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All Episodes

MindShift Podcast — 110 episodes

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Shafia Zaloom: Sex Ed and Becoming the Askable Parent

2

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

3

Who Misses Out When Tutoring Starts Too Late?

4

Randy Porter’s Middle School Jazz Band

5

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

6

Financial Literacy in The Digital Age With Lillian Zhang

7

MIT's TeachLab Presents The Homework Machine

8

Deborah Farmer Kris: How Awe Helps Us Flourish

9

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

10

Why Teens Love to Hang Out at the Library

11

Can Talking to Older Adults Make Students Better Citizens?

12

How to Help Kids Through Friendship Breakups Without Making Things Worse

13

When Teachers Learn All of AAPI History, Students Benefit

14

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

15

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

16

Mindshift Celebrates Season 10!

17

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

18

Can Better Conversations Fight Misinformation and Build Media Literacy?

19

Minnie Phan: A Young Girl and the Power of Art

20

Why Handwriting Still Matters in the Age of Screens

21

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

22

How to Help Boys Thrive in a Changing World

23

Book Reading Goals for Young Readers with Traci Thomas

24

The Lasting Impact of Full-Length Reading

25

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

26

Why Poetry Is Making a Comeback in Schools

27

Humanizing History by Teaching with Primary Sources

28

How to Get Kids Thinking Instead of Mimicking in Math Class

29

The Black Panther Legacy and Oakland Community Schools

30

What Role Can Schools Play in Breaking Cycles of Homelessness?

31

A Research-Backed Way to Improve Student Attendance

32

MindShift Returns With Season 9!

33

What's Lost When Books Are Banned?

34

Dipping Into the Mindshift Mailbag

35

Where Are All the School Buses?

36

How Much Phonemic Awareness Do Students Really Need?

37

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

38

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

39

Nurturing Students’ Academic Identities in Uncertain Times

40

How to Build a Safe Space to Discuss Students’ Names

41

Phyllis Fagell's Tools to Unleash Middle School Superpowers

42

Dear Math: You Are Terrible and Wonderful

43

How Green Schoolyards Can Turn Schools into 3D Textbooks

44

The Right Way to Say “I’m Sorry”

45

Inclusive Dress Codes: A Challenge and an Opportunity

46

How Extroverted Teachers Can Engage Introverted Students

47

Uncovering Healthy Relationships With Consent Education

48

Mindshift is Back with Season 8!

49

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

50

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

51

How Youth Sports Became a Feast or Famine World

52

Books Can Help Kids Practice Being Brave

53

Unlocking Students’ STEM Identities

54

Classroom Management as a Curriculum

55

How Community Schools Can Support Teachers and Families

56

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

57

Yikes! The Kiddos Are Angry

58

Middle School: The Age of Opportunity

59

School Bells or Nah?

60

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

61

Back With Season Seven!

62

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

63

The 'Great Resignation' for Teens

64

Does My Kid Have a Tech Addiction?

65

Student Proposals on How to Rethink School

66

Retaining and Sustaining Black Teachers

67

In Defense of Fidgeting

68

Is It Ok for Teachers to Cry in Class?

69

A Framework for Conversations About Race in Schools

70

How Do You Cultivate Genius In All Students?

71

How to Improve Mental Health at School

72

Could Data Science Diversify the STEM Field?

73

Down With Toxic Positivity!

74

Grades Have Huge Impact, But Are They Effective?

75

MindShift is Back with Season Six!

76

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

77

Mindshift Presents OPB's Class of 2025

78

How Families are Pushing Schools to Teach Reading Skills More Effectively

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

How Learning Emotional Skills Can Help Boys Become Men

83

MindShift Podcast is Back with Season Five!

84

Where Did All These Teen Activists Come From?

85

How Art Can Help Center a Student’s Learning Experience

86

How Students Would Improve Their School Lunch Experience

87

Teaching 6-Year-Olds About Privilege and Power

88

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

89

How Can Schools Help Kids With Anxiety?

90

MindShift Podcast is Back With Season Four!

91

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

92

How Teachers Designed a School Centered On Caring Relationships

93

The Role of Community in Creating and Healing Trauma in Kids

94

Overcoming Childhood Trauma: How Parents and Schools Work to Stop the Cycle

95

Why Ninth Grade Can Be a Big Shock For High School Students

96

Can Inviting Teachers Over to Your Home Improve How Kids Learn?

97

MindShift Podcast Season 3 is Coming Soon!

98

Courage To Change: What It Takes to Shift to Restorative Discipline

99

How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn

100

Be The Change You Want To See

101

Stepping Back from Overparenting: A Stanford Dean’s Perspective

102

A Whole School Approach to Behavior Issues

103

A Preview of the MindShift Podcast

104

The Epic April Fool’s Day Prank

105

What Makes a Teacher Special to a Student?

106

The Coach

107

Questions Adolescent Boys Ask About Puberty

108

The Puberty Lady

109

Wet Sundays

110

The Creative Writing Assignment