Deep Dives

Deep Dives

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Deep Dives episodes

  • Ep. 18 Mayor Walsh on the Release of Eat Up and on Leading the City of Boston

    Today, Jill is joined by Mayor Marty Walsh to discuss the release of the film Eat Up, a documentary about transforming school food in Boston. Jill and Mayor Walsh, along with others from the city, the Boston Public Schools and the Shah Family Foundation, play starring roles in this entertaining film, produced by the VII Foundation.

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    36 min
  • Ep. 17 Safer neighborhoods, supportive homes, and high quality education for every child.

    In today’s episode, we talk to Keri Rodrigues, mom-in-chief at Massachusetts Parents United. Keri is an advocate for safer neighborhoods, stable, secure, and supportive homes, and high quality education for every child. In addition to her work at Massachusetts Parents United, Keri is also on the executive committee for the Massachusetts Democratic Party and on the advisory board for Democrats for Education Reform.

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    48 min
  • Ep. 16 Our Government, Our Food and Ourselves

    Mande helps explain why we have a growing malnutrition problem in America, and shares his point of view on where we go from here in making healthy food more accessible to all.

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    1 hr
  • Last Night at School Committee - January 29th Meeting
    Jill & Ross recap BPS Superintendent Brenda Cassilius' plan for restructuring schools, and Boston Teachers Union President, Jessica Tang's plan for improved inclusion classrooms, where students of all abilities are taught together. Listen to our 15-minute recap here.
    20 min
  • Ep. 15 Dr. Mark Hyman on What Kids Should Eat

    In this episode, we talk to Dr. Hyman about provocative data from research currently being done in food and nutrition, and what both unhealthy and healthy meals mean for our youth, including impacting academic performance, and physical and behavioral health. We also press him to help us define what “good food” is - and isn’t.

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    40 min
  • Last Night At School Committee - A Recap of January 15th
    We are excited to announce our new podcast: Last Night at School Committee. This new series was created as an easy way for any parent, citizen, or interested party to get the highlights - and our take - on what happened last night at the most recent BPS school committee meeting. In this episode, we discuss the most recent meeting which took place on January 15th. We dig into the presentation made to school committee members, important statistics such as school performance data, and more.
    25 min
  • Ep. 14 Andrea Campbell's Call for Action

    We talk with Councilor Campbell about her goals for the next two years, her education plan, and what she sees as the most critical needs of her constituents. We also discuss how her past, education, and family have influenced her work to help and inspire others.

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    54 min
  • Ep. 13 On Being #BlackatBLS

    Today we talk to Meggie Noel, who, as a senior at Boston Latin, spearheaded the Black at BLS movement, which eventually grew into the Black at BPS movement, illuminating the need for greater awareness and support of diversity and equity for students of color across the city of Boston. This Bostonian of the Year winner in 2016 talks to us about growing up in Boston, her education journey to BLS, and her experience as a student of color in two low diversity schools.

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    42 min
  • Ep. 12 What is it like to be a student, or a principal, in an open enrollment school?

    Today we talk with Gene Roundtree, current headmaster at Snowden International School, an open enrollment high school in the Copley/Back Bay area. We talk to Gene about his efforts at Snowden to create more opportunities for students and grow the International Baccalaureate college preparatory curriculum to help prepare all of his students for life beyond high school. Gene also looks back at his experiences at Madison Park Vocational Technical High School, and we briefly discuss its future.

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    1 hr 1 min

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"Deep Dives" brings together national experts to discuss the biggest issues impacting America's schools, diving deep into root causes and exploring innovative solutions.