UnboundEd Podcast

Unbounded presents Bill McCallum, professor of mathematics and lead author of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Bill discusses in detail what some selected Standards for Mathematical Practice look like across elementary, middle, and high school grades, in addition to a few of the more interesting clusters and domains from the Standards.

UnboundEd presents Lindsay Tomlinson and Chris Hayes, veteran educators in Nevada Schools. Lindsay and Chris discuss the impact of the Common Core State Standards on administrative and instructional decisions, respectively, and the progressive role the standards have played in elevating teacher expectations, advancing student knowledge, and shifting the cognitive lift to students in the early elem...

UnboundEd presents a conversation with Judson Odell, CEO of Odell Education, and Diana Leddy, Co-founder of the Vermont Writing Collaborative. In this discussion, Judson and Diana explore the vital role of research from Kindergarten through grade 12 and the skills students build and take away through the inquiry process.

Diana Leddy and Amy Rudat discuss close reading and research packs. UnboundEd presents Diana Leddy, co-founder of the Vermont Writing Project. Diana explains how close reading benefits all early elementary students, and how the Read Aloud Project and Research Packs engage students in topic-based inquiry through multiple reads of complex text.

UnboundEd presents David Liben, one of the lead authors of the Common Core State Standards Appendix A, as well as a former teacher and administrator. David discusses the ways in which new standards are succeeding in advancing knowledge, changes in students’ comprehension of pivotal moments in a text since implementation of CCSS, and several different programs offering alternatives to current trend...

UnboundEd presents Judson Odell, Chief Executive Officer of Odell Education. Judson discusses the unique place of argumentation in the Common Core State Standards, the demand for critical thinking in our world and workplace, and the challenges that accompany implementing rigorous curriculum that pushes students’ thinking in the new era of education.

UnboundEd presents Dr. Dan Willingham. Dan discusses the practical application of the latest scientific research in cognitive psychology to the field of education, including the importance of phonics instruction and read alouds to the development of reading skills and vocabulary, the importance of contextualization in reading comprehension, and the benefits of repetition and vocabulary reinforceme...

Andrew Chen and Peter Coe discuss how and why the standards are different than what came before. UnboundEd presents a conversation with Andrew Chen that touches on the history of math standards in the United States, how rigor is like baseball, and what coherence really means.