Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDisengaged Teens: What to Know and How to Help Them Find Their Spark
KQED's Ki Sung talks to Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop, authors of "The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better…
1 year, 3 months ago
How to Help Boys Thrive in a Changing World
Ruth Whippman, author of "Boy Mom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity" talks to KQED's Nimah Gobir about the biggest challenges…
1 year, 4 months ago
Book Reading Goals for Young Readers with Traci Thomas
KQED's Ki Sung talks to host of The Stacks podcast, Traci Thomas, about rereading books she loved as a child with her own children, what's on her rea…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Lasting Impact of Full-Length Reading
Journalist Rose Horowitch and Author Danielle Bayard Jackson join KQED's Nimah Gobir in conversation to explore the problem of reading stamina in col…
1 year, 6 months ago
How the Mentor Mindset Can Help Adults Show Up Better for Tweens and Teens
David Yeager is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and an expert in behavioral science. He just published a book titled “…
1 year, 8 months ago
Why Poetry Is Making a Comeback in Schools
Hanif Abduraqqib. Sarah Kay. Elizabeth Acevedo. Clint Smith. Do any of these names sound familiar? How about Amanda Gorman? All of these writers are …
1 year, 8 months ago
Humanizing History by Teaching with Primary Sources
If you think of social studies as a dry, dusty march of names and dates to memorize, think again. In the last two decades, as historical records hav…
1 year, 8 months ago
How to Get Kids Thinking Instead of Mimicking in Math Class
Season 9 Episode 4
From book bans to chronic absenteeism to phone distractions, it’s a hard time to be a teacher. But amidst all the challenges, there’s something surpr…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Black Panther Legacy and Oakland Community Schools
MindShift revisits the pioneering initiatives of the Black Panthers, who used a community school approach when they opened a first-of-its-kind school…
1 year, 9 months ago
What Role Can Schools Play in Breaking Cycles of Homelessness?
This podcast episode explores Monarch School, a public school in San Diego County dedicated to serving unhoused students and their families. Highligh…
1 year, 10 months ago