The ThoughtStretchers Podcast

Drew Perkins talks with Fareed Mostoufi and Donnalie Wilson from The Pulitzer Center about their work including the 1619 Project Education Network. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Curricular resources and webinars connected to The 1619 Project: www.pulitzercenter.org/1619 Webinar with educators who used the project last year: pulitzercenter.org/blog/teaching-1619-project-educators-share Facebook group for educators: facebook.com/groups/pulitzercentereducation Twitter: @pulitzercenter, IG: @pulitzercenter email: education@pulitzercenter.org or 1619@pulitzercenter.org Donnalie on Twitter: @talespinningDJ Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Steve Pearlman about his new book, America's Critical Thinking Crisis: The Failure and Promise of Education. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: The Critical Thinking Initiative stevenpearlman.com Amazon: America's Critical Thinking Crisis: The Failure and Promise of Education The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 251 American Exceptionalism, Confusing Opinion With Knowledge Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with teacher Natalie Croney about teaching through the pandemic and racial reckoning of 2020-21 and her involvement with National Geographic's Both/And StoryMap project. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Both/And Stories Both/ And Stories blog Brave Teacher Kentucky The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 249 Drafting Principles To Protect K12 From Indoctrination Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Howard Burton about his book, Exceptionally Upsetting: How Americans are increasingly confusing knowledge with opinion & what can be done about it.  Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: EXCEPTIONALLY UPSETTING: How Americans are increasingly confusing knowledge with opinion & what can be done about it Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services. 

Drew Perkins talks with Cornelius Grove about his new book, "A Mirror for Americans: What the East Asian Experience Tells Us about Teaching Students Who Excel", and the points of convergence of East Asian education with 'progressive' education. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: amirrorforamericans.info Amazon: A Mirror for Americans The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 149 Is Constructivist Education Addressing Inequality? The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 197 Are We Teaching Reading Wrong By Omitting Knowledge? The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 188 What Might We Learn From Schools Around The World? Amazon: Kindly Inquisitors Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Greg Lukianoff about his work with F.I.R.E. (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) and his attempt to create a durable set of principles to protect freedom of speech and thought in K12.  Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: The Empowering of the American Mind (Beta Version): 10 Principles for Opposing Thought Reform in K-12 Link to email feedback: contact@thecoddling.com @glukianoff @TheFIREorg Kindly Inquisitors The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 175 Are Good Intentions But Bad Ideas Growing Fragile Students? Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Lorea Martinez Perez about her new book, Teaching with the HEART in Mind: A Complete Educator's Guide to Social Emotional Learning. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-HEART-Mind-Educators-Emotional/dp/173606200X https://loreamartinez.com/ @loreamart Lorea on Facebook Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Leesa Carter-Jones, president and CEO of the Captain Planet Foundation, about their work to engage young people through project-based learning. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: captainplanetfoundation.org Project Learning Garden PBL Exemplar – The Straw Project Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with former broadcaster Clement Townsend about his work to help grow critical thinking by engaging them in the video creation process. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: videojournalismpro.com @ClementTV_ Clement Townsend on Facebook Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services. 

Drew Perkins talks with Jason Glass, Kentucky's Commissioner of Education, about the complexities of education in the modern world. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: @KYCommishGlass Office of the Commissioner of Education Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.