Humans, young and old, share a basic need to have some authorship in our own lives. Dr. Russell Quaglia has built his entire career around how to bring students’ voices into focus in classrooms and schools across the world. The result is happier students who learn more. We cover a lot of territory, including: 

The difference between hockey and school 7:40 Our basic human need  8:50 Russ’s definition of voice 11:21 The (often missing) factor needed for voice to thrive 14:50 Why survey...

Episode 21- Liberate! with Dr. Michelle Sadrena Pledger

If you ask someone about the most powerful learning experience of their youth, few people will mention a lecture, a textbook reading, or a test. Nearly all will identify an EXPERIENCE; that is because experiential learning is the most profound and lasting form of learning. So if experience matters, how do we offer it to students in our schools? This podcast invites folks to share the learning experience that most deeply impacted their lives, and each episode includes provocations about how we can bring those types of experiences into the mainstream of American schools. Experience Matters is about harnessing the power of experiential learning to transform public education