The Teachthought Podcast

Drew Perkins talks with Caitlin Sweetapple, Director of Education at Shrub Oak International School, about teaching and learning with autistic students and what regular education teachers might learn from that experience. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: shruboak.org Shrub Oak on Facebook and Instagram Visit wegrowteachers.com for more information on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Reid Nicewonder about his street epistemology work, inquiry, and questioning. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: @CordialCurious twitch.tv/cordialcuriosity Cordial Curiosity on YouTube @ReidN @StEpistemology streetepistemology.com streetepistemologyinternational.org @magnabosco Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay: How To Have Impossible Conversations Jonathan Haidt: The Righteous Mind The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 177 How Educators Can Help People Have Impossible Conversations Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Colleen Shogan, Senior Vice President and Director of the David M. Rubenstein Center, about their online digital educational resources for teachers and how they might be helpful as schools respond to COVID-19 with online instruction. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: The White House Historical Association @WhiteHouseHstry and on Facebook Stewart D. McLaurin - @WHhistoryPres Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with David McCullough about his startup project called The American Exchange Project which aims to help American high school students better understand and empathize with people and cultures within the United States. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: americanexchangeproject.org AEP on Instagram Better Angels John Wood Jr.: Race, Culture and the Dynamics of Prejudice Coddling of the American Mind Visit wegrowteachers.com for more information on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Colin Seale about his new book, Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students, and the importance of critical thinking to the success of learners. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: thinklaw.us Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students @ColinESeale @thinkLawUS The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 186 Are Some Well-Intentioned Anti-Racism Efforts Actually Hurting The Cause? The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 191 Is Critical Thinking A Nonsense Concept? Areo: Critical Thinking is Nothing Without Knowledge Please visit wegrowteachers.com for more information about our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Sarah Gilmore and Katierose Deos of Intechgrate and authors of a new book "Integrating Technology: A School-Wide Framework to Enhance Learning" about effective use of technology to teach, especially in this time of school closures due to coronavirus. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Intechgrate Integrating Technology: A School-Wide Framework to Enhance Learning, also on Amazon and Barnes & Noble Intechgrate on Facebook, Facebook Intechgrate Book Community Katierose on Twitter Sarah on Twitter Explain Everything Mentimeter Padlet Plickers Google Forms Visit wegrowteachers.com to learn more about our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Rikke Paaskesen from KUBO Robotics about the use of robots, robotics, and coding to teach STEM and critical thinking skills. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: kubo.education @KUBO_Robot rikke@kubo-robot.com robotteriuddannelse.dk/ Visit wegrowteachers.com for show notes and information on our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Suzannah Gonzales and John Silva from the News Literacy Project about their work to empower educators to teach students the skills they need to become smart, active consumers of news and other information and engaged, informed participants in civic life. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: News Literacy Project Checkology Understanding Bias Resource @NewsLitProject @MrSilva smartnews.com Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power Visit wegrowteachers.com for information about our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Natalie Wexler about her new book, The Knowledge Gap, which examines what elementary literacy instruction currently looks like, how it evolved to this point — and how it can be changed so that all students receive a meaningful, rigorous education. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: nataliewexler.com @natwexler Natalie on Forbes.com edreports.org/ Visit wegrowteachers.com for more information about our workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Kathleen Almy about making our math programs better serve students as they transition from k12 to college and career.  Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Almy Education @Almy_Education Facebook Visit wegrowteachers.com for show links and more information on our workshops and services.

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 195 Using An All-Feedback-No-Grades Approach To Teaching Drew Perkins talks with Laura Gibbs about her all-feedback-no-grades approach in her teaching.  Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: @OnlineCrsLady   LauraGibbs.net — MythFolklore.net A Better Way To Grading Student Writing The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 124 Teachers Going Gradeless Teachers Going Gradeless web site Visit wegrowteachers.com for more information on our workshops and services.  

Drew Perkins talks with Veda Pendleton about her book which details her journey as a black student from Arkansas attending a primarily white prep school in New England. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Prepped: Coming of Age in Black and White America: A Memoir vedapendleton.com Hate, Inc. by Matt Taibbi The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 192 Using Inquiry To Unpack Charged Topics Like The Holocaust Joe Rogan Experience #1419 - Daryl Davis Visit wegrowteachers.com for more information about workshops and services.

Drew Perkins talks with Jennifer Borgioli Binis about myths and inaccuracies espoused by prominent education voices in pursuit of progress. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: @JennBinis Ed History 101 Episode 6 – Vacation (All I Ever Wanted) Nursing Clio Referenced Twitter thread Visit wegrowteachers.com for show notes and more info.

Drew Perkins talks with Melissa Mott and Tyrone Shaw about Echoes and Reflections and the use of inquiry to teach emotionally and politically charged topics like the Holocaust and social justice issues. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: 5 Strategies For Teaching About The Holocaust Through Inquiry echoesandreflections.org @EchoesReflect facebook.com/echoesandreflections Please visit wegrowteachers.com for show notes and other TeachThought PD services and content.

Drew Perkins talks with Daniel Buck about his recent Areo magazine article titled "Critical Thinking is Nothing Without Knowledge" and how an inquiry-based approach squares with that. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Areo: Critical Thinking is Nothing Without Knowledge @Dantitheses396 Hate, Inc. by Matt Taibbi Robert Pondiscio: How The Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice E.D. Hirsch books on Amazon The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 162 What Do We Really Mean By “Deeper Thinking And Learning”? Interested in our open to the public workshops? Visit: wegrowteachers.com/events

Drew Perkins talks with Jane Nussbaum, Executive Editor at Junior Scholastic, about healthy skepticism of the news in service of engaged citizenship. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Scholastic Classroom Magazines: www.scholastic.com/magazines Junior Scholastic: https://junior.scholastic.com/ Junior Scholastic Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/juniorscholastic/ @Scholastic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scholastic

Drew Perkins talks with Chrissy Newell about her work to help promote opportunities for girls and women in STEM. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: @MrsNewell22 #mathgals bit.ly/mathgals original Twitter thread mentioned in our discussion Ben Orlin's #mathgals post Katie Bouman

Drew Perkins talks with Teru Clavel about her book, World Class: One Mother's Journey Halfway Around the Globe in Search of the Best Education for Her Children. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: TeruClavel.com World Class book @TeruClavel, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram

Drew Perkins talks with Robert Kaplinsky about math teaching and learning and how he thinks about making it more accessible. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: robertkaplinsky.com openmiddle.com Open Middle Math Book @robertkaplinsky

Drew Perkins talks with Steven Wilson, founder and former CEO of Ascent Charter Schools, about his work and concerns about some anti-racist efforts that might be counter-productive to our shared mission of schools that better prepare all students for the modern world. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Ascend Charter Schools The promise of intellectual joy by Steven F. Wilson Veda Pendleton, Prepped: Coming of Age in Black and White America: A Memoir stevenfwilson.com @StevenFWilson1 The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 155 Does Competition And School Choice Meaningfully Improve Education?