Marginal Design Alex Bruzan
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Educational equity isn't something we will stumble upon accidentally - we must design for it. The Marginal Design podcast helps us think through how we might better design our educational systems and structures to ensure all kids receive the best when it comes to education - because if we design for the margins, everyone wins.
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Math Intervention At An Alternative School
This week, we've got a solo episode about predictability and ice cream machines. While there is little in life more predictable than the ice cream machine at Mc Donalds not working when your small children ask for an ice cream cone, some of the things we experience in our school settings come close.
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Empathy vs. Sympathy with Deidre Roemer
This week, Deidre Roemer joins the podcast to discuss what it looks like to have a disposition of empathy verses sympathy. As a former special ed teacher, current assistant superintendent of the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District, and future superintendent of the South Milwaukee School District, she has used and continues to use this framework to guide her interactions with students and staff helping them become the best versions of themselves they can be.
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Restorative Philosophies
It's hard to argue that implementing restorative practices can hurt a school culture. The challenge, though, is knowing how and when to approach a conflict from a place of restoration. Even harder is understanding how to balance restorative practices with traditional behavior management strategies. Greg Goelz, principal at Dottke PBL High School, joins the podcast to discuss the philosophies that guide his utilization of restorative practices.
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3OL's with Mike Strong
An individuals ability to reflect can, in many ways, be as instrumental in their future successes as any other learned skill. This week, Mike Strong from Blue Dot Education (https://bluedoteducation.org/), talks about the power of reflection and gives some easy ways to build reflective capacity in young people.
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Early Childhood Education
This week we're talking early childhood education on a cross over episode with the 53206 Cast. Ashley Harrell, an expert in early childhood education, joins the podcast to talk about how we can best prepare the little ones for a lifetime of learning and how we might use that information to make design decisions for high school students.
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Watching Too Much CSI Miami
It's really tempting when thinking about equity to focus on how things currently are. While it's useful to understand the way things are, it's a lot more helpful to grow in our understanding of how we got to where we are and solidify a vision for where we want to go. This week we talk about tempering our natural tendency to fixate on our current situation and instead set our sights on what could be.