Kaya Henderson: Stop underestimating kids
About this episode
Kaya Henderson discusses the importance of meaningful learning experiences in education beyond just academic scores.
What if the biggest problem in education isn't technology — it's that we've reduced school to reading scores and graduation rates and stripped away everything that actually makes learning meaningful? Kaya Henderson took the lowest-performing metropolitan school district in the country and made it the fastest-improving — not by drilling harder, but by bringing back art, music, field trips, and a curriculum built around problem solving. Now she's leading the Aspen Institute's Center for R...
People in this episode
Guest: Kaya Henderson
Topics covered
- education reform
- meaningful learning
- arts in education
- curriculum development
- school improvement
Keywords
- education
- Kaya Henderson
- school improvement
- arts
- curriculum
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Aspen Institute, aiEDU: The AI Education Project
More episodes of aiEDU Studios
- Tony Wan: AI is raising the bar – is education ready?
- Erin Mote: AI literacy is as foundational as reading
- Copley High School: Students tell us how AI is helping and hurting
- Pat Yongpradit: Coding isn't dead, it's evolving
- Celeste Riley: Teaching with AI, learning with critical thinking
- Jared Chung: Career flexibility in an uncertain AI future
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the aiEDU Studios podcast page.