A Dispatch From The 2024 Principal Of The Year

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A Dispatch From The 2024 Principal Of The Year

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Drew Perkins talks with Andy Farley, NASSP Principal of the Year, about the learning and wellness of students and educators. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 21: Reframing Education By Erasing the Deficit Mindset With Yong Zhao: Drew Perkins talks with internationally recognized education thought leader about changing education from a standardized and deficit mindset to one that builds on student strengths. Also discussed were two of his recent books, and . by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep 6: What's Wrong With Professional Development?: Terry Heick and Drew Perkins discuss what's so wrong with current approaches to professional development, and how TeachThought's new professional development company seeks to improve on those failures while helping to bring innovative thinking and... by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep 1: 3D Printing Is Changing Everything: In this episode, we talk with Dr. Laura Taalman, Professor of Mathematics at James Madison University and Senior Product Manager for Education at MakerBot. Among other topics, we discuss what it means to "make," the possibility of emailing... by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 9 How can "Beautiful Questions" improve teaching and learning?: Drew Perkins talks with Warren Berger, author of the book , about the importance of increasing inquiry in innovating education. You can learn more about Warren at by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 25 Education Through The Eyes And Work Of A Libyan Exile: Drew Perkins talks with about her role in the overthrow of the Libyan regime and her efforts to help establish a working education system there. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 23 Teacher Of The Year: Defining And Measuring Teachers: Drew Perkins talks with Jason Korreck and Rob Phillips about their documentary, Teacher of the Year which explores the complexity of the teaching profession. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep 5: The Struggle Of Teaching In A Non-Progressive District: In this conversation, among other topics I talk with Jennifer Gonzalez about where she's from, how to pronounce "pedagogy," and how and why it's useful to connect with other teachers, and the struggles of teaching in a non-progressive district. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep 10: Are Charter Schools Solving The Equity Problem?: Director of Teachthought PD, Drew Perkins talks with about what is driving education reform, charter schools, poverty and the politics behind it all. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 17: Most Likely To Succeed - The Purpose and Possibility Of Our Schools: Drew Perkins talks with , the producer of , about the film and book and why we need to innovate our current school model. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep 7: Teacher Accountability And a Challenge To The Gates Foundation: Drew Perkins and Anthony Cody discuss education reform efforts by the Gates Foundation, his book , teacher accountability, the future of education--and his treehouse. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 19: Learning for Social and Personal Change with Kahoot!: Drew Perkins talks with , co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of about their mission driven approach to learning, how Kahoot! is more than just an assessment tool, their growth and the future of Kahoot! by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep 2: The Truth About College Entrance Exams: In this episode, we talk with Anthony-James Green, who's been profiled by the Wall Street Journal for commanding $1000 an hour for his services. We discuss test prep, how students can use what they don't know as a starting point for learning, and... by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 11: Redefining intelligence to unlock the possibility in our students.: talks with about his book Ungifted: which challenges the traditional measures of intelligence in a way that can actually help students unlock their possibilities. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep 20: The One Where Terry Speaks To A PhD That Prints Living Tissue: In this episode, Terry speaks with Dr. Adam Feinberg, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and a leader in the field of the creepy and stunningly interesting field of bioprinting. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 44 A Teacher Tells How Project-Based Learning Has Impacted Her Teaching: talks with elementary teacher Nan Arant about her experience in our PBL workshop and the impact it has made on her teaching and her students. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 14: Elevating student voice with the #stuvoice movement.: Drew Perkins talks with , National Field Director of Student Voice, about his work as a student to elevate and amplify student voice in schools around the country. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 13: How do we actually change schools?: Drew Perkins talks with Grant Lichtman about his books, and which detail his insights on both the why and how we should change our schools. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 16: How to leverage and grow thinking and learning with PBL: Drew Perkins talks about the with a brief explanation of the 5 Levers. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep 4: Would Shakespeare Be On Twitter?: Would Shakespeare be on twitter? Was he an intellectual, or a budding Capitalist? In episode 4, I speak to Cass Foster, a theater professor, about making Shakespeare relevant to a modern audience. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 34 Growing Better Professional Learning Communities with Dr. Richard DuFour (part 1 of 2): talks with , in this first part of two podcasts, about his new book , the state of American education and how to make Professional Learning Communities (PLC's) more effective. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 15: Teaching And Learning vs. Accountability With @justintarte: Drew Perkins talks with Justin Tarte about his role as the Director of Teaching and Learning and Accountability in a school district near St. Louis, MO as well as his and and how educators might think differently about technology and... by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 30 Let's Grow A Culture Of Personalized Learning: Drew Perkins talks with , Director of the Institute for Personalized Learning, about his work with schools to build a culture where personalized learning is the norm. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 47 The Future Of Learning With Google For Education: talks with , Google's Chief Education Evangelist, about the impact Google has made on the future of learning and what he sees as the important next steps. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 31 Let's Teach Students To Ask More And Better Questions With The QFT: discusses the Question Formulation Technique with the Co-Director of the Right Question Institute, . Visit our page learn more about our Inquiry Workshop focused on the QFT. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep 3: How Technology Is Changing Our Behavior: In this episode we talk with Nita Nehru from Kinsa, the company that created the world's first app-enabled thermometer. Among other topics, we discuss how emerging technologies are influencing our behavior. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 22 Education And Entrepreneurship With Dyme Startup Founder Joey Prather: Drew Perkins talks with startup founder about the parallels between the startup and the education worlds and how being more entrepreneurial can benefit teaching and learning. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 18: #Edtech talk with the ISTE Chair of the Board of Directors: Drew Perkins talks with about his work as the new Board Chair of ISTE, the refreshed ISTE Standards, teaching internationally and the integration of technology in teaching and learning. by The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast
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