March 5, 2026
Episode 146 – Dual‑Language Learning: Practice, Policy, & Philanthropy feat. Dr. Maggie Marcus
We're joined by guest Dr. Maggie Marcus for a discussion on dual-language learning, two-way immersion programs, and the evolving needs of English learners.
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February 19, 2026
Episode 145 – Palaces and Partnerships: The Legacy of the Carnegie Library
Palaces and Partnerships: The Legacy of the Carnegie Library Learn about the remarkable partnerships that produced more than 2,500 Carnegie‑funded libraries across the United States and the complex, negotiated...
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February 5, 2026
Episode 144 – 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.
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January 22, 2026
Episode 143 – Voices in Teaching: Tina Heinecke-Kurtz
Learning strategist, National Board certified science educator, and special education teacher Tina Heineke-Kurtz talks inclusive classrooms.
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December 11, 2025
Episode 142 – Voices in Teaching: Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, 2025–2026 Tennessee Teacher of the Year
In the final episode of this season of 16:1, special guest Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, 2025–2026 Tennessee Teacher of the Year, joins us for an honest, grounded look...
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November 13, 2025
Episode 141 – 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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October 30, 2025
Episode 140 – ’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....
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October 16, 2025
Episode 139 – When Books Are Battlegrounds
This week, we’re covering one of the most explosive education controversies in American history, the 1974 Kanawha County, WV “Textbook Wars.” What began as a school board vote over...
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October 2, 2025
Episode 138 – The Stories Our Students Carry
Culturally responsive pedagogy 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...
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