Episodes 240
Avg. Duration 37m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.7 (12)
Since Apr 2019
Latest Episode May 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Amy and Jon talk with educational innovators about creating ethical learning environments, helping students overcome the effects of trauma, and empowering young people to make change. Tune in weekly.

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Educating for The World We Want: Learning to Citizen with Green School Bali

May 26, 2026 40m

We share brief presentations from the fourth "Global Saturday Salons” that Ethical Schools is sponsoring with three international partners. Dr. Benjamin Freud is the Strategic Lead for Regenerative…

Literature as identity-affirming, teaching as liberatory

May 19, 2026 42m

Dr. Chantal Francois and Dr. Jen McLaughlin Cahill, co-authors of Identity-Affirming Literacies in Schools, discuss their time at the school they call Pearl Street Collaborative, a progressive…

Upskilling teachers: Elements of social justice-focused teaching

Apr 19, 2026 35m

We welcome back Dr. Anthony Johnston to speak about his new book, "Introduction to Secondary Teaching: Blending Wisdom, Research, and Social Justice.” Dr. Johnston explores teacher…

Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education, Salon #3

Mar 25, 2026 30m

We share brief presentations from the third of the “Saturday Salons” that Ethical Schools is sponsoring with three international partners. Kerry Kirk Pflugh is the executive director of the New…

School Choice: Who Does the Choosing?

Mar 12, 2026 34m

We welcome back Dr. Ujju Aggarwal, assistant professor at The New School, to speak about her book, Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioning of Public Education. In Unsettling Choice, Dr.…

Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education, Salon #2

Feb 18, 2026 51m

We share brief presentations from the second of the “Saturday Salons” that Ethical Schools is sponsoring with three international partners. Sherry Johnson, Tribal Education Director of the…

Trump cutbacks and policies: stripping minority student protections

Feb 16, 2026 41m

We speak with Derek Black, Constitutional law professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, about the impact of Trump administration’s policies on students’ civil rights. Department of…

Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education

Jan 21, 2026 27m

We share brief presentations from the first of the “Saturday Salons” that Ethical Schools is sponsoring with three international partners. Juan Mora of the Center for Artistry and Scholarship and…

Pop culture literacies: Engaging students in critical analysis

Jan 13, 2026 36m

We speak with Dr. Mia Hood, author of  Pop Culture Literacies: Teaching Interpretation, Response, and Composition in a Digital World, about analyzing popular music and films along with more…

Join our Global Saturday Salons!

Jan 04, 2026 1m

Collaborate with teachers and learners worldwide! LEARN MORE AND REGISTER AT GLOBALCONVERSATIONS.NET Along with our partner organizations – Agastya International Foundation, Center for Artistry…

Pragmatism in the classroom: Lessons from Dewey, Maxine Greene, and Eleanor Duckworth

Dec 03, 2025 49m

We speak with Dr. Susan Jean Mayer about her recent book, "Practicing Pragmatism Through Progressive Pedagogies: A Philosophical Lens for Grounding Classroom Teaching and Research." Dr. Mayer defines…

The pioneers: Democracy front and center (Part Two)

Nov 14, 2025 46m

We speak with Deborah Meier and Jane Andrias, pioneers in the democratic small-school movement. Debbie founded the Central Park East Schools. Jane Andrias was an art teacher and principal at Central…

The pioneers: Democracy front and center (Part One)

Oct 25, 2025 31m

We speak with Deborah Meier and Jane Andrias, pioneers in the democratic small-school movement. Debbie founded the Central Park East Schools. Jane Andrias was an art teacher and principal at Central…

Technology and ethics: AI and the classroom

Sep 28, 2025 1h 3m

Robbie Torney, director of AI Programs at Common Sense Media, analyzes teachers' use of AI. We focus on AI teaching assistants, their uses and abuses, and how teachers' judgment and skills remain…

Climate justice: A transformational education and engagement project

Aug 31, 2025 45m

We  speak with Tom Roderick, founding executive director of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility; Jan Zuckerman, Co-founder of Sunnyside Environmental School in Portland, Oregon;…

Teachers as Interpreters: Listening to Every Student

Aug 08, 2025 40m

We speak with Dr. Cynthia Ballenger about her recent book, “Teaching is Inquiry: Observation and Reflection as the Heart of Practice,” in which she explores the role of ethnography in inquiry-based…

Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are

Jul 11, 2025 38m

We speak with Dr. Dawn Hicks Tafari, Professor of Education and Coordinator of Elementary Education at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Dawn is author of "The Journey of Kamau…

Challenging credentialism: An alternative vision of education (Encore)

Jun 20, 2025 36m

We speak with Arlene Goldbard, writer, visual artist, speaker, social activist and consultant,  whose most recent book is “In the Camp of Angels of Freedom: What does it mean to be educated?” An…

Mobile Creativity Labs: Scaling STEAM Across India

May 14, 2025 40m

We speak with Dr. David Penberg and Adhirath Sethi about Agastya, a unique educational ecosystem serving students and teachers in 22 Indian states. Agastya has a hub-and-spokes design, with an…

Resilience: Preparing Children to Weather Traumatic Events

Apr 28, 2025 32m

We speak with Dr. Tovah P. Klein, professor of psychology at Barnard College and the director of the Center for Toddler Development, about her book, “Raising Resilience: How to Help Our Children…

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