Episodes

  • Automatic Enrollment Comes Out on Top in March Mathness Tournament
    May 8 2024

    After several rounds of intense deliberation, we've got a Champion for our March MATHness tournament: automatic math enrollment policies out of North Carolina and Texas!

    Join Jim Cowen, Brenda Berg, and Bridget Worley as they discuss the huge impact automatic enrollment policies are having on Texas and North Carolina students.

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    22 mins
  • We're All Solvers - Live at SXSW Edu
    Apr 16 2024

    Join host Jim Cowen for a special live recording of the Route K-12 Podcast with guest Vanessa Vakharia, the Math Guru and self-described Lady Gaga of Math, as they prove that everyone can and should see themselves as "math people."

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    50 mins
  • Introducing March Mathness – A Competition for Leading Math Investments & Initiatives
    Mar 19 2024

    Join host Jim Cowen and K-12 policy experts Chad Aldeman, Dale Chu, and Jocelyn Pickford as they announce March MATHness – a friendly competition spotlighting leading math investments and initiatives making a difference for kids.

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    20 mins
  • 'Every Kid is a Math Kid' - One Leader's Mission to Make Math Accessible for All Students
    Aug 21 2023

    Join host Jim Cowen and guest Shalinee Sharma, CEO and Co-Founder of Zearn, as they ask what it will take to make math instruction accessible and engaging for all kids. With performance in Algebra being one of the most predictive indicators of a student's success in careers and life, says Sharma, now is the time to reimagine the nation's relationship with math.

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    27 mins
  • Fighting for Kids: A Look into Education Advocacy in New Mexico
    Jun 20 2023

    Join Amanda Aragon of NMKidsCAN and Jim Cowen of the Collaborative for Student Success for a discussion on how they fought for strong student supports during the pandemic and improved instruction and academic opportunities as federal recovery dollars wind down.

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    29 mins
  • Bringing Science to Life Through Shared Student Experiences
    Jun 5 2023

    Join 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year Autumn Rivera for a look into the magic of her classroom. Autumn joins Collaborative Director Jim Cowen to discuss the importance of building student experiences and background knowledge and to share how she's been able to support and connect with educators and leaders from across the nation as a State Teacher of the Year.

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    15 mins
  • Measuring Student Recovery
    Jan 17 2023

    Join us for our final episode of season 2 as Kent McGuire, program director of education at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, reflects on the first half of the 2022-23 school year—and what those in the world of education should take with them into the new year. McGuire explores how we should be judging and measuring success in schools and provides examples of innovative practices worth watching.

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    23 mins
  • Where’s the Urgency? What’s happening to today’s youth as academic recovery takes a backseat.
    Jan 3 2023

    Join us as Andy Rotherham, co-founder and partner at Bellwether and author of the blog Eduwonk.com, decries the lack of urgency and sustained focus on student recovery and describes practices in education recovery that are making a difference. Rotherham also pushes on the importance of visibility on how students are doing academically and the impact of today’s parents’ rights movement.

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    31 mins