Episodi

  • Making Math & History Come Alive

    Making Math & History Come Alive
    Sep 14 2026
    Kevin Boston-Hill speaks with Dr Spencer Striker, Professor of Digital Media Design at Northwestern University in Qatar. They discuss how A.I. can be used in creative ways to dramatize historical events and provide background information to difficult content to increase student engagement. If you want to teach your students about Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm, the videos are complete and free on YouTube, in two formats: The 45-minute cinematic edition, full HD widescreen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYUp42A8c6c - The 30-episode vertical series, 90 seconds per episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdbSD64KGGs
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    28 min
  • Human Contact Skills vs. A.I.

    Human Contact Skills vs. A.I.
    Aug 31 2026
    Kevin Boston-Hill speaks with Life Skills Educator, Career Coach, and Creator of the Hope Skills Program, Bob Wolf. They discuss, among other things, how the education system can better prepare students to be career ready. Here’s a hint: chat bots can’t provide all of the answers.
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    29 min
  • Strategies to Build Confident Readers

    Strategies to Build Confident Readers
    Aug 17 2026
    Celebrating 60 years of “Reading is Fundamental”, Kevin Boston-Hill speaks with Sheila Robitaille, veteran educator and Professional Development Manager at 3P Learning. They discuss the growing literacy problem among young readers and some strategies schools and families can employ to build a foundation of confidence as they become lifelong learners.
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    28 min
  • Lighting A Path To Safety

    Lighting A Path To Safety
    Aug 10 2026
    In a time of increasing active threats on school campuses, Kevin Boston-Hill speaks with Ernest Williams, CEO of Go to Green, an emergency platform designed to lead people away from danger and to safety during an active threat, about ways to use technology to keep students and teachers safe.
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    27 min
  • Employability Skills Gap

    Employability Skills Gap
    Aug 3 2026
    Kevin speaks with Patty Alper, Founder of the Teach to Work Foundation and Creator of Project-Based Mentoring, about how to close the employability skills gap currently experienced between college graduates and employers. Part of the solution: provide students with challenges that teach them the skills they need to succeed in the workplace and match them with mentors to guide them through the process.
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    28 min
  • Beating The Summer Slide

    Beating The Summer Slide
    Jul 27 2026
    Kevin Boston-Hill speaks with Dr. Dani Peloquin, Director of Instruction at Fusion Academy, about ways to spark curiosity in children to prevent summer learning loss.
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    27 min
  • Impact of Teacher Unions

    Impact of Teacher Unions
    Jul 20 2026
    Kevin Boston-Hill speaks with Dr. Melissa Lyon, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at SUNY Albany, about a recent study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute regarding the declining strength of teachers unions in this country.
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    28 min
  • Options for the Visually Impaired

    Options for the Visually Impaired
    Jul 13 2026
    Kevin Boston-Hill speaks with Molly E. Eagan, Chief Executive Officer of VISIONS - Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, about vision rehabilitation and other options the visually impaired have to enable them to have an acceptable quality of life. Kevin Boston-Hill speaks with Molly E. Eagan, Chief Executive Officer of VISIONS - Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, about vision rehabilitation and other options the visually impaired have to enable them to have an acceptable quality of life.
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    28 min