

The ThoughtStretchers Podcast
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Heterodox conversations to stretch your thinking about important issues in education.
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Feb 15, 2023 • 1h 27min
The Role Of Tutoring In Bridging Learning Gaps
Drew Perkins talks with Max Roach, founder of the JonAyves Learning Club, about tutoring and bridging the learning gap for children’s education post-pandemic. Click to View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Feb 8, 2023 • 1h 4min
How SEL For Teachers Could Help With Burnout
Drew Perkins talks with Lorea Martinez about her newly developed professional development, Growing Your HEART Skills, to help build SEL skills in educator adults. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Feb 1, 2023 • 1h 1min
Making Americans: Immigrant Education
Drew Perkins talks with teacher and author, Jessica Lander, about her new book, Making Americans: Stories of Historic Struggles, New Ideas, and Inspiration in Immigrant Education. Click to view links and resources mentioned in this episode

Jan 25, 2023 • 60min
Improving Teacher Learning
Drew Perkins talks with Stacey Alicea and Heather Hill of RPPL The Research Partnership for Professional Learning) about their research brief, Building Better PL: How to Strengthen Teacher Learning. Click to View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Jan 18, 2023 • 1h 24min
Differentiated Mentoring and Coaching
Drew Perkins talks with Vicki Collet about her new book, Differentiated Mentoring and Coaching in Education. Click to View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode.

Jan 11, 2023 • 1h 9min
A Pro-Human Approach To Tolerance And Racism In Education
Drew Perkins talks with Dana Stangel-Plowe and Kobi Nelson about the pro-human approach of the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism. Click to View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Jan 4, 2023 • 1h 32min
'Reading Wars' Panel Discussion
Drew Perkins talks with Emily Hanford, Natalie Wexler, Micki Ray, and Kate Winn in this first ever TeachThought Podcast Live! panel discussion on the 'Reading Wars'.Our panelists: Click to view panelists, links, and to view the video recording of our discussion on YouTube.

Dec 29, 2022 • 1h 4min
Exploring Culturally Responsive Teaching
Drew Perkins talks with Danielle Ross, educator and co-author of Culture to the Max! Culturally Responsive Teaching and Practice. Click to View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Dec 22, 2022 • 1h 13min
Educational Leadership In Trying Times
Drew Perkins talks with Ronn Nozoe, Chief Executive Officer of NASSP, about leading and learning as we emerge from the past few years of turmoil in our country. Click to View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Dec 14, 2022 • 1h 15min
How Teaching And Learning Happens
Drew Perkins talks with Paul Kirschner about the roles of explicit instruction and inquiry in the context of cognitive science and his recent (co-authored) books, How Teaching Happens and How Learning Happens. View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode