Co-Hosts Rus Cailey (Dubai) and Christian Long (US)
Explore Real World Learning Methods and Future-of-Learning Mindsets
with Passionate Visionaries and Leaders
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
“If we understand that an active, engaged citizenry is the only pathway to a better world, then we understand that the role we play in school has to help it, right?”
CEO, the Science Leadership Academy school network; Founding Principal, Science Leadership Academy – City Center, Philadelphia; Co-Founder, Inquiry Schools; Co-Author, Building School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need; Co-Founder, Educon (annual conference)
(5) Big Ideas from the Episode:
Ahmedabad, India
“I never say that we’re the most successful school in the world. But we do know that we are the type of school that the world needs most right now.”
Founder, Riverside School, (Ahmedabad, India); Founder, Design for Change (in 63 countries); Ashoka Fellow (since 2009); Founder, aProCH‘ (making cities children-friendly)
(5) Big Ideas from the Episode:
Atlanta, Georgia, US
“You cannot have innovation fatigue unless you are in the arena constantly trying to innovate.”
CEO of The Mount Vernon School (Atlanta, Georgia), The Mount Vernon School Online (global) and Mount Vernon Ventures (global) portfolio of campuses / organizations; “Most Admired CEO” by Atlanta Business Chronicle (2017)
(5) Big Ideas from the Episode:
Los Angeles, California, US
“When the indigenous and neoindigenous are silenced, they tend to respond to the denial of their voices by showcasing their culture in vivid, visceral, and transgressive ways.“
Robert A. Naslund Endowed Chair in Curriculum Theory & Professor of Education, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California (USC); Scholar / Griot in Residence, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (NY); (previous) Associate Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education and Director of the Science Education, Teachers College, Columbia University (NY); Creator, #HipHopEd, Science Genius BATTLES, and the CREATE Accelerator; “New York Times” Best Selling Author, “For White Folks Who Teach In the Hood and the Rest of Ya’ll too“
(5) Big Ideas from the Episode:
San Francisco, California, US
“Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems…When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.”
Founder, Brightworks School; Co-Founder / Toy Inventor, Tinkering Labs; Co-Founder, Tinkering School; Author, “Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)” & “Beware Dangerism!“; Speaker, TED (big stage in 2009)
(5) Big Ideas from the Episode:
Boston, Massachusetts, US
“We teach students how to navigate the messiness of the creative process, from inception to completion, by prototyping and testing.”
Co-Founder / Chief Creativity Officer, NuVu Studio & School; Urban Designer (Masters, MIT); Affiliate, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society (research focus: the intersection of youth, education and technology); INK Fellow.
(5) Big Ideas from the Episode:
Copenhagen, Denmark
“The pandemic has made it very clear that we need to be able to learn anywhere. By placing the learner at the center – not only in the build environment but in all learning situations – learners can unleash their natural born curiosity and achieve 21st century skills that prepare them for an unpredictable future.“
Founder / Creative Director, Rosan Bosch Studio (Global) focused on “creating playful learning spaces and innovative schools for creative and critical thinkers,” Author, “Play to Learn: Designing for Uncertainty;” “Designing for a Better World Starts at School“; and “Planning Learning Spaces: A Practical Guide for Architects, Designers and School Leaders.
(5) Big Ideas from the Episode:
Austin, Texas, US
“One of the cheapest ways to make a place active is to actually activate it with people—this is intuitively obvious, but is actually often overlooked. One of the most successful techniques people share with us is simply occupying an otherwise vacant spot—an off-cycle conference room, a lobby, a hallway. Find a place and do something there. Someone will either join in or send a memo. Either way, mission accomplished.”
Adjunct Lecturer, (d.school) Institute of Design, Stanford University; (previous) Associate Professor of Practice, University of Texas; Co-Author, “Make Space: How to Set the Scene for Creative Collaboration” and “This is a Prototype: the Curious Craft of Exploring New Ideas.”
(5) Big Ideas from the Episode:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
Founder / CEO, School of Humanity; Senior Project Manager, SciFest Dubai; Founder, Awecademy; BBC’s “100 Most Influential Women” (2019);
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Phoenix, Arizona, US
“Don’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. Ask them what problems they want to solve.”
Venture Mentor, Coplex; (previous) Chief Education Evangelist, Google; Co-Founder, Phoenix Coding Academy; Co-Author, “On Our Street: Our First Talk About Poverty;” Founder, Ghetto People Productions; Education Video Blogger.
(5) Big Ideas from the Episode:
Hampton Bays, New York, US
“Too often we catch ourselves up in the seriousness of life and overlook the importance of laughter. I appreciate the opportunity to act as an “adult”, but we can never forget that even as adults we have to smile whenever we get a chance.”
Science Teacher, Mount Sinai High School (New York); (previous) Educator, THINK Global School.
(5) Big Ideas from the Episode:
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
“My experience during COVID has strengthened my belief that our industrial educational systems need to be transformed into decentralized, highly autonomous, community and place-based units connected in a learning and living ecosystem.”
Founder, Pacific Blue Studios; Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, National Geographic Society; Leader Community Technologist, Purple Mai’a Foundation; Community Huki Leader, Malama Maunalua.
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