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Solar for All Schools [guest episode from the Climify podcast]

This episode comes from the Climify podcast, which is hosted by Eric Benson, and produced by the Climate Designers Network. Benson interviews Tish Tablan, senior program director at Generation 180, about how going solar can benefit schools’ budgets and provide opportunities for PBL, as well as helping us all thrive as we face an unprecedented climate crisis.

OkCello: Music and Teaching Are About Conversation

Ben Krueger talks to cellist, composer, and teacher Okorie Johnson, who performs as OkCello, about music, teaching, and community. And, appropriately, they talk about how all three of those are, themselves, a form of conversation.

Schools Can Get Better At Unleashing Student Potential

In this special live episode from the 2025 Deeper Learning Conference, educator Ron Berger talks to two Japanese educators and their two brilliant children, who have experienced education across cultures in Japan, the United States, and Europe. They talk about the ways in which schools in different countries unleash student potential, and the ways in which they do not—yet.

The Power of YES

It was the week before the exhibition at High Tech Middle Chula Vista. My eighth-grade class had spent the last eight weeks exploring the question “What makes us resilient?”

Lesson Launch: The Wow Factor

Much like a movie’s opening scene, the launch of a lesson should grab everybody’s attention, spark curiosity, and get students asking questions.

Self-Assessment Strategies for Students

How can assessment practices be designed to best support student learning? In school, the term “assessment” is often shorthand for “grades”—or, perhaps, tests, quizzes, rubrics, and similar evaluative tools. However, thinking of “assessment” as interchangeable with “test” or “grade” limits the potential for assessment practices to lead to meaningful and deeper learning.

Welcome to Unboxed Issue 26

In 2009 I began an internship at the Innovation Unit in London. It being an internship, I was doing a little of everything, but my main project was Learning Futures, whose goal was to make school more engaging for students. 

Remembering David Price

Charged with the challenge and the honour of trying to capture the spectacular quality of David Price’s life, an image, not words, came to mind.

Deeper Learning: Origins, with Brandon Wiley

Brandon Wiley has been a part of Deeper Learning from the beginning. In this episode he gives his perspective on how the Deeper Learning group came together and developed, and how to bring Deeper Learning into your school.

Rochelle Gutiérrez on Rehumanizing Mathematics

Rochelle Gutiérrez, a professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois specializing in mathematics, talks about reconnecting math to our lived experience, and sharing the world’s rich history of different approaches to mathematics with kids.

Rapper Ruby Ibarra

Rapper (and Deeper Learning 2023 headliner) Ruby Ibarra talks about identity, Bay Area hip hop, the legacy of Tumblr, how her mother handles haters, and much more

Bridgemakers Founder Walter Cortina

In this keynote from the 2023 Deeper Learning Conference, hear a story from Walter Cortina, 19, founded Bridgemakers when he was still in high school. Check out what he did, how he did it, and who helped him out along the way.

Deeper Learning with Superintendent Andre Spicer

In this keynote from the 2023 Deeper Learning Conference, hear from LA Region South Superintendent Andre Spicer, who tells about what was missing from his own education, and how he’s making sure every kid in his district gets what he didn’t.

Deeper Learning: Origins, with Laura McBain

High Tech High Graduate School of Education Director of Liberation Michelle Pledger talks to Stanford D.School’s Laura McBain about how the Deeper Learning conference came about, and what it takes to help conference-goers EXPERIENCE deeper learning, rather than just talking about it.

The Impact of Exhibitions

Ninth graders from High Tech High International share their learning at multiple exhibitions with various audiences to deepen their understanding…

Redefining Student Success

This episode is a live recording of a deeper learning Den Talk, hosted by Michelle Pledger, with guests Suzie Boss and Ken Kay. Suzie and Ken have both done way more in education than I can get into here, but most recently they co-authored the book Redefining Student Success: Building a New Vision to Transform Leading Teaching and Learning.

Anjel Newmann & sam seidel at Deeper Learning

Anjel and sam met 20 years ago as student and teacher. This co-keynote about deeper learning, hip hop culture, design thinking + community will amplify over two decades of learning together and leave you ready to do the work as you return to your context.

Four Stories of Deeper Learning

This is a recording of the DL2022 opening keynote, in which four educators from around the country told stories of deeper learning from their own lives.

Addressing Equity & Racism in Schools

This episode is a recording of a “Den Talk” from the 2021 Deeper Learning Conference, on “Leading School Staff in Work to Address Equity and Racism.”

Shadow a Student

Laura McBain, K12 Lab Director of Community and Implementation, speaks about the …

High Expectations

Chris Emdin, Associate Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education, …

Educational Equity

Jessica Brown, Experience Designer for Business Innovation Factory, speaks about the …

Know Your Values

Adria Steinberg describes the importance of knowing one’s values as an educator and …

Building Literacy

Sam Seidel, director of K12 strategy and research at Stanford d. School, speaks about …

Choosing Sean

Deeper learning experiences are needed by our students today. Right now. This very…

Sizzle and Steak

So, exhibitions can be exceptionally stressful for everyone involved, but that’s no…

PME: Advice to You

A founding faculty member of High Tech High, Jeff Robin has influenced the processes of…
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