The Student-Centered Learning Podcast

Listen to Mimi Tsiane's review and summary of Zaretta Hammond's 2015 book, Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. And remember... Learning is always personal.

Morgan Sleight, member of the Rhode Island Educators' Guide to Personalized Learning podcast team, reviews and summarizes The Big Picture: Education is Everyone's Business by Dennis Littky, originally published in 2004.

Stacy Cardin, member of our podcast team, gives a very personal review of Elliott Washor and Charles Mojkowski's book, Leaving to Learn: How Out of School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates. Please Subscribe to The Rhode Island Educators' Guide to Personalized Learning.

In this episode, The team at The Rhode Island Educators' Guide to Personalized Learning interviews Charles Mojkowski, Co-Author of Leaving to Learn: How Out of School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates. Charles discuss the 10 expectations that students have of schools, the deeper reasons why students are disengaged, and what we as educators can do about it.

In the first season of The Rhode Island Educators Guide to Personalized Learning, you’ll be hearing from a diverse range of professional educators who are working in public and private schools, charter and district, traditional and progressive, PreK through high school and even some in non-school settings. These professionals will be sharing with you the key findings from their research into Personalized Learning, reviewing some of the most influential books on topics such as Culturally Responsive Teaching, differentiated instruction, out-of-school learning, Restorative Justice, personalizing technology, Project Based Learning, authentic assessment & teacher leadership. They will also be sharing interviews of local and national experts on personalized learning. Each episode will expand what you know about personalizing education for your students, whether they be in your classroom, or even in your home.