Host Peter Gow speaks about PLACE-BASED LEARNING with John Lewis and Emily Beck of The Gunston School in Maryland—how thoughtful and immersive place-based learning can help students build deep understanding and meaningful engagement with their

CRITICAL THINKING: WHAT IS IT?

Mar 9th, 2020 28m 44s

Host Peter Gow interviews Jonathan Haber, author of the forthcoming book CRITICAL THINKING, from MIT Press. What exactly is critical thinking, and how can educators do more to help students develop and apply this essential skill/disposition acr

THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT HIRING

Feb 19th, 2020 23m 26s

Host Peter Gow interviews Dr. Greg Martin, author of the Triple Threat Blog and principal at TeachCoachLive.com, about how independent schools ought might think more strategically about the VERY important work of hiring faculty. It's not just a

Curriculum Review: One School's Learning Journey

Jan 11th, 2020 21m 28s

In this episode One Schoolhouse head Brad Rathgeber gets long-time educator (and official podcast host) Peter Gow to tell the story of a complex and comprehensive "curriculum review" as experienced at the independent school where Peter was one

Crediting for Competency-Based Education with Jonathan Martin

Sep 28th, 2019 58m 16s

Educational deep thinker Jonathan Martin and host Peter Gow discuss Jonathan's new book, REINVENTING CREDITING FOR COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION: THE MASTERY TRANSCRIPT CONSORTIUM MODEL AND BEYOND (Routledge, 2019). Discussion ranges far beyond th

STARTING A SCHOOL with Mike Simpson of The Stone Independent School (PA)

May 28th, 2018 51m 12s

When great ideas and great ambitions fired a group of teachers, it seemed that starting their own school was the only option. Learn how dreams became reality through a thicket of bureaucratic and operational obstacles—and how The Stone Independ

College Admission: Thoughts on the System and the Process

May 28th, 2018 32m 8s

Veteran college admission counselor and thought leader Scott White of Columbia High School (NJ) chats with ICG executive director Peter Gow about college admission, student stress, equity, and how perceptions of college demands can distort seco

Disaster Preparedness and Curriculum “Instigators” at Episcopal School of Baton Rouge

Nov 8th, 2017 1h 5m

Featured guest Jewel Reuter, Associate Head of School for Institutional Research, Academic Innovations, and Strategic Relations at Episcopal School of Baton Rouge (LA), chats with host Peter Gow about how the school prepared and then learned fr

100+ Years of 21st-Century Learning at Charles River School

Sep 15th, 2017 42m 55s

Featured guest Elizabeth Clayton, Assistant Head of School and a science teacher at Charles River School (MA), chats with host Peter Gow about the PreK–8 school’s work to sustain and develop the kinds of Progressive, constructivist practice tha

Connectivism in Practice at Trinity Valley School

Aug 3rd, 2017 39m 25s

Featured guest Larry Kahn, Chief Technology Officer at Trinity Valley School (TX), chats with host Peter Gow about ongoing work to engage students more deeply in their own learning experiences and about his own observations as a thought and pra

An ICG PARTNER PODCAST: Reflective Practice at St. Mark's School

Jul 28th, 2017 41m 21s

Featured guest Kimberley Berndt, science teacher at St. Mark's School (MA), chats with host Peter Gow about how developing her reflective practice within a school engaged in strategic transformation of its culture of teaching and learning. A su

An ICG PARTNER PODCAST: Uniquely PCD: Engaging Students the Providence Country Day School Way

Jul 14th, 2017 45m 9s

Featured guest Vince Watchorn, Head of School at Providence Country Day School (RI), chats with host Peter Gow about how a set of named features creates a culture of engaged learning and living at the school. A summary of the episode and links

An ICG PARTNER PODCAST: Advancing Humanity at The Agnes Irwin School

Jul 3rd, 2017 52m 52s

Featured guest Mariandl Hufford, director of the Center for the Advancement of Girls at The Agnes Irwin School (PA), chats with host Peter Gow about her work, about advancing girls through research-driven programming, and about advancing all st

INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM—THE PODCAST. EPISODE 5: Conversation with arvind grover on "The Anti-Racist School"

Apr 5th, 2017 58m 41s

A conversation with arvind grover of Grace Church School (NY) on what the "Anti-Racist School" would look like--and some challenges to educators and the Independent Curriculum Group. (58:42)

INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM—THE PODCAST. EPISODE 4: Conversation with Tim Fish of NAIS (Part 2 of 2)

Sep 27th, 2016 34m 29s

Part 2 of our two-part conversation with Tim Fish, Chief Innovation Officer at the National Association of Independent Schools, on how this new position will be supporting schools in their efforts to learn and evolve. (34:30)

INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM—THE PODCAST. EPISODE 3: Conversation with Tim Fish of NAIS (Part 1 of 2)

Sep 27th, 2016 39m 56s

Part 1 of our two-part conversation with Tim Fish, Chief Innovation Officer at the National Association of Independent Schools, on how this new position will be supporting schools in their efforts to learn and evolve. (39:56)

INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM: THE PODCAST. EPISODE 2: Conversation with John Gulla of the E E. Ford Foundation (Part 2 of 2)

Sep 21st, 2016 49m 31s

The second half of our two-part conversation with John Gulla, executive director of the E. E. Ford Foundation and a leading voice on behalf of educational innovation and improvement.(49:31)

INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM: THE PODCAST. EPISODE 1: Conversation with John Gulla of the E E. Ford Foundation (Part 1 of 2)

Sep 21st, 2016 41m 12s

The first half of our conversation with John Gulla, executive director of the E. E. Ford Foundation and a leading voice on behalf of educational innovation and improvement. (41:12)

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