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What is a Rebel Educator?

Welcome to Season 3 Rebel Educators! I recently had a conversation about why we chose the name "Rebel Educator" and what it means to me. I wanted to share with you the...

62: Open Mind School - The Complete Series with Marina Vaserman, the Open Mind Social Innovation Lab, and Rachel Kripke-Ludwig

I’m excited to bring you this compilation of our series of episodes with Open Mind School. Open Mind School has been a mentor for me in launching UP Academy and they a...

61: Highlights From Your Favorite Episodes with Tanya Sheckley

It’s been such a wonderful season on the Rebel Educator podcast! I’m so excited to share these highlights from your all-time favorite episodes.  Thank you for tuning i...

60: Social Innovation at Open Mind School (Part 3 of 3) with Rachel Kripke-Ludwig

Rachel Kripke-Ludwig is a nonspeaking, college bound autistic advocate. She attends Open Mind School in Menlo Park, and is a Community Partner in the AASPIRE Community...

59: Social Innovation at Open Mind School (Part 2 of 3) with the Open Minds, Silicon Valley Social Innovation Lab

As an inclusive podcast our guests are both speakers and non-speakers. In this episode students and staff from the Open Mind, Silicon Valley Social Innovation Lab (OMS...

58: Social Innovation at Open Mind School (Part 1 of 3) with Marina Vaserman

Marina Vaserman is a Doctor of Social Work and she has dedicated her life personally and professionally to servicing youth in our community. Her background is in the f...

57: Increasing Student Engagement with Adam F.C. Fletcher

Adam F.C. Fletcher is a writer, speaker and consultant focused on human engagement, education transformation, and social change.    Exciting, educating, and empowering...

My New Book Is Here!

I’m excited to announce that my new book, Rebel Educator, has officially launched and in this special episode you can listen to an excerpt! What is Rebel Educator? As ...

56: Shifting the Structures of Schools with Louka Parry

Louka Parry is an educator, strategist and entrepreneur working at the global forefront with schools, systems and organisations as they adapt for the future. As a scho...

55: Mindful Arts with Andrew Jordan Nance

Andrew Jordan Nance has been an educator since 1990. He is the author of four published books; The Barefoot King, The Lion in Me, Mindful Arts in the Classroom, and th...

54: Bridging the Opportunity Gap with Paula Fynboh

Paula Fynboh has extensive nonprofit leadership, program development, and equity and social justice experience at the local, national, and international level. Paula h...

53: The Future of Work with SJ Barakony

SJ Barakony is an American small business champion with a boundless appreciation for people, entrepreneurship, liberty, & lifelong learning.   He started his journey a...

52: Reevaluating the Transition into Adulthood with Abby Falik

Abby Falik is the Founder & CEO of Global Citizen Year, an award-winning social entrepreneur, and an expert on the changing landscape of education.    She is a frequen...

51: Letting Go of Old Ideas with Homa Tavangar

For over three decades, Homa Sabet Tavangar’s work has addressed themes of culture, innovation, leadership, global citizenship and global competence, and deep diversit...

50: Experiential Online Learning with Tony DeRose

Tony DeRose is currently Chief Content Officer and co-founder of X in a Box, LLC. In partnership with innovative companies, X in a Box (xiab.org) creates world-class l...

49: Building Connections Between Curriculum and the Real World with Nicole Dyson

Nicole Dyson is a globally recognized expert and practitioner in project-based learning and youth entrepreneurship. She is the founder of Future Anything, an award-win...

48: Fostering Entrepreneurship with Scott Steward

Big Stew, Scott Steward, or Professor Steward (depending on how you know him) has taught business management, entrepreneurship, and marketing at Chicago State Universi...

47: The Intersection of Inclusion, Diversity, and Ableism with Heather Clarke

Heather Clarke is a Black Afro-Caribbean mother of 2 small children. She is also neuro-divergent, with an invisible disability. She has over 20 years of experience wor...

Bonus: A Special Announcement

In this episode, I discuss some changes we're making here at the Rebel Educator podcast! We’d love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to let u...

46: Changing the Education Game with Matt Barnes

Over 25 years, Matt has run an $18m hospital department, distributed $500m in philanthropy, led an education reform nonprofit, served on nine educational boards from s...