Summer Rerun: Ron Berger on Beautiful Lessons Ron Berger talks about literacy, projects, beautifully-designed lessons, and the power of no lesson at all
Going back to Kindergarten with Kemp Harris Kindergarten made a big impression on Sarah Fine, so she went back and interviewed her teacher.
Cedarbrook Episode 3: “The Same Storm” Seventh grade students from Cedarbrook Middle School reflect on going through the same challenges during…
Cedarbrook Episode 2: “The End of Normal” Three seventh grade teachers from Cedarbrook Middle School in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, interviewed their students…
Cheltenham PBL Experiment: Assembling the Team Isaac Stanford interviews his seventh grade students about the year that was distanced…
Don Berwick on Building Courageous Networks Stacey Caillier interviews Don Berwick about learning from variation, detoxifying “data,” learning from users, avoiding the “hero” trap, and more
Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth, with Rick Oculto Jean Catubay talks to Rick Oculto about supporting LBTQ+ youth
Radical Reengagement: Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales Opening keynote at Deeper Learning 2021 on how radical reengagement will lift students out of a year of COVID…
Storytelling in Mexico There’s nowhere in the world quite like the Habla Center in Mérida, Mexico. Teachers go there…
The AbleGamerz Project Sixth grade students at High Tech Middle Mesa design and build adaptive gaming controllers for people with physical disabilities
Teaching Consent: Beyond “No Means No” Jean and Alec interview Marcy Clayson, of Planned Parenthood, about how to teach kids about consent
Supporting Mental Health as We Return to The Classroom Alec talks to psychologist Cat Magielnicki about her advice for helping kids return to classrooms
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.”
What Can School Learn From After-school? A conversation about why more engaging learning tends to happen in electives and extracurriculars than during “core classes”, and how what we can learn from these “peripheral” classes, teams, and clubs.
Don Berwick on Improvement as Learning Stacey Caillier interviews Don Berwick, one of the world’s foremost authorities on improvement
Preparing students to Understand, Discuss, and Dismantle Racism Alec and Jean talk to Ayo Magwood about the importance of explicitly teaching the history of race in America…
Rachel Angeles “Making Sense of This” Brent speaks with Rachel Angeles about synthesizing everything around us and co-creating …
Banishing Awkward Silence from Breakout Rooms Alec talks to 7th grade math and science teacher Kat Wu about how the kids in her team …
Shane Duenow on parallel prototyping & Padlet Maker teacher Shane Duenow about how he uses software to facilitate student drafting.
If it doesn’t work for teachers, it doesn’t work Alec talks to Dr. Simon Breakspear about how he developed his “Teaching Sprints” program …
“Nobody dresses like that here” Jean and Alec talk to artist, community activist, entrepreneur and Dean of High Tech High Chula Vista
Spreadsheets vs. Inequality in New York City Schools In this episode, Alec talks to Nikki Giunta, Chief of Staff at New Visions for …
Screen Time: How Remote Learning Feels to Students In this special guest episode from This Teenage Life students talk about how it feels to …
“How to Teach Us” and how students found real data Sixth grade students at High Tech Middle North County write a book for teachers on how …
“You can’t do this alone”: La Junta Collective Jean and Alec talk to members of South Central LA’s La Junta Collective about how to …
How Julie Ruble Talks About Race and Sexuality in Class In this episode, Alec and middle school teacher Jean Catubay interview fellow-middle …
