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Jean Piaget has suggested that the principal goal of education should be to create learners who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other in the past have done; but rather people who are creative, inventive, and inquisitive. This the essence of progressive education. Beyond the Curriculum is a podcast dedicated to promoting progressive education. Each episode will feature an educator who will share practical approaches listeners can immediately use in their classrooms. ...
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Inclusive Design: Dr. Jan Wilson | Season 3 Episode 5
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"We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color." - Maya Angelou Jan Wilson is a Wellspring Associate Professor of Gender Studies and History at the University of Tulsa. She is the author of the book Becoming Disabled: Forging a Disab…
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Inclusive Schools: Kristen Uliasz | Season 3 Episode 4
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“The more you learn, the more you want to learn.”— Lailah Gifty AkitaKristen Uliasz is an Inclusion Specialist at Da Vinci Charter Academy & Emeritus Faculty with PBLWorks.org. Kristen will share her experience with schoolwide PBL that connects schools to the greater community by engaging learners of all abilities.Kristen’s vision of inclusion cent…
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Inclusive Classrooms: Kimberly Eckert | Season 3 Episode 3
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“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”— Mark TwainKimberly Eckert is the 2018 Lousiana State Teacher of the Year, 2020 ASCD Emerging Leader, 2020 Global Teacher Prize Finalist, 2019 NEA Social Justice Activist of the Year National Finalist, and a National Center for Learning Disabilities Expert Teacher. Kimberly’s vision of in…
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Inclusive Communities: Karen Krejcha | Season 3 Episode 2
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“When everyone is included, everyone wins.” — Jesse Jackson Karen Krejcha is the founder of Autism Empowerment--a nonprofit organization that advocates for the autistic community, host of the Autism Empowerment Podcast, and the editor and columnist of Spectrum Life Magazine. Besides this, she is the mother of two boys on the autism spectrum and an …
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What is Inclusion? Amy Campbell | Season 3 Episode 1
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Amy Campbell is the 2020 Washington State Teacher of the Year and a special ed teacher at Helen Baller Elementary in Camas, WA. As Washington State Teacher of the Year, Amy uses her title to promote more inclusion. She believes that schools are microcosms of our world and by promoting more inclusion in schools we build a more inclusive community. E…
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In November 2018, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg posted a tweet in which she questions the traditional use of the word “inclusion” by explaining how she views it as a minimum and challenges us to go further. She says: It’s not about inclusion or even celebration. It’s about expansion. Our culture is better when disabled folks expand its ideas about embodim…
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The Pointless Classroom with Gary Chu | Season 2 Episode 6
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“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” — Albert Einstein Gary Chu is a high school mathematics teacher in a racially and culturally diverse suburb outside of Chicago. He is passionate about disrupting inequities. You can follow him on Twitter at @mrgarychu. Gary contributed a chapter to the book Ungrading: Why Rating St…
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A STEM Ungrading Case Study with Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh | Season 2 Episode 5
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Clarissa Sorenesn-Unruh teaches chemistry and statistics full-time at Central New Mexico Community College. She is a Ph.D. student in learning sciences, a Councilor for the Division of Chemical Education in the American Chemical Society, and a panelist for a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine symposium. Clarissa contributed a…
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Critique-Driven Learning and Assessment with Dr. Christopher Riesbeck | Season 2 Episode 4
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“We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” — Bill Gates Christopher Riesbeck is an associate professor of computer science at Northwestern University and co-director of the Center for Computer Science and Learning Sciences. He has been doing critique-driven learning since 1997. Dr. Riesbeck is now working on computer-ass…
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Contract Grading and Peer Review with Dr. Christina Katopodis and Dr. Cathy Davidson | Season 2 Episode 3
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“Society is indeed a contract. ... It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection.” — Edmund Burke Dr. Katopodis is the Executive Director of Transformative Learning in the Humanities, a three-year initiative at City University of New York supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundati…
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Let’s Talk About Grading with Dr. Laura Gibbs | Season 2 Episode 2
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“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” — Albert Einstein Dr. Laura Gibbs is a professor of humanities at the University of Oklahoma, teaching mythology and folklore online, challenging her students to develop higher-order Bloom Taxonomy along with 21st Century skills as they explore the content of her cour…
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Introducing Ungrading with Dr. Susan Blum | Season 2 Episode 1
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Dr. Susan Blum is a professor of anthropology a the University of Notre Dame and the editor of the book Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead). In this episode, Susan discusses what led her to compile the book, what the book represents, and how it has been received. This the first episode of a six-part series wh…
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Revolutionizing Education: Elevating Teachers of Color - Rodney Robinson | Season 1 Episode 5
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As you live, believe in Life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life. The only possible death is to lose belief in this truth simply because the great end comes slowly, because time is long - W. E. B. Du Bois Rodney Robinson is the Senior Advisor, Richmond Public Schools Male teacher of Color Initiative at th…
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Revolutionizing Education: Equitable Solutions - Abdul Wright | Season 1 Episode 4
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“Education is the platform that makes it possible to defeat all barriers.” — Norbert Juma Abdul Wright is a middle school Language Arts teacher and Literacy Coach, the 2016 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, and identified as a Minnesota, African American Heritage Award Honoree. Abdul will discuss the impact teachers make on the journey of our young le…
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Revolutionizing Education: Liberating Education - Sharif El-Mekki | Season 1 Episode 3
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— Paulo Freire“Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion, and reflection.” Sharif is the CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development and former principal of Mastery Charter Schools - Shoemaker Campus, a neighborhood turnaround school in West Philadelphia. He is recognized by former …
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Revolutionizing Education: How Teachers Can Transform Education and Save Democracy - Michael Soskil | Season 1 Episode 2
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“An educated, enlightened and informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy” — Nelson Mandela Michael Soskil is a fourth-grade science teacher, Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Teachers Advisory Committee, 2016 Global Teacher Prize Top-10 Finalist, and the editor of the book “Flip the System: How Teachers Ca…
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Revolutionizing Education: Education’s Role in Democracy - Ted Dintersmith | Season 1 Episode 1
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"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education." Franklin D. Roosevelt Though Ted Dintersmith made his fortune in venture capitalism, he’s made his greatest impact on education. His books Most Likely to Succeed and What School Could Be and his f…
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Revolutionizing Education: NSTOY Conference - Bob Williams | Season 1 Introduction
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“Being a teacher leader means that you can understand and realize the impact you have is really limitless.” — Bob Williams - Acting CEO NNSTOY On July 8-10, the National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) hosted its Teacher Leadership Conference virtually. The title of the conference? Revolutionizing Education. With the permission of NN…
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"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin Teachers are charged with preparing the next generation who will be tasked with being stewards of the world. Teachers can lecture about the skills that are necessary for adulthood, they can drill, and test them on these skills, or they can engage them i…
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Art Inquiry: Christine Miller | Episode 08
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Christine Miller is a retired high school Arts teacher from Plano, Texas. She believes deep, authentic learning comes from the learner posing the questions. Therefore, she used student inquiry to place her students in the center of her class. Christine is the 2008-2009, Teacher of the Year, School for the Talented and Gifted, Dallas ISD, Williams H…
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Sustainable Development Goals: Julia Fliss | Episode 07
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"The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life." - Maria Montessori If teachers are preparing their learners for life then they need to engage them with life and the world in which they live. Our children will grow up and they will become the stewards of the earth. How we engage them today wi…
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"I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out..." - Temple Grandin The teacher’s primary job is to help students find their own voices. Because when we do, we help them become people who can engage with the world and, ultimately, make it a better place. Language, socio-econ…
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Inquiry: Michelle Cottrell-Williams | Episode 05
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It is fairly common for students to ask, “When will I ever use this?” This is not a meant to disparage the curriculum, but rather it is a challenge for teacher to make the content meaningful and worthwhile. Michelle Cottrell-Williams, is an instructional coach at Gunston Middle School in Arlington, VA, the 2018 Virginia State Teacher of the Year, a…
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Building Relationships: Dr. Jessica Zeller | Episode 04
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“When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.” — bell hooks When teachers create structures that "drop fear" and draw their students to them and to one another they create spaces where students can reach for the stars, and education is about disc…
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TQE Reading: Marisa Thompson | Episode 03
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“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.” — Roald Dahl It is the joy of reading that teachers want to inspire within their learners. However, somewhere along…
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Courageous Conversations: Dr. Shantha Smith | Episode 02
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“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe In the wake of nation-wide protests that resulted from the death of an African American man at the knee of white police officers, it is clear racism is deeply ingrained in the fabric of our county. However, it is also clear that many Americans want to confront racism in order …
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Authentic Writing: John Warner | Episode 01
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“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” — Sylvia Plath If the purpose of writing is to do something bold and creative, does formal writing instruction typically used in schools help learners achieve this? Well, actua…
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“It’s not important what we cover in the class. It’s important what you discover.” — Noam Chomsky Jean Piaget has suggested that the principal goal of education should be to create learners who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what others in the past have done; but rather people who are creative, inventive, and inquisitive. Thi…
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