Join educator Jared Magee from The Winchendon School as he dives into the transformative concept of Impact Learning. He shares innovative teaching methods that spark curiosity and foster deep thinking, drawing from experiences in both rural and urban educational settings. Magee emphasizes personalized education, real-world experiences, and the importance of creativity and embracing failure in the learning process. His anecdotes highlight memorable experiences and advocate for collaboration in enhancing educational access. Tune in for some engaging insights!

Even before the extreme challenges of pandemic teaching, my guest, Amber Harper of The Burned-In Teacher Podcast was a valuable resource for helping with the very real problem of teacher burn-out that affects most teachers even multiple times in a career. But now, with everything educators have been through trying to teach in 2020, Amber’s Burned-In Teacher approach is a true remedy where she gives solid tools and advice on what to do when you’re feeling burnt-out. And then Amber plays a fun The 5-Minute Game Show, where the clues are Haikus. Thank you so much to my wonderful guest, Amber Harper, and to my fauxmercial actors Dr. Shindale Seale, who has been an In the Trenches guest on past episodes, and of course, my husband, Yossie Frankel Links for Amber: www.burnedinteacher.com www.burnedinteacher.com/burnoutquiz Twitter, IG @burnedinteacher Facebook: facebook.com/burnedinteacher support@burnedinteacher.com Shows we love that we mentioned: The Great British Baking Show Sugar Rush The Kids Baking Championship Project Runway Nailed It

Jump into the Overthrowing Education archives with me in this encore episode! This episode explores why kids hate math and what we can do about it featuring a conversation with John Bianchette of Mathnasium from January 2020 with a recent additional talk to reflect the radical changes that have taken place since then.   In the Trenches, I trace my journey from hating math as a student and defining myself as “I’m not a math person” in adulthood to finally realizing that I actually enjoy math because of the math teachers at Areté Preparatory Academy. I’ll share some of their tips and tools that transform students, too.   Also, The 5-Minute Game Show features a musical parody game you won’t want to miss. It features amazing voice impressionist and artist Barbara Heller. Today’s Fauxmercial, Math-o-matic, features Yossie, Tuvia and me. www.mathnasium.com https://www.mathnasium.com/mathnasium-at-home    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-bianchette-52404a40/  https://www.facebook.com/mathnasium   https://twitter.com/mathnasium https://www.instagram.com/mathnasium/

Educator, author, and speaker Antero Garcia discusses the effective use of cell phones and games in the classroom, building powerful relationships with students, the role of tabletop games in education, humorous reviews and a confusing work ticket, grievances and delights in education, and critically evaluating articles and technology's impact on Gen Z.

  Jump into the Overthrowing Education archives with me in this encore episode! Blended Learning expert, Catlin Tucker converses with me about the why’s and how’s of Blended Learning. Then we play The 5-Minute Game Show Flippin’ Fictional Schools. Our In The Trenches segment features some food for thought from Rabbi Doctor Reb Mimi Feigelson. Then we honor a few teachers in Teacher Shout Outs. More special thanks to Catlin Tucker, Reb Mimi, our announcer, Yossie Frankel and Distant Cousins for our theme song. Our Fauxmercial sponsor is “Blend It” - and special thanks to Linda Korn - composer, vocalist and musical director of the spot, and Amy Ritz and Karen Holender for the wonderful vocals!  

Jump into the Overthrowing Education archives with me in this encore episode!   We start with a conversation filled with practical tools about games and gamification with educator, author and expert Jon Cassie of Game Level Learn and Qulia: The School for Deeper Learning. Then play along as Jon is subjected to The Five Minute Game Show where he has to determine whether the unusual games describes are Fact or Fantasy. Special Thanks to our guests Jon Cassie and Micaela Blie (and check out a great interview with her on our episode, “From Blah to Hazzah”). Our Edu-Gamerama Fauxmercial actors are , Yossie Frankel (Also our announcer) and Batsheva Frankel. And thanks to the wonderful band Distant Cousins for our theme song, Raise it Up.

This is kind of a bittersweet episode for me. I was blessed to get the job of my dreams, and I couldn’t be happier, but it means I’ll be wrapping things up for this podcast. After 4 amazing years, this will be my last new episode.  I’m going to give everyone a chance to catch up by rereleasing older episodes. I’ve been thinking about what I would want to say in this last episode. What are some magical words of wisdom I can leave you with?  Then I decided that the best way to end this run is to chat with the person who helped me start the podcast and continued to sponsor and support it for the last 4 years, Jim Hahn. In this conversation we talk about our “origin story”, how education has changed for better and for worse during this time, how long it takes a bowl of Cheetos to burn and a lot more. I feel so lucky to have had this opportunity to chat with over 120 incredible educators, students, and parents in these last 4 years. I’ve learned so much from all of them, and I’ve made some friendships that I truly cherish. I’ve also given away a lot of mugs!! I’ve been embraced by the “edupodster” community who are just the best, and I feel grateful that this show is part of the Education Podcast Network. I’m so thankful for all the talented voice actors who’ve helped me with my fauxmercials including Eli Schiff, Barbara Heller, Jill Moray, Spencer Krull, Ben Elterman, Karen Hollender, most of the Bookstein family, and my family Rivi, Tuvia and my awesome husband, announcer, and the builder of my recording booth, Yossie Frankel. And also those that helped write and produce some of the fauxmercials like Joshua Silverstein, Ben Talsma, Noah King and Eve Hirschman. And for my musical helpers Linda Leah Korn, Robby Helperin, Casey Arillaga and Barbara Heller, and for my theme music – Raise it Up, I thank the wonderful Distant Cousins. I really want to thank you, the listeners for sharing this continuing journey in bettering education for our students! Please stay in touch with me at Batsheva@overthrowingeducation.com I’d love to hear from you. And this is a great time to get your Overthrowing Education swag. Who knows, maybe one day those mugs will become a collector’s item.

In this episode, my guest, Crystal Frommert, and I have a great conversation about something that challenges new and veteran teachers alike: How to have better conversations with our students’ parents and/or guardians in order to make connections and ensure collaboration that will really enhance our work with their kids. I love learning new things from my guests, and I certainly got some tips and ideas from Crystal that I wish I had known earlier. But it’s never too late! And if you love Ted Lasso as much as Crystal and I do, you’ll have a blast playing my Ted Lasso themed The 5-Minute Game Show! I want to thank my special guest, Crystal Frommert and my fauxmercial helper today, Yossie Frankel. Please make sure to subscribe to and review Overthrowing Education if you haven’t already.   Links and Resources: www.crystalfrommert.com When Calling Parents Isn’t Your Calling Find Crystal on LinkedIn, Twitter, and now Threads You can now find me on BlueSky @BatshevaFrankel Teaching Like Ted Lasso Podcast Lots of great essays from Crystal on Edutopia

After a long, tough school year, I figured we could all use a good laugh. In this encore interview in Episode 45 from April of 2021, I interview the one and only Mr. D, Joe Dombrowski the educator and comedian who performs around the country and whose videos have gone viral. We talk about the importance of using humor when teaching, and how to do it, even if you don’t think you’re funny. I also share a taste of how I recently used humor to connect with students. This is the perfect summer episode: Learn a little something and laugh a lot. I want to thank my special guest, Joe Dombrowski, and my fellow education podcasters who helped with my fauxmercial today: Charles Williams, Host of The Counter Narrative Podcast, and Shane Lawrence of The Ed Podcast and Unprofessional Development, and of course, Yossie Frankel. I can watch this a million times and still laugh: https://youtu.be/RwnBAHtc1D0 Joe’s first appearance on Ellen: https://youtu.be/SqoJMbLRNjc See more of Joe’s great video’s and listen to his podcast: https://www.mrdtimes3.com/ Find Joe on Twitter: @MrDtimes3

My guest today, passionate educator and prolific author Connie Hamilton, is returning for her 3rd time. Her first visit was in Episode 53: Asking and Getting Students to Ask Great Questions, one of the most episodes so far. Another popular visit was in Episode 53 when I had Connie and Starr Sackstein talking about hacking homework. Today, however, I chatted with Connie about her new book Hacking Group Work. She shares wisdom and really practical ideas and tools for all teachers. I’m a veteran educator of over 25 years, and you can hear in the interview that I learned a lot from her!   Connie also shares her smarts on the 5-Minute Game Show!  It’s a great one to play along with and yell out answers to in your car, or wherever you listen. I want to give special thanks to Connie Hamilton and the super talented Eli Schiff for helping me with the Great Group Dynamics fauxmercial. If you haven’t already, please subscribe and rate and review this podcast to help others find it so that we can all make education as great as possible and actually change what’s possible! Links and Resources: Twitter: @conniehamilton website: conniehamilton.org