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MindShift Podcast

It’s easy to see a child’s education as a path determined by grades, test scores and extra curricular activities. But genuine learning is about so much more than the points schools tally. MindShift ex... Read more

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

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

The KIPP charter school network has made a name for itself preparing kids from low-income communities for college. Its e... Read more

24 Oct 2017

25mins

Ranked #2

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Teaching 6-Year-Olds About Privilege and Power

Teaching 6-Year-Olds About Privilege and Power

Privilege and power play out in the world all around us everyday. And kids notice. First grade teacher Bret Turner has d... Read more

17 Sep 2019

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How Can Schools Help Kids With Anxiety?

How Can Schools Help Kids With Anxiety?

Anxiety is running rampant in high schools around the country, both rich and poor. The driving factors may be different,... Read more

20 Aug 2019

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

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

The kind of free play grown-ups had in previous generations is looked at with nostalgia in today’s era of adult-supervis... Read more

3 Sep 2019

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Where Did All These Teen Activists Come From?

Where Did All These Teen Activists Come From?

Teenagers are demanding to be heard on the issues that matter most to them including climate change, gun control, aborti... Read more

29 Oct 2019

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How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn

How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn

High School English teacher Michael Godsey found the Serial podcast so compelling, he stopped teaching his favorite work... Read more

11 Oct 2017

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How Teachers Designed a School Centered On Caring Relationships

How Teachers Designed a School Centered On Caring Relationships

Ask almost any teacher why they teach and they'll give you similar answers: they love the kids. But what does that love ... Read more

6 Nov 2018

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How Students Would Improve Their School Lunch Experience

How Students Would Improve Their School Lunch Experience

Adults have designed how kids eat at school for generations, directing students into single-file lines and seating them ... Read more

1 Oct 2019

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

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

Many people have experienced some kind of trauma in their childhood, such as loss of a caregiver, substance abuse in the... Read more

25 Sep 2018

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

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

Close to 24-percent of Oakland ninth graders drop out before their senior year of high school. Some of those young peopl... Read more

20 Nov 2018

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

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

High school is an important time in the life of any teen: hormones are raging, social cliques are forming and the pressu... Read more

12 Sep 2018

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How Art Can Help Center a Student’s Learning Experience

How Art Can Help Center a Student’s Learning Experience

Art has often been relegated as an additional activity in schools. But schools that put art at the center of a child's l... Read more

15 Oct 2019

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The Role of Community in Creating and Healing Trauma in Kids

The Role of Community in Creating and Healing Trauma in Kids

When kids live in violence-prone neighborhoods, the environment can enable trauma in their lives. One youth center in Ri... Read more

23 Oct 2018

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

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

Teachers can go an entire school year and only see a child’s parent once: on back to school night. And most parents are ... Read more

28 Aug 2018

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Be The Change You Want To See

Be The Change You Want To See

Catlin Tucker and Marika Neto hoped that by redesigning the classroom experience they could shift what students value ab... Read more

26 Sep 2017

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