Alec talks to Partners in School Innovation CEO Derek Mitchell and Executive Director of California Academy of Sciences Scott Sampson about what “regenerative education” is, and why the world needs it right now.
“I am a teacher and I routinely make positive phone calls home,” said Laura. “But their power really hit home when my son’s teacher called me to tell me something great he did at school. I was worried that he was flying under the radar, but she noticed and that call brought me to tears.”
This is one in a trio of articles that provide tried-and-tested, actionable advice for community partnerships in school. This article focuses on internship. You should also check out the other articles, on service learning and externship.
This is one in a trio of articles that provide tried-and-tested, actionable advice for community partnerships in school. This article focuses on externship. You should also check out the other articles, on internship and service learning.
Alec talks to Waverly Zhao and David Lee, co-founders of Iowa WTF, about what it took to organize a state-wide school walkout in response to anti-Gay legislation in 2023
Alec talks to Waverly Zhao and David Lee, co-founders of Iowa WTF, an organization founded by Iowa High School students in response to state laws restricting what they could talk about in schools.
Peter Deswood is Assistant Superintendent of the Central Consolidated School District, in Northwestern New Mexico. He’s also a member of the Navajo nation, and he talks to Alec about why that’s important to his students, and to him.
Navajo teacher Bernita Bedah teaches a bilingual kindergarten class in Navajo and English. She talks to Alec about why that’s important for her students, and her community.
This is a story about the lessons White boys learn in school. Or at least it’s about what I learned in school- about race and class and gender and what we do or don’t owe each other.
This is a guest episode from Taking Off the Mask, a podcast that provides men a space to have conversations about life, challenges, joys, heartbreak, dreams, failures, and whatever is ready to be revealed.
The past years of the pandemic has made it difficult for students to connect with each other, which is essential for their growth and development, and as teachers, it’s important to provide opportunities for them to connect peer-to-peer despite the limited time.
Eduard is the Director-General of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, the chair of the center for UNESCO in Catalonia. And this is striking because Eduard did really, really badly in school, but he thrived in scouting…
15-year veteran math teacher, Sarah Strong, and her high school student, Gigi Butterfield, get into why kids hate math (at least some of them), and what to do about it.
Sarah Strong talks to Cate Challen about the book she co-authored with High Tech High graduate Gigi Butterfield (class of ’21), “Dear Math: Why Kids Hate Math and What Teachers Can Do About It”
High Tech High Chula Vista director Edrick Macalaguim shares what he’s learned about building and restoring classroom culture from over 20 years working in schools
A liberated curriculum is a curriculum that represents, elevates, honors, and integrates all young peoples’ cultural and linguistic backgrounds and cultural ways of being.
Sixth Grade DJs DJ Dice and DJ Rose play their favorite clips for Alec, and give advice on running a youth radio show along with one of their teachers, Alex Owens.
When her work for the Gates Foundation brought her to Beijing, Yinuo Li couldn’t find a school she was excited to send her kids to, so she founded one.
The honors biology pathways allowed students to develop relationships and no part of school felt more absent during distance learning than relationships.
