innovation and EdTech & AI | Vinay Ganti (opens the original)
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In this special crossover episode of Learning Can't Wait and ETS's Praxis Journeys, Hayley Spira-Bauer sits down with Vinay Ganti, Head of Partnerships and District Solutions at ETS, to discuss his unconventional journey into education, the challenges facing K-12 schools, and the future of teacher recruitment and retention. Vinay shares how his experiences in higher education, edtech, and innovation shaped his passion for education as a tool for life-changing impact. The conversation explores te
Science of Reading, Implementation Science & Literacy Instruction | Rose Else-Mitchell (opens the original)
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In this episode of Learning Can't Wait, Hayley Spira-Bauer sits down with Rose Else-Mitchell, Executive Director of the Science of Reading Center at SUNY, to discuss the evolving Science of Reading movement, the importance of bridging the gap between research and classroom practice, and how educators can evaluate the effectiveness of instructional materials and professional learning. Rose shares insights from her journey as an educator, highlights the critical role of implementation and coaching
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