The Pondering Education Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Pondering Education
Season 3: Episode 3 – "Rainy Day Ponderings"
Release Date: Friday, April 3, 2020
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Season 3 – Episode 2
"Forces of Influence"
Release Date: March 23, 2020
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Season 3 – Episode 1
"An Interview with John Meehan"
Release Date: March 23, 2020
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Pondering Education
Season 3 – Episode 1
Release Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Welcome to the 3rd Season of Pondering Education! On tonight's show, Ryan unpacks many of the lessons learned from an unbelievable Teaching Tolerance workshop last week.
Among the topics discussed tonight:
How to speak up against every prejudice, bias, and stereotypes. Social Justice StandardsEssential Questions Preparing for Difficult Conversations What debate topics (if any) should be off limits in the classroom?
Be sure to visit Teaching Tolerance for an abundance of free resources to help ensure your classroom is safe, welcoming, and inclusive for all students!
"EduChatting with Starr Sackstein and Connie Hamilton"
Pondering Education
Season 2 Episode 13
April 7, 2019
Episode Overview
On tonight's episode of #PonderingEducation, Ryan goes educhatting with Starr Sackstein, NBCT and Connie Hamilton, Ed. S. from last month's ASCD #Empower19 conference in Chicago!
To kick off tonight's episode, Ryan discusses last week's MCAS controversy and calls on the Massachusetts Department of Education to take drastic actions to rectify the mess caused by the inclusion of a racist question in the 10th grade ELA test.
Following a final word from our month-long sponsor, Studentreasures, Ryan speaks with Starr and Connie from Empower19!
Note: Please excuse the background noise throughout the interview. The media room was hopping at the time!
Links
Starr Sackstein Twitter
Starr Sackstein Website
Connie Hamilton Twitter
Connie Hamilton Website
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Until next week!
Ryan
Pondering Education
Season 2 Episode 12:
"Charting a Path Toward Racial Equity"
Racial equity. If you're involved in education at some level, you've undoubtedly heard the call to action to bring about racial equity to our schools. But how do we go about ensuring equity for all students? Tonight's episode of Pondering Education seeks to help us all understand the actions we can take to help close the opportunity gap.
Tonight's Rundown
Welcome
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility
You are seen. You are loved.
Ryan's Remarks
A word from Studentreasures.
A Conversation with Nyla Bell and Karmen Rouland of the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium.
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Follow Karmen Rouland on Twitter
Nyla is not on Twitter, but she's still amazing!
Wrap-Up
Next Sunday…
It may be Wrestlemania 35, but you'll still get a brand new episode of Pondering Education!
My guests will be Starr Sackstein and Connie Hamilton!
Please be sure to subscribe to Pondering Education on your preferred podcast platform!
Many thanks!
Ryan
Pondering Education
Season 2: Episode 11
"Supporting Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students"
Release Date: Sunday, March 24, 2019
Episode Overview
On tonight's episode, Ryan speaks with Vanessa Ford and Becca Mui on how we can best support our transgender and gender non-conforming students in school. It's a fantastic conversation that touches upon the benefits of establishing GSAs, understanding the importance of pronouns, and much, much more. You won't want to miss this conversation that was recorded live in Chicago during last week's ASCD Empower19 conference!
Pondering Education
Season 2: Episode 10
"A Conversation with Elizabeth Acevedo"
Air Date: Thursday, February 28, 2019
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On Today's Show
Welcome to Super Sunday!
On this special episode of Pondering Education, Ryan speaks with Kelly Gerstenberg, Director of Programming at ASCD! We're on the Road to Empower19, and you'll get an inside look into the planning of this incredible event.
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Later, Ryan speaks with Jon Harper, author of the new book, My Bad. Jon is an accomplished educator, podcaster, speaker, and now author!
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Pondering Education
Season 2 – Episode 8
"Engage the Brain with Allison Posey"
Release Date: Monday, January 21, 2019
On today's episode – "Engage the Brain with Allison Posey:"
Ryan speaks with Allison Posey, author of Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning that Taps Into the Power of Emotion.
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Season 2 – Episode 7
"Time Management with PJ Caposey"
Release Date: Thursday, December 27, 2018
On tonight's episode, Ryan reflects on 2018, looks ahead to 2019, and speaks with PJ Caposey, author of Manage Time or Time Will Manage You.
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Pondering Education
Season 2 / Episode 6
"Teacher Leadership with Dr. Jill Harrison Berg"
Release Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2018
On tonight's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Jill Harrison Berg, author of Leading in Sync, to discuss the effect of teacher leadership on student learning.
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Season 2 Episode 5
"The Journey of a New Teacher"
Release Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018
On tonight's episode, Ryan checks in with Susan Jachymiak, founder of the hit Twitter chat, #newteacherjourney, to discuss her first year in the classroom!
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