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The series helps listeners understand and leverage the complexity of learning and development in ways that are clear, reflective, and actionable. Each episode brings together multiple voices to explore an important theme in depth, often illuminating connections across all five pathways. At the same time, each episode has a primary focus within one pathway, giving listeners an accessible way to enter the series, follow their interests, and put what they learn into practice.
To read about the five major thought lines and discover which episodes are linked to those thought lines.
Ecosystems
Deeper Dive -Beyond Schooling: Reimagining Learning, Development, and Thriving - Karen Pittman in Conversation with David Osher
Karen Pittman is not only a pioneer in the field, but she's one of the most influential thinkers of the past several decades on what it takes for young people to learn, to thrive, and to realize their full potential. Karen's work challenges us to move beyond narrow definitions of achievement and instead look holistically at the environments, the relationships, and the opportunities that allow young people to flourish. From her groundbreaking contributions at the Children's De
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Episode 7: Implementing The 16 Success Drivers and How They Can Be Holistically Enacted and Embodied in Schools and Across Learning Ecosystems
This podcast will examine the 16 Success Drivers and how they can be holistically enacted and embodied in schools and across learning ecosystems. Listeners will learn and be able to think about the drivers and their interconnections, understand why a holistic approach is essential for equity and thriving, and explore principles for implementation across roles and settings. Organizations, tools, materials, and research will be identified that can support implementation and ada
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Deeper Dive - Creating environments that emphasize learning and thriving - Three interviews with Odis Johnson
In this episode, we continue our exploration of what it takes to create safe, nurturing, engaging, and equitable environments where all young people can learn deeply, develop fully, and thrive.Our guest is Odis Johnson, a Johns Hopkins University sociologist and data scientist who directs the Center for Safe and Healthy Schools and has spent his career studying how schools, neighborhoods, and technologies shape opportunity for young people. His work helps us see something eas
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Episode 6 - Creating Safe Nurturing Environments that Engage Learners and Foster Thriving and Robust Learning - Revised August 26
The chart includes hyperlinks to podcasts and English and Spanish Transcripts. Biographies of the presenters and reference materials may be found on this page Making Supports and Opportunities Fit—and Work—for Young People Hacer que los apoyos y las oportunidades se adapten a los jóvenes—y funcionen para ellos Episode 6: Making Supports and Opportunities Fit—and Work—for Young People Episode 6 brings together thirteen conversations about how schools, families, communities,
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Episode 4 -How to Leverage the Science of Learning and Development to Foster Robust Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
It is in five parts, plus a short introduction to the episode. The discussions are with: Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Stephanie Jones, Annemaree Carol, Jim Pellegrino, and Carol Lee. What also makes these conversations so important is that they bring together many of the leading scholars who have helped define, extend, and translate the science of learning and development across disciplines, institutions, and countries.You will hear from researchers whose work spans development
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Episode 3 - John King with commentary from Linda Darling-Hammond and Robert Pianta: Creating safe, nurturing environments that engage learners and foster thriving and robust learning.
Welcome to a framing conversation, one that provides intellectual orientation and a cornerstone conversation in the architectural sense upon which the entire podcast series rests. John reminds us that the school at its best is not merely an academic institution. It is a sanctuary, a place of safety, a place of intellectual challenge, a place where a young person is known, and that knowing can change a life trajectory. His story is not abstract. It's grounded in his lived expe
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Episode 2 -Supporting Social, Emotional, and Academic Well-being and Thriving in Challenging Times and Contexts
Description This episode is in three parts that explore how to support social, emotional, and academic well-being and learning in connected ways. Listeners will learn and be able to think about practices that integrate SEL and academics, understand why whole-person approaches deepen engagement and achievement, and explore principles of application across classrooms and community settings. Organizations, tools, materials, and research will be identified that can support implem
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