Courage To Create

What's Next? Follow along Isamu's journey at his website isamuthung.com

How was his month-long internship in the Bay Area?

How did the last exhibition turn out?

What is Isamu's vision for the life after high school? Resources: CAASPP testing

What kind of product would Isamu like to create? Resources: Ladder of Influence . Isamu's Gofundme for internship

What is the new mini project about? Resources: Isamu's Gofundme for Internship in the bay area

What will Isamu do during the spring break?

How did the peer review for the zines work?

What is CA Senate Bill 125? Resources: California Senate Bill 125

What is Systems Mapping? Resources: Systems Mapping

What is Generative Social Field? Resources: Generative Social Fields Initiative

What is u-school? Resources: u-school for transformation

What did he do in New York? Resources: Compassionate Systems Framework. Isamu's LinkedIn Profile

What's in the Salton Sea? Resources: Lithium and Environmental Justice in the Imperial Valley, February 15

What is the Youth Truth Survey? Resource: https://youthtruthsurvey.org/

What is the next big project?

Why does he want to be an educator?

What are some of the pitfalls of PBL?

What does it take to innovate? Resources: Y Combinator https://www.ycombinator.com/ Alebrije (what he is making right now) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alebrije

How best do we teach political spectrum?

How did the 12 week long fashion project turn out?

How do you design a "good" project?

What is a "teacher's identity"? Resources: Zone of Proximal Development

What is Compassionate Systems? Resources: Center for Compassionate Systems and New Educational Institution

How do we improve teachers' well-being? Resources: Khan Adcademy, an online education platform with the mission to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere.

Who is responsible for making learning "meaningful"? Resources: "Borrowed Future" (Documentary film about the impact of student loan) & "nothing, except everything."

What is "cool" feedback? Resources: "Away for the Day" phone policy at school https://www.awayfortheday.org/

Is "Ability Grouping" or "Tracking" equitable practice? Resources: College day fundraising (if you would like to support his team) https://www.gofundme.com/f/high-school-students-visit-colleges-in-nyc

What does a good assignment look like?

Do the students at this progressive school still need to take the tests? Resources: About MAP testing: https://www.nwea.org/map-growth/ HTH CEO search : https://www.hightechhigh.org/ceosearch/

What does equity in learning look like?

What does this small progressive school do when there is a backlash from the community? Also, "HTH Unboxed" mentioned in this episode is found here: https://hthunboxed.org/

What does the beginning of the school year at this Project Based Learning (PBL) centric high school look like? It's a fashion show!

Courage to Create is a podcast show in which a high school student is sharing his day-to-day experiences, his bold vision for the future of education, and more. Hosted by Etsuko Tsukagoshi, who published a translated Japanese version of an inspirational book on Education "An Ethic of Excellence" written by Ron Berger, a new episode will be published each week when the school is in session. Come along our journey and join our conversation by sharing your comments & questions!