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From Life, Automated: Why AI Might Not Change Education Much at All

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Why the Costs of College Go Beyond Tuition

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Career Training Is on the Rise and These High Schoolers Are Out for Blood

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Has Ed Tech Gone Too Far? Parents Want to Hit Pause.

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The Lasting Legacy of Rita Pierson’s ‘Every Kid Needs a Champion’

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Teachers are Burning Out. Can Former Educators Help?

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How Finnish Education Inspires U.S. Schools, Still

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MindShift Season 11 Is on the Way!

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Shafia Zaloom: Sex Ed and Becoming the Askable Parent

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Ross Greene: What if Bad Behavior Isn’t the Problem?

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Who Misses Out When Tutoring Starts Too Late?

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Randy Porter’s Middle School Jazz Band

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Scott R. Levy: How School Boards Can Strengthen Our Democracy

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Financial Literacy in The Digital Age With Lillian Zhang

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MIT's TeachLab Presents The Homework Machine

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Deborah Farmer Kris: How Awe Helps Us Flourish

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What Can Teachers Do About AI? Three Approaches in the Classroom

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Why Teens Love to Hang Out at the Library

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Can Talking to Older Adults Make Students Better Citizens?

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How to Help Kids Through Friendship Breakups Without Making Things Worse

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When Teachers Learn All of AAPI History, Students Benefit

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Why Are These High School Students Having Better Debates Than Grown-Ups?

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Finding Your Voice Isn't Just For Kids, It's For Teachers Too

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Mindshift Celebrates Season 10!

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What Our First and Last Words Can Tell Us About Our Humanity

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Can Better Conversations Fight Misinformation and Build Media Literacy?

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Minnie Phan: A Young Girl and the Power of Art

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Why Handwriting Still Matters in the Age of Screens

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Disengaged Teens: What to Know and How to Help Them Find Their Spark

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How to Help Boys Thrive in a Changing World

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Book Reading Goals for Young Readers with Traci Thomas

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The Lasting Impact of Full-Length Reading

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How the Mentor Mindset Can Help Adults Show Up Better for Tweens and Teens

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Why Poetry Is Making a Comeback in Schools

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Humanizing History by Teaching with Primary Sources

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How to Get Kids Thinking Instead of Mimicking in Math Class

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The Black Panther Legacy and Oakland Community Schools

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What Role Can Schools Play in Breaking Cycles of Homelessness?

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A Research-Backed Way to Improve Student Attendance

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MindShift Returns With Season 9!

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What's Lost When Books Are Banned?

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Dipping Into the Mindshift Mailbag

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Where Are All the School Buses?

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How Much Phonemic Awareness Do Students Really Need?

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5 Cognitive Biases that Shape Classroom Interactions - and How to Overcome Them

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Bettina Love Explains How Policy Ended a 'Glorious' Era in Black Ed

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Nurturing Students’ Academic Identities in Uncertain Times

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How to Build a Safe Space to Discuss Students’ Names

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Phyllis Fagell's Tools to Unleash Middle School Superpowers

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Dear Math: You Are Terrible and Wonderful

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How Green Schoolyards Can Turn Schools into 3D Textbooks

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The Right Way to Say “I’m Sorry”

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Inclusive Dress Codes: A Challenge and an Opportunity

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How Extroverted Teachers Can Engage Introverted Students

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Uncovering Healthy Relationships With Consent Education

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Mindshift is Back with Season 8!

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Many Students Are Using Study Strategies That Don't Work — and Better Options Exist

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How Centering Joy Can Make Learning More Relevant to Students and Teachers

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How Youth Sports Became a Feast or Famine World

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Books Can Help Kids Practice Being Brave

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Unlocking Students’ STEM Identities

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Classroom Management as a Curriculum

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How Community Schools Can Support Teachers and Families

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Heritage Languages in U.S Schools: A Story of Identity, Belonging and Loss

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Yikes! The Kiddos Are Angry

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Middle School: The Age of Opportunity

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School Bells or Nah?

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How Do You Stop Cheating Students? (Hint: Tech Isn’t the Only Answer)

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Back With Season Seven!

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MindShift Presents “Who Wants to Be a Teacher” From the Educate Podcast

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The 'Great Resignation' for Teens

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Does My Kid Have a Tech Addiction?

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Student Proposals on How to Rethink School

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Retaining and Sustaining Black Teachers

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In Defense of Fidgeting

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Is It Ok for Teachers to Cry in Class?

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A Framework for Conversations About Race in Schools

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How Do You Cultivate Genius In All Students?

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How to Improve Mental Health at School

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Could Data Science Diversify the STEM Field?

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Down With Toxic Positivity!

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Grades Have Huge Impact, But Are They Effective?

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MindShift is Back with Season Six!

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Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul: Using 'Stamped (For Kids)' to Talk About Race

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Mindshift Presents OPB's Class of 2025

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How Families are Pushing Schools to Teach Reading Skills More Effectively

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How Fan Fiction Inspires Kids to Read and Write and Write and Write

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How Culturally Relevant Teaching Can Build Relationships When Students Are Home During Distance Learning

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Prom? Canceled. Graduation? Online. High Schoolers Share Their Worlds With Us

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How Learning Emotional Skills Can Help Boys Become Men

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MindShift Podcast is Back with Season Five!

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Where Did All These Teen Activists Come From?

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How Art Can Help Center a Student’s Learning Experience

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How Students Would Improve Their School Lunch Experience

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Teaching 6-Year-Olds About Privilege and Power

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Childhood As ‘Resume Building’: Why Play Needs A Comeback

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How Can Schools Help Kids With Anxiety?

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MindShift Podcast is Back With Season Four!

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Dropping Out and Coming Back: Stories of Persevering for a Diploma

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How Teachers Designed a School Centered On Caring Relationships