What Is School For

By Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang

Welcome to the What Is School For podcast

On this podcast, I interview leading education professionals, entrepreneurs, business leaders, parents and students to DISCUSS, DEBATE, AND DISRUPT education... more

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How many episodes does What Is School For have?

The podcast currently has 91 episodes available.

What Is School For episodes:

January 25, 2021 The ROI of education: A recent college grad's perspective
What is the ROI of education? Let's hear a recent college grad and startup founder's perspective on it
Check out my interview with Dan Manning, who is the founder at ChatWave Media, where he and his build chatbots to generate more sales for clients
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During our live interview, we discussed:
➡️ How did his college education prepare and NOT prepare him to get to where he is today?
➡️ What are the missing links?
➡️ What are the essential skills and knowledge needed to become a successful startup founder?
AND SO MUCH MORE
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You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link.
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Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls
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Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show?
Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to deliver valuable content to you.
I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers!
You can follow my other social media channels:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
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🙏 Classroom Without Walls' weekly live streaming shows are proudly sponsored by StreamYard, my favorite tool to go live on multiple social media platforms
Use my discount link here to check them out!
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48min
January 25, 2021 What has teaching in the classroom for 10+ years taught me about education & success?
What has teaching in the classroom for 10+ years taught me about education & success?
In this training, I discussed my journey from a college professor to an entrepreneur & education consultant
I also shared key lessons I learned after teaching in the classroom for 10+ years
LESSONS LEARNED
➡️ Students are hard-wired to learn, but the way that we are teaching them is wrong
➡️ The three brains that humans have and how amygdala hijack is affecting student learning
➡️ How neuroplastic our brain is 👉 Success is actually an inside-out journey (Daniel Pink: Mastery, Autonomy, & Purpose)
➡️ Lifelong learning + the best education happens outside the classroom
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You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link.
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Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls
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Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show?
Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to deliver valuable content to you.
I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers!
You can follow my other social media channels:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
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🙏 Classroom Without Walls' weekly live streaming shows are proudly sponsored by StreamYard, my favorite tool to go live on multiple social media platforms
Use my discount link here to check them out!
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54min
January 25, 2021 Marisa HamamotoFrom Rejection to Apple Endorsement: A Stroke Survivor's Journey to Success
From rejection to Apple & Facebook endorsement: A stroke survivor's journey to success
Check out my interview with Marisa Hamamoto, the founder of Infinite Flow which is an inclusive dance company
Marisa is a stroke survivor
She wanted to be a dancer BUT was being rejected OVER & OVER & OVER
She was also raped by her own ballet teacher & mentor when she was only 19
YET Marisa BOUNCED BACK
AND BECAME EVEN STRONGER
Marisa shared her journey of transformation and discuss the power of believing in oneself
If you ever doubt yourself and your life, you have to check out this episode. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER.
Marisa's work has been featured in Forbes, Apple, Facebook, NBC News, Entrepreneur, and numerous other places
She has changed THOUSANDS of people's lives
As NBC powerfully said, Marisa is "Redefining disability, reinventing inclusion."
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Marisa is also a digital mentor at Classroom Without Walls and just spoke to the students in my Life Accelerator program a few weeks ago
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You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link.
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Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls
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Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show?
Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to delivery valuable content to you.
I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers!
You can follow my other social media channels:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
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🙏 Classroom Without Walls' weekly live streaming shows are proudly sponsored by StreamYard, my favorite tool to go live on multiple social media platforms
Use my discount link here to check them out!
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1h 8min
January 25, 2021 Using social media as a career building tool
How to use social media as a career-building tool
Learn how to transform your or your kids' destructive relationship with social media into a CAREER-BUILDING & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT tool
Social Media changed my life & career in a positive way
Without social media, I wouldn't be able to build an online brand or grow a global audience, without which I wouldn't be able to get to where I am today, quitting my job & growing a profitable alternative school that has changed many students' lives
In this live training, I discussed 5 practical ways that you can use social media as a career-building tool
➡️ Digital networking
➡️ Launching a podcast
➡️ Collaborative storytelling using Adobe Spark
➡️ Creating a vision board using Canva
➡️ Using social media to document and share their learning
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You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link.
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Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls
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Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show?
Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to deliver valuable content to you.
I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers!
You can follow my other social media channels:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
---
🙏 Classroom Without Walls' weekly live streaming shows are proudly sponsored by StreamYard, my favorite tool to go live on multiple social media platforms
Use my discount link here to check them out!

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52min
January 25, 2021 The biggest challenge facing today's students
What is the biggest challenge facing today's students?
In this training, I discussed the biggest challenge facing today's students, which is an absence of life skills + I backed it up with some groundbreaking studies
IN ADDITION
I offered some project ideas to help your child (youth and young adults) develop crucial life skills to become future-ready
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You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link.
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Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls
---
Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show?
Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to deliver valuable content to you.
I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers!
You can follow my other social media channels:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
---
🙏 Classroom Without Walls' weekly live streaming shows are proudly sponsored by StreamYard, my favorite tool to go live on multiple social media platforms
Use my discount link here to check them out!

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49min
January 19, 2021 The Mental Health Crisis Among Today's Students
Let's talk about Mental Health: A global crisis among today's students
Today's young people are MORE depressed than ever
There is a steady INCREASE in the number of young people who commit suicide every year
In fact, suicide is the third-leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24.
THESE NUMBERS ARE ALARMING
WHAT CAN WE DO as parents, educators, and concerned citizens?
Check out my interview with Matthew Martin-Hall
➡️ Matthew dropped out of school twice
➡️ He battled with mental health issues himself But today, Matthew is a successful Creative and Marketing Director at the Freedom Writers Foundation
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You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link.
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Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls
---
Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show?
Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to deliver valuable content to you.
I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers!
You can follow my other social media channels:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
---
🙏 Classroom Without Walls' weekly live streaming shows are proudly sponsored by StreamYard, my favorite tool to go live on multiple social media platforms
Use my discount link here to check them out!
...more
1h 2min
January 19, 2021 The Truth About Your Children's Social Media "Addiction" Part I
The truth about your children's social media "addiction"
So many parents tell me that their kids, regardless of age (from middle school to college), are addicted to social media
In this training, I will share a few facts with you regarding social media
I will also share a powerful model with you that can TRANSFORM your children's "addiction" to social media into a career-building tool
WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR
➡️ Parents, youth, young adults, and emerging professionals
This training is the second of a six-part training that I am offering
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You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link.
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Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls
---
Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show?
Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to deliver valuable content to you.
I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers!
You can follow my other social media channels:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
---
🙏 Classroom Without Walls' weekly live streaming shows are proudly sponsored by StreamYard, my favorite tool to go live on multiple social media platforms
Use my discount link here to check them out!
...more
44min
January 19, 2021 How my 8-year-old son rediscovered his passion for learning
From NOT interested in going to school to falling in love with learning
How my 8-year-old son rediscovered his passion for learning via homeschooling
Just about a year ago, my 8 year old son, Aidan, started to complain about school.... and how bored he felt
Then, my husband and I decided to homeschool him and our 5 years old
Fast forward to today, Aidan has been homeschooled for more than half a year and he is like a DIFFERENT person
Oftentimes, my husband and I have to force him to take a learning break
BECAUSE
Learning is SO FUN
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➡️ What did we do differently?
➡️ How have I been applying the Classroom Without Walls approach to educate and facilitate his learning and transformation?
➡️ How we overcome challenges?
➡️ What are some projects that have been working well in our homeschooling experience?
AND SO MUCH MORE
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You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link.
----
Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls
---
Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show?
Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to delivery valuable content to you.
I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers!
You can follow my other social media channels:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
---
🙏 Classroom Without Walls' weekly live streaming shows are proudly sponsored by StreamYard, my favorite tool to go live on multiple social media platforms
Use my discount link here to check them out!
...more
59min
January 19, 2021 The Real Danger of An Exam-Based Education
The real danger of an exam-based education
👉 GPA is inversely related to innovation
👉 "GPAs are worthless hiring criteria" - SVP of People Operations at Google
👉 High student disengagement
👉 Stress and mental health issues
👉 An exam-based education kills our children's intrinsic desire to learn
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You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link.
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Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls
---
Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show?
Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to deliver valuable content to you.
I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers!
You can follow my other social media channels:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
---
🙏 Classroom Without Walls' weekly live streaming shows are proudly sponsored by StreamYard, my favorite tool to go live on multiple social media platforms
Use my discount link here to check them out!

...more
48min
January 19, 2021 From "at-risk" to published authors: How one teacher is changing lives
Check out my interview with an award-winning, Oprah- and Hollywood-featured teacher to share her story of making a difference in education
Erin Gruwell has changed the lives of many "at-risk" students and helped them become published authors
Erin is the founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation
Erin is also an NYT bestselling author and TEDx speaker.
Besides Oprah, her story has also been featured in Good Morning America and numerous other places.
In our interview, Erin shared the secrets behind these students' transformation and how she facilitated these transformations
As you listen to our interview, you will discover ways that you can apply some of these practices to your own parenting
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You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link.
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Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls
---
Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show?
Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to deliver valuable content to you.
I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers!
You can follow my other social media channels:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
---
🙏 Classroom Without Walls' weekly live streaming shows are proudly sponsored by StreamYard, my favorite tool to go live on multiple social media platforms
Use my discount link here to check them out!
...more
1h 3min

FAQs about What Is School For:

How many episodes does What Is School For have?

The podcast currently has 91 episodes available.