Security Clearances & The Learning Mindset (with Sal Khan)

Stay Tuned: Security Clearances & The Learning Mindset (with Sal Khan)
04/04/19
Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of the non-profit online education platform Khan Academy, joins Preet for a wide-ranging conversation about teaching, parenting, and the learning mindset.


REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Q&A


Rod Rosenstein
A June 2018 article in the NYT on Rosenstein’s involvement in the firing of FBI director James ComeyA September 2018 report in the NYT, “Rod Rosenstein Suggested Secretly Recording Trump and Discussed 25th Amendment”An October 2018 article from the WSJ, “Rod Rosenstein Defends Mueller Probe as ‘Appropriate and Independent’”A May 2017 report from NPR: “Trump Told Russians He Fired 'Nut Job' Comey Because Of Investigation.”

The Mueller Report
Barr’s letter summarizing the principal conclusions of the Mueller report, and his second letter updating lawmakers on the process of making the report publicAn article in the NYT, “Subpoena for Mueller Report and Documents Approved by House Judiciary Committee”

Security clearances
An article from the Washington Post on security clearance reversals during the Trump administrationThe Washington Post reporting on Trump’s decision to revoke former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearanceTwitter account for Walter Shaub, former Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics

From the interview
Sal Khan
Khan AcademyKhan Lab SchoolKhan’s op-ed, “The Learning Myth: Why I’ll Never Tell My Son He’s Smart”Khan’s book, “The One World School House: Education Reimagined”

Mindset and attention spans
Carol Dweck’s research on mindset, plus her TedTalk on the subjectA literature review on studies concerning attention spans

Wealth inequity
Analysis from the Washington Post: “Wealth concentration returning to ‘levels last seen during the Roaring Twenties,’ according to new research”

Standardized testing and schools
An article in the NYT on standardized testing, and its futureAn article in the Atlantic, “Why Doesn’t Public School Start at Birth?”

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