TeachLab with Justin Reich

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Sept. 30, 2022

Subtraction in Action: Leidy Klotz

Host Justin Reich and Jal Mehta from the Harvard Graduate School of Education continue our Subtraction in Action series with Leidy Klotz, Professor of Engineering at the University of Virginia, and the author of Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less. …

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Sept. 23, 2022

Introducing Subtraction in Action

Our host Justin Reich is joined by Jal Mehta from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to kick off our series on Our host Justin Reich is joined by Jal Mehta from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to kick …

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Sept. 20, 2022

Game Changers with What School Could Be

In this episode of TeachLab, our host Justin Reich dives deeper into the Teaching Systems Lab’s new documentary film We Have to Do Something Different, in his recent appearance on What School Could Be’s Game Changer Series.

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Sept. 12, 2022

Subtraction in Action Teaser

TeachLab is excited to introduce Subtraction in Action, a new series about the positive impact that subtraction can have on school communities. How do we make school simpler? How do we give teachers and students some room to breathe? Can …

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Sept. 1, 2022

We Have to Do Something Different

In this episode of TeachLab, our host Justin Reich and guest Neema Avashia go behind the scenes of the Teaching Systems Lab’s new documentary film We Have to Do Something Different: Teachers on the Journey to Create More Equitable Schools.

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April 5, 2022

Emerging Stronger Post-Pandemic

This week on TeachLab, our host Justin Reich joins a panel of education leaders with Superintendent Dr. Baron Davis, Superintendent Dr. Rhoda Mhiripiri-Reed and Dr. Beth Rabbitt, CEO of The Learning Accelerator, hosted by the US Department of Education's Office …

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Feb. 24, 2022

Measuring Equity Simulations

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined by research scientist Joshua Littenberg-Tobias PhD. and Elizabeth Borneman M.Sc. to discuss a recently published Teaching Systems Lab efficacy study around the online course Becoming a More Equitable Educator and how …

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Jan. 27, 2022

David Joyner

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined by Dr. David Joyner, Executive Director of Online Education at the Georgia Tech College of Computing. Together they discuss the challenges and advantages of online learning, the hard shift to remote …

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Dec. 23, 2021

Teachers Have Something to Say

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined by a panel of teachers from across the country to bring their personal experiences of teaching during the pandemic and to discuss a recent report that was led by Natasha Esteves, …

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Dec. 9, 2021

Healing, Community, and Humanity with Neema Avashia

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined by Neema Avashia to discuss the recently released Teaching Systems Lab report Healing, Community, and Humanity: How Students and Teachers Want to Reinvent School Post-COVID. Together they reflect on what educators …

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Dec. 2, 2021

Teaser: New Season of TeachLab

TeachLab returns! Our host Justin Reich is back in the studio and excited to bring you a new season of episodes, starting December, 9th, 2021. Stay tuned!

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June 4, 2021

Joel Breakstone

Justin Reich is joined by Joel Breakstone, director of the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG), and co-lead on Beyond the Bubble and Civic Online Reasoning projects. Together they discuss assessing online information, the research of SHEG, and the methods used …

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May 21, 2021

Mike Caulfield

Justin Reich is joined by Mike Caulfield, a digital information literacy expert working at Washington State University who has worked with a wide variety of organizations on digital literacy initiatives to combat misinformation. Together they discuss critical thinking, issues with …

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May 14, 2021

Barry Fishman

Justin Reich is joined by Barry Fishman, professor of education and information at the University of Michigan where he studies the use of technology to support teacher learning, video games as models for learning environments, and the role of education …

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April 27, 2021

John Palfrey

Justin Reich is joined by John Palfrey, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, former director of the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society, as well as an educator, author, and legal scholar. Together they discuss …

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April 16, 2021

Learning from the Pandemic

Justin Reich joins Jal Mehta and Neema Avashia for the live webinar panel How to Learn from the Pandemic: Name, Nourish, Connect, and Grow! Together they discuss their collective research and experiences from COVID remote learning, what positivity emerged, and …

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March 26, 2021

Matthew Kraft

Justin Reich is joined by Matthew Kraft, associate professor of education and economics at Brown University to discuss the efficacy of tutoring, scaling tutoring for equity, and how COVID exposed the inequities of the status quo. “If we are to …

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March 19, 2021

Matthew Mugo Fields

Justin Reich is joined by Matthew Mugo Fields, the general manager of supplemental and intervention solutions at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a learning technologies company. Together they discuss Matthew's career, the direction and values at HMH, and the responsibilities of designing …

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March 5, 2021

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Kevin Gannon

For TeachLab’s tenth and final Failure to Disrupt Book Club we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest Kevin Gannon, professor and director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Grand View University in …

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Feb. 26, 2021

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Candace Thille

For TeachLab’s ninth Failure to Disrupt Book Club we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest Candace Thille, director of Learning Science at Amazon and former researcher and faculty member at Stanford University and …

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Feb. 12, 2021

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Courtney Bell

For TeachLab’s eighth Failure to Disrupt Book Club we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest Courtney Bell, a former research scientist at the Education Testing Services and now director of the Wisconsin Center …

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Feb. 1, 2021

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Antero Garcia

For TeachLab’s seventh Failure to Disrupt Book Club episode we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest Antero Garcia. He's a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and a former teacher …

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Jan. 22, 2021

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Dan Meyer

For TeachLab’s sixth Failure to Disrupt Book Club episode we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest Dan Meyer, the chief academic officer at Desmos. Together they discuss the work of Desmos and the …

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Jan. 8, 2021

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Scot Osterweil and Constance Steink…

For TeachLab’s fifth Failure to Disrupt Book Club episode, we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guests Scot Osterweil, a game designer and creative director for the MIT Education Arcade, and the esteemed games …

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