If education is the foundation of our future, why hasn't it changed much in the past two centuries?

We're now realizing that we all want something different from education.

That education hasn't changed largely since the 19th century.

You know, it still looks very similar.

And our kids need new and different skills for the 21st century for the workplace,

but also for their mental health and their well-being in the future.

Hello, this is Jeff Sanders, and welcome back to another episode of the Live Happy Now podcast.

This week we're talking to Emily Larson, a researcher, instructor, and practitioner in the fields of education and public policy.

As director for the International Positive Education Network, which was formed by Martin Seligman,

Angela Duckworth, and Sir Anthony Selden, Emily is part of a movement that is turning the academic

research surrounding positive psychology into practical lesson

plans and interventions for educators and students.

Live Happy CEO, Deborah Heys sat down with Emily to talk about what's happening in positive

education and how you can be a part of the World Positive Education Accelerator in June.

Welcome to the Live Happy Now podcast.

Emily is someone who I've worked with for the past few years because she is the director of an organization that is near and dear to my heart, which is the International Positive

Education Network.

Emily is also a researcher, instructor, and practitioner in the fields of education and public policy.

For the past three years, she's been an assistant instructor to Dr. Martin Seligman's course

in the Master's Applied Positive Psychology Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

As many of you know, Martin Seligman is, to a large extent, the father not only of the

positive psychology movement,

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