Dialogues on Education-5-On Morrison-Namwali Serpell-Toni Morrison biographer
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
Release Date: 02/24/2026
Scholastic Games of Lorain County-16-SF2-Avon High vs. Elyria Catholic High School
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
This is semifinal #2, to determine the team to face Black River in the county academic championship, which will conclude the 36th season of “Scholastic Games,” the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Avon High School, the defending hampion, and Elyria Catholic High School. which like Avon, has been taking in all comers in this year’s playoffs. If Avon wins today, the two schools in the championship will be the same two schools...
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Scholastic Games of Lorain County-15-SF1-Black River High School vs. Olmsted Falls
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
This is the first semifinal in the 36th season of “Scholastic Games,” the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Olmsted Falls High School, a five-time championship-winning school, though it has been several years since their last championship, and Black River High School, which was the runner-up in last year's championship broadcast. Both schools take academic competitions seriously, so this should be an exciting matchup. The...
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Scholastic Games of Lorain County-14-QF4-Avon Lake vs. Black River High School
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
This is quarterfinal #4, in playoffs for the 36th season of “Scholastic Games,” the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Avon Lake High School, a three-time championship-winning school, and Black River High School. last year’s runner-up in the championship program. Needless to say, both have potential to “go all the way” but only one will emerge from today’s program as a semifinalist!
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Dialogues on Education-14-Lake Erie College - Ashley Mayse
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
“Dialogues on Education” is a weekly companion program to “Scholastic Games,” an interview feature focusing on education success stories. It is produced and hosted by broadcast veteran Bob Tayek. Since Lake Erie College opened as a women's college in 1856, this institution in Painesville, Ohio, has been an important asset to the state of Ohio. The guest on this week’s program is Ashley Mayse. Vice President for Enrollment. She describes how LEC serves student needs of today while maintaining the kind of small college environment that has enhanced the learning...
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Scholastic Games of Lorain County-13-QF3-Elyria Catholic vs. Firelands High School
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
This is quarterfinal #3, continuing the final series of programs in our 36th season of “Scholastic Games,” the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Elyria Catholic High School, the only Catholic high school in the county and Firelands High School. located in Oberlin, Ohio, which serves a large mostly rural area in the county. Both of these schools have top academic teams this year and high hopes to reach our championship for the first...
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Dialogues-26-13-Tiffin U-Tim Bulware
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
“Dialogues on Education” is a weekly companion program to “Scholastic Games,” an interview feature focusing on success stories in the area of education. It is produced and hosted by broadcast veteran Bob Tayek. The guest on this week’s offering is Tim Bulware, coordinator of online learning programs at Tiffin University, located in Seneca county, to the west of Cleveland and Lorain County. He describes how the campus is growing, even as the university’s online access is expanding exponentially, as this institution which has served the region since the nineteenth...
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Scholastic Games of Lorain County-11-QF1-Avon vs. Vermilion high schools
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
The playoffs begin! This is quarterfinal #1 between two of the highest-scoring schools in our first rounds of competition! This begins the final series of programs in our 36th season of “Scholastic Games,” the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Vermilion High School, and Avon High School. Avon is our defending champion, the team that, last spring, became only the fifth area school to have won the championship five...
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Dialogues on Education-8-John Carroll University=Ryan Mann
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
John Carroll University in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, is one of the institutions supporting the Scholastic Games Tuition Credit Award Program. We periodically interview individuals at our supporting institutions for an update on programs and opportunities offered to students. Bob Tayek's guest is the Associate Dean of Admissions, Ryan Mann, who details not only some aspects of its history, but a number of the current activities at this dynamic, growing university.
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Dialogues on Education-7-Elyria Public Library-Bob Harrison
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
“Dialogues on Education” is a weekly companion program to “Scholastic Games,” an interview feature focusing on success stories in the area of education. It is produced and hosted by broadcast veteran Bob Tayek. The guest on this week’s offering is Robert Harrison, the newly named Marketing and Communications Director for the Elyria Public Library System, which has been host venue for our broadcasts and our radio sponsor for over a decade. The library takes pride in its long history and in the diversity of its services to the community.
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Dialogues on Education-5-On Morrison-Namwali Serpell-Toni Morrison biographer
Scholastic Games H.S. Quiz Podcast
On this Dialogues on Education interview, Bob Tayek speaks with author Namwali Serpell, a Harvard professor, whose book "On Morrison" is a comprehensive analysis of the writings of Lorain native Toni Morrison, the late novelist, editor and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. Serpell offers unique perspective on Morrison's writings both in comparison it to literary classics and as interpretation of African American experience.
info_outlineOn this Dialogues on Education interview, Bob Tayek speaks with author Namwali Serpell, a Harvard professor, whose book "On Morrison" is a comprehensive analysis of the writings of Lorain native Toni Morrison, the late novelist, editor and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. Serpell offers unique perspective on Morrison's writings both in comparison it to literary classics and as interpretation of African American experience.