EDUCVIII with Dr. Jefferson is the talk show that makes the connections between research, policies, and practitioners that are too often missing from the American education system.
Latest episodes
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Final Exam-Educviii: Final Exam
From Common Core to Singapore Math, robotics to creative writing, student athletes, ADHD and many other topics, we've covered a lot of ground on this program over the past 14 month…
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Improving Schools-Educviii: Author Karin Chenoweth
Karin Chenoweth is author of How It's Being Done: Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools , which examines in detail how eight high-poverty and high-minority schools have achieved a…
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Improving Schools-Educviii: Dr. Deborah Brennan
Dr. Brennan is an experienced educator & advocate for quality education for all students. She is passionate about equity in education both for students of poverty and gifted studen…
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African American Literature and Education-African American Education: Dr. Darius D. Prier
Darius Prier is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership, School of Education, Duquesne University. He received his Ph.D. in Edu…
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African American Literature and Education-African American Literature: Janet Cheatham Bell
Janet Cheatham Bell is a writer, editor and independent scholar, who has pursued her dream of creating and publishing books since 1986. Her first title Famous Black Quotations and…
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The Political Classroom-Educviii: Adeola Tella-Williams
Adeola Tella-Williams has been teaching for over 15 years. She began teaching in East New York (Brooklyn); left Brooklyn and taught in Japan for one semester. Upon returning to the…
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The Political Classroom-Educviii: Dr. Paula McAvoy
Dr. Paula McAvoy is co-author of The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education. She is an Associate Program Officer at the Spencer Foundation. She earned her…
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The Exploratorium-Educviii: Mike Petrich of the Exploratorium
Creativity is the type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. This is one of the philosophies that the Exploratorium was built on. Mike Pet…
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STEM-Educviii: Gary Hoachlander
Mr. Hoachlander is President of ConnectEd California, which provides students and teachers with an online forum where they can access integrated curriculum units, media tools, and…
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STEM-Educviii: Arthur Registre
Mr. Registre is Director of Science for the Uniondale school district in New York. He discusses the importance of teaching science, and why STEM based education should be a priorit…
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The Importance of Movement-Educvii: Wendy L. Ostroff
Wendy Ostroff has been developing curriculum on children's learning for the past 15 years in the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University; in the Department of…
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The Importance of Movement-Educvii: Linnea Lyding
Dr. Linnea J. Lyding is an assistant professor and the interim department chair of the Education Department at Arizona Christian University (ACU). Based on her knowledge of the com…
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Challenges First Year Principals Face-Educvii: Jennifer Bumford
Ms. Bumford is an experienced principal who has taken on the challenge of a new school in a neighboring district. She will discuss how she is adapting to her new situation.
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Challenges First Year Principals Face-Educvii: Bryan Bruno
Bryan Bruno has been an educator for eighteen years; thirteen as a teacher, four as an assistant principal, and now principal of the California Avenue School in Uniondale, New York…
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Instruction That Works-Educviii: Instruction that Works
Dr. Jefferson discusses two articles highlighting instruction that works: Strategies that Make Learning Last by Daniel T. Willingham, and Reading Rules, What Not to Do by Richard L…
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Instruction That Works-Educviii: Dr. Henry L. Roediger II
Henry L. Roediger, III (nicknamed Roddy) is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He graduated with a B.A in Psychology f…
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Family and Community Involvement-Educviii: Angela Zimmerman on Family Involvement
For more than 30 years, Angela Zimmerman has been a champion for youth, family and community development. From early learning and education to community group homes to juvenile det…
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The Safe Passage Project-Educviii: Safe Passage Project
A legal group is training hundreds of pro-bono attorneys to help undocumented kids from Central America. Our guest is Claire Thomas, the staff attorney for the Safe Passage Project…
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The Safe Passage Project-Educviii: School Health Update with Sylvia Kallich, RN.
Flu season is here, and we also have the threat of Enterovirus. Sylvia explains how illnesses can spread through schools and what you can do to keep your children healthy.
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The Income Achievement Gap-Educviii: Cynthia E. Lamy
Cynthia E. Lamy, Ed.D., is a research psychologist with developmental and educational expertise who is dedicated to an effective and efficient fight against poverty in America. Dr.…