Listen "Open Book"
Episode Synopsis
Traditionally people become licensed educators and then enter a classroom. Smita Mathur and her colleagues took a different approach. They invited migrant farm workers to come teach migrant children, and then trained them to be teachers. And: How Kelly Cartwright found that a lot of students can sound words out, but can’t quite connect the sound to the meaning of the word. And what educators are doing about it.
Plus: Curiosity is central to learning, but Jamie Jirout says that school snuffs it out.
Plus: Curiosity is central to learning, but Jamie Jirout says that school snuffs it out.
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