Episodios

  • Competitive Scrabble and the Penguin and the Egg

    Competitive Scrabble and the Penguin and the Egg
    Jul 29 2024
    For some, Scrabble is more than just a board game. On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge we’ll attend a competitive Scrabble tournament. We’ll learn about a high school graduate who has devoted himself to recording the stories of veterans. And NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is marking two years of science operations.
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  • Strengthening student journalism

    Strengthening student journalism
    Jul 22 2024
    On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll learn about the students and faculty at Stony Brook University who have created a resilience tool kit for student journalists. And we’ll learn about a national initiative to expand local news coverage through academic partnerships.
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  • Student demands and a record-setting genome

    Student demands and a record-setting genome
    Jul 15 2024
    The spring 2024 semester was marked by student protests across the country. On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll speak with an organizer at Bard College, where administration officials reached an agreement with Pro-Palestinian demonstrators. A new public authority is hoping to steer the future of a recently-closed college in Albany, New York. And we’ll learn about a rare fern with a record-setting genome.
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  • College textbooks and civic preparedness

    College textbooks and civic preparedness
    Jul 8 2024
    College textbooks can be a necessary part of coursework, but they’re often pricey. On this week's episode of The Best of Our Knowledge, we'll hear about a new report examining automatic textbook billing practices. And a new effort is seeking to assist college presidents in preparing students for civic life.
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  • The Education Wars

    The Education Wars
    Jul 1 2024
    America is experiencing renewed efforts to ban books, pass so-called parents' rights legislation, and vilify teachers unions. We’ll speak with the authors of "The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual," about who and what is putting schools at the center of the culture war.
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  • Reimagining graduation requirements

    Reimagining graduation requirements
    Jun 24 2024
    New York education officials have unveiled a proposal that would transform the state’s graduation requirements. Lucas Willard speaks with state Commissioner of Education Dr. Betty Rosa.
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  • Overcoming student loneliness

    Overcoming student loneliness
    Jun 17 2024
    Research shows that college students are increasingly lonely. We’ll dive into a study that examines students’ mental health and how colleges and universities are fostering community and belonging. And the use of artificial intelligence in writing scientific research has skyrocketed. But does it create accuracy concerns?
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  • FAFSA’s troubled rollout and advocating for school safety

    FAFSA’s troubled rollout and advocating for school safety
    Jun 10 2024
    The rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, has been rocky this year. We’ll dig into how the bumpy rollout could affect colleges and universities. It’s been more than 6 years since the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Florida. We’ll speak with Parkland parent and school safety advocate Max Schachter. And high school students in upstate New York are exploring careers in trucking.
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