Podcast Episodes

Hard Questions About School Choice

Drew Perkins talks with Shaka Mitchell, a Senior Fellow with the American Federation for Children, about school choice issues and challenges, includi…

2 years, 3 months ago

2024 Federal Education Budget Advocacy

Drew Perkins talks with NASSP CEO Ronn Nozoe about their advocacy efforts regarding the 2024 federal education budget.

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2 years, 3 months ago

Community-Led Education, Overcoming The Culture Wars

This episode is the audio archive from a ThoughtStretchers Education Community discussion event from April 18, 2024, titled Catalyzing Community-Led …

2 years, 3 months ago

A School Focused On Intellectual Virtues?

Drew Perkins talks with Jacquie Bryant, Founding Principal of a public middle school called Intellectual Virtues Academy.

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2 years, 3 months ago

Sorting The Evidence For Direct Instruction And Inquiry

Drew Perkins talks with Dylan Wiliam about the evidence and support for different instructional approaches including direct instruction and inquiry-b…

2 years, 3 months ago

Is Higher Education A Bait And Switch?

Drew Perkins talks with Bill Coplin about his new book, The Path to Equity: Inclusion in the Kingdom of Liberal Arts, which calls for a shift in libe…

2 years, 4 months ago

Reading Instruction, Evidence And Neuroscience

This episode features the archived audio from a March 27, 2024, ThoughtStretchers Education Community Event titled Reading Instruction: Evidence & Ne…

2 years, 4 months ago

The Side Effects Of School

 Drew Perkins hosted this ThoughtStretchers Education Community discussion on February 25th, 2024 with clinical psychologist, Naomi Fisher and the Ex…

2 years, 4 months ago

Inside The Teachers' Lounge Film

Drew Perkins talks with Ilker Çatak about his Oscar-nominated film, The Teachers' Lounge, about schools as a microcosm of society and of ourselves.

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2 years, 4 months ago

Understanding Antiracist School Leadership

Drew Perkins talks with author and educator, Daman Harris, about his work and book, The Antiracist School Leader.

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2 years, 5 months ago