Gary Schoeniger is an author, educator and entrepreneur. He is an internationally recognized thought leader in the field of Mindset. In this podcast, Gary shares his philosophy on Mindset and his research accumulated over the past 25 years. He highlights the differences related to the causal and effectual reasoning. Causal, the must-know-before-you-go approach, is a…
Paul Bulakowski an entrepreneur, scientist and educator who has found his calling in the neuroscience education environment. Paul shares his enthusiasm for inspiring students and empowering them to be their own education navigators. His research is founded upon methods utilizing neuroscience to unlock neural pathways to enhance student learning potential. Starting out as a self-proclaimed…
Blake was traditionally educated in the public school system of Bakersfield, CA. Other than being occasionally bored he felt he had a decent experience as a student within the traditional school system. He was a good student with good grades. He is a advocate and proponent of Self-Directed Learning and has written a book…
Emma Huvos, an Outdoor Permaculturalist Educator, shares a bit about her background and philosophy for the concentration on nature and natural unbounded environments in early education. While in college, Emma began to explore and evaluate her past and current education. Despite being an accomplished conforming student who followed the structure rules achieving all of the…
Now that school is well underway, how can we set our students up for success? How can we make THIS year feel differently to them, more directed, more hopeful? This doesn’t have to be just another year. Yes, they’ll meet new friends, they’ll get into a daily routine of study, moving between classes, after school…
A couple of months ago, I did what I’ve done the past 3 years. I went to camp! Camp GLP (Good Life Project) is an immersive, inspirational, educational, crazy creative, wildly silly and magically deep experience for adults. There were nearly 400 of us, gathered from around the globe, sharing and holding space with each…
When Jan Brown was invited to help Louise Batamuriza, a Rwandan preschool teacher, with her new school in January 2012, she didn’t think twice. After 40 years in education, Jan was ready for a new challenge and so TEACH Rwanda was born. As a result, lives began to change dramatically on two continents. The vision,…
With a rich background in educational and business leadership, Donna Deeds is the queen of partnerships. Donna has served as assistant superintendent in the Durango School District in Durango Colorado, as an elementary school principal, and is the owner of Fast Schools, an education consulting organization. After seeing the big gap between what happens in…
What if it was OK to fail? What if we redirected our pursuit to be perfect to be more empowering than destructive? What if we encouraged our children to find what lights them up and excel in these areas rather than having to be perfect in everything? Petra Kolber is a fitness expert turned positive…
St. Mark Child & Family Development Center, often described as the beacon of light at the top of the hill in Kansas City, is a center of wonder and amazement for all children attending. Despite the fact that it lies in one of the poorest zip codes of the county, Deidre Anderson, the Executive Director…