High Tech High Unboxed

Episode Notes Anjel and sam met 20 years ago as student and teacher. This co-keynote about deeper learning, hip hop culture, design thinking + community will amplify over two decades of learning together and leave you ready to do the work as you return to your context. Hip Hop Genius 2.0 book AS2020 k12 Lab Deeper Learning Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes Alec talks to Valerie Hannon and Amelia Peterson, the authors of "Thrive: The Purpose of Schools in a Changing World" Thrive: The Purpose of Schools in a Changing World by Valerie Hannon and Amelia Peterson Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes Stacey Caillier talked to Network for College Success's Adelric "Del" McCain and Sarah Howard about how Chicago Public schools increased their “on track to graduate” rates from 61% to 89% in ten years. The secret? “Fix the system, not the kids” The Make-or-Break Year: Solving the Dropout Crisis One Ninth Grader at a Time by Emily Krone Phillips The CARE Network Learn more a...

Episode Notes UnSuk Zucker of Promise54 and Sheldon Eakins of Leading Equity Center discuss their upbringings paved a path to fighting for educational equity Leading Equity Center Promise54 Deeper Learning Conference Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes Sixth Grade DJs DJ Dice and DJ Rose play their favorite clips for Alec, and give advice on running a youth radio show along with one of their teachers, Alex Owens. In New Orleans, listen to the Be Loud Radio Hour on 102.3FM on Saturday mornings at 9AM. Everyone else can listen online at whivfm.org You can listen to old episodes on Soundcloud , and you can listen to that Hotseat with...

Episode Notes In this episode, Ron Berger talks to Alec about Presentations of Learning This is the video Ron refers to in which a senior needs to redo her passage presentation High Tech High Unboxed resources on Presentations of Learning “Share Your Learning” resources on Presentations of Learning Leaders of Their Own Learning , by Ron Berger, Leah Rugen, and Libby Woodfin You can watch clips fro...

Episode Notes In this episode, Nuvia Ruland Nuvia hosts a Deeper Learning Den and discusses advocating for undocumented students in higher education Camino 21 Freedom University Deeper Learning Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes Alec talks to Jean Kluver and Jeff Robin, co-authors of Changing the Subject: Twenty Years of Projects at High Tech High, about how they wrote the book, what they learned from it, and how they hope schools will use it. Experience Changing the Subject for yourself! Visit www.changingthesubject.org Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Doctoral candidates in Western Carolina University Education Leadership Program need to design and run actual school improvement projects in order to get their degrees. This episode is about what happened when four of them asked "how can we make sure principals are better prepared when they start their jobs?" You can learn more about the Western Carolina Education Leadership Program from...

Episode Notes This episode is a guest episode from the Hip Hop Genius podcast. Find all their episodes here , or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes Ron Berger interviews three educators of color about their strategies for making their schools into genuinely anti-racist spaces, and the challenges they've faced. Justin Lopez-Cardoze Instructional Coach and Curriculum Coordinator, Capital City Public Charter School Ron Berger Ron is Senior Advisor, Teaching & Learning for EL Education. Ron was a public school teacher and carpen...

Episode Notes This episode comes from the Deeper Learning 2022 Conference. This is a recording of the opening keynote, in which four educators from around the country told stories of deeper learning from their own lives. Here's a little more about our four speakers: German Gallardo German Gallardo is a Fulbright Scholar who holds a B.A. from the University of California Santa Cruz and a master’s f...

Episode Notes When her work for the Gates Foundation brought her to Beijing, Yinuo Li couldn't find a school she was excited to send her kids to, so she founded one. You can see photos from the Garden project and the launch at the Forbidden City, and find a full transcript of the episode, here . Note: Yinuo started interviewing candidates at McKinsey in 2006, not 2002. Learn more about the High Te...

Episode Notes In this episode, Dr. Stacey Caillier talks to Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford about what Improvement Science looks like when equity and liberation are embedded in the PROCESS, not just the hoped-for result. Reading List All these are referenced in the episode: Brandi Hinnant-Crawford, Improvement Science in Education: A Primer Frederick M. Hess and Jon Fullerton, "The Numbers We...

Episode Notes This is the final episode in our series about Cheltenham School District. Check out all the episodes here! You can hear the three episodes made by teachers at Cedarbrook Middle School here . Examples of Student Work: Philadelphia Museum of Art Photo Challenge (11th Grade) Johnson & Johnson Collaboration (11th Grade): Podcast Episode , TikTok video , Children's Book Foodo...

Episode Notes This is the fourth episode in the series about Cheltenham School District. Check out all the episodes here! Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

This is the third episode in a series about Cheltenham School District. Check out all the episodes here! You may want to start with Episode 1: “I Hear You Want to Do Something Different,” which is three episodes back in the podcast feed, but this one will also make sense on its own! Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes This is the second episode in a series about Cheltenham School District. Check out all the episodes here! You may want to start with Episode 1: “I Hear You Want to Do Something Different,” which is two episodes back in the podcast feed, but this one will also make sense on its own! Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes Alec talks to Cat Magielnicki about how to tell when a student might be struggling with their mental health, and how to help them Find Cat on Instagram here: @the_feelingsteacher For more resources on connecting with kids, Cat recommends Dr. Ross Greene's website The phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 800-273-8255 Learn more about the High Tech High...

Episode Notes This is the first episode in a five-part series about what happened when a 130-year-old public school started an ambitious PBL program. Check out all the episodes here! Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes Tracy Fray-Oliver talks to Stacey Caillier about creating system change by engaging people at all levels of the system Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes Lindsay Fox talks about how to listen to people so that you understand what they actually need, and want from you... For more information on the United Way visit uwfm.org Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Our SLC miniseries wraps up by hearing from Twelfth grade student Life California Find all the episodes in our student-led conferences miniseries here Read a how-to guide to Student-led conferences written by a teacher! Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes Teacher, school leader, and parent Shani Leader on how to do a great student-led conference, and what makes them so powerful Find all the episodes in our student-led conferences miniseries here ! Read a how-to guide to Student-led conferences written by a teacher! Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Episode Notes Alec talks to Ron Berger about student-led conferences: what they are, why they’re powerful, and how to make them a success at your school. Find all the episodes in our student-led conferences miniseries here Read a how-to guide to Student-led conferences written by a teacher! The kindergarten student-led conference videos Ron refers to are here: Kindergarten Student-led Conference S...