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In this episode, Alec and middle school teacher Jean Catubay interview fellow-middle school teacher Julie Ruble about how she talks to her students about challenging, relevant stuff without anyone getting hurt.

The email, signed only “Concerned Student,” expressed outrage because the author felt not...

Flash back. It’s the exciting beginning of a new school year. For the next six weeks I...

Alec Patton talks to teacher High School teacher Karen Shaffran and student Alegria Vargas about how their class created a socially conscious cosmetics business, featuring products made from plants grown hydroponically in a storage room!

The connection between a lack of reading proficiency and low-income background is well-established. And while the barriers are real, this is a solvable problem—not simple, but solvable.

Students recorded migration stories from members of their own families and communities and shared them during a “Walk A Mile” exhibition

What happens when you bring together two dozen schools—from rural K-12s to large urban high schools—with the shared goal of reducing chronic absenteeism?

Alec Patton talks to Michael McDonald, Stephen Rinaldo, and Tarima Levine about how Yonkers Public Schools and Bank Street Education Center improved eighth grade math proficiency particularly for students who are Black, Latinx, or experiencing poverty.

Self-understanding is one of the oldest and most venerated forms of wisdom; but it does not come easily.

Alec Patton talks to Dr. Kim Carter, superintendent of Battle Creek Public Schools in Michigan, about how her district broke a pattern of outmigration through building relationships with families and local businesses and nonprofits based on transparency and LOTS of conversations.