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Therapist and former high school teacher Charle Peck shares the one question to ask a struggling student instead of "What's wrong with you?" plus a 30-second rapid reset you can do with the whole class.

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Three educators on what changed their teaching — attention and cognitive load, why a grade stops feedback, and a 60-second routine for teaching a word.

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Number 2 in the countdown of the ten most-downloaded episodes of the first 1,000 — and the oldest show on the list. Rob Donatelli's five brain breaks, still working nine years later.

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Number 3 in the countdown of the ten most-downloaded episodes of the first 1,000. Reading specialist Lisa Hollihan Allen on building stamina in students who have stopped reading.

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Kathy Nimmer taught high school English for 29 years, totally blind, and built SEEDS, a program that protects new teachers. She won the 2026 Helen Keller Achievement Award. Vicki and John open with the AI stories that all have one thing in common: someone who noticed.

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Number 4 in the countdown of the ten most-downloaded episodes of the first 1,000. Dr. Douglas Fisher on acceleration research — why you push forward instead of going back to reteach.

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AI literacy does not require an AI expert. Laura Gray of the Raspberry Pi Foundation walks through free, ready-to-teach lessons that work in any subject — plus the unplugged lesson for younger students and the one question that tells you whether AI is a tool or a crutch.

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The most-downloaded episode of the first 1,000. Occupational and physical therapist Suzanne Cresswell on why some students physically cannot sit still — and what to do instead of asking them to.

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Number 5 in the countdown of the ten most-downloaded episodes of the first 1,000. Thomas Arnett of the Christensen Institute on what schools actually learned about blended learning — and what stuck.

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Number 6 in the countdown of the ten most-downloaded episodes of the first 1,000. Dr. Sarah Levine of Stanford on getting students to write when they groan at the word.

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