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Dec 23, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Dr. Barbara Covarrubias about her projects to help facilitate and develop virtual events and experiences that build community and intercultural understanding.

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Dec 18, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Kentucky superintendents Rob Clayton and Gary Fields about their navigation of the tensions and challenges associated with Covid-19.

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Dec 6, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with cognitive developmental and evolutionary psychologist David C. Geary about his recent article in Quillette, The Fragility of Modern Education in the Time of COVID-19.

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Nov 30, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Maggie Kline, about her new book "Brain-Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools". 

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Nov 24, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Christopher Pommerening, founder of Learnlife, an open ecosystem of education meant to positively change education around the world.

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Nov 16, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Michael Driskill, Chief Operating Officer at Math for America, about the evolution of their work to help improve teaching in the remote learning era.

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Nov 6, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Ian Rowe about his work with 1776 Unites and Vertex Partnership Academies to help marginalized students reach success.

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Oct 10, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Evan Erdberg, CEO and founder of Proximity Learning, about his company's work to help address qualified teacher shortages in our schools of highest needs.

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Sep 23, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Jay McCullar about his work to empower traditionally marginalized students further their education. 

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Aug 27, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Brad Hayes, Chief Technology Officer at Circadence and cybersecurity professor at University of Colorado, about online learning design, cybersecurity, and career paths in the remote work and cyber space.

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Aug 14, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Karen Gross about her new book, Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door: Strategies and Solutions for Educators, PreK–College, in an exploration of student trauma symptoms and responses.

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Aug 4, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Rod Graham, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University, to discuss Critical Theory, White Fragility, and postmodernism in the context of education.

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Aug 3, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Raj Valli, CEO of Thinkster, about updating education to meet the demands of today's knowledge economy.

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Jul 24, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Darrin Peppard, Superintendent of West Grand, CO schools, about his new book, Road To Awesome: Empower, Lead, Change the Game and lessons of school leadership he's learned through his years of experience.

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Jun 27, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Tyrone Howard, professor of education at the University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, director of the university’s Black Male Institute as well as director of the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families about how to make real progress on racism.

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Jun 13, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Irshad Manji, Director for Courage, Curiosity, and Character at Let Grow, about the ways in which we can implement enduring anti-racist measures.

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May 30, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with social psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman about his new book, "Transcend, The New Science of Self-Actualization", and how it might help educators grow the potential in students.

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May 13, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with John Wood Jr. of Braver Angels about bringing people together on the most polarizing of issues, including racism, and how that work touches education.

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May 10, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Ron Ritchhart, Author of The Power of Making Thinking Visible and Creating Cultures of Thinking & Making Thinking Visible and Senior Research Associate at Harvard's Project Zero, about his new book co-authored with Mark Church. 

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May 4, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Sarah Westbrook of the Right Question Institute and author Warren Berger as part of a Zoom discussion about inquiry teaching and learning in uncertain times. This discussion included almost 500 participants adding their comment and questions in the chat section. This is the archived audio, to view the video and review chat notes please visit wegrowteachers.com/covidresources.

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Apr 23, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with journalist Graham Couch about how his training as a sportswriter has helped him write dispassionately about polarizing topics.

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Apr 20, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Maria Castelluccio, Head of School at Léman Manhattan Preparatory School, about the lessons she's learned as a female educator and now school leader.

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Apr 16, 2020

Drew Perkins talks with Caitlin Sweetapple, Director of Education at Shrub Oak International School, about teaching and learning with autistic students and what regular education teachers might learn from that experience.

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