On today’s episode: education scholar and author, Yong Zhao

Zhao is an education professor at the University of Kansas and at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. His work focuses on technology and globalization’s impact on education. His latest book, co-authored with fellow KU professor Rick Ginsberg, is Duck and Cover [https://www.amazon.com/Duck-Cover-Confronting-Correcting-Practices/dp/0807767905] which explores the outdated and ill-informed ideas that plague our school system and how we can rethink them.

Topics:

 * 02:30 How ‘chance’ can become opportunity
 * 08:38 The problem with education reforms in the U.S.
 * 12:03 How the concept of the ‘achievement gap’ hurts students
 * 15:30 Entrepreneurial thinking in the classroom
 * 19:45 Giving teachers agency in reform efforts
 * 21:30 How Chat GPT can help students

 Raising World-Class Learners with Yong Zhao 

The Journalistic Learning Podcast explores the question: What if we infused journalist strategies into English Language Arts courses to teach students media literacy, critical thinking, and effective communication skills? 

Join hosts Ed Madison and Bo Brusco as they chat with ELA teachers who are leading or have led journalistic learning projects in their classrooms. Hear their stories of trial and triumph, as well as their tips and advice. Along the way, Bo will keep you up-to-date on relevant education news, and Ed will share quarterly Journalistic Learning Initiative updates. 

Ed is a professor and researcher at the University of Oregon and serves as Executive Director of the Journalistic Learning Initiative (JLI), a non-profit organization that pioneers and promotes journalistic learning as a way of empowering students to discover their voice, improve academic outcomes, and engage in self-directed learning through project-based storytelling. 

Bo is the Communications Manager of JLI, a former high school ELA teacher, and an award-winning multimedia journalist. 

Many of the teachers you'll hear from have taken part in JLI's Effective Communicators Program, a 10-week, standards-aligned instructional plan that guides students through a journalistic learning project.

If you'd like to learn more about JLI, journalistic learning, or our Effective Communicators Program, visit journalisticlearning.org [https://journalisticlearning.org/]!