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16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning

Chelsea Adams, Katie Day

16:1 is a podcast about education, teaching, and learning. Join veteran educators for discussions about the classroom, educational psychology, policy, technology, and more. New episodes drop every other week during the school year.

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June 12 · 12 min
Year in Review: Volume V
Our year in review episode: a creative audio essay that explores quiet moments of a school year’s end.
S3 · E152
May 28 · 44 min
Place and Promise: Mapping the Impact of the Harlem Children’s Zone
Learn how an intensive, place-based intervention uses a "cradle to career" approach to combat intergenerational poverty in Central Harlem.
S3 · E151
May 14 · 57 min
The Learner’s Guide to Leadership
A focused exploration of learning leadership in education, schools, organizations, and civic spaces.
S3 · E150
April 30 · 1 hr 4 min
Education, Teaching, & Learning: Reflections on the First 150
To mark our 150th episode, we have curated some of our favorite moments from the 16:1 archive.
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April 16 · 49 min
Education and American Identity: Mortimer Adler and The Paideia Proposal
As we face a period of deep national uncertainty, we examine the influential works of Mortimer Adler, who believed that democracy cannot exist in the absence of education that promotes active citizenship.
S3 · E148
April 2 · 38 min
Education & Career Pathways in U.S. Correctional Facilities
A high-level exploration of education, credentialing programs, & vocational training within U.S. correctional facilities.
S3 · E147
March 19 · 43 min
Take Ten
Explores the origins of the American secondary system, from post-Civil War chaos to the influential 1892 Committee of Ten report. Learn how standardization emerged, what goals shaped early high school systems, and whether those intentions still serve students today.
S3 · E146
March 5 · 37 min
Dual‑Language Learning: Practice, Policy, & Philanthropy
We're joined by guest Dr. Maggie Marcus for a discussion on bilingual learners, two-way immersion programs, and the evolving needs of English learners.
S3 · E145
February 19 · 45 min
Palaces and Partnerships: The Carnegie Library
Explore Andrew Carnegie’s pioneering public library network and the lasting legacy of cooperative social infrastructure.
S3 · E144
February 5 · 35 min
Writing the Textbook for Emergency Care
How a community-built ambulance program helped write the playbook for modern emergency care. Discussions: education as public infrastructure, field-based learning, and the origins of paramedic medicine.
S3 · E143
January 22 · 1 hr 4 min
Voices in Teaching: Tina Heinecke-Kurtz
Learning strategist, National Board certified science educator, and special education teacher Tina Heineke-Kurtz talks inclusive classrooms.
S2 · E142
Dec 11, 2025 · 52 min
Voices in Teaching: Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, TN Teacher of the Year 2025-26
Special guest Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, 2025–2026 Tennessee Teacher of the Year, joins us for an honest, grounded look at the teaching profession.
S2 · E141
Nov 13, 2025 · 29 min
Mother of the Movement
Our discussion of Septima Poinsette Clark, the Charleston-born educator and ciivil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. once called “the mother of the movement.”
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Oct 30, 2025 · 49 min
'84 in '25
Two English teachers and a technologist come together for a lively discussion on George Orwell’s 1984 and teaching the text to high school students in the U.S. in 2025.
S2 · E139
Oct 16, 2025 · 43 min
When Books Are Battlegrounds
Discussion of one of the most explosive education controversies in American history, the 1974 Kanawha County, WV “Textbook Wars.”
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Oct 2, 2025 · 35 min
The Stories Our Students Carry
Culturally responsive teaching begins with the recognition that learning doesn't happen in a vacuum. Discover scholars who study the intersections between school and family, individual and community, classroom lessons and the many other concerns crowding a young learner’s mind.
S2 · E137
Sep 18, 2025 · 43 min
Artificial Intelligence and the Classroom: Embracing, Regulating, or Rejecting?
Our contribution to ongoing discussions about the role of artificial intelligence in schools and classrooms with a focus on higher education AI use policies and concerns about academic integrity.
S2 · E136
Sep 4, 2025 · 26 min
The Pack Horse Library Project
Learn about Kentucky's pack horse librarians, women who traveled by horseback or mule over rough territory to deliver books to families with few connections to neighbors and very limited access to public libraries.
S1 · E135
Jun 12, 2025 · 28 min
Year in Review: Volume IV
Recap the past year in education, teaching, and learning.
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May 29, 2025 · 45 min
The Future of Community News: The Reporting Project at Denison University
Explore how The Reporting Project at Denison University in Granville, Ohio is reviving local news through student-led journalism, elevating civic engagement and building local trust.

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