This episode is the audio archive from a ThoughtStretchers Education Community discussion event from April 18, 2024, titled Catalyzing Community-Led Change: Overcoming the divisive and narrow politics of our time. Click To View Links & Resourc

A School Focused On Intellectual Virtues?

5 days ago 1h 3m

Drew Perkins talks with Jacquie Bryant, Founding Principal of a public middle school called Intellectual Virtues Academy. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Sorting The Evidence For Direct Instruction And Inquiry

12 days ago 1h 6m

Drew Perkins talks with Dylan Wiliam about the evidence and support for different instructional approaches including direct instruction and inquiry-based learning. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Is Higher Education A Bait And Switch?

19 days ago 1h 1m

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 liberal arts education to a more practical and less academic approach. Click To View Links & Resou

Reading Instruction, Evidence And Neuroscience

27 days ago 1h 15m

This episode features the archived audio from a March 27, 2024, ThoughtStretchers Education Community Event titled Reading Instruction: Evidence & Neuroscience. Drew Perkins talked with Dr. Karen Gazith, Christie Biggerstaff, and Sonya Thomas.

The Side Effects Of School

Mar 27th, 2024 1h 34m

Drew Perkins hosted this ThoughtStretchers Education Community discussion on February 25th, 2024 with clinical psychologist, Naomi Fisher and the Executive Director of the Adolescent Flourishing Initiative at The University of Austin, Michael

Inside The Teachers' Lounge Film

Mar 20th, 2024 48m 37s

Drew Perkins talks with Ilker Çatak about his Oscar-nominated film, The Teachers' Lounge, about schools as a microcosm of society and of ourselves. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Understanding Antiracist School Leadership

Mar 13th, 2024 1h 15m

Drew Perkins talks with author and educator, Daman Harris, about his work and book, The Antiracist School Leader. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

DEI in K12 Education

Mar 6th, 2024 45m 2s

The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast: DEI in K12 Education Drew Perkins talks with Yunga Webb, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at North Country School, about DEI and their unique school approach. Click To View Links & Resources

Healthy Parent Activism Or Partisan Warfare?

Feb 28th, 2024 1h 11m

Drew Perkins talks with author Laura Pappano about her book, School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Navigating Education As An Elected State Representative And Teacher

Feb 22nd, 2024 1h 24m

Drew Perkins talks with Tina Bojanowski about the tensions and impact of her work as a teacher and an elected state representative for Louisville, KY. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Teaching For Intellectual Virtues

Feb 14th, 2024 1h 21m

Drew Perkins talks with author and professor Jason Baehr about his book, Deep in Thought: A Practical Guide to Teaching for Intellectual Virtues and the Intellectual Virtues Academy Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Dispatch From A 19 Y/O Female Education Entrepreneur

Feb 7th, 2024 59m 18s

Drew Perkins talks with Stanford student and education entrepreneur, Sofie Roux, about her work to provide education in underdeveloped countries. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Optimizing AI In Education

Feb 1st, 2024 1h 11m

Drew Perkins talks with Dmitry Shapiro, Founder and CEO of YouAi, about their artificial intelligence platform and how educators can make the most of AI. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Creating Cultures Of Thinking

Jan 24th, 2024 1h 9m

Drew Perkins talks with Ron Ritchhart about his new book, Cultures of Thinking in Action: 10 Mindsets to Transform our Teaching and Students' Learning. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

STEM, PBL, Guided Discovery Learning?

Jan 17th, 2024 1h 5m

Drew Perkins talks with Jason McKenna, Author, Teacher, Speaker, and experienced STEM Education and Ed Tech Leader, about his use of 'Guided Discovery Learning'. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Empowering Children Through Early Literacy

Jan 10th, 2024 1h 10m

Drew Perkins talks with Spencer Russell, the founder of Toddlers CAN Read, about applying the 'Science of Reading' to teaching young children to read. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Structured Schooling And Parenting Or Let Grow?

Jan 3rd, 2024 1h 21m

Drew Perkins talks with research professor, Peter Gray, about the importance of children's play and more self-directed learning in the well-being of kids. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Teachers Taking Charge Of Their PD

Dec 29th, 2023 45m 35s

Drew Perkins talks with 2023 Vermont Principal of the Year, Chris Young, about his school's “action research” PD program. Click to View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Race, Bias, Tribalism, And Education

Dec 20th, 2023 1h 26m

Drew Perkins talks with education activist Chris Stewart about their differences and agreements on race, bias, tribalism, and education. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Improving Interventions for Dyslexic And Struggling Learners

Dec 13th, 2023 1h 14m

Drew Perkins talks with Professor of School Psychology, Andrew Shanock, about improving collaboration between school psychologists and speech-language pathologists to serve dyslexic and struggling students better. Click to View Links & Resourc

Adolescent Flourishing Through Socratic Inquiry

Dec 6th, 2023 59m 1s

Drew Perkins talks with Michael Strong, Executive Director of the Adolescent Flourishing Initiative at the University of Austin, about the power of engaging with adolescents through Socratic inquiry. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned I

A Dispatch From An Education And Politics Journalist

Nov 29th, 2023 1h 2m

Drew Perkins talks with Olivia Krauth about her experience as an education and politics journalist for the Louisville Courier-Journal and the state of journalism. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

A Toolkit For Open Inquiry

Nov 21st, 2023 1h 15m

Drew Perkins talks with Sarah Hartman-Caverly and Craig Gibson about their Open Inquiry Toolkit, a two-pronged approach that develops intellectual virtues and promotes awareness of cognitive biases. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In

Would Improving Open Enrollment Help Students?

Nov 17th, 2023 1h 8m

Drew Perkins talks with Jude Schwalbach, policy analyst with the Reason Foundation, about open enrollment rules, school choice and competition, and how that might help students. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode