What's Best For Kids?

About What's Best For Kids?

Education is caught between the 18th century notion of the three R’s and the 21st century explosion of technology, politics and the need to prepare our kids for the ever-evolving global economy. We know parents and educators all want the same outcome for kids, happy, healthy, and independent young people, but how do we get there and what are the obstacles and pitfalls we face along the way? Join veteran educator Don Collins and High School Principal Rob Coppo as they ask the question, what’s best for kids?

Publisher

Rob Coppo and Don Collins

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Aug 2022

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

84 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   S5 Ep. 4 - The Blame Game

   Are we too quick to blame smartphones and social media for the problems teens and schools face today? Psychologist Candice Odgers refutes many of the conclusions from prominent authors, including podcast favorites, Dr. Jean Twenge (iGen) and Johnathan Haidt (The Anxious Generation). Does she have a point?

2. 

   17 Sept 2026

   S5 Ep. 3 - Unsettled

   Meta, the parent company for Facebook and Instagram, settled their landmark social media addiction case for 17 billion dollars. Where will that money go? How will it be used? Will we see change? What lessons, if any, will anyone involved learn?

3. 

   3 Sept 2026

   S5 Ep. 2 - NEET-Oh

   There is yet another crisis facing young men - unemployment. A rise in what is now  known as a NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) is creating concerns for families all over the world. What’s keeping young men out of the workforce,  and what, if anything, can schools do about it?

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

27 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

26

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77