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TeachLab with Justin Reich

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TeachLab is a podcast that investigates the art and craft of teaching. There are 3.5 million K-12 teachers in America, and we want to explore how they can become even better at what they do. Hosted by Justin Reich, MIT Professor and director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab.

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Farewell

February 22nd, 2024

0:39

An important message from RadioPublic

Upper MiddleBrow - Tales of Teachers

November 3rd, 2023

1:13:17

Today we share another great episode from our friends at Upper MiddleBrow. As students, parents, and teachers happily (or wrenchingly) returned to …

Civics 101: Civics Education 2 - When the Curriculum is Against the Law

October 27th, 2023

29:34

Civics 101 is a podcast refresher course on the basics of how the U.S. government works, born from the brain trust at New Hampshire Public Radio and hosted by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice. This is the second part …

Civics 101: Civics Education 1 - What Do We Teach?

October 20th, 2023

29:25

Civics 101 is a podcast refresher course on the basics of how the U.S. government works, born from the brain trust at New Hampshire Public Radio and hosted by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice. Today is the first part …

Iterate: Haley McDevitt

October 13th, 2023

24:25

In our final episode in our Iterate series, we are joined by one of our favorite collaborators here at the Teaching Systems Lab: artist, creative …

Iterate: Mel Ching

October 6th, 2023

34:08

This week on TeachLab, we continue our series of conversations with innovative educators with Mel Cheng, a lifelong educator and learner. Mel is the …

Iterate: Ronni Moore

September 29th, 2023

40:40

This month on TeachLab, we’re releasing a series of conversations with innovative educators to celebrate the release of our host Justin Reich’s new …

Iterate: Erik Burmeister

September 22nd, 2023

51:13

This week, our host Justin Reich released his new book, Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools. To celebrate the launch and dig into the themes …

Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Katie Rinderle

September 11th, 2023

48:54

In the eighth and final episode of our series on Teacher Speech and the New Divide, we talk  with Katie Rinderle, a 10 year veteran educator from Cobb County, Georgia. Katie is the first teacher in Georgia to be …

Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Book Bans Revisited

August 25th, 2023

46:24

In the seventh episode of Teacher Speech and the New Divide, we dive back into our exploration of book bans and challenges throughout the United States. We sit down with Jen Varney and Barb Fecteau of the Massachusetts …

Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Difficult Conversations

August 11th, 2023

56:22

In the sixth episode of Teacher Speech and the New Divide, we turn our attention to Guilford, Connecticut. Guilford is a small town with a big commitment to equity for their students, and serves as a microcosm for the …

Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Book Bans

August 4th, 2023

42:54

In the fifth episode of our new series, Teacher Speech and the New Divide, we’re taking a look at book bans in schools. We head off to Florida, the …

Crossover: Upper Middlebrow - Summer Reading for Teens

July 20th, 2023

1:16:15

This week, we’re giving the floor to our friends Jesse Dukes and Chris Bagg at UpperMiddleBrow to share one of their summer reading episodes. You’ll listen to teachers offer their summer reading recommendations for …

Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Teacher Autonomy

June 30th, 2023

40:43

In the fourth episode of our new series, Teacher Speech and the New Divide, we’re taking a look at autonomy. How much autonomy do K-12 teachers really have, how is teacher autonomy being reduced… and what’s being lost …

Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Recent Cases that Impact Teachers

June 23rd, 2023

42:31

In the third episode of our new series, Teacher Speech and the New Divide, we take a look at a few of the recent court cases that impact teacher’s freedom of speech, like Kennedy v. Bremerton and Kluge vs. Brownsberg.

Teacher Speech and the New Divide: The Legal History of First Amendment Rights for Teachers

June 16th, 2023

47:29

In the second episode of our new series, Teacher Speech and the New Divide, Justin takes a look at the history of teacher’s first amendment rights, with the help of experts  Brock Boone, senior staff attorney at the …

Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Understanding Divisive Concept Laws

June 8th, 2023

40:29

Our host Justin Reich kicks off our new series, Teacher Speech and the New Divide. To get a sense of the current landscape of divisive content laws, we talk to Brock Boone, senior staff attorney at the Southern Poverty …

Crossover: Upper Middlebrow Discusses The Diamond Age

January 26th, 2023

1:19:29

TeachLab is doing a crossover episode with the book podcast Upper Middlebrow hosted by Jesse Dukes and Chris Bagg. Justin Reich was invited on as their guest and are graciously letting us repost the episode under …

Subtraction in Action: Wrap Up

November 18th, 2022

38:02

Our host Justin Reich wraps up our series on Subtraction in Action with his reflections, along with highlights from conversations about the act of subtraction with education thought leaders from around the country. 

Subtraction in Action: Matt Kraft

November 11th, 2022

43:01

In our latest episode of Subtraction in Action, our host Justin Reich is joined by Researcher and Professor Matt Kraft to discuss his latest paper

Subtraction in Action: Larry Ferlazzo

November 4th, 2022

41:50

Justin sits down with the wonderful and prolific Larry Ferlazzo, an English and Social Studies teacher, author and education  blogger. How might …

Subtraction in Action: Curriculum

October 28th, 2022

32:47

Teach Lab’s Subtraction in Action series continues as our host Justin Reich explores subtraction in curriculum. Justin reflects, “One of the things …

Subtraction in Action: Admin

October 21st, 2022

29:38

In today’s episode, host Justin Reich continues our series on Subtraction in Action in conversation with education leaders around the country. We reflect on the ways that administrators relate to subtraction, and hear …

Subtraction in Action: Nat Vaughn

October 14th, 2022

36:44

In today’s episode, host Justin Reich continues our Subtraction in Action series with Nat Vaughn, Principal of the Blake Middle School in Medfield, …

Subtraction in Action: Leidy Klotz

September 30th, 2022

49:30

Host Justin Reich and Jal Mehta from the Harvard Graduate School of Education continue our Subtraction in Action series with Leidy Klotz, Professor …

Subtraction in Action: Introduction

September 23rd, 2022

46:37

Our host Justin Reich is joined by Jal Mehta from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to kick off Subtraction in Action, our new series about …

Game Changers with What School Could Be

September 20th, 2022

36:36

In this episode of TeachLab, we present a selection from our host Justin Reich’s recent appearance on What School Could Be’s Game Changer Series. In …

Subtraction in Action Teaser

September 12th, 2022

2:45

TeachLab is excited to introduce Subtraction in Action, a new series about the positive impact that subtraction can have on school communities. How …

We Have to Do Something Different

September 1st, 2022

28:48

In this episode of TeachLab, our host Justin Reich goes behind the scenes of the Teaching Systems Lab’s new documentary film We Have to Do Something …

Emerging Stronger Post-Pandemic

April 5th, 2022

59:19

This week on TeachLab, our host Justin Reich joins a panel of education leaders with Superintendent Dr. Baron Davis from Richland School District Two …

Measuring Equity Simulations

February 24th, 2022

33:00

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined by research scientist Joshua Littenberg-Tobias PhD. and Elizabeth Borneman M.Sc. to discuss a recently published Teaching Systems Lab efficacy study around the online …

David Joyner

January 27th, 2022

46:15

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined by Dr. David Joyner, Executive Director of Online Education at the Georgia Tech College of …

Teachers Have Something to Say

December 23rd, 2021

1:02:50

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined by a panel of teachers from across the country to bring their personal experiences of teaching during the pandemic and to discuss a recent report that was led by …

Healing, Community, and Humanity with Neema Avashia

December 9th, 2021

42:35

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined by Neema Avashia to discuss the recently released Teaching Systems Lab report Healing, Community, …

Teaser: New Season of TeachLab

December 2nd, 2021

0:55

TeachLab returns! Our host Justin Reich is back in the studio and excited to bring you a new season of episodes, starting December, 9th, 2021. Stay tuned!

Joel Breakstone

June 4th, 2021

38:33

Justin Reich is joined by Joel Breakstone, director of the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG), and co-lead on Beyond the Bubble and Civic Online Reasoning projects. Together they discuss assessing online …

Mike Caulfield

May 21st, 2021

48:42

Justin Reich is joined by Mike Caulfield, a digital information literacy expert working at Washington State University who has worked with a wide …

Barry Fishman

May 14th, 2021

46:28

Justin Reich is joined by Barry Fishman, professor of education and information at the University of Michigan where he studies the use of technology …

John Palfrey

April 27th, 2021

32:54

Justin Reich is joined by John Palfrey, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, former director of the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society, as well as an educator, author, and legal …

Learning from the Pandemic

April 16th, 2021

53:08

Justin Reich joins Jal Mehta and Neema Avashia for the live webinar panel How to Learn from the Pandemic: Name, Nourish, Connect, and Grow!  Together …

Matthew Kraft

March 26th, 2021

53:08

Justin Reich is joined by Matthew Kraft, associate professor of education and economics at Brown University to discuss the efficacy of tutoring, scaling tutoring for equity, and how COVID exposed the inequities of the …

Matthew Mugo Fields

March 19th, 2021

51:27

Justin Reich is joined by Matthew Mugo Fields, the general manager of supplemental and intervention solutions at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a …

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Kevin Gannon

March 5th, 2021

56:45

For TeachLab’s tenth and final Failure to Disrupt Book Club we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest …

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Candace Thille

February 26th, 2021

52:57

For TeachLab’s ninth Failure to Disrupt Book Club we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest Candace …

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Courtney Bell

February 12th, 2021

42:45

For TeachLab’s eighth Failure to Disrupt Book Club we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest Courtney …

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Antero Garcia

February 1st, 2021

48:46

For TeachLab’s seventh Failure to Disrupt Book Club episode we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest …

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Dan Meyer

January 22nd, 2021

48:52

For TeachLab’s sixth Failure to Disrupt Book Club episode we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guest …

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Scot Osterweil and Constance Steinkuehler

January 8th, 2021

48:11

For TeachLab’s fifth Failure to Disrupt Book Club episode, we look back at Justin’s live conversation with regular Audrey Watters and special guests …

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Natalie Rusk and Mitch Resnick

December 18th, 2020

35:00

For TeachLab’s fourth Failure to Disrupt Book Club episode, we look back at Justin’s live conversation with Natalie Rusk and Mitch Resnick from MIT’s Lifelong Kindergarten Lab and who are the developers of the Computer …

Games For Change

December 11th, 2020

15:27

Justin Reich is joined by Susanna Pollack, president and director of Games for Change and Kate Selkirk-Litman, founding teacher and curriculum …

Barbara Means

December 3rd, 2020

51:18

Justin Reich is joined by Barbara Means, author and executive director of learning science research at Digital Promise to discuss her research with digital learning before and during COVID.

“There were quite a few …

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Cristina and Neil Heffernan

November 27th, 2020

43:19

For TeachLab’s third Failure to Disrupt Book Club episode, Justin Reich reflects on a live conversation with special guests Cristina and Neil Heffernan. They discuss Failure To Disrupt’s Chapter 2: Algorithm-Guided …

S. Craig Watkins

November 23rd, 2020

32:45

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined by S. Craig Watkins, professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a respected voice on …

Supporting Students in the Aftermath of the 2020 Election with Youth In Front

November 18th, 2020

53:13

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined in a live webinar by members of the Youth in Front team. They answer questions and share reflections and resources that we believe can help educators process this …

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with George Siemens and Elizabeth Losh

November 13th, 2020

41:17

For TeachLab’s second Failure to Disrupt Book Club episode, Justin Reich is joined again by friend and colleague Audrey Watters to reflect on their …

Failure to Disrupt Book Club with Chris Gilliard

October 30th, 2020

32:26

For TeachLab’s first Failure to Disrupt Book Club episode, Justin Reich is joined by friend and colleague Audrey Watters for her insight on Justin’s …

Mitchell Stevens

October 16th, 2020

43:55

Justin Reich is joined by Mitchell Stevens, a sociologist of education at Stanford University to discuss the history and current relationship between …

Jeff Young

October 1st, 2020

28:21

Justin Reich is joined by editor and EdSurge podcast host Jeff Young to discuss the current state of higher education and the technology issues of …

Michael Pershan Revisited

September 8th, 2020

51:17

Michael Pershan, a New York City math teacher, returns to TeachLab to share his experiences in the face of COVID-19. Back by audience request, Michael reflects on the challenges faced during the spring, and shares his …

Kevin Dua

August 21st, 2020

49:17

Host Justin Reich is joined by Kevin Dua, 2017 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year, a two-time Massachusetts Teachers Association Human & Civil Rights awardee, and a current member of the Ideation UpLift …

Imagining September with Neema Avashia and Jal Mehta

July 22nd, 2020

1:00:03

This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined in a live webinar by colleagues Jal Mehta from the Harvard Graduate School Of Education, and Neema …

Rich Milner Reboot

June 12th, 2020

45:00

Rich Milner, Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University joins Justin Reich to talk …

Lillian Hsu and Angela Daniel

June 4th, 2020

39:12

This week on TeachLab, Justin is joined by Lillian Hsu, the founding principal of Latitude High School in Oakland, California, and Angela Daniel, …

Paul Reville

May 28th, 2020

30:28

This week on TeachLab, Justin is joined by Paul Reville, founding director of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Redesign Lab, and former …

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum Reboot

May 22nd, 2020

29:47

This week on TeachLab, we’re republishing our first episode with the brilliant Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, to bring her lessons of equity and race back into light during these challenging times of the COVID pandemic. Now …

Teaching Remotely with Chalk Radio

May 14th, 2020

17:26

This week, TeachLab is republishing the latest episode of MIT OpenCourseWare’s Chalk Radio “Teaching Remotely During Covid-19 with Prof. Justin Reich”, hosted by Sarah Hansen. Below is the episode summary from Chalk …

Addressing Student Anxiety in Remote Learning with Jessica Minahan

May 8th, 2020

39:27

This week on TeachLab, Justin is joined by Jessica Minahan, a behavior analyst, special educator, author, and school consultant. They discuss how …

Emergency Remote Learning in Middle Schools

May 1st, 2020

29:41

This week on TeachLab, Justin Reich joins Blake Middle School of Medfield, MA for their Monday morning check-in to discuss the many challenges of …

Modeling the Spread of a Virus with Daniel Wendel

April 24th, 2020

25:17

This week on TeachLab, Justin Reich is joined by Daniel Wendel, Research Manager and Software Developer of the MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program / Education Arcade. They discuss the importance and caveats of …

Remote Learning Guidance from State Education Agencies with Martin West

April 20th, 2020

1:03:01

This week on TeachLab, Justin Reich presents findings from a report on remote learning guidance from state education agencies (see tsl.mit.edu/covid19). He discussed relevant background research, points of consensus …

Online Learning in the Age of COVID-19

April 10th, 2020

47:52

Justin Reich hosts a virtual session with MIT’s Jameel World Education Lab’s (JWEL) to offer practical guidance and strategies for online learning during the coronavirus pandemic. The live audience includes educators …

Higher Education's Pivot to Online Learning

April 2nd, 2020

49:36

Justin Reich joins NPR’s On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss the challenges higher education is facing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and some strategies for navigating them. 

They discuss the need to …

Facing History with Laura Tavares

March 26th, 2020

47:39

At TeachLab we continue our efforts to support teachers during the coronavirus pandemic. In this episode, Justin Reich joins Laura Tavares from Facing History and Ourselves, a professional development organization …

Math Teaching During COVID-19 School Closures with Michael Pershan

March 19th, 2020

42:02

To support teachers in the midst of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, TeachLab is switching our focus to highlight tools and strategies for effective …

Dr. Meira Levinson

March 12th, 2020

59:16

Dr. Meira Levinson is a normative political philosopher, writer, and Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Meira joins …

Dr. Rich Milner

March 5th, 2020

43:18

Rich Milner, Educator, Scholar and Author of the book “Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There: Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and …

Neema Avashia

February 27th, 2020

34:57

Neema Avashia, a Civics teacher in the Boston Public Schools, joins Justin Reich to discuss the power of bringing real-world challenges into the …

Dr. Liz Self

February 20th, 2020

31:09

Dr. Liz Self, Assistant Professor of the Practice at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development joins Justin Reich on …

Geoffrey Canada

February 13th, 2020

36:03

Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone joins Justin Reich to discuss fighting intergenerational poverty for inner-city children, the approach Harlem Children’s Zone is taking, and how you have to address …

Milly Arbaje-Thomas

February 6th, 2020

26:02

Milly Arbaje-Thomas joins Justin Reich to discuss the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), a voluntary school integration …

Dr. Ilana Horn

January 30th, 2020

29:52

Dr. Ilana Horn joins Justin Reich to discuss finding the strengths in every student, listening more closely to student thinking, and finding ways to …

José Luis Vilson

January 23rd, 2020

26:27

José Luis Vilson joins Justin Reich to discuss how to connect with your students, what it means to be a teacher of color, and the mission of …

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

January 16th, 2020

27:40

In TeachLab’s first episode, our host Justin Reich has a powerful conversation with renowned author, psychologist and educator Dr. Beverly Daniel …

TeachLab Podcast Teaser

December 16th, 2019

0:51

Introducing TeachLab with Justin Reich, a new podcast where we investigate the art and craft of teaching. Coming to you in January. Subscribe now!

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