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More Than Just a School
by Karen Lock Kolp explores secondary education in the MTJAS Podcast. If you l
How do we motivate kids to be high achievers? What qualities do teens wish they saw more of in their own educations? How do you know when your kid has a great teacher? How does school impact a teen's anxiety?On the More Than Just a School podcast we investigate the answers to these questions and more. When MTJAS host Karen Lock Kolp's kids needed something different in their education, she and her husband Benjamin Kolp (MTJAS producer) found Bay State Learning Center, a nurturing community of creative, self-directed learners. Their teen sons started there - and LOVED it. Karen and Ben immediately noticed amazing changes in the boys! But when they tried to tell friends, relatives, people who care about their sons, why this new school was different...they couldn't. They didn't have the words. This podcast changes all that. Come along on this quest to find out what works in secondary education...and what doesn't...and why.
Episodes
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Getting Teens to Talk to Grown-ups: a Conversation with Blake Boles | Podcast Episode 5
In this episode, we talk with educator Blake Boles on what makes an adolescent tick. What's going on in a teenager's mind, and how can we connect with our kids? Blake is someone who should know. After studying teenage unschoolers – kids who chose their own path in their educations – in college,...
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What motivates kids to learn? Talking with BSLC Director George Popham | Podcast Episode 4
How do we motivate kids to be high achievers? The answer may be different than you think. In this conversation MTJAS podcast host Karen speaks with the director of a learning center for adolescents, George Popham of Bay State Learning Center (the center which Karen's sons attend.) George digs…
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One teenager's educational must-have: A conversation with BSLC student Max K. | Podcast Episode 3
Today we hear from Max, a teenager who plays kickass guitar, is totally into physics and science, and is a great cook to boot. (I know this because he is also my son.) Max left school in second grade, because the academic pressure caused PTSD-like symptoms in him. Now as a high-school-age kid, he...
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How to know when your kid has a great teacher | Podcast Episode 2
Ever wondered what qualities a high school teacher needs most to connect with kids and inspire great learning? In this episode of the More Than Just a School podcast, we dive into that, speaking with teacher Ajay Puvvala. Ajay is a beloved teacher at Baystate Learning Center, and as you'll hear...
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High School, High Anxiety | Podcast Episode 1
In this very first episode of More Than Just a School I get to speak with 14-year-old Sam, a teen whose anxiety used to be extremely bad. So bad that Sam was hospitalized when he was 12. During our conversation Sam shares: – school as a major cause of his anxiety – what his family did to help him…
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How do we motivate kids to be high achievers? What qualities do teens wish they saw more of in their own educations? How do you know when your kid has a great teacher? How does school impact a teen's anxiety?On the More Than Just a School podcast we investigate the answers to these questions and more. When MTJAS host Karen Lock Kolp's kids needed something different in their education, she and her husband Benjamin Kolp (MTJAS producer) found Bay State Learning Center, a nurturing community of creative, self-directed learners. Their teen sons started there - and LOVED it. Karen and Ben immediately noticed amazing changes in the boys! But when they tried to tell friends, relatives, people who care about their sons, why this new school was different...they couldn't. They didn't have the words. This podcast changes all that. Come along on this quest to find out what works in secondary education...and what doesn't...and why.
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How do we motivate kids to be high achievers? What qualities do teens wish they saw more of in their own educations? How do you know when your kid has a great teacher? How does school impact a teen's anxiety?On the More Than Just a School podcast we investigate the answers to these questions and...
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