ClassCast Podcast
The ClassCast Podcast is the best education podcast for everyone, not just teachers. ClassCast is about honest discourse and critical thinking to better understand education, about big, outside-the-box ideas to improve education for students and society. The ClassCast Podcast features award-winning teacher Ryan Tibbens discussing school, education, careers, and culture with a diverse collection of entrepreneurs, community leaders, teachers, and students.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 197
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
Ep.047 -- Shane Lawrence -- The Ed Podcast & Making School Better
ClassCast Podcast Ep.047 features Shane Lawrence, the host of The Ed Podcast and a middle school drama/film/computer/art/English/everything teacher from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Shane and host Ryan…
Ep.046 -- Taylor Freeman -- Virtual & Augmented Reality: Schools of Tomorrow, Today
ClassCast Podcast Ep.045 features Taylor Freeman (founder & CEO of Axon Park, co-founder of Upload, Forbes 30 Under 30, and VR industry leader) sharing knowledge and insights about the exciting field…
Ep.045 -- Tibbens -- DL, Hybrid, & Concurrent Models: Getting "Back to School"
In this sub-20 minute episode, host Ryan Tibbens discusses some of the less-talked-about aspects of the most common school models considered as school leaders across the country search for the best w…
Ep.044 -- Matt Bass -- Candidate for Clarke County Board of Supervisors on Life & School in a Small Town
ClassCast Podcast Ep.044 features Matt Bass, candidate for Board of Supervisors in Clarke County, VA, discussing life, school, politics, community, and planning in small town America. Clarke County,…
Clip 044.1 -- Matt Bass -- How Schools Anchor Communities (Like Clarke County, VA)
In this highlight clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.044, Matt Bass, a candidate for Clarke County, VA Board of Supervisors, talks about how public schools anchor communities, particularly in small towns…
Clip 044.2 -- Local Politics & Bass's Vision for Clarke County
In this highlight from ClassCast Podcast Ep.044, Clarke County, VA Board of Supervisors candidate Matt Bass and host Ryan Tibbens discuss politics, planning, and community preservation. Clarke Count…
Ep.043 -- Tibbens -- Censorship, Banned Books Week, Antiracism, & Huckleberry Finn
ClassCast Podcast Ep.043 features host Ryan Tibbens discussing wide-reaching, intrusive, and imperfect policy changes in his school division that are resulting in suppression of teachers' First Amend…
Ep.042 -- Joe Pizzo -- 47 Year Veteran Teacher & AMLE 2020 Educator of the Year
ClassCast Podcast Episode 042 features Joe Pizzo, the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) 2020 National Educator of the Year, sharing his thoughts about education, progress, project-based l…
Ep.041 -- Tibbens -- Antiracism, Hypocrisy, Protests, & Education
ClassCast Podcast Ep.041 features host Ryan Tibbens discussing racism, antiracism, acts of protest (particularly in professional sports), reactions to those protests, as well as why and how teachers …
Ep.040 -- Garrett Pierce -- Distance Learning, Mental Health, Brewing, & Learning by Doing
ClassCast Podcast Ep.040 features Garrett Pierce, a recent online college graduate AND face-to-face college graduate, sharing insights into distance learning, the rigidity of high school, students' m…
Ep.039 -- Mike Bergin & Amy Seeley -- Standardized Tests & the Rest
ClassCast Podcast Ep.039 features Mike Bergin and Amy Seeley -- standardized test experts, tutors, entrepreneurs, networkers, and podcasters -- speaking with host Ryan Tibbens about high stakes testi…
Ep.038 -- Janet LoSole -- World Schooling, Travel, & the Chicken Bus
ClassCast Podcast Ep.038 features writer, traveler, and teacher Janet LoSole, author of Adventure by Chicken Bus: An Unschooling Odyssey through Central America. Janet is an experienced world travele…
Ep.037 -- Jeremy Wayne Tate -- Classical Education, School Choice, & the CLT Exam
ClassCast Podcast Ep.037 features Jeremy Wayne Tate, CEO of the CLT exam, talking with host Ryan Tibbens about classical education, school choice, improving education, and the CLT exam itself. After …
Ep.036 -- Allies for Black Voices
Ep.036 features the founders of Allies for Black Voices: Pooja Tanjore, Roma Sharma, Grace Crangle, & Nikita Sajai.
Allies for Black Voices is a project founded and operated by four brilliant young …
Ep.035 -- Sara Potler LaHayne -- Social Emotional Learning & Move This World
ClassCast Podcast Ep.035 features Sara Potler LaHayne, the founder and CEO of Move This World, a social-emotional learning (SEL) program that has served over one million students across 35 states, he…
Clip 035.2 -- Sara Potler LaHayne -- Teachers' Roles in Social-Emotional Learning & Move This World
In this clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.035, the CEO & founder of Move This World, Sara Potler LaHayne, explains the roles teachers play in the Move This World program and in social-emotional learning…
Clip 035.1 -- Sara Potler LaHayne -- Social-Emotional Learning & Move This World
This clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.035 features Sara Potler LaHayne, founder and CEO of Move This World, explaining the concept of social-emotional learning (SEL), introducing the Move This World pr…
Ep.034 -- Catina Franklin Sweedy -- Unschooling, Self-Directed Education, & Progress
ClassCast Podcast Ep.034 features Catina Franklin Sweedy, an unschooling advocate and leader at the Embark Center for Self-Directed Education in Leesburg, Virginia, discussing unschooling, student ch…
Clip 034.4 -- Catina Franklin Sweedy -- Ideal School/College for Kids
In this clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.034, unschooling expert Catina Franklin Sweedy shares her ideas about improving schools (and "unschools") in great detail -- ending compulsory attendance, movin…
Clip 034.3 -- Catina Franklin Sweedy -- Mentorship & Schooling
In this highlight clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.034, Catina Franklin Sweedy describes her own schooling; she and host Ryan Tibbens then discuss the value of mentorship and making personal connection…