In this dynamic conversation, Alex Shevrin Venet and Mathew Portell invite us to consider how trauma-informed education can transform outcomes for students and educators alike. They remind us that trauma-informed education is not a curriculum, program, or list of strategies. Instead, being trauma-informed is a lens that we must integrate into every part of the teaching and learning culture. From their school experiences and writings on the subject, Alex and Mathew share stories and steps for reexamining current norms and practices—and for building a trauma-informed system that’s necessary for learning and flourishing.

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In this dynamic conversation, educators and authors Kevin Fahey and Jacy Ippolito along with middle school principal Cathy O’Connell ask us to rethink conventional approaches to school improvement. Our guests draw on the ideas in their book, An Uncommon Theory of School Change, as well as years of experience in the field of education to help us question, rethink, and reinvent the fundamental assumptions upon which our schools are built. Whether it is in our role as school leaders, classroom educators, school staff, or policy makers – they invite each of us to consider what deeper and more transformative change looks like, what’s at stake if we refuse to engage with it, and practical steps to get there together.

The Learning Spring is produced by the Pegasus Springs Education Collective. Thoughts and opinions expressed in each episode belong solely to each guest and do not necessarily represent the views of The Learning Spring team, it's producers, or sponsors.

Visit the Pegasus Springs Education Collective website at www.pegasussprings.org/the-learning-spring-podcast for episodes, supplemental readings, and discussion guides.