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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 o

Voices for Change: Polaris 7th Grade Podcasters

Jul 26th, 2015

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 mak

Harvard's Graduate School Of Ed: Sarah

Apr 10th, 2015

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 o

Harvard's Graduate School Of Ed: Christina

Mar 11th, 2015

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

Harvard's Graduate School of Ed: Cornelius

Mar 6th, 2015

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 t

Questions

Mar 2nd, 2015

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

Reimagining Middle School with Chris Balme

Mar 2nd, 2015

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 Schoo

Democratic ED with Dana Bennis

Mar 2nd, 2015

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 Breakthro