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Leaders of Their Own Learning [https://bookshop.org/p/books/leaders-of-their-own-learning-transforming-schools-through-student-engaged-assessment-leah-rugen/7390436] by Ron Berger, Leah Woodfin, and Leah Rugen Other podcast episodes featuring Ron Berger:

 * Ron Berger on Presentations of Learning [https://hthunboxed.org/podcasts/s03e22-ron-berger-on-presentations-of-learning/]
 * Ron Berger on Student-Led Conferences [https://hthunboxed.org/podcasts/s03e03-ron-berger-on-student-led-conferences/]
 * Ron Berger on Whole-Class Close Reading [https://hthunboxed.org/podcasts/s01e13-ron-berger-on-whole-class-close-reading/]
 * Ron Berger on Beautiful Lessons and “No Lesson at All” [https://hthunboxed.org/podcasts/s01e05-ron-berger-on-beautiful-lessons-and-no-lesson-at-all/]

S6E5 - Ron Berger: Empower Children by Giving Them Learning Targets

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Learn more about the “Light on Literacy” [https://hthunboxed.org/cards/light-on-literacy/] project

Check out the platform that Ted uses for student portfolios, Inkwire [https://inkwire.co/]

We have another scouting-connected podcast episode! Eduard Vallory: What School Can Learn From Catalonian Scouting [https://hthunboxed.org/podcasts/s04e06-eduard-vallory-what-school-can-learn-from-catalonian-scouting/]

S6E4 - Ted Cuevas: How to Assess Students Like Scouts

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Learn more about Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford’s work here [https://www.brandihinnantcrawford.com/]

Brandi’s other episodes on this podcast:

 * Dr. Brandi Hinnant Crawford, Improvement as a Tool for Our Collective Liberation [https://hthunboxed.org/podcasts/s03e14-improvement-as-a-tool-for-our-collective-liberation-with-dr-brandi-hinnant-crawford/] (High Tech High Unboxed podcast)
 * Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford &amp; Dr. Luke Wood at Gates CoP NSI [https://hthunboxed.org/podcasts/s04e08-dr-brandi-hinnant-crawford-dr-luke-wood-gates-cop-nsi-closing-keynote/] (High Tech High Unboxed podcast)

Articles, books, and people referenced in this episode:

“ImproveCrit: Using Critical Race Theory to Guide Continuous Improvement,” by Brandi Hinnant-Crawford, Ericka Lytle Lett, and Shamella Cromartie, appears in Continuous Improvement: A Leadership Process for School Improvement [https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Continuous-Improvement]

Septima Clark, “Literacy and Liberation [https://theliteracyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/they-literacy-and-liberation-by-septima-clark-1964.pdf]”

Robin D. G. Kelley, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/206173/freedom-dreams-by-robin-dg-kelley/]

Bettina Love, Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250280381/punishedfordreaming]

Adrienne Marie-Brown, Octavia’s Brood [https://www.akpress.org/octavia-s-brood.html]

Decoteau J. Irby, Stuck Improving [https://stuckimproving.com/]

The Interrelationship Digraph [https://hthgse.edu/resources/interrelationship-digraph/] (Stacey’s favorite protocol)

Amanda Meyer has two articles on Unboxed, both very much worth reading! Improvement as a Journey [https://hthunboxed.org/improvement-as-a-journey-going-the-distance-with-improvement-science/] and Swimming Against the Current: Resisting White Dominant Culture in Improvement Work [https://hthunboxed.org/swimming-against-the-current-resisting-white-dominant-culture-in-improvement-work/]

Khalifa, M. A., Jennings, M. E., Briscoe, F., Oleszweski, A. M., & Abdi, N. (2014). Racism? Administrative and community perspectives in data-driven decision making: Systemic perspectives versus technical-rational perspectives. Urban Education, 49(2), 147-181.

To learn more about QuantCrit, look out for this piece (once it is published): Castillo, W., & Gillborn, D. (2022). How to “QuantCrit:” Practices and questions for education data researchers and users. Manuscript under review.

Louis Gomez [https://seis.ucla.edu/faculty/louis-gomez/] is a professor at UCLA

S6E3 - Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford: What improvers can learn from civil rights organizers

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John Santos's other episodes on the podcast:

 * &quot;Rigor&quot; shouldn&#x27;t mean &quot;Some Kids Fail&quot; [https://hthunboxed.org/podcasts/s01e20-john-santos-rigor-shouldnt-mean-some-kids-fail/] (a better grading strategy—easy to implement too!)
 * How to Design a Great Project Launch [https://hthunboxed.org/podcasts/how-to-design-a-great-project-launch-with-john-santos/]

The AI project-planning tool that John talks about is the AI Kaleidoscope by Inkwire [https://inkwire.co/kaleidoscope]

S6E2 - AI for Technophobic Teachers, with John Santos 

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You can find more find more podcast episodes, articles, and videos about Continuous Improvement here [https://hthunboxed.org/improvement/]!

S6E1 - Kicking A** by Taking Names, with Ben Daley

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You should also listen to Kelly&#x27;s interview with Benjamin Freud, head of Green School&#x27;s Upper School [https://pnc.st/s/the-project-essentials-podcast/a0d196ac/green-school-regenerative-education-in-the-balinese-jungle]

You can see the 2023 Greenstone presentations here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x433rzHuGtI&list=PLLo3UtBdmnunUr1AYfJd5VvJzrCEVNK0u]

Green School website [https://www.greenschool.org/bali/]

S5E28 - Green School Student Louis Lacour on PBL, renewable energy, and biodegradable zip ties 

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 * Cofounder John Hardy’s Ted Talk [https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hardy_my_green_school_dream] about the Green School
 * Green School website [https://www.greenschool.org/bali/]
 * Coconut Thinking [https://coconut-thinking.com/]

S5E27 - Green School: Regenerative Education in the Balinese Jungle

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 * The Nature article [https://www.nature.com/articles/35054046] about the dinosaur Masiakasaurus Knopfleri
 * Smithsonian [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/flesh-ripping-dinosaurs-replaced-their-teeth-multiple-times-year-180973661/] article about Majungasaurus
 * To find out about Derek’s history with cockroaches listen to this episode  [https://hthunboxed.org/podcasts/how-to-nurture-and-sustain-school-change-in-challenging-times/]
 * The UK’s National Education Nature Park [https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/] project
 * Dacher Keltner, the researcher studying awe, on the On Being [https://onbeing.org/programs/dacher-keltner-the-thrilling-new-science-of-awe/] podcast
 * Reimagining San Francisco [https://reimaginingsf.org/]
 * Braiding Sweetgrass [https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass] by Robin Wall Kimmerer

S5E26 - Derek Mitchell and Scott Sampson Have a Vision for "Regenerative Education"

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Kofi B’s opening performance at Deeper Learning 2024 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZTG-REVyyc]

Kofi B’s Closing Keynote at Deeper Learning 2024 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNXnNRSmbYo]

Where to find Kofi B's music:

 * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/kofibmusic/]
 * TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@kofibmusic]
 * Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@KofiBMusic?app=desktop]
 * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/KofiBMusic?paipv=0&eav=AfbewAjuhofiQyyu0em_Ymt1KgdOecPfrm3HMm0_BRYlq6DddfBxrwlCdp31E72LSgQ&_rdr]
 * Website [https://kofibmusic.com/]

Made in Akron [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87oyQuvSVng] documentary

Do you want to come to a conference whose opening act is this good? Of course you do! Learn more about the Deeper Learning Conference [https://events.deeper-learning.org/events/deeper-learning-2025/]!

S5E25 - Kofi B on the power of teachers, peers, and music 

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Learn more about Nowell Academy Here [https://www.nowellacademy.org/]

Learn more about the Deeper Learning Conference here [https://events.deeper-learning.org/]

Find all the podcast episodes from Deeper Learning 2024 here [https://hthunboxed.org/tag/dl24/]

S5E24 - People you meet at Deeper Learning: Superintendent (and High School Dropout) Jessica Waters

Stories of learning in and out of school, and interviews with teachers, students, and school leaders. Artwork by the inimitable Enrique "Chikle" Lugo Brought to you by HTH Unboxed: A Journal of Adult Learning in Schools Visit us online at hthunboxed.org