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459 What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?

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458 Public Education Isn't Broken. It's Dying. | PJ Caposey

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457 Stop Talking About Change. Start Designing It. | Chris Brida (Part 2)

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456 What If Professional Development Was Actually Fun? | Chris Brida (Part 1)

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455 Are We Transforming Education... or Just Creating Exceptions?

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454 Your School Says It Has Career Pathways. But Does It Really? | Scott Palmer

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453 What If the Environment Is the Problem? Rethinking School After Amy Zwiep

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452 She Said “Forget What You Know About School”—Then Built a New One

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451 Student Series Recap: They Didn’t Wait—What 5 Students Taught Us About the Future of Education

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450 Student Series: Stop Waiting for Permission. You Can Just Do Things. with Jay Yang

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449 Student Series: He Didn't Wait to Graduate. He Built the Solution.

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448 Student Series: One Career Exploration Class Changed Her Entire Future

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447 Student Series: She Came Back 2 Years Later. Her Perspective Changed Everything.

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446 Student Series: This 18 Year Old Didn't Wait for Opportunity. He Created It.

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445 Students are asked the WRONG Question | Hidden Genius, Aptitudes, and the Future of Education

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444 Stop Asking Students What They Want to Be | Betsy Wills Reveals Their Hidden Genius

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443 (Memorial Replay): In Memory of Jen Sharp – Lessons That Continue to Lift Us

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442 What If School Was Built Around Experiences Instead of Classes?

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441 Students Were Actually Excited for Monday. Here's Why.

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440 The Biggest Lie in Education? College vs. Career

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439 The College vs. Career Myth Is Hurting Students

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438 5 Truths High School Doesn't Teach You

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437 The Real Reason Students Are Disengaged in School Right Now

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436 CTE Works. Now Can Schools Keep Up? | Mark Covelle on the Future of Career Education

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435 This Is What AI Is Doing to Schools Right Now…

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434 Education Can’t Keep Up With AI… Now What?

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433 What Makes a School ‘Good’? (And Why Nobody Can Explain It)

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432 From ‘I Don’t Know’ to a Clear Plan: How Schools Can Unlock Student Direction

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431 Two students. Same grades. Same skills. Only one succeeds. Why?

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430 The 3 Lessons You Actually Remember From School

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429 Rethinking CTE, Literacy, and Student Engagement

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428 The College Board Move Most Educators Never Saw Coming

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427 College Board Just Made a Massive Move Into CTE

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426 The Secret Partnership Design Schools Need

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425 Why Most School Partnerships Fail (And What To Do Instead)

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424 CTE’s Secret Superpower: Boundary Spanners

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423 College Is Broken? Why Internships Beat GPA Every Time

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422 Harvard’s GPA Problem: Why Internships Matter More Than Grades

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421 Traditional Field Trips Are Failing High School Students

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420 Disrupting Education in 2026: What CTE Leaders Told Us

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419 Education's Zero-to-One Moment - pega6 Series Episode 4

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418 The pega6 Blueprint Universities Can’t Copy - pega6 Series Episode 3

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417 Workforce Engineering for the AI Age - pega6 Series Episode 2

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416 University Slayer: Higher Ed's Tipping Point - pega6 Series Episode 1

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415 Student Voice, CTE, Aptitudes & Impact: Our Biggest Shifts in 2025

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414 Teachers, AI, and the End of Business-as-Usual School

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413 CTE Reimagined: From Workforce Pipelines to Future Leaders

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412 When Education Finally Matches Who Students Really Are - YouScience Series Ep 6

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411 - Aptitude in Action – A Live Look Inside YouScience - YouScience Series Ep 5

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410 Beyond the Platform – The Future of Use with Edson Barton, - YouScience Series Ep 4

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409 The Wins That Matter – When Aptitudes Turn Into Real Futures - YouScience Series Ep 3

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408 Education with Purpose — Connecting Learning to Lifelong Success - YouScience Series Ep 2

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407 The Exposure Gap: Awareness is the First Step - YouScience Series Ep 1

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406 State, District & Community Models That Actually Work

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405 The Mindset Shift That Disrupts Education

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404 School or System? How We Stop the Pipeline

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403 District Leaders Who Build

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402 Career Academies That Work

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401 Throw Out the Playbook: Scaling Innovation in Schools

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400 Do The Opposite: Scott Carr’s Playbook for Re-Culturing Schools

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399 The Future of Public Education Starts Here

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398 How Virginia’s Lab Schools Are Disrupting Education

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397 Community IS the Curriculum

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396 EduVitality: Rewiring the Purpose of School

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395 Packing the Parachute: Learning, Mentorship & Finding Your Place

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394 Finding the Middle Ground with DG Sax

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393 The Great College Question: Is It Still Worth It?

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392 What really happens after graduation?

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391 Unfiltered Lessons from Life After School

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390 Real-World Detours: Liam’s 7-Year Reality Check

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389 Be in the Room, Not Online

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388 Why School Felt Childish—and What Isaac Palmer Did Instead

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387 AI Won’t Save Education—But Student Voice Might.

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386 The LEAF Lab Approach: Agility, Agency, and Authentic Learning

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385 Rethinking Education with Agile Mindsets with Simon Holzapfel and Jeff Burstein

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384 The Enrollment Cliff Is Here — Time to Rethink College and Career Paths

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383 Funding the Future of Learning with Kathleen deLaski

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382 Disengaged Students, Outdated Systems

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381 LEGO, AI & Project-Based Learning with Dan Thomas

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380 Professional Skills Over Perfect Grades with Jason Van Nus

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379 Breaking the College-First Mentality in Education with Jason Van Nus

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378 Hands-On Learning and Durable Skills

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377 Empowering Students Through Woodshop Skills

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376 Why CTE Matters More Than Ever

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375 Bridging Schools and Industry: A Conversation with Dr. Mark Covelle

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374 Winter Wrap-Up: Educators Innovating from Within

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373 The Real Impact of Work-Based Learning with Jason Van Nus (Part 2)

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372 Disrupting Talent Pipelines with Jason Van Nus (Part 1)

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371 K through Gray - Building Viable Futures Through Innovative Leadership

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370 Invest in Your Best: Crafting Viable Futures with Dr. T.J. Vari

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369 Breaking Barriers in Rural Education

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368 Transforming Education Through Internships with Jason Walke

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367 Transforming Education: How One Yes Can Ignite Change

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366 Empowering CTE: Innovation, Failure, and Industry Connections with Dr. Sandra Adams

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365 Blank Pages and Big Leaps: The Doers in the System

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364 Captivating Classrooms with Marc Isseks

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363 Disrupting Education: A 2024 Year in Review and What’s Next for 2025

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362 Disrupting Education: Insights and Actionable Steps

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361 Growth Through Vulnerability: Self-Awareness in Education

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360 What Skydiving Teaches Us About Letting Go, Learning, and Leading in Education