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Wildfire Education
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Do School Better - A podcast for people who want to transform education. Join Doris Korda as she engages in conversations with educators and shares insights about a radical new method of teaching. Learn how their students develop 21st century skills in courses such as entrepreneurship, science, humanities, engineering, global studies, and more.
Episodes
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Episode 031: Using Entrepreneurship Education for Empowerment
In this episode, Doris talks with Michael Hudecek of St. Clair Superior Development Corporation. He shares his “overwhelming success” in piloting Korda’s model in one of Cleveland’s most impoverished neighborhoods. Doris: Okay. Hey, Michael, how are you doing? Michael: I’m doing great. It’s good…
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Firestarters: Patterns for Igniting School Change
In this episode, Doris and Alison discuss the themes that emerged from this season’s conversations with 62 entrepreneurial educators who have courageously ignited change in how we do school. Do School Better: A Podcast for People Who Want to Transform Education - Listen to more episodes here...
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Science Teacher Uses Entrepreneurship to Spark Schoolwide Change
In this episode, Doris speaks with Jeremy Wickenheiser, Founder and Director of Entrepreneurial Studies at DSST Public Schools. He shares his journey from teaching high school science four years ago to building an entrepreneurship program that has scaled across the large network of urban schools…
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Students Gain Confidence and Embody Citizenship in Rural District
In this episode, Doris speaks with Kesha Conway who has been piloting Korda Method across the Ashtabula Area City Schools District. They discuss a recent project in Lisa Raffa’s high school Government class at Lakeside High School, where students found their agency while identifying solutions to...
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Canadian Students Design Solutions for Real World Clients
Learn more about the METHOD Discover more about our educator TRAINING In this episode, Doris speaks with Nicholas Timms from Hillfield Strathallan College. He shares the story of how transforming a traditional small business course grew into a student-run Design Studio, with high school students...
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Going Beyond PBL for Middle School Girls in Columbus
In this episode, Doris speaks with Pam Reed, Humanities teacher at Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls. Pam shares how different it is to teach with this radically different method, as students learn history and critical thinking by solving contemporary problems that they find meaningful.…
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Pioneering Education Innovation in Slovenia – Part 2
In this episode, Doris and Alison discuss the journey that led to a recent workshop with educators in Slovenia. Also featured in the episode are excerpts from some of the entrepreneurial educators and students who came to the workshop in Slovenia. Do School Better: A Podcast for People Who Want…
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Taking Risks for Students Across Cleveland
In this episode, Doris speaks with Michael Hudecek about the youth entrepreneurship program he developed as Program Manager for St. Clair Superior Development Corporation, an organization devoted to transforming one of the poorest neighborhoods in Cleveland. Michael discusses what he learned in…
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Teaching at the Intersection of Science, Business and Technology
In this episode, Doris talks to Terry Chou, science teacher at Joaquin Miller Middle School in California. Terry shares details about her students learning innovation in her Science Enrichment and Research (SEARCH) class. Listen to what she has discovered about teaching at the intersection of...
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Using Entrepreneurship to Teach Leadership to Girls
In this episode, Doris speaks with Regina Rosi, Assistant Division Director & Dean of Student Life at Marlborough School, an all-girls school in Los Angeles, CA. They discuss the need to modernize leadership education in K12 schools. Regina shares the entrepreneurial approach required to design...
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Structuring School to Close the Gap Between Teaching & Learning
In this episode, Doris speaks with Dr. Rand Harrington and Phil Klein of Kent Denver School in Colorado. Rand is Head of School and Phil is Instructor of AP Economics, Director of the Hunt Family Institute for Entrepreneurial Education and Director of Development. They discuss creating structures...
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Students Tackle Food Systems and Climate Change with PBL
In this episode, Doris speaks with Katy Yan, instructor of AP Environmental Science and Honors Biology at The College Preparatory School and former Science Teacher at The Bentley School. Katy explains the shift from research papers to real world problem solving that resulted in meaningful…
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Teaching at the Intersection of Entrepreneurship & Public Service
In this episode, Doris speaks with Chad Williamson, Co-founder of Noble Impact. Chad shares his journey to teaching at the intersection of entrepreneurship and public service. He explains how the Sandy Hook School tragedy has influenced their work around social emotional learning. Doris and Chad...
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Teaching Skills the Workforce Actually Needs
In this episode, Doris speaks with Sarah Jensen, High School Entrepreneurship Teacher at Nichols School. Sarah brings an extensive business background to the classroom and discusses the value of students developing the skills they’ll need when they enter the workforce. Sarah and Doris discuss the...
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Economics Teacher in Singapore Throws Out the Answer Key
In this episode, Doris speaks with Oliver Smith, Business and Economics teacher at Singapore American School. Oliver discusses the depth of learning his students experienced while solving problems for real businesses in his entrepreneurship and AP Economics courses. He describes the liberation…
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Environmental Entrepreneurship Course Leads to New Way of Teaching Science
In this episode, Doris interviews Sarah Swain, former Science and Entrepreneurship teacher at St. Anne’s Belfield School in Virginia and the incoming Assistant Director of Entrepreneurial Studies at Hawken School. Sarah describes the integration of environmental science into her entrepreneurship...
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Economics Teacher Engages Students in Design for Social Impact
In this episode, Doris speaks with Adam Lang, a Teaching Chair and Instructor of Economics at Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. Adam shares how his students took ownership over their learning and developed skills by solving problems for community partners in his Design for Social Impact class. He...
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Students Learn Ancient World History by Solving Modern Problems
In this episode, Doris speaks with Julia Griffin, Humanities teacher and Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning at Hawken Upper School. Julia shares how her humanities department adopted a new academic method that transformed the way their students learned ancient world history and better...
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Educator Equips Women and People of Color to Succeed in Tech
In this episode, Doris speaks with Mel McGee, Founder and CEO of We Can Code IT. Mel shares how she applied Korda Method in Coding Bootcamps that are making the tech industry more diverse and inclusive by preparing unemployed and underemployed adults to be skilled software developers. She…
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Building an Entrepreneurship Program that Redefines Teaching
In this episode, Doris speaks with Paul Chiment and Blake Dorfman of Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara, California. Paul is a veteran high school Math and Economics teacher and Blake an early career middle school English and Digital Art teacher who created an innovative Entrepreneurship...
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Entrepreneurial Educators Design Courses for Impact
In this special episode, educators who recently attended the Workshops for Entrepreneurial Studies share their inspiring plans for courses and programs in entrepreneurship, history, economics, math, science and more. Do School Better: A Podcast for People Who Want to Transform Education - Listen…
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Students Learn Spanish through Real World Project
In this episode, Doris speaks with Rachel Mullen, Upper School Spanish Teacher at Hawken School. Rachel shares how her students advanced their Spanish communications, cultural awareness, and collaboration skills by working on a creative project for a multicultural marketing agency. Doris: Hi,...
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Pioneering Entrepreneurship Education in Slovenia – Part 1
In this episode, Doris Korda speaks with Janez Gorenc, an English teacher at Gimnazija Novo Mesto in Slovenia. Janez shares his journey to teach entrepreneurship in order to change education for his students so that they develop practical, essential skills and knowledge. Do School Better: A…
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Environmental Science Students Create Solutions for their School
In this episode, Doris speaks with Ben Leslie-Bole, environmental science educator at Athenian School in Danville, California. He discusses how his student’s work on a water retention project led to collaborative skill-building, meaningful discoveries about science, and informed solutions for…
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Service Learning through Global Problem Solving
In this episode, Doris speaks with Alethea Tyner Paradis, history professor at Santa Barbara City College and Director / CEO of Peace Works Travel, a socially conscious study abroad program where students learn through meaningful local problem-solving designed to foster critical thinking…
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Entrepreneurship Education: New Model for Teaching & Learning
In this episode, Doris speaks with Jay Scheurle, Head of School and Entrepreneurship teacher at Miami Valley School. Jay describes how he modeled a radical new method of teaching and learning for his school by implementing a high school entrepreneurship course. Doris: Hey, Jay. Jay: Hi, Doris....
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Movement to Create a New High School Transcript
Can a group of independent schools get colleges to accept a new kind of transcript without grades? In this episode, Scott Looney, Founder of the Mastery Transcript Consortium and Head of Hawken School discusses an initiative to bring important change to the college admissions process. Do School...
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Rural Public School Students Collaborate to Solve Problems
In this episode Doris speaks with Kesha Conway, Program Director at Ashtabula Leadership County. She describes her course where students gained skills in collaboration and problem solving by working on a real business challenge from their local community in rural, Ohio. Doris: Hey, Kesha. Boy…
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Biomimicry and Leadership for Middle School Students
In this episode Doris speaks with Anna Delia. She is the Middle School Asst. Director and Science Teacher at Hawken School, a K12 independent school in Cleveland, Ohio. Anna shares how her middle school science students gain skills and knowledge by creating Biomimcry solutions to real problems.…
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Innovation & Changemaking in an Alternative Public School
In this episode Doris speaks with Dr. Danielle Bomar. She is the Supervisor at Options For Success, a K12 Alternative School Program in the Columbus City School District for students who have been suspended or expelled from their home school. Hear about the entrepreneurship course Danielle and…
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Teaching Social Entrepreneurship in Shanghai
In this episode, Doris talks to Anne Love of Concordia International School in Shanghai, China. Anne is the High School Academic Innovation Coordinator as well as a teacher of science and social entrepreneurship at her school. They discuss how Anne has changed her social entrepreneurship course...
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Scaling Entrepreneurship Education Across a High School
In this episode, Doris talks to David Peden. David is the Chair of the Entrepreneurship Leadership program at Battle Ground Academy, a K12 independent school near Nashville, TN. They discuss the entrepreneurship education program he has built after attending an Educators Workshop for...
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Season 3 Intro – Igniting the Next Chapter of Do School Better
In this short intro, Doris and Alison kick off Season 3 of the podcast. They share the plan for this new season, which is called The Firestarters. They also share some news about their new organization, Wildfire Education. Learn more about the METHOD Discover more about our educator TRAINING
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The Final Project & End of the Semester
In this episode, we talk about the final look at a semester course and how important the reflection on the entire experience is to the learning of the students. Alison: Here we are Doris. Doris: I know. Alison: We just finished up the final presentations for the semester this past week. Doris:...
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What Happens When Students Get Stuck
In this episode, we talk about what happens in this class when students are working on real problems and they’re paralyzed because they don’t know what to do next. Alison: So, we’re two weeks away from final presentations for student businesses and we just had share outs for an update about where...
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A Conversation with Public School Science Teacher, Terry Chou
In this episode, Doris talks to Terry Chou, a middle school science teacher from a public school in California. Terry attended the first Workshop for Entrepreneurial Studies. in order to learn how to teach innovation and collaboration. Listen to what she has discovered about teaching at the...
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The Final Project: The Student Businesses
In this episode we’ll talk about these final projects where students create their own businesses and will face huge academic challenges in the process. Alison: Final projects. Doris: Yeah. Alison: We’re off and running already today. Doris: We sure are. So this is really interesting. So they did...
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The Final Presentations for Endemic Solutions
In this episode, we talk about what students presented today as their solutions to their second business challenge and why the learning has been transformative. Doris: Okay, so Alison we just…students just presented their solutions to their second business to the CEO. What’d you think today?...
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Authentic Feedback: More than Just a Letter Grade
In this episode, learn how the feedback we give in this course goes far beyond a letter grade. Doris and Alison discuss how students shift away from extrinsic motivation through self-reflection, as well as giving and receiving feedback. Alison: Hey, Doris. Doris: Hi, Alison. Alison: How are you?...
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“Things Get Complicated” – The Second Business Challenge, Endemic Solutions
We’re a week and a half in to students’ second business challenge. And at this point in the course, things get really, really complicated. And in this episode, we share a lot of our strategies in helping guide students through a very challenging, creative problem-solving process. Alison: So...
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The Second Business Challenge: Endemic Solutions
In this episode we talk about what is happening in this class when the students come out of their first day of their second business challenge and are faced with a problem that is significantly more sophisticated and complicated and challenging than what they faced in the first part of the class....
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The Final Presentations for Peaceful Fruits
In this episode we discuss where the students are, given that they just finished their first business challenge and they’re about to undergo a major shift. Alison: Today, the students gave their final presentation for their first business challenge. Doris: How do you think they’re doing? Alison:...
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The First Business Challenge: Peaceful Fruits
In this episode, Doris discusses her methods of instruction and how to launch students into the habit of self-guided inquiry through early assignments and activities in the class. Alison: Doris. I feel pretty privileged to have been working by your side for the past year now. Doris: That’s sweet....
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Back to School: The First Week
In this episode, Doris talks to Alison about the first week of this class and the early on exercises that lead to de-schooling. They go in depth into the Business Model Canvas activity describing how it sets the stage for a completely different mindset for academic learning. Alison: Ready. Doris....
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Tools of the Trade 2: Not Being Afraid to Try New Things
In this episode, Alison and Doris discuss trying out new tools in the upcoming semester of Hawken’s Entrepreneurial Studies program. Alison talks about the decision to pilot Slack and incorporate the use of LinkedIn for ongoing student portfolios. Doris: Hey, this is an exciting moment. School...
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Using Entrepreneurship Education for Empowerment
In this episode, Doris talks with Michael Hudecek of St. Clair Superior Development Corporation. He shares his “overwhelming success” in piloting Korda’s model in one of Cleveland’s most impoverished neighborhoods. Doris: Okay. Hey, Michael, how are you doing? Michael: I’m doing great. It’s good…
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First Year Reflections with Alison and Tim
In this episode, Alison shares how the Korda Method of teaching and learning deepened her understanding of innovative teaching practices, pushing students towards rigorous and meaningful learning. Alison: So Tim, we’ve been at this now for about six months, which is wild to think about. But… Tim:...
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Entrepreneurship Education: Impact & Perspective from College Counseling Office
In this episode, Doris talks with Renee Bischoff, Director of College Counseling at the Hawken School. Renee shares insights on the impact the entrepreneurship program has had on students, including their personal and academic growth as well as their readiness for college. Renee: Well, I…
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Evolution of a Movement: The State of Entrepreneurship Education
In this episode, Doris and Alison examine the growth of the entrepreneurship education movement and how that has changed both the needs of educators seeking training and Doris’s approach to training them. Alison: So I was curious, now that I’ve been involved in this work for about a year, if we...
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Hawken Educators Workshops 2016: Takeaways with Alison and Tim
In this episode, Alison and Tim reflect on the 2016 Hawken Educators Workshops in both Cleveland and California. They discuss how the needs of the attendees have changed as Entrepreneurship Education continues to expand and evolve. Tim: So we are fresh off of two workshops here in… What was it…
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Do School Better - A podcast for people who want to transform education. Join Doris Korda as she engages in conversations with educators and shares insights about a radical new method of teaching. Learn how their students develop 21st century skills in courses such as entrepreneurship, science, humanities, engineering, global studies, and more.
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