The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast
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281: Why School Improvement Fails So Often, and What to Do Instead
September 28, 2026 · 52 minSchools are constantly trying to improve, but too often, big improvement efforts don't lead to the changes people hoped for. In this episode, I talk with Jal Mehta and Max Yurkofsky, authors of A Chance to Solve Their Own Problems, about…
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280: A Realistic Approach to Differentiation
September 14, 2026 · 34 minIn Part 4 of our Back to Basics series on unit planning, we're taking our sample unit and building in more differentiation. I'm putting out this series as an introduction to my new online course, Mastering the Lesson Plan. These four…
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279: How to Write a Lesson Plan
September 1, 2026 · 34 minWe've reached part 3 of our Back to Basics series on unit planning! Last episode, we built the assessment plan for our sample unit that included diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments. Now it's time to choose the learning…
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278: How to Create an Assessment Plan
August 16, 2026 · 27 minIt's part 2 of our Back to Basics series on unit planning! Last episode, we looked at the overall process and started by setting measurable objectives for a sample unit. Now we're going to design a unit assessment plan that includes…
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277: How to Plan a Unit of Instruction
August 9, 2026 · 21 minI'm kicking off a four-episode Back to Basics series that will offer a practical overview of how to effectivley plan a unit of instruction. This week we'll start with the big picture, an overview of the process I use for planning a unit…
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276: A Classroom Ritual for Peer Affirmations
August 2, 2026 · 53 minCharacter education often gets lip service in schools — we say it matters, but rarely build a real system to make it happen. What if students could regularly practice noticing and naming character strengths like self-efficacy, depth, and…
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275: Three Fresh Ideas for Structuring Professional Development
June 21, 2026 · 54 minWhat often sets the best PD experiences apart are a few intentional choices in how that learning is designed. In this episode, I talk with Jenn White and Josh Kurzweil of Berkeley LTC about three simple but powerful practices they use when…
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274: Why School in Denmark is Better, and What We Can Learn from Them
June 7, 2026 · 1 hr 51 minWhen Pernille Ripp moved from the U.S., where she had taught for over a decade, to her native country of Denmark, she was immediately struck by how different school was. In this episode, we'll explore why Danish schools are so good for…