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School psychologist Cat Magielnicki talks about how to support your students’ (and your own) mental health in this crazy time, including tips for talking to elementary, middle, and high school kids about coronavirus, and the very cool “PEACE” acronym (which comes from Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson’s book, The Power of Showing Up (order it from your local bookstore if you can – lots are doing free home delivery).

This episode is about how High Tech High transformed its teacher induction program to make it all about Continuous Improvement, and put teachers in control of their own learning.

In the inaugural episode of the “High Tech High Unboxed: Pro Sessions” podcast series, EL Education Chief Academic Officer Ron Berger explains how to help a class work together to make sense of an academic text that most adults would be unable to read on their own.

In this episode, Alec talks to spoken-word poet and disability rights advocate LeDerick Horne about getting diagnosed with a learning disability in third grade and spending the rest of his K-12 education in segregated classrooms, and about what SHOULD have happened instead. The conversation ranges from riding the short bus to the watching the Simpsons, and ends with LeDerick’s experience in college – and why he’s a huge supporter of community colleges.

In this episode, Alec talks to Mackenzie King, a teacher at High Tech High Chula Vista whose students are screening applications to the California Innocence Project from prisoners who say they were wrongfully convicted and want the Innocence Project to take their case.

In this episode, Alec talks to Ben Daley, President of High Tech High’s Graduate School of Education. One of the Graduate School’s big projects is the CARPE College Access Network, which focused last year on raising FAFSA completion rates. FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid – it’s the form you need to complete in order to get financial aid from the government.

La Junta Collective in South Central LA is Rebecca Rodriguez, German Gallardo ...

In this episode, Alec talks to educator Brandy Williams who realized she needed to start a school where kids like her son can thrive.

Alec talks to Stephanie Hall-Powell, founder of San Antonio Preparatory Charter School ...

In this episode of the High Tech High Unboxed podcast, Alec spoke to Joe Truss ...