Dr. Vivek Murthy, physician and former US Surgeon General, joins Ryan and Gregg as part of a special recording with AASA, The School Superintendents Association to discuss the impact of social media on mental health and the importance of human connection.

It takes a balance of work from teachers to parents, administrators to researchers and policy makers, learners to community members and business leaders to make tomorrow a more promising place for young people. Listen to guests on past episodes of Remaking Tomorrow discuss the importance of getting involved civically to show others how important it is to have the right tools and environments to help learners on their way.

Sara Schapiro, executive director of the Alliance for Learning Innovation, joins Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski to talk about the importance of education research and development; allowing teachers, school districts, and states access to this research historically conducted at the federal level.

In collaboration with The World We Want podcast by the North American Association for Environmental Education, Gregg and Ryan are guests on the show highlighting Mister Rogers’ lessons of kindness for others, and for the earth.

Virgel Hammonds, CEO of Aurora Institute, joins Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski to reflect on a career in a variety of roles in public education and to share his drive to invite young people into the planning of competency-based approaches to learning.

Jodi Grant, executive director of Afterschool Alliance, joins Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski to reflect on the work of the Alliance and describe what has been most effective in procuring resources for learning landscapes in communities across the U.S.

Young learners explore their world through play. It was Fred Rogers who said, “for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” Listen to guests on past episodes of Remaking Tomorrow discuss the importance of play and learning for young people especially when done alongside trusted adults.

Josh Reppun, Global Community Director for What School Could Be and host of the What School Could Be podcast, joins Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski to reflect on changes through his career in education and highlights practices across the world that hearken to time-tested methods of learning where people learn by doing.

Paula Kerger, CEO of PBS joins Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski to talk about the ways educational broadcast media has changed over the years and what PBS is doing now for learners using many different media technology.

John B. King, Jr. joins Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski to talk about the importance of educators in his life. Through his own experiences as a teacher, administrator, the 10th US Secretary of Education under Barack Obama, and the 15th Chancellor of the State University of New York, John describes his hopes for a new generation of learners across the US.