<p>Bexley author/journalist Suzanne Goldsmith-Hirsch describes a groundbreaking 8th grade program where students in her Concord, MA middle school spent six weeks in downtown Boston developing their own hands-on learning experiences. Those six weeks set the architecture of Suzanne's life. This episode will challenge listeners to imagine a whole new landscape of educational possibilities.</p>

Episode 3- CEO at age 20 with Olivia Weinstock

If you ask someone about the most powerful learning experience of their youth, few people will mention a lecture, a textbook reading, or a test. Nearly all will identify an EXPERIENCE; that is because experiential learning is the most profound and lasting form of learning. So if experience matters, how do we offer it to students in our schools? This podcast invites folks to share the learning experience that most deeply impacted their lives, and each episode includes provocations about how we can bring those types of experiences into the mainstream of American schools. Experience Matters is about harnessing the power of experiential learning to transform public education