The ThoughtStretchers Podcast
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Heterodox conversations to stretch your thinking about important issues in education.
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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
Dec 20, 2023 • 1h 26min
Race, Bias, Tribalism, And Education
Drew Perkins talks with education activist Chris Stewart about their differences and agreements on race, bias, tribalism, and education. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
Dec 13, 2023 • 1h 15min
Improving Interventions for Dyslexic And Struggling Learners
Drew Perkins talks with Professor of School Psychology, Andrew Shanock, about improving collaboration between school psychologists and speech-language pathologists to serve dyslexic and struggling students better. Click to View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
Dec 6, 2023 • 59min
Adolescent Flourishing Through Socratic Inquiry
Drew Perkins talks with Michael Strong, Executive Director of the Adolescent Flourishing Initiative at the University of Austin, about the power of engaging with adolescents through Socratic inquiry. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
Nov 29, 2023 • 1h 3min
A Dispatch From An Education And Politics Journalist
Drew Perkins talks with Olivia Krauth about her experience as an education and politics journalist for the Louisville Courier-Journal and the state of journalism. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
Nov 21, 2023 • 1h 15min
A Toolkit For Open Inquiry
Drew Perkins talks with Sarah Hartman-Caverly and Craig Gibson about their Open Inquiry Toolkit, a two-pronged approach that develops intellectual virtues and promotes awareness of cognitive biases. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
Nov 17, 2023 • 1h 8min
Would Improving Open Enrollment Help Students?
Drew Perkins talks with Jude Schwalbach, policy analyst with the Reason Foundation, about open enrollment rules, school choice and competition, and how that might help students. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
Nov 8, 2023 • 1h 9min
Has Illiberal Leftism Corroded HS Debate?
Drew Perkins talks with James Fishback about Incubate Debate, his startup in response to the ideological corrosion of the traditional high school debate organization. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
Nov 3, 2023 • 57min
A Dispatch From The 2024 Principal Of The Year
Drew Perkins talks with Andy Farley, NASSP Principal of the Year, about the learning and wellness of students and educators. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
Oct 25, 2023 • 1h 12min
Science, Truth, And Trust
Drew Perkins talks with Nick Dirks, President and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences, about today’s challenges in higher education, bias in science and academia, and questions related to trust in science and the authority of experts/expertise. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
