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Episode 3 - has three 30 minute parts

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 experience and teachers who built community, who combined rigor with nurturance, who created classrooms where a child could both belong and stretch.

That insight is echoed and deepened in the accompanied dialogue with Linda Darling-Hammond and Bob Pianta. They remind us that education is fundamentally relational, that the brain develops through experiencing connection. That excessive stress inhibits cognition, while psychological safety and belonging enhances it.

Part A - John King

Interview 

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Part B - Linda Darling-Hammond and Bob Pianta in two parts

First Part

Interview

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Second Part

Interview

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Episode 2 -

Part 1 - Sarah Woulfin, and Robert Jagers (Part 1 - From Recovery to Coherence: Implementation, Relationships, and the Conditions for Learning)

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Part 2 - From Engagement to Partnership: Sharing Power in Learning Ecosystems

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Part 3 – A - - Commentators Joe Bishop and Karen Pittman 

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Part 3 – A  Part 3 – A Parte 3 – A 

Part 3 – B Part 3 - B Parte 3 – B

Episode 1 - Addressing Educational Inequities in the wake of Covid-19

Part 1 - Gloria Ladson-Billings & Michael Feuer

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Part 2 - Governor Bob Wise

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Part 3 - Scott Palmer

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AI has generated all transcripts, and some of the names cited and punctuation used have been distorted. 

The music is “A River Runs through my Soul” has been provided by and used with permission from Jane Sapp as a part of her Songs from the Dream Project – We’ve all got stories.  The complete recording is available on YouTube and Spotify.  The lyrics are by Rose Sanders.