MindShift Podcast
It’s easy to see a child’s education as a path determined by grades, test scores and extra curricular activities. But genuine learning is about so much more than the points schools tally. MindShift explores the future of learning and how we raise our kids. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us @MindShiftKQED or visit us at MindShift.KQED.org. Take our audience survey! https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7297739/b0436be7b132
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How Do You Cultivate Genius In All Students?
“Genius” is a rare title often reserved for adults who have accomplished something extraordinary. But we have more to gain by seeing genius as the brilliance that can be developed in each child.
21 min
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How to Improve Mental Health at School
Last year, schools had to figure out how to get students therapy when they were no longer in school physically. Hear how one school gets students the help they need.
22 min
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Could Data Science Diversify the STEM Field?
Why a course designed this century feels more relevant to students who dislike math.
15 min
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Down With Toxic Positivity!
Toxic positivity is focusing on the positive and ignoring the negative. We look at how teachers can combat toxic positivity and help their classrooms avoid a culture of it.
25 min
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Grades Have Huge Impact, But Are They Effective?
These educators say it's time we changed grading.
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MindShift is Back with Season Six!
As we begin a third school year in the coronavirus pandemic, the MindShift team examines sustaining teaching practices that can help educators and their students.
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Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul: Using 'Stamped (For Kid...
Learning how parents and teachers can “adapt” big topics for young ears.
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Mindshift Presents OPB's Class of 2025
OPB's "Class Of 2025" project is following 27 students through school. They're now in middle school — in the middle of a pandemic.
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How Families are Pushing Schools to Teach Readi...
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How Fan Fiction Inspires Kids to Read and Write...
Writing isn’t a chore for adolescents who write fan fiction.
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How Culturally Relevant Teaching Can Build Rela...
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Prom? Canceled. Graduation? Online. High School...
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How Learning Emotional Skills Can Help Boys Bec...
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MindShift Podcast is Back with Season Five!
Your favorite podcast about the future of learning is back with new episodes for these extraordinary times.
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Where Did All These Teen Activists Come From?
Young people are taking to the streets around the issues they care most about -- gun control, climate change, immigration. They're inspiring an intergenerational movement.
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How Art Can Help Center a Student’s Learning Ex...
Art has often been relegated as an additional activity in schools. But schools that put art at the center of a child's learning experience through arts integration are seeing kids thrive.
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How Students Would Improve Their School Lunch E...
Lunch is such an important time of day for kids, but kids might not be getting the most out of their experience. That's where students can design a lunch break that helps kids eat well and feel connected to their peers.
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Teaching 6-Year-Olds About Privilege and Power
Privilege and power play out in the world all around us every day. And kids notice. First-grade teacher Bret Turner has decided not to avoid the difficult conversations and questions his students bring to class. Instead,
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Childhood As ‘Resume Building’: Why Play Needs ...
The kind of free play grown-ups had in previous generations is looked at with nostalgia in today’s era of adult-supervised activities. Children are missing out on the benefits of unstructured play, but a group of dedicated educators are trying to give ...
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How Can Schools Help Kids With Anxiety?
Anxiety is running rampant in high schools around the country, both rich and poor. It makes it hard for students to learn and to deal with life. Hear from two teens’ and learn strategies educators and parents can use to help them cope.
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MindShift Podcast is Back With Season Four!
We asked what issues matter to you most and we listened. The fourth season of the MindShift podcast dives into the question: How can we bring joy back to learning and teaching?
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Dropping Out and Coming Back: Stories of Persev...
Civicorps is a program designed to support young people ages 18-26 who have come back to get a high school diploma. Three recent graduates tell their stories -- why they dropped out and what brought them back.
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How Teachers Designed a School Centered On Cari...
Students at Social Justice Humanitas Academy graduate and go to college at some of the highest rates of any district school in Los Angeles, despite coming from mostly low-income backgrounds. Teachers say a strong vision, backed up with love,
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The Role of Community in Creating and Healing T...
The RYSE Center in Richmond is teaching young people how to heal from trauma in their community by showing them persistent care and opportunity.
24 min
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Overcoming Childhood Trauma: How Parents and Sc...
Many people have experienced some kind of trauma in their childhood, such as loss of a caregiver, substance abuse in the home, homelessness or abuse. Educators and parents are finding trauma-informed tools to lead healthier lives for themselves and the...
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