Podcast | Future Hindsight w/Mila Atmos →

“Reject this doomerism that says that we can't change the institution.”

LM and DT spoke with Mila about how education is our greatest democracy-building endeavor. They discussed rebuilding trust in public education and marshaling the public will to do something great together.

We spent time working through how the democratic act is in the spark of everyday interactions with our community, such as in schools. Families and communities should be an integral part of the way that schools function. We need to practice new ways of making decisions together as a society, and education is a fertile place for this practice.

Doannie reminds us that “If people can change, institutions can change, because they're nothing more than the people within them.”

Podcast | Using Civic Engagement to Re-Energize Schools with Doannie Tran →

Up north in New Hampshire, Doannie speaks with the New Hampshire Associated of Superintendents and educators.  The episode explored how open communication between education stakeholders can improve equity and bolster public trust in our schools. Doannie and the host discuss how honest, daily exchange of ideas can counteract the overheated confrontations at school board meetings and the lack of civility regarding schools on social media.

Podcast | Open vs. Closed? - A Battle for Which System Belongs in Education →

Landon and Doannie are tremendously excited to be reunited with their former professor Jal Mehta from Harvard,for a conversation about their new book, The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy - what it means for the education space and what we can learn from community-driven work.