{"podcast":{"title":"The Education Equation with Jeremy Singer","slug":"the-education-equation-with-jeremy-singer-7488395","podcast_index_feed_id":7488395,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PLMD4214475182","website_url":"https://theeducationequation.org","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/cf8f3e6e-836f-11f0-97d0-9baaf7cbcabf/image/45c0a050e7ac1f2ffd439d17eef34eac.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The College Board","episode_count":12,"summary":"I'm Jeremy Singer, President of the College Board. I've spent my career grappling with what truly drives student success. On this podcast, I'll talk with people who are researching, building and scaling solutions that matter. Every episode will go beyond the hype and focus on data and evidence to see what's actually working. Let's stop guessing and let's figure out what works.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-equation-with-jeremy-singer-7488395"},"episode":{"title":"Dan Gonzalez | District C","slug":"dan-gonzalez-district-c","published_at":"2025-10-13T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-equation-with-jeremy-singer-7488395/dan-gonzalez-district-c","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-equation-with-jeremy-singer-7488395","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PLMD2225990640.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PLMD2225990640.mp3","summary":"A Reimagined Internship with Dan Gonzalez Welcome to the Education Equation, a new podcast focused on what the evidence says actually moves the needle in education. In this episode,Jeremy Singer talks with Dan Gonzalez, co-founder and co-CEO of District C, a national nonprofit reimagining the internship experience. Dan's career spans engineering, the classroom, and corporate leadership, In 2016, Dan and his wife, Ann Jones, launched District C to address a crucial gap between academic learning and the collaborative skills students need for the modern workforce. Their solution, called Teamship, offers a new internship model where student teams solve real-world problems for real businesses. Referenced in the Episode: Dan C talking about the \"3-point economy\" - https://www.districtc.co/point-of-view/ Dan’s Education Book: Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol: https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Inequalities-Children-Americas-Schools/dp/0060974990 Finding Purpose: Dan explains how he found purpose in the \"unlikeliest of places\"—a crisis at Manhattan Prep—where a team rallied together to protect the company they had built after a major security breach. This experience taught him the importance of a common purpose in professional life. The Problem with Traditional Education: Dan argues that the education system often prepares \"two-point players\" for a \"three-point economy\" by focusing on individual achievement rather than essential collaborative and problem-solving skills. Teamship aims to develop these \"three-point skills\" that are valued by every employer. Teamship's Model: The Teamship program involves teams of three to four students who work on a real business problem over four to six weeks. The time commitment for the business partner is intentionally light—just five hours t…","meta_description":"A Reimagined Internship with Dan Gonzalez Welcome to the Education Equation, a new podcast focused on what the evidence says actually moves the needle in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2067,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-education-equation-with-jeremy-singer-7488395/episodes/dan-gonzalez-district-c/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-equation-with-jeremy-singer-7488395/dan-gonzalez-district-c.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}