Education Is Life Podcast
by Rob Huge
If you were to start from scratch and recreate schooling, what would you do? Only, it's more than just the question of what you would do—it's also why would you do it at all?If Dewey was right, then education isn't preparation for life; education is life itself. Therefore, this idea is more than just about recreating school, it's about recreating life. Welcome to the Education is Life podcast, where we have honest discussions about the state of education: where it is, where it can be, and all of the stories in between. Each episode, the founder of Greenfields Academy, Rob Huge, will try his best not to vent about how broken schooling is today, but instead offer a glimpse of hope that there is a better way. One that honors the needs of our children and our world, rather than our entrenched interests and ties from the past that try to confine the way they think and learn. We want everyone to take time to re-evaluate the kind of teachings and life we are offering our children, and whe
Episodes
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Education Is Life [EP 26] with tutor Lindsay Zoeller
What does academic success mean to the students themselves? When their grades start slipping in a particular subject, what does that mean to them? In this interview with The Chicago Family Tutor owner Lindsay Zoeller, we quickly learn that tutoring is about much more than a cognitive…
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Education Is Life [EP 25] Learning is a non-conventional practice with Greenfields Parent, Chris G
We don’t hear it too often at Greenfields, but kids love to ask: “Why are we doing this?” “When will I need to use this in the real world?” At its core, this question is about much more than being bored or impatient with the subject at hand. It shows that kids care about the larger purpose behind...
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Education Is Life [EP 24] Defying the “Just Deal with It,” Approach to Life with Greenfields Parent, Mitchel Bleier
Should we just “suck it up and deal with it” when life isn’t right or going our way in a job, a marriage, or a bad situation? What about school- is that for kids to just ‘deal with’ if it isn’t working? Mitchel BleierGreenfields Academy parent invites parents to listen to children who are sending...
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Education Is Life [EP 23] Teach a Girl to Throw a Ball; Change Her Life
Along the lines of creating something unique for your outside-of-school activities, check out the My Pandemic Life Creative Expo coming up on March 18th - 21st for another great way to see how education in young people is more than academics. It is important to emphasize social & emotional...
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Education Is Life [EP 22] Perspective from our Youngest Griffins Sonia and Shaurya
How many podcasts do you hear from young people about what school and learning is like? Brace yourself for cuteness and stay curious about how these young people are taking charge of their education, their learning, and life through a pandemic. “Is it a big change or a change like the size of a…
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Education Is Life [EP 21] Stop Competing and Start Creating - Using Music to Heal the World with Adrienne Schroeder
Visit Adrienne Schroeder's Website: https://www.adrienneschroeder.com/ If you are interested in the My Pandemic Life Creative Youth Expo, more information here: https://www.greenfieldsacademy.com/my-pandemic-life
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Education Is Life [EP 20] with Allison James - Empathetic Entrepreneurship & Innovative Inventions
How is traditional education squashing the possibilities of solutions & new opportunities for the world to thrive? From food deserts to cancer patients receiving chemotherapy- young children are capable of coming up with solutions to some of life’s biggest challenges that even adults can’t quite...
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Education Is Life [EP 19] Rethinking College, Academia, and the Purpose of Education with Vero Smith
From Teaching College to Guiding at Greenfields, we hope that you find an abundance of insight in this episode of Education Is Life! Starting with the concept of Time Deserts vs. Education Deserts- have you thought of the difference in how much time people spend having to work just to have access...
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Education Is Life [EP 18] Insider’s Tips to Succeed as a Vendor at the Chicago Children’s Business Fair
With years of experience, young entrepreneurs start businesses from as early as the age of 7 at the Chicago Children’s Business Fair, hosted by Greenfields Academy. Founding student, Aviva, has participated as a business owner for the last 6 years and has a treasure trove of knowledge for any...
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Education Is Life [EP 17] This Micro-School is Keeping up with a Changing World
With education that truly guides children into exploring their full potential to change the world, what could that mean for our society? At the start of this journey, founder Rob Huge had visioned a school that honored the amazing things that a young person has to offer and worked hard to...
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Education Is Life [EP 16] The College Admissions Process & Student Self-Worth from a Counselor’s Perspective - is it worth it?
How are we approaching the fierce and competitive nature of college admissions and how does it impact the self-worth of students? Student-centered college counseling takes the allure of big-name schools and questions, “Is this right for my child,” as the focus of the conversation and replaces the...
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Education Is Life [EP15] Analyzing the Psychology of Stress & Anxiety in Young Adults with Andrea
Psychologist Andrea always knew she was destined to be a helper. Throughout her time as a liberal arts college psychologist, she quickly realized that when struggling children were helped TOO much, problems arose. From the start of her 11 years working with college students (2004-2015), an...
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Education Is Life [EP14] The Importance of School - Life Balance with Student Ozan
Figuring out how to live a life that doesn’t allow work to absorb all of your time is a valuable life lesson to learn, but imagine knowing all about work-life balance as a 12-year-old! In this episode of, “Education Is Life,” we speak with Greenfields Academy Griffin, Ozan, who is balancing his...
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Education Is Life [EP13] with Greenfield’s Guide Becca Penzick on Learning without the Red Tape
How the student feels about the way they learn and the environment in which they learn is crucial to start developing at a young age. Having a loose, but not lazy approach to guiding from the teacher-figures in school creates learning that encourages children to feel more comfortable to explore…
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Education Is Life [EP12] with Guest Mona Yaeger on Racism & Education
You may not be hearing too much from an education standpoint around racism. Schools across the country may not have the ability to have a powerful discussion with different perspectives from various individuals to talk about how we can do better for our children in schools - not for Greenfields...
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Education Is Life [EP11] with Greenfields Academy Student Michael
When we think about our young people, how much do they really understand about the world around them? What do they learn in school & what is it that they get to explore beyond their own parent’s biases while at home? Is this something taught in school that allows them to go deeper beyond…
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Education Is Life [EP10] with Greenfields Guide Pawel
We don’t have teachers at our school- we have guides. Here’s a perspective from Pawel, middle school/explorer program “guide” at Greenfields Academy. The journey of finding your passion is one of the most transformative & exciting realizations to experience. This is what we discuss in this week’s...
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Education Is Life [EP09] with Greenfields Alumni Student Amelia
There is a real difference between Greenfields Academy education & any other school, take it not from the adults, but from the perspectives of the students themselves! One of our founding Griffins, Amelia, shares with us what her experience was like as a student of 5 years at Chicago private...
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Education Is Life [EP08] with Guest Dr. Aditi Mehra on FIT Learning
Learning doesn’t always come easy for those who have been put up against multiple-choice or true/false questions. “I’m just rubbish,” was the self-talk of Dr. Aditi Mehra before she learned outside of the bounds of linear answers, pass/fail scores & standardized tests throughout her own learning...
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Education Is Life [EP07] Parent Guest Scott Leonard on Homeschooling vs. School at Home
Homeschooling is much different than the Greenfields Academy "school at home" approach. Take it from one of our very own parents, Scott Leonard, who is witnessing AMAZING! things happening in his own living room as he watches his 9-year old daughter thrive. Amidst the global pandemic of COVID…
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Education Is Life [EP06] Guy P. Bell on "Who Are You?!"
Powerful Executives are Created by Asking Powerful Questions- with Guest Guy Pierce Bell When looking at who we are and what we are building, what is it the most important question or model we should be following? In this episode, Rob & Guy Pierce Bell share a powerful discussion around education...
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Education Is Life [EP05] COVID19 Special
This SPECIAL EDITION Episode - we reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic & some of the lasting effects on our young people. Our school sent out a “School at Home” survey to the surrounding Chicago community of families both inside and outside of our school to find out what was working, & what wasn’t -...
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Education Is Life [EP04] K-12 Private Education: Building a Stronger Foundation
If we got our way - to make this new evolved type of learning the normal model of learning for public school systems for all, what does it look like exactly? We can point out everything that we’d change, but we still have to have a solution to support us in what we are trying to do and make it...
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Education Is Life [EP03] Parents: The Journey of Education is not just for the Students
Greenfields Academy is revolutionizing education - creating the focus away from what’s broken in the K-12 model and creating what we believe is a better way to “do school.” Creating a deeper learning experience, tap into the moral compass on what is important to the child, and get their learning…
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Education Is Life [EP02]- Are your ready to live in the WILD?!
Greenfields Academy is revolutionizing education - creating the focus away from what’s broken in the K-12 model and creating what we believe is a better way to “do school.” Creating a deeper learning experience, tap into the moral compass on what is important to the child, and get their learning…
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Education Is Life [EP01] - The Backstory
Greenfields Academy is revolutionizing education - creating the focus away from what’s broken in the K-12 model and creating what we believe is a better way to “do school.” Creating a deeper learning experience, tap into the moral compass on what is important to the child, and get their learning…
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About this show
If you were to start from scratch and recreate schooling, what would you do? Only, it's more than just the question of what you would do—it's also why would you do it at all?If Dewey was right, then education isn't preparation for life; education is life itself. Therefore, this idea is more than just about recreating school, it's about recreating life. Welcome to the Education is Life podcast, where we have honest discussions about the state of education: where it is, where it can be, and all of the stories in between. Each episode, the founder of Greenfields Academy, Rob Huge, will try his best not to vent about how broken schooling is today, but instead offer a glimpse of hope that there is a better way. One that honors the needs of our children and our world, rather than our entrenched interests and ties from the past that try to confine the way they think and learn. We want everyone to take time to re-evaluate the kind of teachings and life we are offering our children, and whe
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Rob Huge