Philosophy of Education Ray Girn, Matt Bateman

Ray Girn (@raygirn), CEO of Higher Ground Education, and Joel Mendes, Executive Director of The Prepared Montessorian Institute join Dr. Matt Bateman for a Q&A about Higher Ground Education.

Higher Ground Education is dedicated to mainstreaming and modernizing Montessori education, and is the parent company of the Academy of Thought and Industry, Guidepost Montessori, Higher Ground International, Montessorium, and The Prepared Montessorian.

Dr. Andrew D. Wilson (@PsychScientists) and Dr. Laura Flores Shaw (@lflorshaw) join Dr. Matt Bateman to discuss ecological psychology as a framework for education.

Dr. Matt Bateman discusses lifelong learning and communities of curiosity with Interintellect founder Anna Gát (@TheAnnaGat on Twitter). You can learn more about Interintellect at https://interintellect.com/.

Film director Fawaz Al-Matrouk joins us this week to discuss his recent work with Higher Ground in art education for middle and high school students—which includes film, acting, sculpture, drawing, and more.

You can reach Fawaz on Twitter (@FawazAM), and you can check out his website at https://www.directedbyfawaz.com/.

Dr. Matt Bateman interviews Jason Crawford (@jasoncrawford), founder of the non-profit organization The Roots of Progress (@rootsofprogress), about industrial literacy and the pedagogy of progress.

Get an insider's look into an internal Higher Ground Education pedagogy meeting about surfacing major issues and questions in high school math, recorded for your listening! Our speakers are Dr. Matt Bateman, Violeta Kristof, Rivkah Schack, Laura Mazer, Joseph Perlman, and Steven Gaudino.