The ThoughtStretchers Podcast
ThoughtStretchers Education
Heterodox conversations to stretch your thinking about important issues in education.
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Feb 28, 2024 • 1h 11min
Healthy Parent Activism Or Partisan Warfare?
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
Feb 22, 2024 • 1h 24min
Navigating Education As An Elected State Representative And Teacher
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
Feb 14, 2024 • 1h 21min
Teaching For Intellectual Virtues
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
Feb 7, 2024 • 59min
Dispatch From A 19 Y/O Female Education Entrepreneur
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
Feb 1, 2024 • 1h 11min
Optimizing AI In Education
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
Jan 24, 2024 • 1h 10min
Creating Cultures Of Thinking
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
Jan 17, 2024 • 1h 5min
STEM, PBL, Guided Discovery Learning?
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
Jan 10, 2024 • 1h 10min
Empowering Children Through Early Literacy
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
Jan 3, 2024 • 1h 22min
Structured Schooling And Parenting Or Let Grow?
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
Dec 29, 2023 • 46min
Teachers Taking Charge Of Their PD
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
