<p>Efforts to improve high schools often bog down in bureaucracy before they have a chance to see what might work in practice. But Dara Barlin, founder of the Center for Transforming Culture, has found a way to flip that situation. In this episode, she describes her bold approach to energize and empower teachers and students — those closest to the work of innovation, equity, and belonging.</p>

Efforts to improve high schools often bog down in bureaucracy before they have a chance to see what might work in practice. But Dara Barlin, founder of the Center for Transforming Culture, has found a way to flip that situation. In this episode, she describes her bold approach to energize and empower teachers and students — those closest to the work of innovation, equity, and belonging.

<p>Efforts to improve high schools often bog down in bureaucracy&nbsp;before they have a chance to see what might work&nbsp;in practice. But Dara Barlin,&nbsp;founder of the Center for Transforming Culture, has found a way to flip that situation. In this episode, she describes her bold approach to energize&nbsp;and&nbsp;empower teachers and students — those closest to the work of innovation,&nbsp;equity, and belonging.</p>

‘Flipping the System’ to Revitalize School, with Dara Barlin

With their world changing at warp speed, adolescents are living out mind-bending quandaries as they learn in the context of crisis. More than ever, they need teachers to hear their voices and recognize their needs. In this podcast, author Kathleen Cushman invites educators to find new ways of making that happen — the theme of the new book "Fires in Our Lives: Advice for Teachers from Today's High School Students" (The New Press, 2021).

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‘Flipping the System’ to Revitalize School, with Dara Barlin

‘Flipping the System’ to Revitalize School, with Dara Barlin