Brainwaves Video Anthology
Andy Hargreaves - The Age of Identity: Who Do Our Kids Think They Are & How Do We Help Them Belong?
Andy Hargreaves is Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada and Research Professor at Boston College in the US. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Education, former President of the International...
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Dennis Shirley - The Age of Identity: Who Do Our Kids Think They Are?
Dennis Shirley is the inaugural Florencia and Marc Gabelli Family Faculty Fellow and Professor of Formative Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College. Dennis dedicates his life to the improvement...
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Steven Spear - Teachers Make a Difference - Jack Irgang & Kent Bowen
As a senior lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Spear teaches in graduate and executive education programs and has advised several dozen graduate theses. He is also senior fellow at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement and...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye - Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict
Karin Hurt inspires courage confidence, and innovation. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she’s known for growing courageous leaders, building great cultures, and inspiring high-performance teams. She’s the award Winning Author of...
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David Dye - Teachers Make a Difference - Eva Horan
David Dye helps leaders and teams achieve transformational results without sacrificing their humanity. As a former executive and elected official, he is known for practical leadership techniques you can use right away. He’s the award...
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Karin Hurt - Teachers Make a Difference - Dr. Henry Sims
Karin Hurt inspires courage confidence, and innovation. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she’s known for growing courageous leaders, building great cultures, and inspiring high-performance teams. She’s the award Winning Author of...
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Melissa Tracy - Food Matters
Melissa Tracy is a 2023 top ten finalist for the Global Teacher Prize. She teaches at Odyssey Charter School, an innovative and diverse dual-language Greek School founded in 2006 which is currently the second-largest public charter...
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Ed Ayers - A New Way to Teach American History
Edward Ayers is Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities at the University of Richmond, where he is President Emeritus. President Barack Obama awarded him the National Humanities Medal in 2013, hailing his "commitment to making our...
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Melissa Tracy - Teachers Make a Difference - John Gunnin
Melissa Tracy is a 2023 top ten finalist for the Global Teacher Prize. She teaches at Odyssey Charter School, an innovative and diverse dual-language Greek School founded in 2006 which is currently the second-largest public charter...
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Floyd Cheung - The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration
Floyd Cheung, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and a professor of English and American Studies at Smith College, has edited several volumes highlighting forgotten and lesser-known Asian American writers, focusing on diversifying...
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Andy Hargreaves - Leadership from the Middle: The Beating Heart of Educational Transformation
Andy Hargreaves is Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada and Research Professor at Boston College in the US. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Education, former President of the International...
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Derek Penslar - Teachers Make a Difference - Anita Shapira
Derek Penslar is the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History. He is the director of undergraduate studies within the department and directs Harvard’s Center for Jewish Studies. Penslar is a resident faculty member at the Minda de...
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Joel Westheimer - What Kind of Citizen? Educating Our Children for the Common Good
Joel Westheimer is University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa and an education columnist for CBC Radio. He began his career teaching in the New York City Public School system before obtaining a PhD...
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Derek Penslar - Zionism vs Anti-Zionism
Derek Penslar is the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History. He is the director of undergraduate studies within the department and directs Harvard’s Center for Jewish Studies. Penslar is a resident faculty member at the Minda de...
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Artur Proidakov - Teaching in Difficult Times: From Pandemic to War
Artur Proidakov is a Top 10 finalists Global Teacher Prize 2023 and the winner of Global Teacher Prize Ukraine. He was born and grew up in Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) in Luhansk region, under Russian occupation since 2014, where Russian...
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Artur Proidakov - Teachers Make a Difference - Natalya Filonenko
Artur Proidakov is a Top 10 finalists Global Teacher Prize 2023 and the winner of Global Teacher Prize Ukraine. He was born and grew up in Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) in Luhansk region, under Russian occupation since 2014, where Russian...
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Floyd Cheung - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Floyd Cheung, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion at Smith College and a professor of English and American Studies, welcomes new students to the community. He emphasizes the importance of acknowledging the diversity within ourselves,...
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Rita Omokha - Teachers Make a Difference - Paula Span
In 2019, after a career in sales and marketing at CNN, NBC, and Viacom, Rita Omokha pursued her calling to become a reporter by enrolling at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Nervous about leaving a secure income, she...
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Rita Omokha - Resist: How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America
Rita Omokha, an adjunct professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, is the author of Resist: How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America. The book, inspired by the 2020 protests following the deaths of...
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Amanda Jones - Teachers Make a Difference - Dr. Shirley McDonald
Amanda Jones love of reading began with her mother, a former kindergarten teacher who encouraged books at home, and was nurtured by supportive teachers throughout your school years. In high school, she met Dr. Shirley McDonald, the first...
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Amanda Jones - That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
Amanda Jones, author of That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America, shares her story as a small-town school librarian in Louisiana who has faced harassment and threats since speaking out against censorship at a library...
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Brenda Wineapple - Teachers Make a Difference - Margaret McCormick
Brenda Wineapple reflects on her high school Latin teacher, Maggie McCormack, who had a profound influence on her, both for her unique personality and her insightful lessons. Maggie's predictions about American civilization and her...
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Brenda Wineapple - The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation
Brenda Wineapple, author of The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation, explains her motivation for writing about Andrew Johnson's impeachment. Despite being the first U.S. president to be impeached, this...
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Brenda Wineapple - Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy and the Trial That Riveted a Nation
Brenda Wineapple, author of Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted a Nation, explains her interest in the 1925 Scopes Trial, a pivotal moment in American history that captivated the nation. The trial was covered...