High Tech High Unboxed

Episode Notes Read Jeff Govoni's article for Unboxed, about this (and other) projects, "Deconstructing Construction Projects" For more ideas about assessing projects, check out our episode with physics teacher Ted Cuevas, "How to Assess Students like Scouts" Read Ron Berger's thoughts on Models of Excellence

Episode Notes Check out the Institute For Learning’s Vision of Collaborative Work! Here’s what Sara DeMartino says about it: “While the driver diagram was helpful in thinking through the theory of change, we found teachers and leaders, more than anything, wanted to know the role that they played in that theory and the role other members of the system were playing as well. We reviewed this document at the beginning of each year to make sure it still held, but also as a way to remind all of us that we had a stake in making change and were responsible for supporting the vision of teaching and learning that we collectively set.”

Episode Notes Check out this video about the sIlvery blue/Xerces blue surrogacy project! The Silvery Blue/Xerces surrogacy project began with the ideas of Robert Michael Pyle, and have since included many partners. These include Robert Michael Pyle's Xerces Society, Creekside Science, and Revive and Restore. Durrell Kapan wanted to take the opportunity of these notes to say a bit more about his biology teacher Neal Maine (who threw the book out the window). Here's a note from Durrell: "It’s relevant to note that Neal's impact has been far-reaching—not only on the students he taught but also on the conservation programs he helped begin. These include the Haystack Rock Awareness program, which started with a “failed” non-game grant application I made under his tutelage that led to the city starting the program (I worked on it for two years, first as an interpreter and later as the coordinator), and the North Coast Land Conservancy, which has conserved thousands of acres of the Oregon Coast, started by Neal Maine after he retired."

Episode Notes Community Design Partners’ library of Student-Powered Improvement resources Brandi Hinnant-Crawford, “What Improvers Can Learn from Civil Rights Organizers”

Episode Notes Check out a photo gallery of Scarlett's murals here Scarlett Baily's website Kumeyaay Community College Website

Episode Notes Alec talks to Amiee Winchester and Zack Jaffe about their continuous improvement work on improving literacy at Baltimore City Public Schools.

Episode Notes Our other episode with Simon Breakspear, “If It Doesn’t Work for Teachers, It Doesn’t Work” You can find great free tools (and order The Pruning Principle) at pruningprinciple.com Simon mentions Cal Newport. You can find out more about his “20% over capacity” principle in this blog post: What Would Happen If We Slowed Down? Come join us at Deeper Learning 2025!

Episode Notes Hawk: Occupation Skateboarder The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself All the Way: My Life in Four Quarters

Episode Notes Leaders of Their Own Learning by Ron Berger, Leah Woodfin, and Leah Rugen Other podcast episodes featuring Ron Berger: Ron Berger on Presentations of LearningRon Berger on Student-Led ConferencesRon Berger on Whole-Class Close ReadingRon Berger on Beautiful Lessons and “No Lesson at All”

Episode Notes Learn more about the “Light on Literacy” project Check out the platform that Ted uses for student portfolios, Inkwire We have another scouting-connected podcast episode! Eduard Vallory: What School Can Learn From Catalonian Scouting

Episode Notes Learn more about Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford’s work here Brandi’s other episodes on this podcast: Dr. Brandi Hinnant Crawford, Improvement as a Tool for Our Collective LiberationDr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford & Dr. Luke Wood at Gates CoP NSI Articles, books, and people referenced in this episode: “ImproveCrit: Using Critical Race Theory to Guide Continuous Improvement,” by Brandi Hinnant-Crawford, Ericka Lytle Lett, and Shamella Cromartie, appears in Continuous Improvement: A Leadership Process for School Improvement Septima Clark, “Literacy and Liberation” Robin D. G. Kelley, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination Bettina Love, Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal Adrienne Marie-Brown, Octavia’s Brood Decoteau J. Irby, Stuck Improving The Interrelationship Digraph (Stacey’s favorite protocol) Amanda Meyer has two articles on Unboxed, both very much worth reading! Improvement as a Journey and Swimming Against the Current: Resisting White Dominant Culture in Improvement Work Khalifa, M. A., Jennings, M. E., Briscoe, F., Oleszweski, A. M., & Abdi, N. (2014). Racism? Administrative and community perspectives in data-driven decision making: Systemic perspectives versus technical-rational perspectives. Urban Education, 49(2), 147-181. To learn more about QuantCrit, look out for this piece (once it is published): Castillo, W., & Gillborn, D. (2022). How to “QuantCrit:” Practices and questions for education data researchers and users. Manuscript under review. Louis Gomez is a professor at UCLA

Episode Notes John Santos's other episodes on the podcast: Rigor shouldn't mean Some Kids FailHow to Design a Great Project Launch The AI project-planning tool that John talks about is the AI Kaleidoscope by Inkwire and the High Tech High GSE

Episode Notes We start the episode by talking about the book Upstream by Dan Heath. It's really good—you should read it. You can find more find more podcast episodes, articles, and videos about Continuous Improvement here! You can find a transcript of this episode here.

Episode Notes You should also listen to Kelly's interview with Benjamin Freud, head of Green School's Upper School You can see the 2023 Greenstone presentations here Green School website

Episode Notes Ted TalkGreen School websiteCoconut Thinking

Episode Notes Nature articleSmithsonianthis episode National Education Nature ParkOn BeingReimagining San FranciscoBraiding Sweetgrass

Episode Notes Kofi B’s opening performance at Deeper Learning 2024 Kofi B’s Closing Keynote at Deeper Learning 2024 Where to find Kofi B's music: InstagramTikTokYoutubeFacebookWebsite Made in Akron documentary Do you want to come to a conference whose opening act is this good? Of course you do! Learn more about the Deeper Learning Conference!

Episode Notes Learn more about Nowell Academy Here Learn more about the Deeper Learning Conference here Find all the podcast episodes from Deeper Learning 2024 here

Episode Notes More episodes with Rob Kaleb & Rob’s Fireside Chats: Where They’re Coming FromKaleb & Rob’s Fireside Chats: Adult Learning At High Tech High

Episode Notes Aysha Upchurch's organization, HipHopEX The best place to see Enrique "Chikle" Lugo's art is his instagram account The custom Padres shoes that. Enrique was wearing at the Den Talk Did you like listening to this but wish you could have been there and seen those shoes (and the rest of it) in person? Come hang out with us at the Deeper Learning Conference next year!