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Melissa Rivers on Community-Based Education in Rural Alaska
We speak with Melissa Rivers, Principal of the Scammon Bay School in Alaska’s Lower Yukon, a mile from the Bering Sea. The isolated, tight-knit...
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Mark Santow on Suing Rhode Island for Educational Equal Protection
We speak with Dr. Mark Santow, Chair of the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Dr. Santow and his middle school son,...
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Lev Moscow offers advice for secondary school teachers
We interview Lev Moscow who, for the last 14 years, has taught history and economics at The Beacon School in New York City. Lev...
Leo Ackley on teaching in Finland’s consistently superior schools
Amy interviews Leo Ackley, who emigrated to Finland in the 1972. He taught art, history of architecture, design, and engineering in Finnish schools for...
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Kym Vanderbilt on ethical early childhood teacher preparation
We interview Kym Vanderbilt, Lecturer and Professional Development Liaison in the Early Childhood/Childhood Department at CUNY/Lehman College. Kym describes her students’ concerns about meeting...
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Anna Allanbrook on Brooklyn New School: Centering children, marginalizing tests
We speak with Anna Allanbrook, longtime principal of Brooklyn New School (BNS). Learning at BNS is inquiry-based and cross-disciplinary. As well, BNS is known...