Schooling America
The Schooling America podcast covers issues and ideas relevant to leaders in American education. We bring in the brightest minds in administration, philosophy, culture, and beyond to reflect on topics that directly impact schools, organizations, and the children and families they serve. From cultural issues to operations to curriculum and pedagogy, Schooling America seeks to enrich the ideas, strategy, and execution of education institutions nationwide.
Schooling America
Latest Episodes
How to Draw the Cynical Middle Schooler Into the Great Ideas w/ Elizabeth Williams
Elizabeth Williams knew she wanted to teach from the time she lined up her stuffed animals for class as a small child, but it was a homeschool high school built on classical literature—and a self-led reading of The Grapes of Wrath—that showed h...
How Classical Education Made a Convert Without Preaching a Word w/ Nikhil Jandhyala | The Furrows
Nikhil Jandhyala came to classical education as a public-school kid raised on two faiths—Hinduism American capitalism—and left it a Catholic teacher who now hands the same gift to his own students. Ryan Klopak and Alex Julian trace that transfo...
The One Aristotle Argument Professor Owen Anderson Uses to Break Open Freshman Philosophy | The Furrows
Professor Owen Anderson teaches philosophy and religious studies at Arizona State University, where starts every intro philosophy class with "where did your life go so wrong?" In this conversation, Ryan and Alex trace his journey from a c...
Classical Schools Don't Just Form Students | Andrew Ellison Pt. 2 | The Furrows
In Part 2 of his conversation with Ryan and Alex, Andrew Ellison—veteran classical educator and former headmaster—opens with something he couldn't wait to share: a bucket-list Tallis Scholars concert in Dallas that arrived at exactly the right ...
Andrew Ellison on What Classical Teaching Actually Requires (Part 1) | The Furrows
Andrew Ellison grew up in the suburbs of Indianapolis with a public school teacher mother who read the Chronicles of Narnia at bedtime and ran summer learning programs at home—and had no idea any of it was "classical." In Part 1 of this two-par...
