Courageous Conversations About Our Schools
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Bringing people together for respectful conversations about today’s most contentious issues affecting our schools. A way forward in divided times.
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- When the Left and Right Actually Listen: Rick Hess and Pedro Noguera (Ep. 55) · 40 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 55This podcast is about courage - courage to listen to people we don’t agree with, courage to challenge our own friends. In this episode, host Ken Futernick speaks with two…
- Why Pushing Harder Makes People Resist More — with Elena Aguilar (Ep. 54) · 52 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 54Have you ever tried to change someone's mind or get someone to act differently, only to watch them dig in their heels? Or do you recall offering someone perfectly reasonable…
- The Cost of Silence: Why Good People Don’t Speak Up (Ep. 53) · 58 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 53Why do good people remain silent when they see problems that need to be addressed? The problem schools face is not always that there is too much conflict. Sometimes the greater…
- An Alternative to “Knock it Off!” when Students Fight (Ep. 52) · 22 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 52In this episode of “Courageous Conversations about our Schools,” host Ken Futernick talks with educator and interpreter Shelby Rideout about a simple, in-the-moment strategy for…
- From Strangers to Connection: A Day That Changes Everything (Ep. 51) · 1 jam 11 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 51What if just 6 hours could transform how students see each other—and themselves? In this powerful episode, we take you inside Breaking Down the Walls, a high school workshop…
- Why Connection—not Control—Is What Schools Need Now (Ep. 50) · 38 mntIn this episode, Ken Futernick sits down with Mike Walsh—widely known across California education circles as a master human connector—to explore how schools can build trust…
- The Extraordinary Transformation of a City and Its Schools—Pt 1 · 29 mntWhen the pandemic struck Reading, Pennsylvania, its school system was already under enormous strain. The Reading School District—the poorest in the state—served 16,000 students…
- The Extraordinary Transformation of a City and Its Schools—Pt. 2 · 33 mntIn Part 1, we heard how Reading, Pennsylvania, began to turn outward—listening to families, students, and educators to rethink what their school system could be. In Part 2, we…
- "30 for Us" is Breaking Bubbles and Bridging Student Divides (Ep 49) · 38 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 49What would make someone leave a thirty–year career on Wall Street to help heal America’s divides? In this episode of Courageous Conversations About Our Schools, host Ken…
- Two Panelists on Opposite Sides of the Ethnic Studies Debate Want to Continue the Conversation (Ep 48) · 52 mntIn a live, online discussion we co-hosted with Braver Angels on September 4th, 2025, eight panelists discussed whether Ethnic Studies should be required for high school…
- The Future of California’s High School Ethnic Studies Course (Ep 47) · 1 jam 45 mntShould high school students be required to take an Ethnic Studies course? Should such a course even be offered at all, or is the content likely to do more harm than good? These…
- Are Your Schools Prepared for ICE Raids? (Ep. 46) · 32 mntIn this timely conversation, attorney Leo Tucker shares his expertise on preparing schools and communities for immigration enforcement actions that could separate children from…
- Crossing Divides: How Schools Can Help Close America's Perception Gaps (Ep. 45) · 40 mnt · Episode 45In this episode, host Ken Futernick speaks with James Coan, founder of More Like US, along with high school students Landon and Deegan, about perception gaps in American society…
- When "Good Citizens" Disagree: An Educational Historian Weighs in on the Competing Visions for American Schools (Ep. 44) · 38 mnt · Episode 44In this Courageous Conversation, host Ken Futernick and Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor of History of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, delve into the heated…
- Bruce Wasser Helped Students Stand Up For Principle. Do We Want More Teachers Like That? (Ep. 43) · 56 mnt · Episode 43In this episode, host Ken Futernick sits down with Bruce Wasser, a former history teacher whose life story is as inspiring as his teaching career. Bruce shares his poignant…
- The Shoe Club: Walking Towards Empathy and Connection in a Michigan School (Ep. 42) · 41 mnt · Episode 42This story starts with a bag of shoes that helped a school community heal after the tragic deaths of two students. That story blossomed into a unique project called the “Shoe…
- From Hate to Dialogue: A Conversation with Daryl Davis, “Klan Whisperer” (Ep. 41) · 56 mnt · Episode 41How many of us would have the courage to have a conversation with someone who hates us? My guest, Daryl Davis, has done just that, not once, but for decades, with members of the…
- Character Education is Essential (and Unavoidable). How To Do It Well (Ep. 39) · 43 mnt · Episode 39This episode is part of our series on our sister podcast, Teacher Stories, on what schools can do to help save our democracy. Guests include Dr. Marvin W. Berkowitz, McDonnell…
- Democracies Cannot Survive Without Quality Education. A Conversation with Author Brook Manville (Ep. 40) · 49 mnt · Episode 40American democracy cannot survive without well-functioning schools that enable students to become good citizens and that teach them to appreciate what it means to live under a…
- The Transformative Power of Curiosity - A Conversation with Scott Shigeoka (Ep. 38) · 44 mnt · Episode 38Curiosity has been a common theme in this podcast. Conflict experts like my guests Amanda Ripley, Monica Guzman, and Peter Coleman say being curious and less judgmental is often…
