Latest Gradeless learning Podcast Episodes
53: Teaching as a Nerdy Introvert w/ Jessamyn Neuhaus (Geeky Pedagogy)
Human Restoration Project - August 10, 2019 11:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDr. Jessamyn Neuhaus is author of Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers, which releases on September 1st, 2019. Jessamyn is a full-time professor at SUNY Plattsburgh, teaching US history, pop culture history, history methodology, as we...
Bonus: 2nd HRP Summit: Getting Ready for School
Human Restoration Project - August 01, 2019 21:18 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsNick and I (Chris) are experimenting with new ways to grow our progressive community. Social media is a double-edged sword: it’s amazing for discovering connections in a way that’s never existed before, but not intuitive for deep conversations. So, we’ve started our monthly Summit! This is an on...
Bonus: Summit: Getting Ready for School
Human Restoration Project - August 01, 2019 21:18 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsNick and I (Chris) are experimenting with new ways to grow our progressive community. Social media is a double-edged sword: it’s amazing for discovering connections in a way that’s never existed before, but not intuitive for deep conversations. So, we’ve started our monthly Summit! This is an on...
52: Shifting Mindsets: Entrepreneurial Education and the Battle Against White Supremacy w/ Kenrya Rankin
Human Restoration Project - July 20, 2019 11:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to Turning Your Passions into Pay and How We Fight White Supremacy with author Kenrya Rankin. A graduate of Howard University and New York University, Kenrya is an award winning author and speaker whose work has been featu...
S3: E10: Shifting Mindsets: Entrepreneurial Education and the Battle Against White Supremacy w/ Kenrya Rankin
Human Restoration Project - July 20, 2019 11:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to Turning Your Passions into Pay and How We Fight White Supremacy with author Kenrya Rankin. A graduate of Howard University and New York University, Kenrya is an ...
Bonus: Inaugural HRP Summit: A Meeting of Progressive Educators
Human Restoration Project - July 14, 2019 16:55 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsNick and I (Chris) are experimenting with new ways to grow our progressive community. Social media is a double-edged sword: it’s amazing for discovering connections in a way that’s never existed before, but not intuitive for deep conversations. So, we’ve started our monthly Summit! This is an on...
51: We Got This: Equity and Access in Schools w/ Cornelius Minor
Human Restoration Project - July 06, 2019 11:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be with author Cornelius Minor. Cornelius, a former middle school Language Arts educator from Brooklyn, is a leader in equitable literacy reform across the world. We Got This is an incredible ...
S3: E9: We Got This: Equity and Access in Schools w/ Cornelius Minor
Human Restoration Project - July 06, 2019 11:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be with author Cornelius Minor. Cornelius, a former middle school Language Arts educator from Brooklyn, is a leader in equitable lite...
S3: E8: The Inventive Design of Learning Spaces feat. Pam Moran, Tim Fawkes, Ryan Hopkins-Wilcox, & Discovery Lab
Human Restoration Project - June 15, 2019 15:40 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday's podcast is all about designing spaces for learning. Often, we think of a teacher's role as creator - someone who is making the learning happen within their room. But we can look at this in a more nuanced way. To completely steal Ryan Hopkins-Wilcox's explanation from in this podcast, whe...
50: The Inventive Design of Learning Spaces feat. Pam Moran, Tim Fawkes, Ryan Hopkins-Wilcox, & Discovery Lab
Human Restoration Project - June 15, 2019 15:40 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday's podcast is all about designing spaces for learning. Often, we think of a teacher's role as creator - someone who is making the learning happen within their room. But we can look at this in a more nuanced way. To completely steal Ryan Hopkins-Wilcox's explanation from in this podcast, whe...
S3: E7: Writing for Purpose and Advocacy feat. Bryn Orum, J.J. Burry, John Warner, Stephanie Hurt, & Dr. Richard Wilkinson
Human Restoration Project - May 19, 2019 12:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode, we're focused on advocacy - getting students motivated to speak up for themselves and change the world. We have so many brilliant voices who feel limited to the classroom, not realizing the power they hold. Particularly, we're going to look at how writing instruction lends itsel...
49: Writing for Purpose and Advocacy feat. Bryn Orum, J.J. Burry, John Warner, Stephanie Hurt, & Dr. Richard Wilkinson
Human Restoration Project - May 19, 2019 12:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode, we're focused on advocacy - getting students motivated to speak up for themselves and change the world. We have so many brilliant voices who feel limited to the classroom, not realizing the power they hold. Particularly, we're going to look at how writing instruction lends itsel...
S3: E6: The New Nordic School feat. Brad Kremer
Human Restoration Project - April 28, 2019 12:45 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsUnlike our season 3 episodes thus far, this is a standard one-on-one interview! Our guest didn't really fit in to some of the podcasts we're brewing up - so rather than holding onto this for a few months...we just went ahead and released ...
48: The New Nordic School feat. Brad Kremer
Human Restoration Project - April 28, 2019 12:45 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThe New Nordic School is an innovative school being built in Finland. Our guest, Brad Kremer, serves as director and informs us about the fantastic opportunities Finnish education provides and what New Nordic School aims to build further upon. In our discussion, Brad and I discuss: What is the...
S3: E5 - Redefining Assessment by Implementing Gradeless Learning feat. Jeffery Frieden, Aaron Blackwelder, & Nick Covington
Human Restoration Project - April 14, 2019 13:05 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOn today's podcast, we're looking at the gradeless movement. There's a lot to be debated in the education system, but I'm hard-pressed to find a topic so steeped in research as this one. Whether it be motivation, willingness to learn, and even traditional test scores, not giving a grade shows im...
47: Redefining Assessment by Implementing Gradeless Learning feat. Jeffery Frieden, Aaron Blackwelder, & Nick Covington
Human Restoration Project - April 14, 2019 13:05 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOn today's podcast, we're looking at the gradeless movement. There's a lot to be debated in the education system, but I'm hard-pressed to find a topic so steeped in research as this one. Whether it be motivation, willingness to learn, and even traditional test scores, not giving a grade shows im...
46: Innovation in Progressive Education feat. Bennett Jester, Ted Fujimoto, Deanna Hess, & Sophie Fenton
Human Restoration Project - April 14, 2019 13:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBy far the most inspiring thing about living in the communication age is seeing school innovation at work throughout the world. Sometimes we can get trapped in our microcosm obsessing over what doesn’t work in schools - after all, there is a lot that needs changing. But that doesn’t mean, of cou...
S3: E4 - Innovation in Progressive Education feat. Bennett Jester, Ted Fujimoto, Deanna Hess, & Sophie Fenton
Human Restoration Project - April 14, 2019 13:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBy far the most inspiring thing about living in the communication age is seeing school innovation at work throughout the world. Sometimes we can get trapped in our microcosm obsessing over what doesn’t work in schools - after all, there is a lot that needs changing. But that doesn’t mean, of cou...
S3: E3: Building a Global Equitable Community feat. Ara Aman, Tania Mansfield, Lisa Liss, Colleen Mascenik, and Evin Schwartz
Human Restoration Project - March 16, 2019 20:31 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe speak with someone exposed to progressive education throughout the world, a human-centered school in Vietnam, an elementary school teacher reaching out, and two tech-experts leading the way in global communications. One of the fundamental shifts of the information age is being able to connec...
45: Building a Global Equitable Community feat. Ara Aman, Tania Mansfield, Lisa Liss, Colleen Mascenik, and Evin Schwartz
Human Restoration Project - March 16, 2019 20:31 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe speak with someone exposed to progressive education throughout the world, a human-centered school in Vietnam, an elementary school teacher reaching out, and two tech-experts leading the way in global communications. One of the fundamental shifts of the information age is being able to connec...
S3: E2: It All Orbits Purpose feat. Kendall Cotton Bronk, John Cagle, Skylar Primm, and Elizabeth Martin
Human Restoration Project - February 16, 2019 10:31 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsFrankly, I’m astonished by how little school systems spend on covering purpose in students’ lives. Where do they see themselves in 10, 20 years? We leave them to the “next step” (either lost and apathetic or in incredible amounts of debt) to figure it out for themselves. How do we go about creat...
44: It All Orbits Purpose feat. Kendall Cotton Bronk, John Cagle, Skylar Primm, and Elizabeth Martin
Human Restoration Project - February 16, 2019 10:31 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsFrankly, I’m astonished by how little school systems spend on covering purpose in students’ lives. Where do they see themselves in 10, 20 years? We leave them to the “next step” (either lost and apathetic or in incredible amounts of debt) to figure it out for themselves. How do we go about creat...
S3: E1: The Good Life feat. Steven Gumbay, REENVISIONED, The Future Project, Anne Connolly, Richard Loeper-Viti, & Gamal Sherif
Human Restoration Project - January 19, 2019 13:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this podcast, we're talking about "the good life." What is it exactly that we want students to have in their future? Is it a great career, a content lifestyle, a family, solidarity, freedom, respect for one another, a mixture of all of the above? And if we can't agree on that question or at l...
43: The Good Life feat. Steven Gumbay, REENVISIONED, The Future Project, Anne Connolly, Richard Loeper-Viti, & Gamal Sherif
Human Restoration Project - January 19, 2019 13:00 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this podcast, we're talking about "the good life." What is it exactly that we want students to have in their future? Is it a great career, a content lifestyle, a family, solidarity, freedom, respect for one another, a mixture of all of the above? And if we can't agree on that question or at l...
S2 Highlight: Shifting from Industry to Well-Being w/ Dr. Susan Engel
Human Restoration Project - November 24, 2018 04:45 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe are joined by Dr. Susan Engel, professor of developmental psychology at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Dr. Engel has authored a variety of publications and books, including The End of the Rainbow: How Educating for Ha...
40: Shifting from Industry to Well-Being w/ Dr. Susan Engel
Human Restoration Project - November 24, 2018 04:45 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe are joined by Dr. Susan Engel, professor of developmental psychology at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Dr. Engel has authored a variety of publications and books, including The End of the Rainbow: How Educating for Happiness (not money) Would Transform Our Schools and A Scho...
S2 Highlight: Restoring Humanity to...Purpose (Changing the Focus of School)
Human Restoration Project - October 12, 2018 18:15 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsRestoring Humanity are short(ish) segments on understanding a key idea of progressive education. In this podcast, we’re looking at the history, research, and practical application of “purpose finding” in schools. Why would we not explicitly focus on students finding their purpose in life? All c...
36: Restoring Humanity to...Purpose (Changing the Focus of School)
Human Restoration Project - October 12, 2018 18:15 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsRestoring Humanity are short(ish) segments on understanding a key idea of progressive education. In this podcast, we’re looking at the history, research, and practical application of “purpose finding” in schools. Why would we not explicitly focus on students finding their purpose in life? Hoste...
S2 Highlight: Restoring Humanity to....Education (Critical Pedagogy)
Human Restoration Project - September 23, 2018 14:35 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsRestoring Humanity are short(ish) segments on understanding a key idea of progressive education. This time, we're tackling discipline! What are the roots of our discipline system, what issues exist, and how can we solve them? Cited within: Heinz-Peter Gerhardt: “Paulo Freire” EdGlossary: “Hi...
34: Restoring Humanity to....Education (Critical Pedagogy)
Human Restoration Project - September 23, 2018 14:35 ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsRestoring Humanity are short(ish) segments on understanding a key idea of progressive education. This time, we're tackling discipline! What are the roots of our discipline system, what issues exist, and how can we solve them? Cited within: Heinz-Peter Gerhardt: “Paulo Freire” EdGlossary: “Hid...
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