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.
Episodes
197 episodes
Ep.085 -- Sonny Thadani -- Making Social-Emotional Learning Work for Everyone
ClassCast Podcast Ep.085 features Sonny Thadani, CEO & Co-Founder of Robin, discussing social-emotional learning, mindfulness, the value of pers...
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Season 2
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Episode 85
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1:10:47
Ep.084 -- Jeff Harris -- College, Career, & Future Readiness w/ the President & Co-Founder of Xello
ClassCast Podcast Ep.084 features Jeff Harris, President and Co-Founder of Xello, discussing college and career planning, supporting students' long-term goals, and the concept (and reality) of "future ready...
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Season 2
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Episode 84
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1:19:24
Ep.083 -- Jessica Kirkland -- Keeping It Real with Your Favorite Teacher on Twitter
ClassCast Podcast Ep.083 features Jessica Kirkland, a high school English teacher in Loudoun County, Virginia (and Twitter superstar), talking shop and exchanging ideas about improving schools, building relationships, navigating the pandemic, a...
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Season 2
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Episode 83
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1:36:31
Ep.082 -- Tibbens -- Reflections on Distance Learning & 2021
ClassCast Podcast Ep.082 features host Ryan Tibbens reflecting on his experiences in an all-new distance learning program, challenges teachers faced in 2021, and how educators can move forward into 2022 with optimism and determination.I...
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Season 2
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Episode 82
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38:56
Ep.081 -- Tyler Rablin -- Anti-Grading Crusader on Fixing Feedback
ClassCast Podcast Ep.081 features Mr. Tyler Rablin, an instructional technology coach, high school English teacher, and anti-grading crusader in Washington, sharing his perspectives and research on grading and assessment with host Ryan Tibbens....
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Season 2
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Episode 81
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1:38:28
Ep.080 -- Doug Roberts -- Institute for Education Innovation (IEI) & Empowering Educators
ClassCast Podcast Ep.080 features Doug Roberts, the founder and CEO of the Institute for Education Innovation (IEI), speaking with host Ryan Tibbens about empowering educators, supporting ...
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Season 2
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Episode 80
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1:06:08
Ep.079 -- Tibbens -- Centralized Control, Centralized Complaints
ClassCast Podcast Ep.079 features host Ryan Tibbens talking about the correlation between centralized decision-making and the surge of superintendent and school board criticisms nat...
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Season 2
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Episode 79
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43:13
Ep.078 -- Kohila Sivas -- MathCodes: Coaching, Tutoring, & Serving Students
ClassCast Podcast Ep.078 features Kohila Sivas, the founder and lead coach at MathCodes, an innovative program designed to help students build their math skills, personal confidence, and executive functi...
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Season 1
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Episode 78
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1:25:20
Ep.077 -- Grant Schafer -- Connecting Communities & Schools
ClassCast Podcast Ep.077 features Grant Schafer, the Supervisor of Community Connections for Loudoun County Public Schools. Working closely with Career & Technical Education, Computer Science Experiential Learning, and a few other specializ...
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Season 2
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Episode 77
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1:14:58
Ep.076 -- Simon Tang -- Student, Semi-Staffer, School Critic, Sailor
ClassCast Podcast Ep.076 features Simon Tang, a former student of host Ryan Tibbens, sharing his thoughts on school improvement, student choice, dual enrollment programs, post-high school plans, Dick Wolf T...
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Season 2
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Episode 76
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1:52:32
Ep.075 -- The Cookout (Cary Vipond & Kevin Cook) -- Anti-racism, CRT, and "The Conversation"
Classcast Podcast Ep.075 features Cary Vipond and Kevin Cook, members of "The Cookout," a discussion group focusing on race relations and making positive change in the Loudoun County, Virginia community. Along with host Ryan Tibbens, the...
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Season 3
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Episode 75
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1:31:09
Ep.074 -- Al Kingsley -- My Secret #EdTech Diary
ClassCast Podcast Ep.074 features Al Kingsley -- CEO of NetSupport Inc., school leader & administrator in the United Kingdom, and author of the hit new book...
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Season 3
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Episode 74
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1:24:16
Ep.073 -- Tibbens -- Don't Dummy-Proof Teaching (#EduPodlooza Innovation Response)
ClassCast Podcast Ep.073 -- Host Ryan Tibbens ruminates on how efforts to standardize, scale, and reproduce great teaching ultimately lead to dummy-proofing, to treating teachers like dummies who need scripts and Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style...
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Season 3
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Episode 73
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39:00
Ep.072 -- Make School Less Like School (Edupodlooza Roundtable, Pt.2) -- Season 3 Launch!
Episode 072, the first of Season 3, features a great segment from the "Innovation Roundtable," the first group discussion from the 1st annual #Edupodlooza, an all-day education-podcast marathon in which teachers from around the world tal...
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Season 3
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Episode 72
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41:27
Ep.071 -- Cristina Groeger -- The Education Trap: Social Mobility & Public Schools
ClassCast Podcast Ep.071, the FINAL episode of Season 2, features college professor, education enthusiast, and author Christina (Tina) Groeger, whose new book -- The Education Trap: Schools and the Rem...
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Season 2
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Episode 71
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1:16:59
Ep.070 -- Melinda Arnost -- Inclusion, Social-Emotional Learning, & Serving All Our Students
ClassCast Podcast Ep.070 features intervention specialist, special education teacher, and author Melinda Arnost discussing inclusion, social-emotional learning, differentiation, and how good relationships combine with common sense to create fun...
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Season 2
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Episode 70
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1:04:59
Ep.069 -- Tibbens Goes Virtual: Pandemic, Purpose, & Progress
ClassCast Podcast Ep.069 features host Ryan Tibbens reflecting on the 2020-2021 school year, pandemic-related changes in schools,
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Season 2
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Episode 69
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32:49
Ep.068 -- Chris Rader -- Higher Ed Abroad, STEM, & Making High School More Valuable
EP.068 -- CHRIS RADER -- HIGHER ED ABROAD, STEM, & MAKING HIGH SCHOOL MORE VALUABLE5/24/2021
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Season 2
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Episode 68
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1:21:24
Ep.067 -- Peter Hubbell, CEO of Apply : you, on Students' Interview Skills & Personal Branding
ClassCast Podcast Ep.067 features Peter Hubbell, founder & CEO of Apply : you, discussing personal branding, storytelling, improving education, and helping recent college graduates to secure their fir...
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Season 2
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Episode 67
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1:06:08
Ep.066 -- Dr. Casey Jakubowski -- #ChangeTheNarrative & Better Schools for Better Communities
ClassCast Podcast Ep.066 features Dr. Casey Jakubowski, a professor, author, and teacher from upstate New York sharing his views on education in the United States, our need for greater civic education and e...
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Season 2
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Episode 66
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1:11:01
Ep.065 -- Dr. Sam Fecich -- Improving Education via Teacher Preparation
ClassCast Podcast Ep.065 features Dr. Sam Fecich, an education professor, author, speaker, and
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Season 2
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Episode 65
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50:32
Ep.064 -- Tibbens -- Thoughts on School Choice (Mini-Series Wrap-Up)
ClassCast Podcast Ep.064 features host Ryan Tibbens sharing his thoughts on school choice while concluding a five episode mini-series on school choice. After engaging, informative discussions with
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Season 2
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Episode 64
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56:58
Ep.063 -- Jon Hale -- School Reform, Not School Choice (School Choice Mini-Series Pt.4)
ClassCast Podcast Ep.063 features education historian, professor at the University of Illinois, and author Jon Hale discussing school choice, its dark history, and the problems it may spawn in the future. Much of Jon's work focuses on past scho...
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Season 2
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Episode 63
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1:04:04
Ep.062 -- Neal McCluskey -- School Choice & Liberty (School Choice Mini-Series Pt.3)
ClassCast Podcast Ep.062 features Neal McCluskey PhD, the Director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute, discussing ...
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Season 2
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Episode 62
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1:26:41
Ep.061 -- Jennifer Berkshire -- The False Promises of School Choice (School Choice Mini-Series Pt.2)
ClassCast Podcast Ep.061 features Jennifer Berkshire, an education journalist, podcaster, and co-author of a great new book about school choice, A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door. She and host R...
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Season 2
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Episode 61
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1:04:57