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From Strangers to Connection: A Day That Changes Everything (Ep. 51)
Mar 23, 2026
1h 11m 23s
From Shy Student to Children's Author: How One Teacher's Story Inspired 'Elephant Beach'
Oct 7, 2025
14m 16s
Bending the Moral Arc: How One Teacher's Conscience Changed Lives
Jul 8, 2025
56m 25s
Controlled Chaos: How One Award-Winning Teacher Connects With Students Before Teaching the Curriculum
Jun 13, 2025
25m 10s
“You Can’t Take Monica from Monica”
May 12, 2025
29m 59s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 3/23/26 | From Strangers to Connection: A Day That Changes Everything (Ep. 51)✨ | student connectionempathy+3 | Social-Emotional Learning Expert | From Strangers to Connection: A Day ThatBreaking Down the Walls+1 | Northern California | Breaking Down the Wallshigh school workshop+2 | — | 1h 11m 23s | |
| 10/7/25 | ![]() From Shy Student to Children's Author: How One Teacher's Story Inspired 'Elephant Beach'✨ | shynesschildren's literature+2 | Christine Devane | Elephant BeachTeacher Stories | — | childhood strugglesempowerment+2 | — | 14m 16s | |
| 7/8/25 | ![]() Bending the Moral Arc: How One Teacher's Conscience Changed Lives✨ | educationteaching+3 | Bruce WasserJulia Damer | Bending the Moral Arc: | — | moral arcVietnam War+3 | — | 56m 25s | |
| 6/13/25 | ![]() Controlled Chaos: How One Award-Winning Teacher Connects With Students Before Teaching the Curriculum✨ | educationstudent connection+2 | Eric Hall | Controlled Chaos:Jerky, Headlamps, and One Loyal Teacher+1 | Northern Michigan | fishing tripheadlamp+2 | — | 25m 10s | |
| 5/12/25 | “You Can’t Take Monica from Monica”✨ | educationfoster care+1 | Monica Juliana | HaulGeorgetown University+1 | West VirginiaWashington+1 | high schoolWest Virginia+2 | — | 29m 59s | |
| 4/18/25 | ![]() The Shoe Club: Walking Towards Empathy and Connection in a Michigan School✨ | empathycommunity service+3 | Matt HamiltonHannah Wyman+1 | Value UpThe Shoe Club:+3 | MichiganEast Jordan+1 | Shoe ClubValue Up+3 | — | 41m 18s | |
| 4/15/25 | ![]() From Classroom to Grammy Stage - Adrian Maclin’s Teacher Story✨ | music educationteacher impact+3 | Adrian Maclin | AdrianGrammys+1 | Tennessee | GrammyMusic Educator of the Year+2 | — | 37m 55s | |
| 2/3/25 | ![]() What Students Learn Thousands of Miles from Home in the Alaska Wilderness✨ | educationleadership+2 | Keisha OrozcoChris Flores+1 | STEPOutward Bound+2 | AlaskaArizona | STEP programcollege-access+1 | — | 41m 11s | |
| 12/1/24 | ![]() A Teacher Story For the Ages - “Elaine’s Circle”✨ | educationteaching+2 | Bob Katz | Elaine's CircleA Teacher Story For the Ages+5 | — | Elaine's Circle4th-grade teacher+2 | — | 50m 47s | |
| 4/9/24 | ![]() Acclaimed Journalist Might Not Be Writing Were It Not For This Teacher (actually two teachers)✨ | journalismeducation+2 | Clarence Page | the Chicago TribunePulitzer Prize | — | Pulitzer PrizeChicago Tribune+2 | — | 24m 05s | |
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| 7/23/23 | ![]() Relationships First: How One Teacher Becomes a Lifeline for a Student's Mental Health | This story is about a high school teacher's extraordinary efforts to support her students and her belief that relationships must come first. It's about a parent who takes the time to acknowledge this teacher's commitment to her son. And it's a story about mental heath and the struggles so many young people face today – struggles that affect their schoolwork, their relationships with friends and family, and the quality of their own lives. In the 10 years leading up to the pandemic, feelings of persistent sadness and hopelessness—as well as suicidal thoughts and behaviors—increased by about 40% among young people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. The pandemic, of course, only made thing worse. During the pandemic, 29% of U.S. high school students had a parent or caregiver who lost their job, 55% were emotionally abused by a parent or caregiver, and 11% were physically abused, according to the CDC. Numerous other factors like online shaming and bullying have also contributed to the crisis. The good news is that there are steps schools can take to help address the problem. One, they can increase the number of professionals who are trained to recognize and treat students suffering from mental health issues. Too many schools across the country have virtually none of these professionals. Another step is for schools to incorporate social and emotional learning programs at all levels of the system – the kind of programs that can dramatically reduce bullying for instance. Unfortunately widespread efforts to promote these programs have been thwarted because social emotional learning programs have become a new target in the culture wars in education. But if parents are able to cut through the noise they will see the true, sometimes life-saving, benefits of these programs for their children. | — | ||||||
| 4/6/23 | ![]() A Conversation with Pamela Dawson - 2023 Music Educator of the Year | As the 2023 Grammy Award-winning Music Educator of the Year, Pamela Dawson has made it her mission to harness the power of music to connect students with diverse backgrounds and skill levels. With over 27 years of experience in teaching, Dawson has learned to create a safe and nurturing environment for her students, fostering a strong sense of community and belonging. "I think the most important thing is relationships...The students have to buy into you before you can give them anything," Dawson says. "My goal has never been to make performers. It's to change lives." Dawson's innovative approach focuses on kinesthetic learning, a deep understanding of lyrics, and cultivating the relationship between music and the human experience. In this episode, you will: 1) Discover the impact of music education for learning, connections with stories, and personal growth; 2) hear from two of Dawson's former students; and, 3) enjoy listening to the powerful and soulful singing of her student choirs. | — | ||||||
| 9/18/22 | ![]() High School Teacher of the Year Willie Carver Quits - Another Casualty of the Culture Wars | America’s culture wars are driving great teachers out of the classroom, exacerbating a shortage that has reached critical levels in most states. The story of Willie Carver, an extraordinary English and French high school teacher from Kentucky, is especially tragic. He was selected as the state’s teacher of the year in 2022 and honored recently with 49 other outstanding teachers at the White House. He was beloved by his students and colleagues. But Carver was also an openly gay teacher and the recent hostility toward LGBTQ educators and students simply became too much for him. In this episode Carver explains why he made the painful decision to leave the classroom. Three of his student also describe what it was like having him as their teacher. | — | ||||||
| 2/22/22 | ![]() na'im madyun's "ode to teachers" | na'im madyun reads a short story about a second grader named Ellis and her friend Coolidge, who prayed that their 3rd grade teacher WOULDN'T be the aging Mrs. Nimble. The prayer wasn't answered, but by the end of the year, with Mrs. Nimble as their teacher, they offered another prayer -- that she wouldn't retire. It's an ode to teachers, madyun says--one that provides insight into the journey that led him to become a teacher himself. | — | ||||||
| 1/12/22 | ![]() Powerful Lessons from Julie Hasson's Collection of Teacher Stories | Julie Hasson and Ken Futernick discuss some of the powerful lessons learned from the teacher stories she writes about in her new book, Safe, Seen, and Stretched - the Remarkable Ways Teachers Shape Students' Lives. Julie shares an inspiring story about her own teacher, Mrs. Russell, who, Julie says, laid the foundation for everything she has achieved. Julie also tells the story of an engineering student who recalled what it was like when he and his elementary school classmates first got a chance to play volleyball with the "big kids." They'd hit the ball so hard and it got so rough that eventually the younger ones quit playing. But a teacher noticed what was happening and, "in all his genius," suggested a different way to play the game. He challenging them to hit the ball back and forth at least twenty times. To meet the challenge, the students taught one another how to keep the ball in the air, and from then on, at every recess, they all played a new version of volleyball -- the "the infinite game," they called it. It was here, as a young elementary student, that this engineering student first learned the power of collaboration, a practice he says is serving him well as an aspiring scientist. | — | ||||||
| 10/27/21 | ![]() History Education, Civics, and Student Advocacy - Seeking Common Ground | Guests representing diverse political perspectives find some common ground on these controversial questions: - What does high-quality history and civics education look like in a democratic society? - What should teachers, particularly those who teach history and civics, be teaching our children? - Do new state laws, like HB3979 in Texas and SB623 in Tennessee, that restrict what teachers can talk about with their students strengthen or weaken our democracy? - Should students learn about civics by solving real problems and working with government representatives? Guests include: - Ace Parsi, Director of Outreach and Engagement for Educating for American Democracy - Amber Northern, Senior Vice President for Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute - Danny Diaz, Director of UCLA's History-Geography Project and a former high school history teacher | — | ||||||
| 10/12/21 | ![]() To Protect Democracy Keep Controversies, Current Events, and Politics in the Classroom | Is it appropriate – even a good thing in this time of intense political division -- for social studies teachers to bring politics, current events, and highly controversial issues into the classroom? Diana Hess is a former social studies teacher, now Dean of the College of Education at the University of Wisconsin, and a nationally recognized expert on civic education. Drawing upon extensive research on classroom practices, she argues that in a democratic society these topics must be part of the curriculum and that teachers can (and most often do) discuss them without being partisan. | — | ||||||
| 10/11/21 | ![]() Honest History And Civicmindedness For Younger Learners | A junior high school teacher, her school principal, and a teacher educator weigh in on critical questions about history and civics education in the era of fake news, social media, and heightened political pressure. -What does high-quality history and civics education for younger students look like and how can it help protect our democracy? - Why should teachers promote civic mindedness and not just facts about how government works? - Should all of American history be taught, including systemic racism and other anti-democratic structures? - Should teachers attempt to make students feel guilt or discomfort about America's past? - Can history about current events and controversial topics be taught in a non-partisan manner? - How can school administrators support teachers who teach the whole American story? Guests include: - Tracy Barnett, History Teacher, Hopkins Jr. High School, Fremont, California - Corey Brown, Principal, Hopkins Jr. High School, Fremont, California - Dr. Jennifer Hauver, Associate Professor of Education, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia | — | ||||||
| 9/28/21 | ![]() Teaching In The Era Of Fake News And Hoaxes | The explosion of fake news, "hoaxes," and social media make it increasingly difficult for students to tell the difference between fact and fiction. And today's students, like the rest of us, can easily fall victim to "motivated reasoning" -- the tendency to believe what they want to believe, not what the evidence points to. The educators in this episode discuss the challenges this poses for educators and for our democracy. They also recommend pedagogical strategies that invite students to share their views, without recrimination, about controversial topics and that help students develop opinions based on reasons and evidence. Panelists include: * Wayne Journell, Associate Professor of Secondary Social Studies Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro * Jennifer Hauver, Associate Professor of Education, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia * Victor Rios, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara | — | ||||||
| 9/20/21 | ![]() Preserving American Democracy - Adequate and Equitable School Funding | Panelists on this episode argue that inadequate and inequitable funding of our public schools pose a dire threat to American democracy. That's because students in under-resourced schools, those who tend to be poor and people of color, are less able to participate in the democratic process. Panelist Derek Black, author of Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and The Assault on American Democracy, claims the assault by those who want to dismantle public education is not intended merely to maintain the status quo, but "to make the status quo even less equitable than it already is." Panelists offers their unique perspectives on the problem and the steps school districts, states, and the federal government can take to solve it. The full panel includes: * Derek Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina School of Law * Preston Green, Professor of Educational Leadership and Law, University of Connecticut * Joshua Starr, Chief Executive Officer, PDK International * Sanaa Kahloon, Student, Harvard University | — | ||||||
| 8/31/21 | ![]() Architect Geoff Prentiss Pays Tribute to His Design Teacher, Leslie Laskey | Geoff Prentiss attributes much of his success as an architect to his "enigmatic" college professor of design, Leslie Laskey, with whom he stayed connected for nearly 50 years. "Frightening" is how Prentiss described his first class with Laskey, but he was intimidating because "he wanted you to be open to things you didn't know." "He was a great teacher," Prentiss says, "because he focused on the the big picture, which is about awareness and perception and moving the creative ball forward...and you and how well you were doing it." Laskey died two months before this recording at the age of 99. Reflecting on the loss, Prentiss says, "His presence, that teacher, that person who was so strong and manipulative in his own way, charming, caring in how own way, he'll never go away...The important think is, 'How do I carry that forward in my life?'" | — | ||||||
| 8/25/21 | ![]() Teaching Restrictions in Texas - A Threat to our Democracy? | In June 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill (HB 3979) that restricts what teachers can do in public school classrooms. Teachers can no longer be required to participate in training about race or sex stereotyping. Teachers can longer promote the idea that racism or sexism in America is, or has ever been, systemic. It requires teachers who discuss current events to “explore the topic from contending perspectives without giving deference to any one perspective.” It prohibits schools from giving academic credit for student’s “political activism, lobbying, or efforts to persuade members of the legislature or executive branch at the federal, state, or local level to take specific actions by direct communication.” These guests join host Ken Futernick in a conversation about the effects this law (and similar ones in other states) will have on student learning and democracy: Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas Independent School District Mary Gonzalez, Representative of the Texas State Legislature, representing House District 12 Lakeisha Patterson, 3rd grade teacher, Deepwater Elementary School near Houston | — | ||||||
| 8/19/21 | ![]() Democracy and our Schools - The Power of Civic Engagement | Three civic education experts -- Joseph Kahne, Alejandra Frausto, and Eve Vankley express their concerns about the current state of American democracy and explain how real-world civic engagement in schools prepares young people, regardless of their political orientation, to work together in finding the common good and to participate meaningfully in democratic life. They also address efforts by some public officials to limit civic engagement and recommend ways that educators and policy makers can strengthen and expand civics engagement in our schools. Additional resources for educators are available at www.ed4democracy.org. | — | ||||||
| 7/25/21 | ![]() Democracy And Schools - Education For Character | This episode is part of our series on what schools can do to help save our democracy. Guests include Dr. Marvin W. Berkowitz, McDonnell Professor of Character Education at the Center for Character Education and Citizenship at the University of Missouri at St. Louis; and Dr. Kashina Bell, Deputy Superintendent for the School District of University City in St. Louis, Missouri. Both talk about character education -- what it looks like, how it's done, and why it's vital to our democracy. "I think the concept of the common good as a concept is an endangered species in democracies," Dr. Berkowitz says. "Every educator affects kids' character. And we want them to do it intentionally and positively and effectively...There is no moral future without moral children and there's no democratic future without democratic children. Education is a critical piece of that." Speaking about her former role as a school principal, Dr. Bell says, "I inherited a school that was really forgotten about...The teachers didn't want to be there. The kids didn't want to be there...We began the process of bringing our system back to health...We began establishing some values...We rooted ourselves in a common language to define our collective and individual responsibility to one another as well as to the community." In addition to boosting academic achievement, Bell says, "...our kids were no longer running away from the school. They really wanted to be in school and they began to thrive." | — | ||||||
| 6/20/21 | ![]() "A Mutual Admiration Society" - Jennifer Futernick's Tribute To Bruce Stewart | Bruce Stewart is a life-long educator who dedicated his career to social justice and high-quality education for all. As a history teacher and guidance counselor at Walter Hines Page Senior High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, he led the effort to desegregate the school 1963. Stewart became a Quaker educator and later served as Head of School at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. from 1998 to 2009. In this episode, Jennifer Futernick, a former student of Stewart, surprises Bruce with a tribute to the profound impact he had on her life and countless others. | — | ||||||
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