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This is a podcast for parents with teenagers, and covers everything from parenting teens, school, grades, and teachers, to homeschooling, education reform, and surviving adolescence.
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S1E46 Who Should Teach and Who Shouldn't
Send us a textIf you have ever wondered how and entire industry could show nearly zero innovation or improvement over decades, Ryan explains it in this episode.The question of who does and does not…
S1E45 Podcast Update
Send us a textBeing the 45th podcast, this is an update on where it is headed, and where it has been. The point of this podcast is to help families navigate the world of parenting teens and to…
S1E44 The Classroom of Tomorrow
Send us a textRyan makes a prediction, as well as a wish, for what the middle and high school classroom will look like tomorrow. And spoiler alert... tech and tradition are not in direct combat with…
S1E43 Education Through Entertainment
Send us a textThe way to teach a concept that you hope will stick, is to package it through entertainment. Just as the producers of Jurassic Park, The Martian, and countless other sci-fi movies, if…
S1E42 Artificial Intelligence in Education
Send us a textAs with any new technology, the arrival of AI in education is being viewed with extreme skepticism. Will it make us dumber as a society, or propel us to new heights? Maybe the best way…
S1E41 End the Teacher Shortage Overnight
Send us a textThe best solutions are simple ones. In this episode, Ryan explains how we fundamentally have mischaracterized what a teacher needs to look like. Once we address this, the shortage…
S1E40 Mission Creep in Education
Send us a textMany organizations complain about "mission creep," in which they engage in things that are tangential to their original mission... but nowhere is this as commonplace as it is in…
S1E39 Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivation
Send us a textIn the pursuit of helping your kid to reach their goals, does it feel like they have become your goals, rather than that of your kids? This is common, as we have the best of…
S1E38 Could You Pass High School Right Now
Send us a textWhether or not you could pass high school right now is less a commentary on your education and intelligence, and more a measure of the relevance of high school curriculum to adult…
S1E37 The 504 Plan
Send us a textHas your kid been recommended for testing for a 504 plan? In this episode, Ryan breaks down what it is, what it does and does not do for your kid, and some pros and cons.As usual, the…
S1E36 The Sputnik Ruined American Education
Send us a textThere are some times in a nation's history in which events cause it to turn down a particular path... not always for the best. The Russian space program inadvertently had a profound…
S1E35 ADHD
Send us a textOh...you are having a boy? How do you plan to deal with their ADHD? Okay, maybe a slight exaggeration... but barely. This episode breaks down how kids are actually diagnosed, the…
S1E34 1950s Math Text Book
Send us a textIs it possible that things were done better, years in the past? Aware of the risk of placing unwarranted value on nostalgia, Ryan explains what a text book from the 50s revealed, as a…
S1E33 Should Education be Entertaining
Send us a textAn easy justification for ineffective teachers, for years, has been "I'm not here to entertain the kids." The fact is, to be a great teacher, you have to have the ability to inspire…
S1E32 Four Year College vs. a Junior College
Send us a textThere are pros and cons to any decision or situation, and choosing what to do after high school is no different. As usual, it pretty much entirely depends on the kid!
S1E31 High School Compared to Prison
Send us a textWhile this is an obvious attempt at humor, and involves some hyperbole, once you hear the similarities between prison and large high school campuses, you can't "unsee" them. Having…
S1E30 The Classics- Reading in English Class
Send us a textAsk yourself, any kid you know, and anyone who you can corner... "Did you read the books assigned in high school?" The resounding answer will be "No." But why? We inherently love…
S1E29 Video Games
Send us a textFor some of us, having our kids addicted to video games is our worst fear... but what if it is an indicator of a broader interest in computers and computer science in general? Ryan…
S1E28 Strict
Send us a textBefore you celebrate the resumption of old policies and ideas about the benefits of a strict home or classroom, it might pay to give the potential outcomes of those policies some…
S1E27 The "Make Homeschool Safe" Act
Send us a textIt is hard to decide if we are in favor or against a particular bill without going deep on what it entails... which is exactly what Ryan does in this episode. Ultimately, it seems to…
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The Ryan Teves Show has published 46 episodes since November 2024, covering topics in Education, Kids & Family.
The Ryan Teves Show is currently sporadic with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 14m.
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