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The Authority Podcast — Expert Insights and Fresh Ideas for Education LeadersThe Language of Behavior with Charle Peck and Josh StamperMy guests Charle Peck and Josh Stamper are co-authors of The Language of Behavior: A Framework to Elevate Student Success, winner of the 2025 Firebird Educational Book Award.We talk about:Like our last episode with Dr. Bill Penuel, co-author of Creating Compassionate Change in School Communities, this book also refers to a compassionate approach to school culture and student behavior. Discussing student behavior as a form of communicationTrauma-informed framework, 3 core tenets: Consider the Environment, Explore the Root Causes of Behavior, Respond with IntentionalityHow improving student behavior with this framework affects other areas, like a...2025-07-1046 min
The Authority Podcast — Expert Insights and Fresh Ideas for Education LeadersCreating Compassionate Change in School Communities with Bill PenuelDr. William Penuel is Distinguished Professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is co-author of Creating Compassionate Change in School Communities: Leading Together to Address Everyday Suffering in Schools. We talk about:Why does compassion matter for educators?How is compassion different from empathy, kindness, and relationship-building?How school leaders and educators can put compassion and dignity into actionEveryday suffering in schools - how can and should educators work to reduce it?Fostering inclusivenessRelationships with families4 s...2025-06-2647 min
unMASKing with Male Educators: Creating Emotionally Safe Classrooms & Schools for Male Students#28 | Compassion and Dignity for Educators: The key to changing school communities - w/ Dr. Bill Penuel“If I want to be effective in this, I got to know what it feels like to be a body in pain - really - and wrestle with whatever pain is arising from me. Because if I’m not in touch with that, how can I be really anything but a fake for somebody else as they’re going through it?”Sitting with pain. Getting close to your resentment. All with the goal of helping others. This is the crux of Dr. Bill Penuel’s work, an educator at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the co-author of a new b...2025-05-1454 min
In the Lead with UCEAShaping Future Leaders and Communities with Bronwyn BevanIn this episode of In the Lead with UCEA, Executive Director Dr. Mónica Byrne-Jiménez talks with Dr. Bronwyn Bevan, Vice President of Research at The Wallace Foundation, about the foundation's learning strategies and research initiatives. Dr. Bevan elaborates on the foundation's focus areas: educational leadership, youth development, and the arts, highlighting their long-term goals or 'North Stars' for each area. She also shares insights into the foundation's current initiatives, such as developing equity-centered leaders in education and supporting arts organizations founded by communities of color. Mónica and Bronwyn explore the interconnectivity of t...2024-09-2426 min
Unpack Everything: Science Education Reform in the Real WorldWhat is 3D assessment? (with Dr. Bill Penuel)This week, Dan and Sam are joined by Dr. Bill Penuel to talk about three-dimensional assessment. Bill shares how the Framework and NGSS prime us to do assessment differently than we have done in the past. He also walks us through the process of developing a 3D assessment task and provides examples of what formative and summative 3D assessments might look like in the classroom. He gives us a peek into his work developing 5D assessments, which bring the additional dimensions of student interest and identity into focus, and also shares some advice on how to tackle grading!
2024-02-1044 min
Humans of Learning SciencesDr. Ann Ishimaru - University of Washington and Dr. Bill Penuel - University of Colorado at Boulder: Building and sustaining partnerships within and across education systemsToday I get to be in conversation with two scholars who have been working hard to help us think about how partnerships can lead to educational justice. My guests are Dr. Bill Penuel and Dr. Ann Ishimaru. Bill is the Distinguished Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development in the School of Education and a faculty member at the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Ann is the Bridge Family Associate Professor in the College of Education and the Director of the Just Ed Leadership Institute at the University of Washington.
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The Black Pen PodcastThoughts on Gay Marriage | Joe Rogan, Matt Walsh, Bill MaherGod Penuel2022-11-2818 min
Life of the School Podcast: The Podcast for Biology TeachersLOTS63 - Samantha AgoosSamantha Agoos is a biology teacher Denver East High School in Denver, Colorado. Samantha currently teaches honors genetics and honors biology, but she has taught a wide variety of science courses. Before teaching at Denver East, Samantha taught in Bloomington Indiana and in Chicago Illinois. Samantha has been working on the Inquiry HUB project (iHUB) with Bill Penuel at Colorado University. The iHub project works to connect researchers, computer scientists, educators, and other stakeholders to implement learner-centered teaching that promotes adaptability and responsiveness to the differing needs of diverse learners. Samantha has also been working to promote student research and...2019-01-211h 21