refreshED

This episode features our favorite moments from interviews by 7th grade podcasters from Polaris Charter Academy. You will hear from an alderman, a school clerk, a police officer, a Polaris alum and a community artist as they answer questions on topics ranging from discrimination to creating lasting change in our communities.

This year, refreshED has had the fortunate chance to work with 50 seventh graders at Polaris Charter Academy, an Expeditionary Learning school on Chicago's west side. As part of a special initiative called Voices for Change, they have been making podcast episodes about how they can create change in their communities. Students interviewed alderman, protesters in Baltimore, as well as other student leaders. We are SO INSPIRED by these bright and reflective young leaders.

The final installment of refreshED's three-part interview series that goes inside Harvard's Graduate School of Education. Advanced doctoral candidate, Sarah Fine, speaks to her journey researching deeper learning which took her to an upwards of 30 schools across the country over the past couple of years.

Part two of a three-part interview series that goes inside Harvard's Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Christina Fissori talks about how growing up homeschooled shapes the way she thinks about teaching and learning. Christina completed the School Leadership Program last year and is now finishing up her residency at a school in northwest Chicago.

Part one of a three part interview series that goes inside Harvard's Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Cornelius Lee has taught children of service members in Germany and Hawaii, worked with special needs students in Texas, was a founding teacher for a charter school in Chicago and now works in the oldest public elementary school in America! In this episode, Cornelius talks about the start of his transition from teacher to school leader during his first year in HGSE.

Natalia Rosado gives refreshED an inside look at Nuestra Escuela (Our School), a transformative school in Puerto Rico founded on love.

Dana Bennis joins refreshED for our third episode to talk about his work with Institute for Democratic Education in America (IDEA for short). In this interview we learn about democratic education and a new project called The Learning Breakthrough Series in which teams of educators, youth and policy makers from 10 distinct communities come together to create meaningful change in today's educational climate.

In refreshED's second episode we talk with Chris Balme about his vision for reimagining school. Chris founded Spark, a national organization that matches middle school students with mentors at workplaces. His newest venture is Millennium School which he is designing with the help of students and parents.

refreshED is finally here! In this first episode Amanda and J.D. get in some practice by interviewing each other.