{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Catching Up: School Choice, AI & Humanity, and Bottom-Up Innovation","description":" In this episode of Catching Up, Nate McClennen and Mason Pashia explore what\u2019s changing in education\u2014and what should change next\u2014through the lenses of infrastructure, accountability, and emerging technology. They discuss a \u201csmart city\u201d view of transportation and connectivity, unpack new research on how parents respond to grades vs. standardized test data, and examine a Florida study on how school choice competition impacts performance. The conversation then shifts to the Future of Tech and Work, including AI agents and the incentive structures shaping major AI companies\u2014ending with a clear call to invest in \u201crelational infrastructure\u201d so that human connection, trust, and agency grow alongside AI. Outline (00:00) Welcome & Overview (03:23) Infrastructure & Mexico City (08:36) AI Agents & Moltbook (13:37) Parents, Grades & Testing (18:28) School Choice Study (38:26) Bottom-Up Innovation Framework (47:08) What's That Song? Links Watch the full video here Interpreting Performance: Evidence on Signal Weighting in Human Capital Investment In These Districts, Students Get an English Credit for On-the-Job Internships What actually determines AI\u2019s impact on humanity? Incentives, value networks, and the forces shaping AI\u2019s future. The CHOICE We Make: The Critically Human Skills That Define Our Future Welcome to the Era of Relational Intelligence Can\u2019t Get There from Here: A Framework for the Start, Spread, and Scale of Bottom-Up Innovation in Education Low-Earning Degrees Will Soon Lose Access to Federal Loans\u2014Is Yours on the List   ","author_name":"Getting Smart Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/gettingsmart.com","html":"