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Dropping Out and Coming Back: Stories of Persevering for a Diploma
Season 3 Episode 6
Close to 24-percent of Oakland ninth graders drop out before their senior year of high school. Some of those young people ultimately decide that they…
7 years, 6 months ago
What Does Love Look Like in a School
Season 3 Episode 5
Ask almost any teacher why they teach and they'll give you similar answers: they love the kids. But what does that love look like when it's a communi…
7 years, 7 months ago
The Role of Community in Creating and Healing Trauma in Kids
Season 3 Episode 4
When kids live in violence-prone neighborhoods, the environment can enable trauma in their lives. One youth center in Richmond, California, is seekin…
7 years, 7 months ago
Overcoming Childhood Trauma: How Parents and Schools Work to Stop the Cycle
Season 3 Episode 3
Many people have experienced some kind of trauma in their childhood, such as loss of a caregiver, substance abuse in the home, homelessness or abuse.…
7 years, 8 months ago
Why Ninth Grade Can Be a Big Shock For High School Students
Season 3 Episode 2
High school is an important time in the life of any teen: hormones are raging, social cliques are forming and the pressure is on to develop a college…
7 years, 8 months ago
Can Inviting Teachers Over to Your Home Improve How Kids Learn?
Season 3 Episode 1
Teachers can go an entire school year and only see a child’s parent once: on back to school night. And most parents are conditioned to think the wors…
7 years, 9 months ago
MindShift Podcast Season 3 is Coming Soon!
Season 3
This season, we investigate the intangible, and often overlooked, elements of academic success: emotional safety, trust, and relationships. You’ll he…
7 years, 9 months ago
Courage To Change: What It Takes to Shift to Restorative Discipline
Season 2 Episode 5
The KIPP charter school network has made a name for itself preparing kids from low-income communities for college. Its early years were marked by str…
8 years, 7 months ago
How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn
Season 2 Episode 4
High School English teacher Michael Godsey found the Serial podcast so compelling, he stopped teaching his favorite work of Shakespeare to teach the …
8 years, 7 months ago
Be The Change You Want To See
Season 2 Episode 3
Catlin Tucker and Marika Neto hoped that by redesigning the classroom experience they could shift what students value about learning. Instead of bein…
8 years, 8 months ago