Remaking Tomorrow

Devin Vodicka, chief executive officer, and Katie Martin, chief impact officer at Learner-Centered Collaborative, join us to talk about the impact of redesigning education systems to be centered on the learner, their interests, and needs.

Dorie Taylor and Yu-Ling Cheng, producer and co-producer of Remake Learning Days Across America, join us to talk about the development of Remake Learning Days and the importance of learning by sampling from resources in one’s own community.

Talia Milgrom-Elcott, founder and executive director of 100Kin10, joins us to talk about the success of adding 100,000 excellent STEM teachers to classrooms across the US over the past decade and her organization’s next moonshot goal.

Dr. Bill Daggett, founder of the Successful Practices Network and the International Center for Leadership in Education joins us to talk about the changes needed to bring education into the 21st century as outlined by the AASA Learning 2025 National Commission of which Dr. Daggett is co-chair.

Anna V. Blake and Melissa Unger, educators at Elizabeth Forward School District and South Fayette School District respectively, join us to talk about the youtube channel and book they’ve developed and written to aid young learners discover STEAM topics using simple and low-tech resources.

Ellen Galinsky, co-founder and president of the Families and Work Institute, chief science officer at the Bezos Family Foundation, and executive director of Mind in the Making joins us to talk about how families and young people are affected by changes in work and education systems.

Melissa Butler, author and educator, joins us to talk about how noticing the small and simple things can change the way young learners (and adults) interact in educational spaces as seen in Melissa’s book, in a button.

Bill Strickland, founder and executive chair of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, joins us to talk about his journey to support learners by manufacturing places of hope.

Annie Murphy Paul, science writer and author, joins us to talk about the brain and how educators can help guide their learners through the process of thinking using their environments, social connections, and bodies as written about in “The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain”.

Rebecca Winthrop, senior fellow and co-director of the Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, joins us to talk about the values families and educators have for their learners and how practices of family engagement have changed in recent years across the world.