Evidence in the Wild is a podcast about how data and research really get used in education. Hosted by researcher and former college professor Josh Stewart, this show features honest, engaging conversations with educators, administrators, and policy folks navigating the messy space between evidence and real-world practice. It’s about elevating what works, questioning what doesn’t, and democratizing how we use data to shape the future of education. Josh can be reached through his website at https://rockymountain-research.org/ or joshua@rockymountain-research.org
Evidence in the Wild
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Podcast Overview
Evidence in the Wild is a podcast about how data and research really get used in education. Hosted by researcher and former college professor Josh Stewart, this show features honest, engaging conversations with educators, administrators, and policy folks navigating the messy space between evidence and real-world practice. It’s about elevating what works, questioning what doesn’t, and democratizing how we use data to shape the future of education. Josh can be reached through his website at https://rockymountain-research.org/ or joshua@rockymountain-research.org
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Recent Episodes
May 14, 2026
Reimagining Federal Education Research with Amber Northern
Amber Northern, Senior VP for Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Senior Advisor at the Department of Education, joins us to discuss her recent paper Reimagining the Institute of Education Sciences. In this episode, she shares which strategic shifts would make IES more relevant, responsive, and useful to educators on the ground. Key themes include closing the gap between research and practice, accelerating the research cycle, making better use of data already being collected, and rethinking how evidence reaches practitioners. Read Amber Northern's full report - Reimagining the Institute of Education Sciences Curious to learn more or want to get in touch? Reach out to us at rockymountain-research.org
April 28, 2026
Mitch Weathers & Sarah Oberle: Putting Executive Function into Every Classroom
From designing school-wide organizational systems for high schoolers to studying the science of learning in the earliest grades, Mitch Weathers and Sarah Oberle have spent decades observing how executive function shapes student learning. In this episode, they join us to unpack what executive function actually is, and how every K–3 teacher can start supporting it tomorrow without overhauling their entire practice. Mitch and Sarah also dig into the science behind working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility, and what their new book, Executive Functions for Every K–3 Classroom, offers teachers hungry for research-backed, classroom-ready strategies.Order Executive Functions for Every K–3 Classroom: Promoting Self-Regulation for a Strong Start Mitch Weathers – organizedbinder.com Sarah Oberle – sarahoverlay.com Curious to learn more or want to get in touch? Reach out to us at rockymountain-research.org
April 6, 2026
Meet Them Where They Are: Anousheh Shayestehpour on Pacific Education and Test Taking
This episode contains a brief mention of student suicidal ideation. From tutoring peers in a classroom to shaping federal education policy, Anousheh Shayestehpour has seen American education from every level. In this episode, she joins us to unpack the tension between standardized testing and real student growth, including how 'No Child Left Behind' shifted the focus from skills to scores, and while the data testing provides is valuable, the culture built around it is a different story.Anousheh also reflects on her work with Pacific Island communities, freely associated states, and Indigenous nations, and what a community-based, relationship-first approach to education can teach the rest of us.Anousheh Shayestehpour - Lab Rats Education Curious to learn more or want to get in touch? Reach out to us at rockymountain-research.org
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