NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With David Labaree About Navigating Education's Competing Goals

About this episode

Christopher Saldaña interviews David Labaree about the tensions shaping American education and the impact of AI and school choice policies.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews David Labaree about the tensions shaping American education and how recent developments in AI and school choice policies are intensifying these longstanding challenges.

People in this episode

Host: Christopher Saldaña

Guest: David Labaree

Topics covered

• American education
• AI in education
• school choice policies
• education challenges
• tensions in education

Keywords

• education
• AI
• school choice
• David Labaree
• Christopher Saldaña
• American education
• education policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Wisconsin‑Madison

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