SMALL TALK: Education data-crunching firm RANDA Solutions announced its new "The Core of Education" podcast series. High-profile innovators and practitioners from around the globe will cover just about everything, including Big Data, teacher effectiveness, engagement, cheating, and design thinking. (Check out the schedule in the press release.) Last week featured an interview with Richard Culatta (Deputy Director of U.S. Department of Education's Office of Education Technology) and Lord Jim Knight (former Minister of Education in England).
