Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today. Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today. We’ll talk about the new administration, discuss the relationship between educators and edtech companies, whether all teachers will get vaccinated soon and our guest this week is Harvard Lecturer and author Laura Schifter.

Guest: Laura Schifter

Laura a lecturer on education with the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she teaches courses on federal policy and special education. She’s a Senior Fellow with the Aspen Institute leading the K12 Climate Action initiative and a fellow with the Century Foundation. After graduating from college, she taught elementary school in San Francisco, she earned her Ed.D. in Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice and an Ed.M. in Mind, Brain, and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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