How Fan Fiction Inspires Kids to Read and Write and Write and Write
For many students, writing can be tedious, especially after years of boring grammar, spelling and structure drills. But for kids who have discovered fan fiction, writing about something they’re alread...
25 Aug 202019min
How Culturally Relevant Teaching Can Build Relationships When Students Are Home During Distance Learning
Culturally relevant teaching strategies help make learning more meaningful to the lives of students and address some of the equity issues in curriculum. When schools closed in March because of COVID-1...
11 Aug 202022min
Prom? Canceled. Graduation? Online. High Schoolers Share Their Worlds With Us
Seniors missed out on prom, signing yearbooks, sharing the news of college acceptances with friends and teachers in person, and walking across the graduation stage in front of their family and friends...
28 Jul 202032min
How Learning Emotional Skills Can Help Boys Become Men
When Ashanti Branch started the Ever Forward Club, he was a high school math teacher trying to figure out why the young men in his classes weren’t succeeding. He found they were craving what he desire...
14 Jul 202024min
MindShift Podcast is Back with Season Five!
We’re here just in time to unpack some of the extraordinary circumstances created by emergency distance learning and the COVID-19 pandemic. This season, you’ll hear how teachers and students prioritiz...
7 Jul 20204min
Where Did All These Teen Activists Come From?
Teenagers are demanding to be heard on the issues that matter most to them including climate change, gun control, abortion and immigration. What's different now and what role does public education pla...
29 Okt 201921min
How Art Can Help Center a Student’s Learning Experience
Art has often been relegated as an additional activity in schools. But schools that put art at the center of a child's learning experience through arts integration are seeing kids thrive.
15 Okt 201922min
How Students Would Improve Their School Lunch Experience
Adults have designed how kids eat at school for generations, directing students into single-file lines and seating them at long roll-away tables to eat mass-produced food. This is all about efficiency...
1 Okt 201921min
