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The Student-Centered Learning Podcast — 84 episodes
Nerd culture and student-centered learning for STEM, with Roberto Gonzales, Founder and Director of Steambox Rhode Island.
Mastery-based learning with Dr. Anthony Rodriguez. Interview by Lauren Bidell.
Literacy Circles and other SCL strategies in the second grade ELA classroom with Nicole Rossi of Blackstone Valley Prep
Personalized Learning Time with Lisa Pacitto
2nd-grade Teacher Kinte Howie on SCL practices
Student-owned learning through self- and peer-assessment. An interview with Maurice Louis by Pascal Despeignes.
Dr. Keith Morton on Student-Centered Learning Philosophy and Strategies
Designing a Project-Based Leaning Curriculum for 3rd Grade Local History
Episode 77. High School Math, Student-Centered: An Interview with Met Quantitative Reasoning Specialist Matthew Guertin
Personalizing Learning with Learner Profiles, an interview with Kim Carter
Student Voices: The Hate U Give and Teaching Social Justice
Student-Owned and Project-Based Learning with Dr. Anthony Rodriguez
Blended Learning for High School English: An interview with Lisa Leaheey by Amy Gingras
Malika Ali of the Highlander Institute on leveling the playing field for all learners, interviewed by Bryant Estrada
Blended Learning in a Kindergarten Classroom with Marlene Medeiros of Highlander Charter
Blended Learning in a 3rd Grade Classroom with Lindsay Robinson of Highlander Charter School
The Workshop Model with Learning Community Charter School Middle School
The Station Rotation Strategy with Syeda Menebhi & Victor Ha from Blackstone Academy Charter
Eva Dayon on Being an Ally
Deconstructing a Myth of Student Engagement, “Hands on is Minds on,” with national expert Jennifer Fredricks
Our Students Aren’t Civically Engaged! What any teacher do to promote civic learning and agency, with Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg
Developing a Culture of SCL in Your Classroom
How do you integrate different aspects of student-centered learning in an intentionally diverse middle school? An Interview with Joy Souza
How to improve project-based learning through a focus on "problem finding” with Frank LaBanca
What are best practices in project-based learning for STEM instruction? Bryan Colahan of Project Engin
How Do Students and Staff Transition into Summit Personalized Learning and Other SCL Tips with Jessica Waters and her Student Rachel
The Challenges of Being a Black Teacher and How to Be a More Culturally Resposive Teacher with Victor Nasir Terry
How Do You Help Students Transition from Traditional to Student-Centered Schools?
Personalizing the Middle School Experience with Summit Learning: An Interview with Principal Gil and Science Teacher Mrs. Maruska
SCL Resources, Part 3
Resources for the Next Generation of SCL Educators, Part 2
Resources for the Next Generation of SCL Educators, Part 1
Developing Student Agency with Postive Youth Development - An Interview with Elina Alayeva
How Can Schools Be More Democratic? with Dr. Dave Lehman
Implementing Student-Led Conferences in 2nd Grade
Creating Coherence In SCL School Systems: What's a Teacher Leader to Do? An interview with Doug Knecht
Working with - and around - Your Administrators to Create Student-Centered Classrooms: An Interview with Superintendent and Author Dr. George Wood
How do we inoculate students from Fake News and prepare them for a post-truth world? An interview with Project Look Sharp's Chris Sperry
Why have your students create beautiful work? An Interview with Ron Berger
Competency-Based Learning in Your Classroom and School with Courtney Jacobs of the Great Schools Partnership
Dr. Amber Kim on cultivating socio-cultural identity and equity literacy in the student-centered and project-based classroom
Interview with Sean McClung, Principal of Envision Schools' Impact Academy in California
Interview with Jill Davidson of the Coalition of Essential Schools
Nikki Pulito's Reflection on Personalized Learning and finding a job as a teacher
Kaitlin Neidmann on Personalizing Homework
An Imagined Man - A Tribute to Michael Armstrong
Rebecca Boswell on Student Led Conferences
Interview of Joe DiMartino, Founder and President of the Center for Secondary School Redesign
Interview of Teacher Leader Linda Chick of West High School in New Hampshire
Review of Creative Schools - The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education, by Sir Ken Robinson
Interview of Sam Seidel, Author of Hip Hop Genius- Remixing High School Education
Review of Hip Hop Genius by Sam Seidel
BVP Student Profile
Review of Thinking Through Project-Based Learning- Guiding Deeper Inquiry by Krauss and Boss
Review of The Buck Institute for Education Project-Based Learning Stater Kit
Review of The Buck Institute for Education's PBL in the Elementary Grades
Interview with Kerry Tuttlebee of 360 High School in Providence
Interview of Dan Gibson of Blackstone Valley Prep High School
Interview of Big Picture Learning Co-Directors Carlos Moreno and Andrew Frishman
Review of Leaders of Their Own Learning, by Ron Berger
Interview of Julia Steiny of the Youth Restoration Project
Interview of Kyle Quadros of Blackstone Valley Prep Elementary School 1
Student Profile of Angie
Interview of Leanne Goode, Director of the Children's Workshop in Rumford
Review of Greene's Lost at School:
Interview of Sara Tucker, of Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy
Interview of Dan Cogan-Drew, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Newsela.com
Review of Lisa Delpit's Other People's Children
Profile of Makenna
Interview of Montessori Children's House Director of School Troy Locke
Review of Learning Personalized - The Evolution of the Contemporary Classroom
Nelson Beaudoin Interviewed by Katheryn Kirk
Review of Making Learning Personal by Bray and McClaskey
Student Profile of Danny
Personalizing the High School Experience for Each Student by DiMartino and Clarke
Review of Carol Ann Tomlinson's The Differentiated Classroom - Responding to the Needs of All Learners
Review of Souza and Tomlinson's Differentiation and the Brain - How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom
Anthony Rodriguez on Personalized Learning, Elementary School Math and Project Based Learning
Dennis Littky on Personalized Learning
Review of Zaretta Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
Review of The Big Picture by Dennis Littky
Review of Washor and Mojkowski's "Leaving to Learn"
Interview with Charles Mojkowski, Co-Author of Leaving to Learn
Introduction to The Rhode Island Educators' Guide to Personalized Learning