Best Annalies Corbin Podcasts (2024)

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252. Microschools as Positive Disruptors with David K. Richards 34:40

3d ago34:40

34:40

Microschools are positive disruptors of our modern education ecosystem. Today, CEO of Changemaker Microschools, David K. Richards, joins the show to help us dig a little deeper into the phenomenon. We discuss the ingredients to starting and sustaining a microschool: finding the right teachers; navigating facility and funding options; and deeply eng…

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251. Love of Learning with Amir Nathoo 31:54

10d ago31:54

31:54

The most important part of a child’s education is developing a love of learning. That’s Amir Nathoo’s motto and what led him to co-found OutSchool. Amir joins the show today to talk about future-proofing education by allowing students to engage with what they are most interested in. OutSchool is a marketplace for live online classes for K-12 learne…

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250. Portable Innovation Labs (Part 1 of 4) with Brianna Agomessou 32:29

17d ago32:29

32:29

Welcome to our new mini-series on our Portable Innovation Labs (PILs). Here at the PAST Foundation, we’ve been working hard to make this offering a reality. Now we want to tell you all about it! Our own Brianna Agomessou joins the show today to give an overview of our PIL program. The PIL program is made up of over 40 labs that educators can borrow…

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249. Purdue PolyTechnic: A School without Walls with Dr. Keeanna Warren 31:43

24d ago31:43

31:43

Dr. Keeanna Warren, CEO of Purdue Polytechnic High School, says her school is a school without walls. She means that metaphorically of course, but it did physically come to fruition through a student project at one point. Dr. Keeanna Warren joins us on the show today to explain. Purdue Polytechnic High School is a school without walls in the sense …

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248. AI in EdTech: The SchoolJoy Platform with Ian Zhu 29:01

1M ago29:01

29:01

There are lots of conversations today about AI’s role in education. To help us more deeply discuss it, we have invited Ian Zhu on the show today. Ian is the co-founder and CEO of SchoolJoy. We have a conversation about SchoolJoy, an AI-powered education management platform that provides dynamically updated personal learning preference plans, as wel…

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247. Learner-Centered Schools in Every State with Sonn Sam 33:44

1M ago33:44

33:44

There’s a good chance your state’s policies actually allow for more innovative and student-centered learning than you think. Sonn Sam is the National Director of Partnerships at Big Picture Learning and he’s our guest on the show today. He explains how they have been able to create more space for innovative student-centered over the last 30 years. …

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246. Going Homework-less and Grade-less with Andrea Vescelius 27:48

2M ago27:48

27:48

Andrea Vescelius is a Ohio public school teacher who has eliminated homework and limited grades to just quarterly marks for her students. In this episode, we ask her how she pulled this off and what impact it has had on her students. Andrea takes us on her 24-year teaching journey. She notes when and why her thoughts on homework and grades changed.…

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245. Escape Rooms and the Power of Informal Learning with Laksh Dhir 28:53

2M ago28:53

28:53

Laksh Dhir’s goal is to revolutionize how informal education is being done in classrooms around the world. Laksh is the CEO and Chairman of Youth for STEM Equity, and he is our guest on the show today. Laksh explains that informal education has three main strengths. It helps students imagine themselves in the professional field they are learning ab…

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244. One-on-One Holistic Coaching with Joel Nicholson 32:45

2M ago32:45

32:45

Usually, one-on-one coaching is reserved for business executives, but Joel Nicholson’s mission is to bring it to students. Joel is the co-founder of Youthfully, a coaching and development platform for students. He’s our guest on the show today. Joel explains Youthfully’s holistic and non-directive coaching philosophy. He walks us through their proc…

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243. Institute for Self Directed Learning with Tyler Thigpen 34:08

2M ago34:08

34:08

Dr. Tyler Thigpen co-founded The Forest School in Fayetteville, GA and from there he also co-founded the Institute for Self Directed Learning. Tyler is our guest on the show today and shares with us key practices he has researched and used to nurture student-led environments. We talk about the concept of mastery and how to measure it with single po…

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242. What We Show Them with Kevin Stoller 33:24

2M ago33:24

33:24

“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was made almost 40 years ago, yet it still is seen as an accurate representation of education in America. Kevin Stoller is on a mission to update America’s perception of its schools. He’s our guest on today’s episode. Kevin is the founder of the Second Class Foundation and is creating a new docuseries called “What We Show…

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241. Game-Based Learning with Chris Ramsden 30:55

3M ago30:55

30:55

Often game-based learning is treated simply as a hook to get students initially engaged. Today our guest Chris Ramsden explains how game-based learning should instead be deeply infused in a curriculum, supported with a strong methodological and pedagogical foundation. Chris is a game-based consultant for Accelium Australia, an organization that pro…

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240. Be All You with Ryan Pruitt 29:19

3M ago29:19

29:19

All great things start with a podcast! What started out as a podcast by Ryan Pruitt during COVID lockdowns has morphed into his business called Be All You. Ryan joins the show today to introduce his unique business and discuss the state of education. Be All You is an education company creating an exploratory platform for students who need to create…

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239. Virtual, Personalized Learning with Dr. Lorna Bryant 34:33

3M ago34:33

34:33

While virtual learning is often associated with COVID lockdowns and isolation, it actually has the power to create more connections than traditional brick-and-mortar schools for some students. Dr. Lorna Bryant, Head of Career Solutions at Pearson Virtual Schools joins the show today to explain how. With virtual learning, students can access knowled…

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238. Student Voice and Aspirations with Dr. Russ Quaglia and Dr. Lisa Lande 35:12

3M ago35:12

35:12

Many times we say we value students’ voices and aspirations, but we don’t do the work to truly make them partners in designing and delivering education. Today, Dr. Russ Quaglia and Dr. Lisa Lande from the Quaglia Institute for School Voice and Aspirations join the show to talk about how to change this. We have a great conversation about being hones…

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BONUS. Making the Shift Series: Heather Van Bethuysen 36:45

4M ago36:45

36:45

Welcome to our special series about shifting to a more student-lead ecosystem! Usually we take the month of July off, but this year we’re going to re-examine episodes with the theme of empowering students and communities to determine their own needs and successes. Sometimes we get caught up in the idea that the purpose of education is to create a f…

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BONUS. Making the Shift Series: Bill Daggett 34:25

4M ago34:25

34:25

Welcome to our special series about shifting to a more student-lead ecosystem! Usually we take the month of July off, but this year we’re going to re-examine episodes with the theme of empowering students and communities to determine their own needs and successes. Kids today are different. Compared to high school graduates in 2000, today’s graduate…

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BONUS. Making the Shift Series: Sheryl Cababa 33:37

4M ago33:37

33:37

Welcome back to our special series about shifting to a more student-lead ecosystem! Usually we take the month of July off, but this year we’re going to re-examine episodes with the theme of empowering students and communities to determine their own needs and successes. Sheryl Cababa researches and designs educational products and services on behalf…

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BONUS. Making the Shift Series: Kavita Tanna 37:10

4M ago37:10

37:10

Welcome to our special series about shifting to a more student-lead ecosystem! Usually we take the month of July off, but this year we’re going to re-examine episodes with the theme of empowering students and communities to determine their own needs and successes. In today’s episode, Kavita Tanna, founder of Global Reconnect, speaks about our inter…

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237. Story-Based Creativity with Sarah Lagrotteria 33:57

5M ago33:57

33:57

Humans think in story. Story is not just a way to connect with others, it’s how we connect to ourselves and how we navigate our world. At Just Bloom School, adults and children learn how to tap into their innate story-telling abilities to develop creativity and resilience. Head educator Sarah Lagrotteria joins us today to tell us more. Sarah has tr…

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236. Changing the Education Ecosystem with Byron Sanders 40:40

5M ago40:40

40:40

The traditional educational ecosystem is not built to reflect kids’ lived experiences and development. It has almost arbitrary divisions: School, after school, and summer; school districts and nonprofits; test scores and behavior. Byron Sanders and Big Thought want to change that ecosystem. Big Thought is a Dallas-based organization that creates yo…

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235. Retaining School Health Professionals with Lesley Slaughter 33:20

5M ago33:20

33:20

Lesley Slaughter’s job as Senior Vice President of Soliant is to examine how to close the gap between the number of healthcare professionals and the increasing number of patients requiring care. Recently she has been focusing on school settings as the location of care and health professionals like speech pathologists, sign language interpreters, sp…

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234. Immersive Nature Learning with Seth Oglesby and Susan Zelinski 37:13

5M ago37:13

37:13

Getting to see a live wild animal up close beats staring at a screen for just about anybody, big or small. Our guests today have witnessed that firsthand and are building out their family education program based on it. We are joined today by Seth Oglesby and Susan Zelinski from Arc of Appalachia’s Nature is Neat program. They are in the early growi…

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233. Playworks and the Power of Recess with Elizabeth Cushing 32:35

6M ago32:35

32:35

Play is powerful. Not only is it critical to the individual development of children, but it can create schoolwide cultures of inclusion, celebration, and healthy conflict resolution. No one knows this better than our guest on the show today, Elizabeth Cushing, CEO of Playworks. For almost 30 years, Playworks has worked to give kids a safe, healthy,…

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232. The Research, Entrepreneurship, Design, & Inquiry Lab with Tom Thorpe 31:10

6M ago31:10

31:10

Almost ten years ago, Tom Thorpe wanted to create a learning environment that was embedded in the community and shaped around individual students. Today, REDI Lab, a “school within a school,” is physically located in a Denver Housing Authority neighborhood and sees over 100 students create their own learning path every year. As our guest today, Tom…

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231. Improving Math Curriculums with Tammy and Marc Goldberg 37:32

6M ago37:32

37:32

If a student misses even a single building block in their math education, they will struggle in future lessons. In math, every concept builds on itself. That’s why developing an excellent math curriculum is so critical… and so difficult. Today our guests are Tammy and Marc Goldberg, education innovators with Mathnasium. They’ve helped the company r…

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230. The Path to Hope with Christian Martinez 32:24

6M ago32:24

32:24

Christian Martinez knows firsthand what it’s like to be a young immigrant in America: The language barrier, financial stress, feeling alone and hopeless. That’s why he does what he does today. Christian is the founder and community innovator for The Camino Program and he’s our guest on the show today. Christian tells us about the Camino program, no…

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229. Building Students and Staff Agency with Johnna Noll 33:00

7M ago33:00

33:00

In 2015, Norris School District came to Johnna Noll with a learner-centered educational consultant’s dream request. The tiny school district’s residential population consisted of a treatment center for kids, and it asked Johnna to help it transform into a learner-centered, trauma-invested, constantly evolving program. Of course, she said yes. Johnn…

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228. Systems Change in Kentucky with Rob Collins 30:21

7M ago30:21

30:21

How do you even begin to create systems change in education? Our guest today is Rob Collins. He manages the Innovative Learning Network in the Kentucky Department of Education. Rob gives us a peek into what systems change looks like right now for the state of Kentucky. We dive into the teaching initiatives that the Kentucky Department of Education …

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227. Liberatory Learning with Dr. Michelle Sadrena Pledger 33:48

7M ago33:48

33:48

It’s time to get free from oppression, both inside the classroom and out: internalized oppression, interpersonal oppression, ideological oppression, institutional oppression. That’s what Dr. Michelle Sadrena Pledger is here to talk with us about today. Michelle is the Founder of Living for Liberation and is also the Director of Liberation at the Hi…

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226. Building a Workplace Mentorship Program with Michael Coughlin 32:04

7M ago32:04

32:04

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City is the nation's first and the city's largest youth mentoring organization. Chief Program and Innovation Officer Michael Coughlin joins us today to tell us about their newest iteration of mentoring: their workplace mentorship program. Starting sophomore year, students are paired with corporate professionals …

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225. Supporting Individual Interests and Strengths with Steve Heath 33:19

8M ago33:19

33:19

Steve Heath calls himself a “professional confuser.” In a world where kids are defined by grades, test scores, attendance, and behavior, Steve’s organization asks them what they want to do and then helps them do it. Steve is executive director and co-founder of FabNewport. FabNewport provides underserved youth with the opportunity to learn how to c…

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224. Aggressive Optimism with Jenna Edwards 34:49

8M ago34:49

34:49

Students often face the double burden of experiencing trauma then feeling isolated and powerless. Educators don’t always know when to step in and what tools to offer. Jenna Edwards’ new book, “Aggressive Optimism,” seeks to fix that. “Aggressive Optimism” is a novel based on Jenna’s own experience with a devastating accident and resulting PTSD. The…

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223. The Learning Science of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood with Ryan Rydzewski and Gregg Behr 38:54

8M ago38:54

38:54

Fred Rogers was an incredible learning scientist before the term even existed. That’s the basis of Ryan Rydzewski’s and Gregg Behr’s new book, “When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids.” Today they join the show to share what they learned while writing the book. Fred engineered eve…

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222. City Year’s Whole School, Whole Child Model with Quamid Francis 33:16

8M ago33:16

33:16

Today we’re joined by Quamid Francis, the former Executive Director of City Year New York. His program places and supports Student Success Coaches in 17 New York City public schools. The Student Success Coaches’ number one priority is to build trusting relationships with students. Based on these trusting relationships, student attendance increases,…

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221. Beyond the Classroom: Real-World Learning with Ellen Erlanger and Kathy Meyer 36:30

8M ago36:30

36:30

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we are thrilled to welcome Ellen Erlanger and Kathy Meyer, co-directors of professional learning at the Partnerships for Authentic Learning and Leadership. They bring a wealth of experience and insights into the transformative power of authentic learning—a pedagogical approach that bridges academic content with …

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220. Relationship as the Basis of Education with Jim Bailey of Rocky Tree Sky 37:25

9M ago37:25

37:25

The most important thing adults can provide young people in their learning journey is a caring relationship. That is the fundamental belief that drives Jim Bailey in his work as co-founder and executive director at Rock Tree Sky, a self-directed learning community. In this episode, Jim and Annalies discuss adults’ roles in making space for young pe…

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219. From Classroom to Community: The Evolution of Education with Remake Learning 32:43

9M ago32:43

32:43

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we're thrilled to welcome Stephanie Lewis, the Director of Relationships at Remake Learning, a network that's spearheading the transformation of education in the Pittsburgh region. Remake Learning is not just about innovative education; it's about building a community that fosters engaging, relevant, and equitab…

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218. Soaring Beyond Boundaries: How Aviation Is Transforming STEM Learning with Tiffany Nelson 33:58

9M ago33:58

33:58

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we have the pleasure of hosting Tiffany Nelson, the Director of Programs and Evaluation at Wings of Hope. Wings of Hope, a global humanitarian organization, has been utilizing aviation to impact vulnerable communities since 1962. Our main topic of discussion is their innovative SOAR into STEM program, which inte…

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217. Bridging Worlds: Inspire High’s Revolution in Global Learning with Ian Shimizu 37:01

9M ago37:01

37:01

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we're exploring the inspiring world of educational innovation with Ian Shimizu, the navigator at Inspire High, a pioneering edtech program based in Japan. Inspire High is revolutionizing the way teenagers connect with the world, offering interactive sessions with creative minds from diverse fields. It's about br…

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216. Inclusivity in STEM: Culturally Relevant Learning with Meagan Naraine 32:14

10M ago32:14

32:14

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we have the pleasure of hosting Meagan Naraine, the co-founder of Culturally Relevant Science (CRS). CRS is an innovative non-profit organization dedicated to making STEM education more inclusive and engaging for underrepresented groups. Founded as a YouTube channel during the pandemic, CRS has grown significant…

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215. Bridging the Gap: An Innovative Approach to Real-World Learning with Abdul Matheen of Project You 33:10

10M ago33:10

33:10

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we have the pleasure of speaking with Abdul Matheen, the visionary CEO of Project You. Abdul's journey from aeronautical engineering to education has led to the creation of an innovative approach to learning, focusing on the real-world application of academic knowledge. Abdul discusses Project You's unique 'Buil…

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214. Beyond the Classroom: Bridging Education and Employment with Kelly Cassaro 35:48

10M ago35:48

35:48

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we explore the transformative power of workforce development in education with Kelly Cassaro, Chief of Learning at Generation. Generation is a remarkable nonprofit that trains adults for careers that were previously out of reach, helping to foster economic mobility on a global scale. Kelly shares the groundbreak…

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213. Faith Meets Future: Transforming Education at Unity Grammar with Mariam Bernard 29:09

10M ago29:09

29:09

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we're venturing into the transformative world of education with Mariam Bernard, Deputy Principal of Secondary School at Unity Grammar in Australia. Unity Grammar, a co-educational Islamic school, is on an exciting journey of integrating Islamic values into its curriculum while focusing on future readiness and co…

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212. Building Virtual Roads in Education with Catherine Fraise 34:29

12M ago34:29

34:29

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we're exploring the revolutionary realm of virtual learning and the metaverse with Catherine Fraise, the founder of 100 Roads Design. Catherine brings a fresh perspective to education, aiming to transform it through alternative pathways that cater to diverse learning styles and maximize potential. Throughout our…

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211. Empowering the Next Generation: Civic Engagement in Teen Science Cafés with Katey Ahmann and Carolyn Noe 27:41

12M ago27:41

27:41

In today's episode of Learning Unboxed, we're honored to have Katey Ahmann and Carolyn Noe join us to discuss the transformative role of youth in shaping their communities through civic engagement. Our guests shed light on a unique program called Teen Science Cafe that hosts 'cafes'—dynamic spaces where young people lead the way in selecting local …

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210. Building Dreams: How Makerspaces Are Shaping the Future of Learning with Noelle Conover 33:07

1y ago33:07

33:07

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we're venturing into the inspiring world of maker spaces with Noelle Conover, co-founder of Matt's Maker Space. Founded in memory of her son, Matt's Maker Space is a beacon for STEAM learning, proving to be a game-changer for students and communities alike. Maker spaces are more than just rooms filled with tools…

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209. Unlocking the Magic of Middle School: Embracing Authenticity in Education with Chris Balme 31:11

1y ago31:11

31:11

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we journey into the transformative world of middle school education with Chris Balme, a seasoned educator, founder of multiple schools, and author of "Finding the Magic in Middle School". Middle school is a time of rapid change, and Chris shares his insights on the importance of recognizing and valuing the compl…

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208. The Future of Project-Based Learning: An Insight into Project Leo with Steven Eno 34:05

1y ago34:05

34:05

In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we explore the transformative power of Project Leo, a groundbreaking project-based learning platform crafted by the Da Vinci School. Joining us is Steven Eno, the director of Project Leo, who takes us on a journey through the platform's inspirations, capabilities, and the challenges faced during its development.…

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207. Making Design Accessible with Laura Flusche 31:54

1y ago31:54

31:54

Today we talk about threshold anxiety and teaching design thinking. Our guest is Laura Flusche, the executive Director of the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA). An art historian by training, Laura has a deep love for traditional museums, but recognizes the problem of “threshold anxiety.” Many people are scared to go to museums because they feel like …

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