Latest Gradeless learning Podcast Episodes
101: Imagining Education Outside Capitalism w/ Dr. Nick Stock
Human Restoration Project - December 27, 2021 11:05 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday we are joined by Dr. Nick Stock. Dr. Stock, a former English teacher, now serves as a researcher for the University of Birmingham. He has published various essays which focus on critiquing education by using philosophy typically seen outside of traditional pedagogy, such as Evangelion, Sch...
Re:Teaching, EP 3: Why What Works Won't Work and Why What Works May Hurt
Human Restoration Project - December 18, 2021 18:06 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsLong time listeners may recognize the title to this podcast: Re:Teaching. Last year, Nick released a series of short podcasts on a separate channel, focused on current events and short-form highlights of writing. We soon realized that by splitting our podcast into two segments, most folks didn't...
100: HRP's 100th Episode!
Human Restoration Project - December 12, 2021 19:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIt's our 100th podcast episode! In celebration, Nick and Chris discuss the ongoing pursuits of Human Restoration Project. And we discuss: Our accomplishments over the years. Our favorite events, writings, and podcasts. Our major upcoming initiatives, which you'll want to stick around for! Q...
99: Behaviorism & "Cog Sci" - Oh No!
Human Restoration Project - November 07, 2021 22:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this podcast, Nick and I are continuing our foray into random topics of progressive education! Today's episode centers cognitive science, research movements, and "studies of the brain." Within, we'll be talking about what's currently going on at HRP, articles and books that Nick and I have be...
98: Militarism, Baudrillard, Video Game Design, and the College Board
Human Restoration Project - October 18, 2021 23:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this podcast we've decided to experiment a bit with our programming. To be honest, right now there's a ton of burnout in the education world, from the pandemic to ongoing struggles of teacher power and support, and the culture war once again resurfacing in the classroom. As educators by day a...
97: What *was* lost during the pandemic? Here's how we rebuild our classrooms.
Human Restoration Project - October 10, 2021 18:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday, Nick and I are continuing our dissection of learning loss via our Learning Loss Handbook. In part 1, we spoke about the myth surrounding "learning loss" and the dire implications it has on our practice in schools. If you haven't listened in yet, I highly recommend checking out that episod...
96: Unpacking Learning Loss: The Who, the What, and the Why
Human Restoration Project - September 18, 2021 14:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday, Nick and I are going to break down Human Restoration Project's recently released "Learning Loss" Handbook, providing an overview of the ideas we present in the book, the faux narrative being created surrounding "learning loss", and offering an alternative for educators to push for and pur...
Re:Teaching, EP 2: What’s in a grade? GRExit, GPA, College Admissions, and the Mastery Transcript (oh my!)
Human Restoration Project - August 28, 2021 19:34 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsLong time listeners may recognize the title to this podcast: Re:Teaching. Last year, Nick released a series of short podcasts on a separate channel, focused on current events and short-form highlights of writing. We soon realized that by splitting our podcast into two segments, most folks didn't...
Re:Teaching, EP 1: A Progressive Response to “Ed. Reform's Lost Decade”
Human Restoration Project - August 14, 2021 10:08 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsLong time listeners may recognize the title to this podcast: Re:Teaching. Last year, Nick released a series of short podcasts on a separate channel, focused on current events and short-form highlights of writing. We soon realized that by splitting our podcast into two segments, most folks didn't...
95: Deciphering "Learning Loss" w/ Akil Bello
Human Restoration Project - July 31, 2021 11:46 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday, we are joined by Akil Bello. Akil is a supplemental education and test preparation expert. He's launched two companies, developed test preparation programs, and trained hundreds of instructors. He was the founding partner and CEO of Bell Curves, a test prep company based on community part...
93: Worldwise Learning w/ Carla Marschall & Elizabeth Crawford
Human Restoration Project - July 16, 2021 16:21 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday we are joined by Carla Marschall and Elizabeth Crawford to cover their upcoming book, Worldwise Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future. I was fortunate to receive an advance copy, and Worldwise Learning is all about inquiry and experiential education: shaping glo...
94: Catalyzing the Ungrading Movement w/ Zoe Bee
Human Restoration Project - June 19, 2021 07:49 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOn today's podcast we are joined by Zoe Bee. Zoe is an English professor, poet, and content creator who produces content for YouTube and streams on Twitch. Some of her work includes "A Professor Explains", where Zoe dives into why Grammarly is a poor product or what makes a poem a "good" poem; o...
92: Paul Geheeb and the School of Humanity
Human Restoration Project - June 02, 2021 17:23 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday we’re doing something a bit different. I was checking my email a few months ago, and I have Google Scholar set up to send me articles about progressive education, and this name showed up I had never heard of before: Paul Geheeb. Geheeb was a German school leader who led a progressive schoo...
91: Expanding on Experiential Learning w/ Emi Takemura
Human Restoration Project - May 01, 2021 16:04 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday we're speaking with Emi Takemura. Emi is the co-founder and representative director of FutureEdu Tokyo, which seeks to reimagine education in Japan based on project based learning and experiential education inspired by High Tech High. She is also the representative director of Learn by Cre...
90: Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Teaching w/ Alex Venet
Human Restoration Project - April 10, 2021 20:16 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTranscripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org. In today's conversation, we are joined by Alex Venet. Alex teaches undergraduate students at the Community College of Vermont, graduate classes at Castleton Center for Schools and Antioch University New England, creates PD, ...
89: Rebuilding After 2020-2021 w/ Dr. Ilana Horn
Human Restoration Project - March 28, 2021 18:11 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTranscripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org. In today's conversation, we are joined by Dr. Ilana Horn. Dr. Horn is a professor of mathematics education at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, who focuses on serving disenfranchised youth through authentic mathematic...
88: Connecting Through Transferable Learning w/ Trevor Aleo, Kayla Duncan, & Julie Stern
Human Restoration Project - March 14, 2021 17:52 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTranscripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org. In today's conversation, we're joined by Trevor Aleo, an English teacher in Wilton, Connecticut, Kayla Duncan, a professional instruction coach from Cumming, Georgia, and Julie Stern, author of Tools for Teaching Conceptual ...
87: 100 Days of Conversations About School
Human Restoration Project - February 27, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTranscripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org. Today's conversation is all about 100 Days of Conversations About School! 100 Days is a project by Human Restoration Project, REENVISIONED, Choice Filled Lives Network, and Cortico's Local Voices Network. Simply stated, 100 ...
86: Developing Anti Racist UDL w/ Tesha Fritzgerald
Human Restoration Project - February 14, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTranscripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org. In today's conversation we're joined by Tesha Fritzgerald,. Tesha is an urban education expert who currently serves as a district level leader in an urban school district in Ohio. She is a Martha Holding Jennings Foundation ...
85: Combatting Adultism to Create a Flourishing Democracy w/ Dr. Tanu Biswas & Dr. John Wall
Human Restoration Project - January 16, 2021 23:02 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTranscripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org. Today we're joined by Dr. Tanu Biswas and Dr. John Wall. Dr. Biswas is a doctorate of pedagogy who focuses her research on children's civil disobedience for climate justice, and showcasing the richness that children and chil...
84: In Defense of Public Education w/ Dr. Jennifer Berkshire & Dr. Jack Schneider
Human Restoration Project - December 25, 2020 23:20 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTranscripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org. Today we are joined by Dr. Jennifer Berkshire and Dr. Jack Schneider. Dr. Berkshire is a journalist and educator who focuses on podcasting and labor organizing at Boston College and Umass Amherst respectively, and Dr. Schnei...
83: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning w/ Dr. Susan Blum
Human Restoration Project - December 05, 2020 09:34 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTranscripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org. Today we are joined by Dr. Susan Blum, Dr. Blum is a professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, and the author of many works and articles, including her recently released: Ungrading: Why Rating Students Under...
82: Build a New Future: Teaching Action and Coalition Building w/ Dr. Kevin Gannon
Human Restoration Project - November 20, 2020 21:20 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTranscripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org. Our conversation today will center on teaching organization and collective activism. Essentially, we find ourselves at an important crossroads, as the administration shifts to new policies - teachers will be at the whim of n...
81: One Teacher Can't Save the World
Human Restoration Project - October 31, 2020 09:09 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThis is a recording of our Teacher Powered Schools Virtual Conference 2020 presentation: Sharing Power with Students: Reframing Systems Toward a Liberatory Pedagogy. This session dives into why reform doesn't work, how teachers can use collective action to change systems, and what really, is the...
80: Pandemic Pods, School Choice, and Combating Inequity w/ Dr. Jon Hale
Human Restoration Project - October 17, 2020 08:36 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday, Chris and I (Nick) are joined by John Hale, whose biography you will hear at the beginning of the interview. John was recently the guest of a Soho Forum debate on the topic of pandemic pods, which you heard excerpts of at the beginning of this episode and confined in its entirety on YouTu...
79: Reimagine the System w/ REENVISIONED (Dr. Erin Raab)
Human Restoration Project - October 03, 2020 09:25 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday we're joined by Dr. Erin Lynn Raab. Erin is the Co-founder of REENVISIONED, a movement to redefine the purpose of school. REENVISIONED aims to change the conversation of school away from standards, norms, and improving the status quo, toward human flourishing, community, democracy, and c...
78: A Way to Ungrade, Floop w/ Christine Witcher
Human Restoration Project - September 19, 2020 09:11 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday we're talking about ungrading with the EdTech tool, Floop, short for feedback loop, found over at FloopEdu.com. Now, we don't normally talk about specific tools and strategies at HRP - we get into the theory and pedagogy of progressive systems...but the most common question we're asked is...
77: Normalizing Teacher Self-Care (in a Pandemic) w/ Evan Whitehead
Human Restoration Project - August 29, 2020 08:18 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday we are joined by Evan Whitehead, a veteran educator who is the director of special services at a K-8 school in Illinois. Evan has served in a variety of roles, from crisis and behavior interventionist to Latino parent outreach coordinator to Title 1 director. Further, Evan actively present...
76: "Return to Learn": Voices and Perspectives on School Reopening
Human Restoration Project - August 08, 2020 19:24 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this podcast, Nick Covington (of HRP) and I, Chris, discuss the "return to learn” plans of school and what we must think about as we reopen. We call upon other educators to hear their thoughts, including Dr. Jessica Zeller, Rachel Lawrence, Shane MacLeod, and an anonymous caller. Three key t...
Summit: Endorsing Student Voice Through Virtual/Hybrid Activism
Human Restoration Project - August 01, 2020 21:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThis is an audio version of our Summit on August 1st, 2020. Here's the video! Inspire Citizens is an innovative organization focusing on active, informed civics through social justice, sustainable development, collective well-being, SEL, and ethical media literacy. Out of the Blocks is an NPR p...
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