Sept. 28th: My conversation with Nathan Bish and John Krajcovic,
candidates for State College School Board
Sept. 21st: My monthly conversation with Dr. Carline Crevecoeur
Constitution Day Centre County, Sept. 23rd
Democracy in Action
Sept. 14th: Constitution Day Centre County, Sept. 23rd
A conversation with Vicki Fong and Jim Leous
Sept. 7th: How America Got Mean;
The End of Stakeholder Capitalism;
Private Equity v. Love; Trickle Down;
Why Gov’t Intervention in Healthcare is Necessary;
Heroic Masculinity; On cults:
Dark money & school vouchers;
Why Do We Send Our Kids to School?
Gen Z Teens on Education;
Reengaging Parents in School; Scientific Thinking;
The Pressure to Perform on Standardized Tests;
A View on DEI; How to Distinguish Good SEL;;
Seniors Mentor Freshmen; The School Calendar;
Art is More True than Science; Plastic Bags:
Aug. 31st: The Perversion of Civic Virtue;
If universal healthcare is cheaper, why not do it?
Obsessed With Huge Cars;
Students: How to Make HS Relevant; Pointless Math;
A student’s response to polarization;
When we focus on test scores;
Measuring nontraditional outcomes;
Daryl Davis; Teens are under extreme pressure.
Aug. 24th: An excellent conversation on education and the role of the school board with Michelle Young, running for election this fall, and
Laurel Zydney, 12-year veteran of the State College Board,
Can This School Board Be Saved?
Gen Z Teens thoughts on Education;
(My apologies for the quality of audio of the first 10 minutes.)
Aug. 17th: We’re Letting Teen Girls Down;
“Young men are losers”; What Trump Voters Want;
Reducing the Heat in Classroom Discussions;
Joy in the Classroom; Who Should Evaluate Teachers?
“Race vs. Class” On Race and Academia;
On Trauma and Triggers; Reasons for ambivalence;
By Albert Einstein;
Aug. 10th: On Watching Local TV News;
2 quotations on corporations;
American Hyper-Individualism; It Takes a Village;
Montessori method & student performance;
A Focus on “What Makes us Human”
Guiding Students to Think Creatively;
Spending Less Time in Classrooms;
Family engagement in teacher prep;
We Can Fix Crime; Yes, But;
What if We’re the Bad Guys? Voter IDs for Free?
Our national motto? A New National Anthem?
Aug. 3rd:
Russia Has ‘Oligarchs,’ US Has ‘Businessmen’;
“Law & Order” – or Vigilantism?
Cyber Charter Schools Spent $16.8M On Advertising;
You’re probably recycling plastic wrong;
Those Book-Banning Lunatics Learned Nothing;
Play Deprivation & Teen Mental Health;
What Schools Can Do to Help Student Mental Health;
Community: ‘Be Present’ for students;
Prioritizing SEL brings Academic Benefits;
Activating Student Values; Embrace the spirit of rebellion;
When Am I Going to Use This Math?
Connecting youth to construction careers;
Jodie on Dimensions;
The Reason Millions Stopped Going to Church;
The American Religion?
July 27th:
Democracy Reforms Transforming Local Politics;
Common Ground on History Standards;
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
Is patriotism Christian?
Teaching History in a Less Religious World;
What Connects Curiosity to Learning
Tuning in to Teacher Voice;
Tackle discipline w/ empathy first;
Ed Strategies & Student Outcomes Are Not in Sync;
Key Classroom Relationships to Nurture;
We’ve Protected Kids From Everything But Fear;
You’re Not Entitled to Your Beliefs; A letter to Neale
July 20th:
What if election campaigns inspired us to dream bigger?
Americans: we have work to do on equality;
What does student preparedness really mean?
National Teacher of the Year;
What does restorative justice look like?
Are Schools Teaching Digital Literacy/ Citizenship Right?
Guiding Middle Schoolers to Make Good Choices;
A Student-Led High School of Invention;
Using Music in World Language Classes;
Fostering Spatial Skills in Elementary Students;
High schoolers develop filter to remove lead from tap water;
Every School a Community School;
Ted Lasso on School Sports;
Food packaging & the art of deception;
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Terminate negativity;
Are We Teaching Math Wrong?
CA Adopts New Math Framework.
All Students Can Be Good at Math;
“We Never Needed To Learn Polynomials”;
There’s More to Calculus Than Equations;
More meaningful math? Use history;
Did Jesus Believe in Hell? The Energy Coming Our Way;
July 6th:
My conversation w/ school board member and friend, Laurel Zydney on education and the community