The Education Crisis: What It Is and How to Fix It
A Serial Podcast Produced by Thembi Duncan and Dr. Charles Reigeluth.
American education is in trouble, and small fixes are no longer enough. In this series, host Thembi Duncan and education expert Dr. Charles Reigeluth dive into why our system needs a complete paradigm shift and what it will take to make that happen.
Each episode explores tough but important questions: Are we setting students up to fail? How can schools personalize learning so every child has a chance to thrive? What roles should teachers, parents, and students play in a new model of education?
You will hear case studies, interviews, and real stories from schools and communities already working toward change. This podcast offers practical ideas, inspiration, and resources to help you imagine what education could look like if it truly served students’ needs.
Whether you are an educator, parent, policymaker, or simply someone who cares about the future of learning, this series will give you tools and motivation to push for a better system.
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The Education Crisis: What It Is and How to Fix It
Are we forcing students to fail?
Chapter 2 of 10.
Host Thembi Duncan speaks with education expert Dr. Charles Reigeluth, author of Vision and Action: Reinventing Schools through Personalized Competency Based Education, about how America's time-based education system is setting students up for failure. When progress depends on the calendar instead of true learning, students accumulate gaps, confidence drops, and potential is lost.
Dr. Reigeluth introduces competency-based education as a powerful alternative that allows students to move forward only when they’ve mastered the material.
This episode features Nikita Khetan from the Red Bridge School in San Francisco, California, as well as Dee Thomas, Jim Wartman, and Nick Ryan from the Minnesota New Country School in Henderson, Minnesota, who all share how they put student mastery at the center of learning.
Special thanks to our Chapter 2 GoFundMe Donors: Roberto Joseph, Fred O’Neal, Sinem Aslan, Ji-Yeon Lee, and Gilberto Aponte!
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