{"podcast":{"title":"MindShift Podcast","slug":"mindshift-podcast-217419","podcast_index_feed_id":217419,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC5764600429","website_url":"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/mindshift","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9998b9d4-a1ed-11ea-8b28-a332dd0f39b6/image/952ef1eed03f45b81baeaa89561c65ab.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"KQED","episode_count":116,"summary":"It’s easy to see a child’s education as a path determined by grades, test scores and extra curricular activities. But genuine learning is about so much more than the points schools tally. MindShift explores the future of learning and how we raise our kids. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us @MindShiftKQED or visit us at MindShift.KQED.org. Take our audience survey! https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7297739/b0436be7b132","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T22:19:16.559721+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindshift-podcast-217419"},"episode":{"title":"Scott R. Levy: How School Boards Can Strengthen Our Democracy","slug":"scott-r-levy-how-school-boards-can-strengthen-our-democracy","published_at":"2026-02-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindshift-podcast-217419/scott-r-levy-how-school-boards-can-strengthen-our-democracy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindshift-podcast-217419","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC5042213997.mp3?updated=1770693899","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC5042213997.mp3?updated=1770693899","summary":"In this episode KQED’s Marlena Jackson-Retondo speaks with Scott R. Levy, adjunct lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a former school board member, about why school boards matter more than ever. Levy’s new book, Why School Boards Matter: Reclaiming the Heart of American Education and Democracy, explains how school boards function, how their power has shifted over time and how school boards can serve as a rare space for civic engagement and democratic participation.","meta_description":"In this episode KQED’s Marlena Jackson-Retondo speaks with Scott R. Levy, adjunct lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a former school b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1698,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mindshift-podcast-217419/episodes/scott-r-levy-how-school-boards-can-strengthen-our-democracy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindshift-podcast-217419/scott-r-levy-how-school-boards-can-strengthen-our-democracy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}