Harvard Researchers Visited 7 Schools Reinventing Education. Here's What They Found.

About this episode

Four researchers from Harvard's Graduate School of Education spent months visiting micro-schools across the United States. Jaysan Shah, William Wiltshire, and Ruben Villarreal Halprin join Rod to break down what they found at schools like Alpha School in New York, The Village School in Virginia, and Red Bridge in San Francisco.

Topics in this conversation.

• What micro-schools actually are
• Why the traditional education system resists change
• How AI is reshaping personalized learning
• Whether standardized testing still matters
• What the real purpose of school should be when AI can teach content faster than humans

Guests

• Jaysan Shah. Cognitive Scientist, Founder of Tomorrow Schools
• William Wiltshire. Former Teacher, Success Academy
• Ruben Villarreal Halprin. 11 years in K-12, former Assistant Principal

Host

Rod Moshtagi. MPP, Harvard Kennedy School