Can school houses build belonging? / When connections beat merit / One incredible career journey

Can you actually design a sense of belonging?In this episode of News Sidequest, we look at schools adopting Hogwarts-style house systems—and whether that kind of structure really works in the real world.We also explore why connections may matter more than merit in some systems, and one incredible story of persistence from a woman who went from janitor to doctor at the same hospital.Plus: an “alien” potato in space, a million-year-old time capsule, Opening Day debates, and more from around the edges of the news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.