Human Restoration Project
Since 2018, the Human Restoration Project Podcast has reimaged education through critical, progressive, human-centered learning!
Across nearly 200 episodes, and counting, we've explored every topic in education: ungrading and alternative assessment, interdisciplinary play-based and project-based learning, SEL, education reforms and systemic school change in society with students, teachers, leaders, researchers, and advocates around the world.
Join us on our mission to restore humanity to education, together!
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 169
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
94: Catalyzing the Ungrading Movement w/ Zoe Bee
On today's podcast we are joined by Zoe Bee. Zoe is an English professor, poet, and content creator who produces content for YouTube and streams on Twitch. Some of her work includes "A Professor Expl…
91: Expanding on Experiential Learning w/ Emi Takemura
Today we're speaking with Emi Takemura. Emi is the co-founder and representative director of FutureEdu Tokyo, which seeks to reimagine education in Japan based on project based learning and experient…
90: Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Teaching w/ Alex Venet
Transcripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org.
In today's conversation, we are joined by Alex Venet. Alex teaches undergraduate students at the Community College of Vermont, gr…
89: Rebuilding After 2020-2021 w/ Dr. Ilana Horn
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In today's conversation, we are joined by Dr. Ilana Horn. Dr. Horn is a professor of mathematics education at Vanderbilt Universi…
88: Connecting Through Transferable Learning w/ Trevor Aleo, Kayla Duncan, & Julie Stern
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In today's conversation, we're joined by Trevor Aleo, an English teacher in Wilton, Connecticut, Kayla Duncan, a professional ins…
87: 100 Days of Conversations About School
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Today's conversation is all about 100 Days of Conversations About School! 100 Days is a project by Human Restoration Project, REE…
86: Developing Anti Racist UDL w/ Tesha Fritzgerald
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In today's conversation we're joined by Tesha Fritzgerald,. Tesha is an urban education expert who currently serves as a district…
85: Combatting Adultism to Create a Flourishing Democracy w/ Dr. Tanu Biswas & Dr. John Wall
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Today we're joined by Dr. Tanu Biswas and Dr. John Wall. Dr. Biswas is a doctorate of pedagogy who focuses her research on childr…
84: In Defense of Public Education w/ Dr. Jennifer Berkshire & Dr. Jack Schneider
Transcripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org.
Today we are joined by Dr. Jennifer Berkshire and Dr. Jack Schneider. Dr. Berkshire is a journalist and educator who focuses on p…
83: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning w/ Dr. Susan Blum
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Today we are joined by Dr. Susan Blum, Dr. Blum is a professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, and the author of…
82: Build a New Future: Teaching Action and Coalition Building w/ Dr. Kevin Gannon
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Our conversation today will center on teaching organization and collective activism. Essentially, we find ourselves at an importa…
81: One Teacher Can't Save the World
This is a recording of our Teacher Powered Schools Virtual Conference 2020 presentation: Sharing Power with Students: Reframing Systems Toward a Liberatory Pedagogy. This session dives into why refor…
80: Pandemic Pods, School Choice, and Combating Inequity w/ Dr. Jon Hale
Today, Chris and I (Nick) are joined by John Hale, whose biography you will hear at the beginning of the interview. John was recently the guest of a Soho Forum debate on the topic of pandemic pods, w…
79: Reimagine the System w/ REENVISIONED (Dr. Erin Raab)
Today we're joined by Dr. Erin Lynn Raab. Erin is the Co-founder of REENVISIONED, a movement to redefine the purpose of school. REENVISIONED aims to change the conversation of school away from stan…
78: A Way to Ungrade, Floop w/ Christine Witcher
Today we're talking about ungrading with the EdTech tool, Floop, short for feedback loop, found over at FloopEdu.com. Now, we don't normally talk about specific tools and strategies at HRP - we get …
77: Normalizing Teacher Self-Care (in a Pandemic) w/ Evan Whitehead
Today we are joined by Evan Whitehead, a veteran educator who is the director of special services at a K-8 school in Illinois. Evan has served in a variety of roles, from crisis and behavior interven…
76: "Return to Learn": Voices and Perspectives on School Reopening
In this podcast, Nick Covington (of HRP) and I, Chris, discuss the "return to learn” plans of school and what we must think about as we reopen. We call upon other educators to hear their thoughts, in…
Summit: Endorsing Student Voice Through Virtual/Hybrid Activism
This is an audio version of our Summit on August 1st, 2020. Here's the video!
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75: Refuse to Teach: Anxiety, Organizing, and well, Death
Let’s put this into perspective: the United States is planning on the mass reopening of schools when COVID-19 has still not ended its first wave. Millions of people have been diagnosed, and the CDC h…
74: The Research on Assessment w/ Dr. Astrid Poorthuis
Our podcast today features Dr. Astrid Poorthuis, an assistant professor at the developmental psychology program at Utrecht University, Netherlands, whose work focuses on performance, school, and its …