Student Ownership Episodes

March 20, 2025

A Digital Perspective on Passion and Purpose

Terri speaks with author and teacher Michael Hernandez on why and how we can support teens in purposeful use of technology.

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Feb. 10, 2025

Let Go with LetGrow

Terri speaks with Lenore Skenazy author, speaker, and cofounder of LetGrow.org to discuss the why and how of bringing independence, competence, and courage back to our lives.

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Jan. 10, 2025

Opting Out of the Anxious Generation

Erin Loechner, author of "The Opt-Out Family," shares personal perspective and suggestions for how to give your kids what technology can't.

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Jan. 7, 2025

The Anxious Generation

Terri introduces Jonathon Haidt's best-selling book on technology's impact on the mental health of adolescents.

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Dec. 11, 2023

#26 School is in Session: Get Out of the Classroom

Meet young high school students who share how their natural love of learning remains alive through a personalized learning journey.

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Nov. 3, 2023

Out of the Muck with Consent-based Learning

Ken Danford, author of Learning is Natural; School is Optional and co-founder of North Star, a center for teen learners shares his story and insight on self-directed learning.

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Sept. 3, 2021

Learning as a Fountain, Not a Drain

Dr. Yong Zhao, award winner and author of hundreds of articles and thirty books on education, talks about the need for a new paradigm for assessment, technology, and the purpose of education.

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June 25, 2021

All Is Not Lost When There is Play

Play is self-determined learning at its best, Peter Gray author of Free to Learn states, nature does not turn off our desire and capacity to learn when children turn five or six, we turn it off with our coercive system of schooling. In this episode, Terri speaks with Dr. Gray on the history and val…

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June 4, 2021

Supporting the Self-Determined Learner

Imagine spending time on what you care about using your observation of others as not only motivation but as an actual learning resource. Today is part four of four on making learning personal. Mike Wehmeyer, co-author of the 2020 book titled, Teaching Students to Become Self-Determined Learners, s…

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