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The MindShift podcast explores the innovations in education that are shaping how kids learn. Hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz introduce listeners to educators, researchers, parents and stu...

KQED’s Marlena Jackson-Retondo reports from Bellevue Elementary in Santa Rosa. Abrupt cuts to AmeriCorps funding last year impacted the scho...

In this episode, KQED’s Marlena Jackson-Retondo visits the band room at Roosevelt Middle School in Oakland and speaks with longtime music te...

In this episode KQED’s Marlena Jackson-Retondo speaks with Scott R. Levy, adjunct lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a f...

Lillian Zhang is a financial and career educator. Her book, "The New Money Rules: The GenZ Guide to Personal Finance" covers how to eliminat...

This month MindShift is sharing an episode from MIT's TeachLab podcast. Hosts Jessie Dukes and Justin Reich have interviewed teachers, schoo...

KQED's Ki Sung talks to longtime MindShift contributor and child development expert Deborah Farmer Kris. In her book "Raising Awe-Seekers: H...

This month MindShift is sharing an episode from our friends at KQED's Close All Tabs. Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes...

Host Ki Sung takes listeners inside some of the public libraries that have made significant transformations to better serve community needs....

Interacting with people from different generations has been shown to accelerate students’ social skills, improve literacy, and provide valua...

Do you remember the sting of not being invited to a birthday party or watching your friend sit at a different lunch table? Most adults can r...

There is a common perception that Asian Americans don’t get involved with civic life, but a closer read of AAPI history proves that to be fa...

When you think of debate, you might picture presidential candidates interrupting each other, pointing fingers, and undermining their opponen...

Teacher Jess Lifshitz noticed that her students were more enthusiastic when they told her about their everyday life than when they wrote sto...

Mindshift returns with Season 10. We’re exploring how to help kids find their voice, balance their identity, and just be kids. Hear practica...

This month MindShift is sharing an excerpt of an episode from our friends at KQED's Forum. Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who...

Host Nimah Gobir moderates the MindShift KQED: Can Better Conversations Improve Media Literacy Among Students? panel at the 2025 SXSW EDU co...

Vietnamese children’s book illustrator Minnie Phan talks to KQED's Ki Sung about using art to process events and heal wounds in the Vietname...

KQED's Nimah Gobir talks to educator and language therapist, Dr. Nancy Cushen White about why handwriting is such a powerful tool for litera...

KQED's Ki Sung talks to Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop, authors of "The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Li...

Ruth Whippman, author of "Boy Mom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity" talks to KQED's Nimah Gobir about the biggest c...

KQED's Ki Sung talks to host of The Stacks podcast, Traci Thomas, about rereading books she loved as a child with her own children, what's o...

Journalist Rose Horowitch and Author Danielle Bayard Jackson join KQED's Nimah Gobir in conversation to explore the problem of reading stami...

David Yeager is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and an expert in behavioral science. He just published a book...

Hanif Abduraqqib. Sarah Kay. Elizabeth Acevedo. Clint Smith. Do any of these names sound familiar? How about Amanda Gorman? All of these wri...

If you think of social studies as a dry, dusty march of names and dates to memorize, think again. In the last two decades, as historical rec...

From book bans to chronic absenteeism to phone distractions, it’s a hard time to be a teacher. But amidst all the challenges, there’s someth...

MindShift revisits the pioneering initiatives of the Black Panthers, who used a community school approach when they opened a first-of-its-ki...

This podcast episode explores Monarch School, a public school in San Diego County dedicated to serving unhoused students and their families....

Not all students returned to school after the pandemic. Research shows that chronic absenteeism surged around the country. Niki Espinoza, a...

MindShift returns with Season 9! Discover solutions for raising our kids in the modern era. Hear from educators and experts creating pathway...

We're sharing an episode from our friends at the Adult ISH podcast. In light of the latest number of attempted book bans as tracked by the A...

We love hearing from you, our listeners, and learning how you’re putting the insights that we share into your teaching and your parenting. W...

We're sharing an episode from our friends at the Bay Curious podcast. California has fewer school buses than in other parts of the country....

Education journalist, Jill Barshay of the Hechinger Report, writes a weekly column about education research called “Proof Points.” She joins...

Educator, Tricia Ebarvia advocates for a more complete way of seeing ourselves, one another and curricula. She just published a book titled...

In "Punished for Dreaming," Bettina Love reflects on a 'glorious' era in Black education, unraveling historical nuances and consequences of...

Miriam Plotinsky, an instructional coach, author, and former high school English teacher, discusses her latest book, Writing Their Future Se...

Matthew R. Kay and Jennifer Orr discuss how they turn simple conversations about students’ names into opportunities for connection and self-...

Phyllis Fagell, Psychotherapist and author of the new book “Middle School Superpowers: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times," talks a...

MindShift spotlights a teacher who encourages students to name their feelings and share their past experiences – the highs and the lows – by...

Most people are familiar with snow and rain as reasons to cancel recess. But what about canceling recess because it’s too sunny? Playgrounds...

We all know how it feels to get a bad apology. “I’m sorry if,” “I’m sorry but,” and other ways people skirt real acknowledgement of wrongdoi...

In recent years, dress codes have been undergoing significant shifts in many schools across the nation. With language targeting hair, visibl...

As educators move away from sage-on-the-stage instruction, their first step is often to foster more student discussion. A talkative classroo...

Age-appropriate consent education involves much more than navigating sexual activity. It can show up in situations as mundane as sharing fri...

MindShift is back with Season 8! Hear from educators and experts creating pathways for students to flourish. Subscribe to receive new episod...

Our guest, University of Virginia Professor Daniel Willingham, is the author of a new book to help us break the cycle of ineffective learnin...

Gholdy Muhammad is Professor of Literacy, Language and Culture at the University of Illinois and the author of Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Cu...

Running coach and author, Linda Flanagan, talks about her book, “Take Back the Game: How Money and Mania are Ruining Kids’ Sports and Why It...

Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner talk about their new book “Once Upon A Book” and share advice on...