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On WBUR’s Radio Boston, In Search of Deeper Learning coauthor Jal Mehta explained “deeper learning”—understanding not only basic facts but the structure and systems underlying them; at Chalkbeat, his coauthor Sarah Fine critiqued the trendy “No Excuses” school model—and made the case for raising the “ceiling” of what schooling can be rather than focusing entirely on the “floor.”
On the Center for American Progress podcast Thinking CAP, Rachel Barkow, author of Prisoners of Politics, and New York Times staff writer Emily Bazelon considered system-upending ways to end the cycle of mass incarceration—including how to insulate criminal justice reform from political influence or populist whims.
Why Free Will Is Real author Christian List was interviewed by Nautilus and, at the Skeptic podcast Science Salon, responded to Sam Harris, Jerry Coyne, and other determinists.

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Jo Dunkley combines her expertise as an astrophysicist with her talents as a teacher and writer in Our Universe: An Astronomer’s Guide, a lively and exceptionally clear introduction to the structure and history of the universe and its enduring mysteries. We spoke with her about the book and her seemingly limitless topic.…

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