Why not ask the customer? Seniors Riley Spahr and Frankie Kimball offer a current customer's perspective and insights into what works and what doesn't in their experience. We also delve into lessons learned during COVID--what will stick and wha

Principal Michelle Nevin Levine on mental health, COVID lessons and parenting

Mar 18th, 2022 35m 12s

A veteran high school counselor, dean and now Principal of St. Ignatius College Preparatory speaks about her perspective on the role that schools play in teaching students how to build resilience and protective factors for their mental health.

15: Sam Bernstein, co-founder of Loper - Descript

Feb 9th, 2022 25m 48s

Sam Bernstein is the co-founder of Loper, a mobile-first startup designed to help high school students navigate the college application process by using data to match them with potential colleges. Sam discusses why he co-founded the company and

Lauren Mandel--a high school senior on meditation, collaboration and the source of life - Descript

Nov 8th, 2021 33m 56s

Lauren Mandel is a senior in high school and offers her perspective about what has inspired her to learn and about what it's like to explore life's deepest questions. She offers some unexpected insights to the needs of our students today when a

Kerrie LaRosa on parenting and education

Oct 15th, 2021 30m 2s

Trained in clinical social work, Kerrie founded LaRosa Parent Coach after realizing that good parenting leads to curious, responsible and independent kids and young adults. Today we discuss our first teachers--our parents and guardians.

Matt Miller, Chair of the Pomeroy Center - Descript

Oct 1st, 2021 22m 46s

A partner at DLA Piper, a litigation law firm in San Francisco, Matt Miller serves as the chair of the Pomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco. The Pomeroy Center serves developmentally challenged kids and young adults mai

Carolyn Feinstein, FinTech leader, on curiosity, life-long learning and schools as living organisms.

Sep 10th, 2021 30m 8s

This tech leader speaks about how she learned the confidence to break glass ceilings and why the diversity of though is so important to thriving organizations. Carolyn speaks to the importance of instilling curiosity in young adults and the imp

Peter Stern, co-founder and CEO of VoiceBrain.AI, on start ups, co-curriculars and mentors - Descript

Aug 20th, 2021 19m 20s

Entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of VoiceBrain.AI discusses his path into the start up world and how he found his niche. Peter explores the vital role of experiences outside the classroom that helped shape him into the leader he is today. Peter

Ted Pollak--from Dungeons and Dragons to Gaming and Education

Jun 25th, 2021 23m 21s

A video game industry investor and analyst, Ted Pollak discusses the current and future situation of gaming and education. We explore the possibilities of merging video games--a predominantly visual medium--with education--a predominantly audit

Rayfil Wong: Attention is the New Currency

Jun 10th, 2021 21m 27s

Born in Hong Kong, Rayfil immigrated to the US and grew up in San Francisco. His story resonates with so many in the United States and particularly in the Asian-American community in San Francisco's Sunset District. After a decade in business,

Joshua Hunt on the Tulsa Race Massacre

Jun 4th, 2021 38m 29s

Capital One Senior Banker and Vice President Joshua Hunt and I discuss the implications of the hidden history of the Tulsa Race Massacre, his own family's story as part of the great migration of Black Americans out of the South, and how schools

Josh Hunt on the Tulsa Race Massacre

Jun 1st, 2021 38m 29s

Adria Renke, President of Brophy College Prep in Phoenix, AZ

May 18th, 2021 46m 12s

Adria Renke is the President of Brophy College Prep in Phoenix, Arizona, and has decades of experience in education. We have a wide ranging conversation about the importance of curiosity, organization and confidence in a young person's educatio

Paul Totah on team teaching and water

May 13th, 2021 23m 12s

Paul is the co-author of Charting a New Course: Reinventing High School Classes for the new Millennium. A long time English teacher and editor of St. Ignatius's Alumni magazine, Genesis magazine, Paul created a course that he team taught called

Jim Bopp: Information to Innovation

May 5th, 2021 38m 44s

Jim shares how he turned a library into an innovation commons at Brophy Prep in Phoenix, how he's formalized innovation in the curriculum at Creighton Prep in Omaha as the head of school, and how formation is as important as education in second

Fr. Eddie Reese, S.J., President of St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco

Apr 9th, 2021 21m 54s

The Catholic order of priests known as the Jesuits have been renown educators worldwide for over 450 years. What is their secret to success? Fr. Reese discusses cura personalis or "care for the whole person" at the center of a Jesuit education.

Jeff Snipes on the Millennium School and True Success

Mar 31st, 2021 21m 31s

After decades of building a leadership consulting business, Jeff Snipes is creating the Millennium Way through the start up middle school, The Millennium School in San Francisco. Started in 2016, the Millennium School strives to form students'

Interview with Dr. Sam Yen

Mar 21st, 2021 21m 38s

As a San Francisco Bay Area Design Thinking expert, Dr. Sam Yen shares his thoughts on how schools might use design thinking to teach deep critical thinking and inspire students to tackle today's most pressing issues and opportunities.