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This week, when you first take a look at it, the issue of measuring student learning appears to be an educational problem: what and how much do students actually learn? But when you investigate the educational accountability movement, especially here in the U.S., you realize that the preoccupation with measuring student learning is a problem that goes much deeper.

For the 30th year, the Princeton Review has again listed what they feel are the best colleges in the country, and this year added a new batch of lists. Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll hear how this new college guide was put together.

This flutist and composer was born in Chicago, where her grandparents arrived during the Great Migration. “It wasn’t perfect, but it was definitely an upgrade from Mississippi.” A musician reflects on her hometown and one of its sons.

(Airs 09/16/21 @ 3 p.m. & 09/18/21 @ 5:30 a.m.) WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Westchester County Executive George Latimer.

Tonight on Person Place Thing: Dorinda Elliott, a journalist with a lifelong interest in China and Newsweek’s former Beijing bureau chief, says, “The struggle between intellectuals and the merchant class continues in China, but at the moment, it’s kind of like money trumps everything.” Elliott also tells us about a noodle shop in Hong Kong.

Playlist as aired on Saturday, November 13th, 2021

Tonight on Person Place Thing: Composer and guitarist Kaki King says that joining with people to make social change is like joining with people to make music. “You’re finding people you work well with, who bring something to the table that you don’t.” A conversation about guitar music and transportation policy.

Each Wednesday and Sunday evening at 8 p.m. “Live At The Linda” brings you some of the best musical acts to grace the stage at The Linda - WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. This week we feature GA-20 and JD Simo from October of this year, and a 2018 set from Tinsley Ellis.

The world is a pretty big place. And it’s the size of the planet that can sometimes make climate change a difficult concept for a lot of people to wrap their heads around. A new book is trying to knock that concept down to size. It’s called “The Atlas of a Changing Climate”, and it’s beautifully illustrated with contemporary and historic maps and images from around the world.It’s the work of Brian Buma. Dr. Buma is an assistant professor of Quantitative Biology at the University of Colorado and an affiliate professor at the University of Alaska. His explorations and wanderings around the globe have been featured in National Geographic.We’ll also spend an Academic Minute with life in a warming sea.

Back in February, NASA successfully landed the Perseverance rover on Mars. The pictures it transmitted back to Earth of the red planet were spectacular and captured the imagination of millions. It also gave the Cambridge Dictionary its first hint on what this year’s word of the year would be.Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll hear why the Cambridge Dictionary made perseverance the 2021 word of the year.