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Learning Unboxed Show Notes


147. Giving Kids an Urban Farming Education with Jim Bruner
Food is essential to our lives, but kids rarely get a chance to understand where it comes from – or how to participate in the process....
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146. How One Stone Empowers Students to Become Better Leaders
When given trust and resources, students can do some incredible things. One Stone is a student-led and directed nonprofit that makes...
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145. Improving Mathematic Instruction for Middle Schoolers with Elly Blanco-Rowe
Elly Blanco-Rowe is an expert in K-8 mathematics, with over 20 years of experience in teaching, coaching, and school leadership. We’re...
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144. Preparing Our Kids to Become Leaders of the Future with Michael Trezza
High school is a critical age for students. As our kids’ social lives expand, it can be harder to keep them interested in learning. And...
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143. How Kids Can Become Inventors with Dominic Wilcox & Mark Muzzin
Little Inventors is a creative education organization that inspires imagination by taking young peoples’ amazing ideas seriously. Dominic...
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142. Helping Entrepreneurs Reach Educators with Josh Chernikoff
Today’s guest has had a remarkable journey in the innovation and entrepreneurship space within education. His name is Josh Chernikoff and...
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141. Developing a New Generation of Environmental Stewards with Megan Karch
They offer a variety of immersive programs throughout the Seattle region to help children, educators, and community members deepen their...
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140. Helping Kids Make Healthy Food Choices with Rachel Shreve of Cooking with Kids
Today, we’re joined by Rachel Shreve, from Cooking with Kids to talk about nutrition, healthy foods, and the lifelong learning...
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139. Bringing Reading to Underserved Communities with Kristen Walter
Reading and literacy are skills we can often take for granted, but they aren’t as accessible as we might think. Many children – and...
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138. Understanding Our Archaeological Heritage with Dr. Alexandra Jones
Joining us to talk about this is Dr. Alexandra Jones. She’s the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Archaeology in the Community and...
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137. Creating Equality Through Access to Educational Media with Dr. Jose Morey
This week, we’re talking about diversity and inclusion as it relates to the STEM fields and how we can continue working towards a more...
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136. Building Financial Resilience Through Hip Hop Pedagogy
Andrea Ferrero is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Pockets Change, a nonprofit that provides curriculum workshops and...
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135. Accelerating Innovation Within Your Community with Michael Dennis of CAS
Michael W. Dennis is the Vice President of Legal, PMO, and Innovation for CAS. He earned his PhD in biochemistry from the Ohio State...
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134. Democratizing Digital Mentorship with Angelica Estevez & Rania Ajami
As always on this podcast, we’re excited to have conversations about innovative opportunities for students, for schools, and in this...
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133. Designing Education for the Real World with Vivian Shen of Juni Learning
We know that the traditional education system doesn’t work for most people, but rarely do people set out to come up with solutions on...
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132. Take It Outside: Getting Students Invested In & Inspired By Nature with Pete Barnes
In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we take another field trip, this time, to the New Albany Intermediate School. Our guide is Pete...
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131. Bringing Community & Communion to Education with Christopher Travers & Derrick Tillma
Communion is an aspect of education that we rarely discuss, but it can have a tremendous impact on students’ personal outlooks and...
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130. Choreographing Ambitious, Messy Change with Dan McClure
Dan McClure draws on over thirty years of experience in order to, in his words “choreograph ambitious, messy change”. Now, he’s turning...
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129. Revolutionizing the Middle School Experience with Denise Daniels & Andrew Ravin
Many people shy away from talking about middle school, but it’s an important topic. Middle school is often where we make or break a kid’s...
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128. Growing Up Boulder: Empowering the Voices of Children with Mara Mintzer
Mara Mintzer from Growing Up Boulder gives us the scoop on their youth-friendly city initiative, a program established to include the...
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