Posted on · On Thursday's show: Concerns about how the county's COVID-19 relief program will work, how summer vacation and tourism are being affected by the pandemic, a pioneering woman in Houston city government reflects on her career, and a local teacher hosts socially distanced math classes from her home's carport.
Posted on · Episode: 1870 John Tyndall as teacher: the metaphor of the mountain. Today, ice and snow — mountains and learning.
Posted on · Episode: 1840 In praise of asking ignorance-based questions. Today, a new take on ignorance.
Posted on · Episode: 2983 Parliament Speaks in Defense of Quadratic Equations. Today, the British Parliament speaks out.
Posted on · Episode: 1764 In which we wonder just what our thermometer measures. Today, we ask what temperature is.
Posted on · Episode: 1686 In which steam engines struggle to teach us thermodynamics. Today, a story about theory and practice.
Posted on · Writer, teacher, and artist Ariel Burger discusses what he learned about life and faith from working alongside the Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate.
Posted on · Episode: 1636 Of books and learning in nineteenth-century America. Today, thoughts on books and learning.
Posted on · Episode: 1631 Learning to subtract 49 from 62: more than meets the eye. Today, what is 49 from 62?
Posted on · Episode: 1623 The textbooks of J. Dorman and Esther Steele. Today, we meet two very special teachers.
Posted on · With a new $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the University of Houston plans to try and recruit more computer science majors to the classroom.
Posted on · Episode: 3191 Friedrich Fröbel and Kindergarten. Today, we play.
Posted on · Episode: 1582 M. K. Boelter and engineering education at its best. Today, a great teacher.
Posted on · Episode: 3186 Marveling. Today, we marvel.
Posted on · Episode: 1558 Mastered by nature, we o’ercome by art – then as now. Today, an old debate in a new arena.