Our guest on today's show is Lisa Damour, pyschologist, author, and director of the Laurel School's Center for Research on Girls. Lisa deftly navigated our questions on teenagers, girls, and why adults are so wonky around adolescents. She opens her new book, Untangled, with this line: "We need a new way to talk about teenage girls, because the way people do it now isn’t fair to girls or helpful to their parents." Lisa gets kids and loves them. She ends the show with a challenge that you...

Alex, Vinnie and arvind kick the 2016 season sharing some resources and the books on our shelves right now. We talked about some of our favorites like Educon. We talked about books/media we're consuming right now: Money: Master The Game - Tony Robbins - educators deserve financial freedom, too. Did you know that you could get there? Really. Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing - Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman Harry Potter - yes, we read fiction, too! Rising Strong - Brene Brown....

After hiatus since last year, 21st Century Learning is back! Alex, Vinnie, and arvind checked in with what they have been up to this school year, in particular, what they have been learning.

Alex, Vinnie, and arvind bring in the close of 2014 with the year's final episode. We discuss some of our goals and aspirations for the break and for the next year. Tune in one last time in 2014.