{"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":"Dr. Janice Jackson | Aspen Institute","slug":"dr-janice-jackson-aspen-institute","published_at":"2025-12-15T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-equation-with-jeremy-singer-7488395/dr-janice-jackson-aspen-institute","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-equation-with-jeremy-singer-7488395","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PLMD1553108890.mp3?updated=1765738346","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PLMD1553108890.mp3?updated=1765738346","summary":"🎧 The Education Equation: Dr. Janice Jackson on Scaling Solutions On this episode of The Education Equation, host Jeremy Singer speaks with Dr. Janice Jackson, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Executive Director of the Aspen Institute's Education and Society Program. Dr. Jackson, a CPS alumna, discusses her journey leading one of the nation’s largest school districts. She notes that her time as a principal provided the best preparation for the superintendency. Under her leadership, CPS boosted its graduation rate from 55.8% in 2010 to 82.5% in 2020. This dramatic turnaround was driven by intentional work, including making students take a college entrance exam to graduate and implementing the Freshmen on Track system, which was informed by data from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. This success was built on data transparency, accountability, principal empowerment, and strong public-private partnerships. The conversation moves to Hope Chicago, the two-generation debt-free scholarship model she founded. Hope Chicago provides debt-free support (tuition, books, fees, and a stipend) to students from neighborhood high schools. By reducing financial risk, the model has significantly increased matriculation rates from about 57% to about 85% today. First-year persistence also increased from 61% to about 75%, demonstrating that removing debt and providing one-on-one support boosts college success. Now at the Aspen Institute, Dr. Jackson is exploring the future of student outcomes on a national level. She emphasizes the need for leadership to address major challenges like economic preparedness, the impact of AI and EdTech, and the rise of alternative schooling models. Her goal is to translate her lessons from Chicago to a national context, adv…","meta_description":"🎧 The Education Equation: Dr. Janice Jackson on Scaling Solutions On this episode of The Education Equation, host Jeremy Singer speaks with Dr. Janice Jac…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2489,"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/dr-janice-jackson-aspen-institute/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/dr-janice-jackson-aspen-institute.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}