All4Ed CEO Amy Loyd on why schools should prepare students for more than a job.

Before Amy Loyd, Ph.D. shaped national education policy, she drove ambulances behind racehorses, worked as a river guide, and apprenticed with a mechanic to keep her car running.

Those experiences informed how she thinks about education — and why she believes schools should prepare students for more than a job.

In the first episode of Worth Learning, my co-host Michael Crawford, Ph.D. (America Succeeds) and I talked with Amy, now CEO of All4Ed, about nonlinear careers, why education should support self-determination and interdependence, and what it means to prepare learners for a lifetime of opportunity and choice.

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