Restorative Practices and a Cell Phone Policy That Actually Works
If you're like me, you might have seen these nightmare "restorative practices" videos making the rounds on social media. I put restorative p...
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The 10-Minute Teacher Show with Vicki Davis, the Cool Cat Teacher
The 10-Minute Teacher is the inspiration that K12 educators need to start every weekday. The biggest stories and ideas — from edtech to pedagogy — in 10 minutes. Hosted by Vicki Davis, autho...
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Side Jobs for Teachers or a Calling? Build an Education Business
Teachers, IT coaches, and principals can get excited and present at a conference, and then it happens: side jobs for teachers come calling....
Think, Pair, Share, Show Me: Science of Learning in Action
What are the learning myths we need to abandon? What does the neuroscience say? Today's guest, Ross McGill, author of The Teacher Toolkit Gu...
Molecule Builder: How a Teen Coded a Free Chemistry App
His class didn't have the chemistry tools they needed. So, Ky'lin Spears built them. He's a student and has built a free molecule builder, p...
Reflective Teaching: How Video and AI Help Teachers Improve
Reflective teaching matters. As teachers and professionals, we need to ask ourselves: how are we reflecting and improving? The times I've vi...
Student Belonging: A Principal of the Year's Plan
When a principal and her school achieve amazing results, I find one thing stands out: the focus on helping students belong and grow. Student...
Bridge in the Classroom: A Screen-Free Math Game
Going screen-free is an emphasis right now, as is building emotional intelligence. Perhaps that is why bridge is really attractive to some k...
Screen Value, Not Screen Time: Leading Schools in the AI Age
ISTE+ASCD 2026 Board President Dr. Jeremy Owoh explains how his district runs toward AI instead of away from it. He also shares why AI can n...
Grief in the Classroom When Teachers Are Grieving Too
Sometimes we need to talk about hard things, like grief in the classroom. Because real life is hard, and real life is in our classroom every...
Using AI? Keep Teachers in the Driver's Seat
Dr. Patricia Dickenson, author of Smart Teaching in the Age of AI, shows how teachers can use AI to plan and differentiate without losing th...
A Blind Teacher on Truly Seeing Your Students
Kathy Nimmer is the 2026 Helen Keller Achievement Award winner. Her story is so heartwarming that, to celebrate episode 1001, we're airing a...
Celebrating 1,000 Episodes: My Son Turns the Tables on Me!
Thank you so much! It was February 2017 when I took a day off school to "figure out" how to publish this podcast. I started by telling the s...
Productive Struggle: When to Help and When to Hold Back
Productive struggle is the sweet spot between too easy and too hard. Dr. Barbara Blackburn, author of more than 40 books on rigor and motiva...
New Teacher Advice From a 3-Time Teacher of the Year
New teacher advice from a three-time Teacher of the Year. Retired fifth-grade teacher Eric Hall spent 27 years in the classroom, and he says...
Frustrated With AI? Make It Interview You First
Frustrated with AI? Make it interview you first. Dr. Jie Tao of Fairfield University explains why "prompt and pray" gives you brilliant answ...
Expelled 3 Times, Now a School Leader: The Believement Gap
Teacher expectations shape what students believe they can do. Edward DeShazer was suspended more than 30 times and expelled three times. Tod...
Student Mental Health Questions for Teachers: What Am I Missing?
When a student puts their head down, the question you ask next matters. Therapist and former high school teacher Charle Peck shares the one...
Why Kids Can't Stop Moving: The Neuroscience Behind a Student's Need to Move
Why kids can't stop moving, and why some students can't sit still in class: an occupational and physical therapist explains the need behind...
5 Easy Brain Breaks for Your Classroom
NUMBER 2 IN OUR COUNTDOWN OF THE TOP 10 EPISODES OF THE FIRST 1,000. This one goes all the way back to April 2017, when the show was brand n...
5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Grades 6-12
NUMBER 3 IN OUR COUNTDOWN OF THE TOP 10 EPISODES OF THE FIRST 1,000. This one originally aired January 31, 2022 and has been heard 27,058 ti...