Episodes

  • Systems Thinking: The Time is Now!
    Jul 7 2023

    Systems thinking thought leader, author, and consultant Linda Booth Sweeney weighs in on K-12 education with a clear message: tomorrow’s leaders need systems thinking today. 

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    21 mins
  • Grow Straight Up—With Systems Thinking
    May 15 2023

    Hear the story of Tom Bray, a software engineer who’s using systems thinking to develop an ingenious, low-tech approach to urban gardening—Grow Straight Up.

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    19 mins
  • Launching a Teaching Career with Systems Thinking
    Apr 10 2023

    When Dia Rabin tried on systems thinking as a brand new 5th grade teacher at Palms Elementary School, it was a perfect fit that defined her beginning practice.

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    18 mins
  • Systems Thinking Anchors Teaching in a Sea of Change
    Mar 9 2023

    Molly Temple returns to the podcast and shares how systems thinking provides a safe harbor as she navigates the shifting seas of literacy education in her 1st grade classroom.

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    15 mins
  • Engage And Motivate With Systems Thinking
    Feb 17 2022

    Doing homework for fun? It happens with systems thinking. Sarah Simon, Assistant Elementary Director at Wildwood School in Los Angeles, shares how systems thinking captivates student interest.

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    15 mins
  • From The Cabrera Research Lab At Cornell
    Oct 15 2021

    NASA loves systems thinking. Teachers do too. Cornell University researchers Derek and Laura Cabrera talk about why systems thinking is also elementary, middle, and high school-friendly.

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    25 mins
  • Systems Thinking For Social Action
    Sep 21 2021

    Noted educator and DEI practitioner Monique Marshall shares how systems thinking is a key to unlock the action steps that kids can take to recognize and disrupt unjust systems in our world.

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    27 mins
  • Bigger Than Just My Classroom
    Aug 11 2021

    Chapman University researchers, Dr. Margie Curwen and Dr. Amy Ardell, highlight the sea change systems thinking is bringing to education.

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    34 mins