Alec Resnick of Powderhouse in Somerville, MA shares their struggles in creating an innovative new school within the Somerville school district and the next steps after that plan fell through.

Today, Powderhouse is a center for incredible learning.  Though operating separately from the school district, Alec and his team believe it is possible for all schools to create learning centers with the same level of equitable access that our public schools have.  All the while providing excellent educational opportunities for the youth of today.

Hear from Matt Beaudreau founder of three Acton Academy Schools in Placer County, California.

Want to be a part of MASSIVE educational change?

Listen as Matt shares what sets Acton Academies apart from traditional school.

Follow Matt @mattbeaudreau

Visit https://www.actonplacer.com/ to learn more.

Mark Brown felt like the only true way to help children learn was to break free of public education and start his own school.  Five years ago he founded Headwaters Academy, a private school in Ontario, Canada.  Headwaters students consistently perform two academic grade levels above their peers. Listen in to hear the innovative way Headwaters guides kids to drive their own learning.  

Website: http://headwatersacademy.ca/

Schools that inspired the "model" of Headwaters Academy:

Books:

People:

Hear from Ryan Orrock Superintendent of Cody-Kilgore School District in Nebraska on how his district started their own school-run grocery store nearly a decade ago, and how they support it today.

Link to the Circle C Market website

Email Ryan Orrock for more info at [email protected] 

Hear a basic breakdown of what Interoperability means, how it applies to our fast approaching "metaverse" future, and the exciting role it will play in education.

What does it mean to be in control of your own learning data?

How can an employer trust what you say on your resume?

What's a verifiable credential?

All that and more as we explore the frontier of educational technology in this episode on learner sovereignty and how blockchain technology makes it possible.

Links to Whitepapers from the episode:

Connected Impact

Whitepaper on Interoperable Learning Records

Blockchain Revolution in Education and Lifelong Learning

Taji Kilimanjaro

Listen to Ungrading champ David Buck as he shares how he does his work, its impact on students, and some of the resources that inspired him to go gradeless.

Here are a couple resources of his own making.

Open Source Book on Ungrading: https://pressbooks.howardcc.edu/ungrading/front-matter/introduction/

Ungrading EdCamp Website: https://ungrading.weebly.com/edcamp.html

Join the author of The Alliance Way: The Making of a Bully-Free School as she shares how she created a school that is model of inclusion.

First episode in the Blockchain in Education Series.

What is a distributed ledger?  What is Learner Sovreignty?  How do these things apply to education?

Brief overview before we dive deep!

Listen to @MrAleoSays and @MrsKaylaDuncan, co-authors of Learning that Transfers from

@CorwinPress as they discuss the work that went into their book.  Learn how we, as educators, can use this book to transform how we teach and how we think about learning.

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