The Perkins Platform

Tune in on Tuesday, January 19th @ 7pm EST for an informative talk with Dr. Selena Bartlett discussing her work on Neuroplasticity and brain health. Dr. Bartlett is a Group Leader in addiction-neuroscience and obesity at the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation as well as a Professor of Neuroscience at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. CEO and Founder of MiGF...

Who should receive the COVID-19 vaccination first?  Using game theory, the mathematical way of modeling how people make strategic decisions within a group, two renowned researchers model different ways of prioritizing vaccinations to see which path saves more lives. Join us on Wednesday, January 13 @ 2pm EST/ 11am PST to hear from special guests, Dr. Madhur Anand, ecologist and poet, and her husba...

Join us for a lunchtime conversation on what will be an enlightening conversation on the virus, the vaccine and the pandemic.  Dr. Shannon T. Bailey, earned his PhD from Yale School of Medicine in Cellular and Molecular Biology and is a world-renown medical scientist in his field.  Dr. Bailey will engage with Dr. Perkins to debunk many of the common myths held about the current pandemic and shed s...

Join us for an informative conversation about outsmarting unconscious bias. This broadcast welcomes renowned expert on happiness and inclusion, Valerie Alexander.  She is a globally-recognized speaker on the topics of happiness in the workplace, the advancement of women, and unconscious bias.  Her TED Talk, How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias has been viewed over 260,000 times, and she has s...

Joshua Freedman, CEO-Six Seconds,  joins us for a discussion on emotional intelligence and its importance in school leadership right now.  Six Seconds is a non profit organization dedicated to supporting people to create positive change while researching and sharing scientific, global, transformational tools & methods to support that goal. Joshua is a Master Certified Coach (ICF) and one of a...

Join us for a discussion on the RAPID-EC Study that's shaping the national conversation about the pandemic's effects!  The Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development - Early Childhood Study (RAPID-EC) is an ongoing survey of nationally representative households with children ages 0-5 that gathers essential information on the needs, health promoting behaviors, and well-being of ch...

How has the global pandemic changed the classroom and schools?  School leaders from around the country will be featured on this episode of the Perkins Platform to shed light on the challenges they have had to face at the start of this school year during COVID and going forward.  This panel of educators includes Ana Escobedo, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary in Santa Barbara, CA; Kevin Parkin...

Join us for a discussion on Adverse Childhood Experiences and the implications for ACEs during this global pandemic.  ACEs are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood and have an impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity.  This broadcast features Rene Howitt, founder of COPE24 | Changing Our Parenting Experience.  Rene has spent the...

This broadcast features educational consultant and motivational speaker, Lisa M. Wilson - Founder of C.A.R.E. Coalition on Anti-Racism Education.    Lisa is a passionate advocate and educator who believes every student deserves the opportunity to reach their divine purpose and highest learning potential.  She helps educators develop the necessary skills to connect with students through leadership...

Teach Kentucky is an educational organization that helps launch careers of college graduates in Louisville, Kentucky’s public schools.  The program is designed to recruit and retain high quality teachers.  How can aspects of this program be replicated in other states and urban centers around the US?  Join us for an exciting and informative conversation with Executive Director, Rowan Claypool!  Row...

Raising boys to men is a formidable challenge.  Add discrimination, poverty, inequality and institutionalized racism and you have considerable higher walls to scale.  In Baltimore, a group of educators are defying the odds and despite overwhelming obstacles making a difference in the lives of black boys.  This broadcast features the head of school, Archie Tyson, who will describe his journey to le...

Recent US events have catapulted a long-standing crisis in America to the forefront.  Black men in America have long been the target of unfair educational, judicial and social practices.  This reality reached fever pitch when George Floyd was brutally murdered at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, MN.  Now, around the clock coverage has begun on the other american experience suffered by...

Across the US, parents and adult caretakers have been catapulted into roles as primary educators in ways not seen or anticipated.  This has caused a great deal of stress in homes particularly around the interactions between adults and children around school assignments and academic performance.  With the best intentions, adults are attempting to provide feedback to learners, but it doesn't al...

There are a number of longitudnal studies on the impact summer break has on learning and content retention.  Today's broadcast features one of the foremost experts on the topic from the Northweast Evaluation Association, Dr. Megan Kuhfeld. Megan Kuhfeld seeks to understand students’ trajectories of academic and social-emotional learning and the school and neighborhood influences that promote...

There is no crystal ball to predict what the future is for our public schools in the coming year.  There are some who have extrapolated the previous data related to summer slide and applied it to what's happening now with the Corona virus crisis.  Today's guest, Dr. Paul von Hippel,  is an expert researcher on the topic and has some predictions for when school resumes in the fall (if it...

While there is no federal mandate for public education, each state has codified a system and process to provide education to their citizens.  Each state also has a chief state school officer who presides over public education to fulfil that committment.  Our guest in this broadcast is Supertintendent Jillian Balow (Wyoming) who is the current president of the Council of Chief State School Officers...

Conflicting stories about the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic have left many adults anxious, confused and upset.  What about the children?  Many will take cues from their adult caretakers while many others are left wondering about the current conditions and future.  Proms, graduations and other rites of passage have been suspended with no real plan to address the impact on the mental well-bei...

For the past two weeks, we have focused on the COVID-19 Pandemic from the perspective of adults - teachers, parents, school and district leaders and community members.  This broadcast features a number of children from elementary school to high school who have been engaged to different extents in distance learning and virtual learning environments.  Join us to hear what they have to say about this...

While it may be hard to imagine at this point a world without COVID-19 restrictions, the day will come when we will try to resume our lives and routines before this all happened.  In addition to making up for lost academic programming, schools will have the challenging responsibility to deal with the emotional and psychological well-being of students in their care.  This responsibility falls large...

Parents all over the US have suddenly been thrust into the role of teacher, parent, custodian, cafeteria worker, aide, curriculum specialist and principal.  After two weeks, resources and patience are wearing thin and parents are experiencing a range of success.  Today's show will feature parents from different cities across the US to discuss their own experiences and what they are doing to k...

School and district leaders were given as little as 48 hours notice in some areas to prepare staff and communities to be part of a whole-scale transition to on-line learning all over the United States.  On this broadcast, you will hear from some leaders from around the country describe what life has been like for them over the past 10 days.  Join us at 2pm EST for this dynamic discussion!

All over the US, teachers and principals were hit with the mandate to implement on-line learning procedures to keep students engaged in the learning process almost overnight.  With little time for preparation, instructional staff members stayed home with little time to prepare and certainly little opportunity to take many files or progress notes.  Today's show features a number of educators f...

Governments around the globe have ordered the wholesale closing of schools and educational institutions.  Today's panel of educators confirmed from Brazil, China, Taiwan, France, Romania and South Africa to share what they are experiencing in their country.  Join us at 9am EST for this informative show!

Parents and Educators are searching for ways to keep children engaged at their homes during Shelter-In-Place and Stay-Home Orders.  Today's show will highlight some of the things suggested by some award-winning educators from around the nation.  Join us at 2pm EST on Tuesday, March 24.

The global pandemic surrounding COVID-19 has shaken our world society at its core.  In the world of education, professionals are struggling to deal with feelings of anxiety, depression, stress and uncertainty.  Our guests are educators from around the United States who will talk to us about their emotional well-being and that of their colleagues in this time of social isolation.  Join us at 2pm ES...