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The Hypothesis

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In this Season Two finale, we take stock of the moment at our school, for schools across the state and perhaps what we have on the horizon. Joining Chris is special guest, New Mexico Secretary of Education, Dr. Kurt Steinhaus for a look at the
From TikTok trends to the fine line between the world of social media and in-person interaction, our students are facing a variety of challenges they never have before. In this episode, we'll delve a bit into some of the student behaviors we're
In this episode, we take you closer to the impact of the teacher shortage by examining our own school. You'll meet one of our instructional coaches, Mary Ellen Dannenberg, to bring the educator perspective into the conversation, and a look at a
Last year, we gathered our school community every full moon to update them on our plans and engage them in critical conversations. We're the Coyotes. We'd even all howl at the end of the meeting. At our gathering last March, I asked how many fa
Should we be comparing the safety of our school against hospitals or against the outdoors? In this episode, we meet Chelsea, a mother of two TTCS students and a medical professional here in Santa Fe. Very new to the area, Chelsea spent all of l
Back on July 12, 2021, a piece ran in New York Magazine by David Wallace-Wells entitled “The Kids Are Alright” that led with CDC findings around COVID-19 mortality rates for children. The findings indicated that the mortality risk for children
This season, Season 2, we will take you back behind the curtains as the Delta Variant of COVID-19 presents new challenges and we explore the oftentimes conflicting desires, politics and directives that meet with a community's desire to educate
On Monday, March 8, 2021, the New Mexico Secretary of Education announced that schools should resume full, in-person learning by April 5, 2021.  In this episode, Head Administrator Chris Eide records a short, early morning audio message to a fr
We are wrapping this season of "The Hypothesis" with an interview with New Mexico Secretary of Education, Dr. Ryan Stewart, regarding governance of an entire state's education programme during this global pandemic. This podcast, over 11 episode
The most important component of a lesson is often the first one to go in this virtual context. In this episode, I am joined by TTCS teacher Mark Kolokoff to discuss what is happening in class if it isn't independent practice, and how to think a
In this episode, we spend a moment with a person who became a part of our school community in Santa Fe from all the way in Bangalore, India because of the pandemic. Geared toward young people who might be feeling the drone of repetition, this i
In this episode, we investigate the role that suspicion plays in our interactions with one another and with institutions. Over the first many weeks of school, COVID-19 did not find its way into the school building, suspicion came in at the begi
In this episode, we follow up on the previous week in which Kindergarten was brought back to in-person learning in a hybrid model. This week, one week later, we had to shut the program down again. Go behind the scenes to hear about why and how
Months of planning and preparation culminated in the arrival of our Kindergarten students who were willing and able to participate in in-person learning. On their first day, the Governor was also scheduled to make an announcement about new heal
In this episode, launched on the first day back for Kindergarten in a hybrid model, which coincides with a midday press conference from Governor Lujan Grisham where the announcement to shut all schools down may be made, we look at the confluenc
Nearly every morning on his way into school, Chris Eide records a short voice memo addressed to his friend Latif Nasser, mainly to capture what is happening at the school with regards to COVID-19 and school opening. This week is particularly si
The art and science of keeping students and teachers as safe as possible is a mindset that extends to every nook and cranny of a school and its operations. In this episode, we focus on the classroom, the hallways that connect the classrooms, an
This week, as allergy season continues to bloom and the resulting symptoms become confused with COVID-19 symptoms, many students are out from child care at the school, forcing the decision of how to treat this occurrence. Treat it as COVID-19 a
Before we delve in to the challenge of designing school in a hybrid model and then making decisions around whether to open up school in that model, it's important to begin to understand the context. In this episode, you'll learn a little about
The global outbreak of COVID-19 has caused schools to make decisions that they have never had to make before and to change the way in which students are educated. This podcast offers you access into a school that, like many schools across the w
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