New season kicks off August 28 and explores innovative ways educators are building trust and relationships in classrooms to help students learn
The MindShift podcast is back for a new season of stories that explore innovation in education. Over the course of six new episodes, hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz, who also produce KQED’s MindShift blog, will introduce listeners to a fascinating group of educators, researchers, parents and students who are developing effective strategies to improve how kids learn. The season gets underway August 28, with new episodes publishing every other Tuesday through November 6, 2018. Listen to the season trailer here.
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. The third season of the MindShift podcast explores the intangible, and often overlooked, elements of academic success: emotional safety, trust, and relationships.
The first episode explores how home visits by teachers can transform parent-teacher relationships. Typically, if parents want to speak with teachers, they come to school for a conference or to see work on display on back to school night. But educators at Luther Burbank High School—and a host of other schools spread across the country—are beginning to visit their students’ homes to better understand their family lives and, in the process, build trust. These educators are helping parents see how they can effectively partner with teachers in their child’s education.
Among the other episodes, Sung and Schwartz will share what some Northern California therapists are doing to prevent the passage of trauma from one generation to the next; a community approach to healing trauma that starts with a simple question, “How are you doing?”; and one Bay Area high school’s inclusive approach to alleviating “ninth-grade shock.”