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Cultivating Creativity and Connection in the Classroom w/ Tom Rendon & Zachary Stier
Episode 183
How do you define creativity?
Would you be able to spot creativity in the wild?
What about creativity in the classroom?
This endless human quest to defi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Are we Reader or are we Player? w/ Karis Jones, Virginia Killian Lund, Brady Nash, and Trevor Aleo
Episode 182
Most of us probably experienced a homogenous version of literacy in our English classes: read a book, answer a few questions along the way, and compo…
5 months, 1 week ago
Making School Finance As Public As Possible w/ David I. Backer
Episode 181
We’re recording this episode the week the Iowa DOGE Task Force released their final 136 page report – you heard that right, that’s the state-level ve…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Buzz About the Human Hive w/ Kate McAllister
Episode 180
When I sat down with James Mannion to talk about the educational polycrisis back in July, his long-time colleague, friend, and collaborator Kate McAl…
6 months, 1 week ago
Lessons in Powerful Learning from the Fringes w/ Dr. Sarah Fine
Episode 179
Today’s episode is Dr. Sarah Fine’s keynote, the Quest for Authenticity: Lessons in Powerful Learning from the Fringes, from our Conference to Restor…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Will Work for Food: Labor Across the Food Chain w/ Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern & Teresa M. Mares
Episode 178
The reach and impact of our food systems – that is, the complex, interconnected, and globalized web of institutions, resources, and processes that br…
7 months ago
From the Classroom to the Capitol: A Conversation w/ New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales
Episode 177
Please note that Human Restoration Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and that this interview is not an endorsement of Morales as a candidat…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Taming the Turbulence in Educational Leadership w/ Jennifer D. Klein
Episode 176
In the opening pages of my guest’s book, she recounts a colleague's bumpy plane ride that provided the insight for the title of the book, Taming the …
8 months ago
BS Universities: The Future of Automated Education w/ Rob Sparrow & Gene Flenady
Episode 175
“Any assessment of the potential of AI to contribute to education must begin with an accurate understanding of the nature of the outputs of AI,” my g…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Cultivating Mental Health Mindsets in The Empathetic Classroom w/ Maria Munro-Schuster
Episode 174
Back in December 2024, I got an email from Tom Rademacher raving about an upcoming book from a teacher who is now a licensed counselor that read, “Th…
9 months ago