How can schools support the well being of their students? How do we create environments that foster belonging? In this episode of Pursuing the Public Good, Thomas Bailey, President of Teachers College, Columbia University interviews Dr. Mel Collier-Meek, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College and Dr. Claudia Fernandes, Vice President of Research and Evaluation at Born This Way Foundation. They discuss ways communities and educators can create the supportive spaces that children, and families, need. And they discuss the importance of schools not doing more, but by doing different things to improve student mental health.

To learn more about the Public Good Initiative at Teachers college, access transcripts of this episode and more, visit tc.edu/pursuingthepublicgood.

Credits: Pursuing the Public Good is produced by The Office of the President, The Digital Futures Institute, and the Office of Institutional Advancement at Teachers College, Columbia University. This episode was edited by Billy Collins, with support from Joe Riina-Ferrie. Audio recording by Billy Collins.

The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.

How can we take sustainability beyond science class, and see it as something that can be taught in any subject? What role does education play in helping us protect our planet for future generations? And how can we support educators who want to bring sustainability into their classrooms? Caroline Preston, Managing Editor of the Hechinger Report, interviews Oren Pizmony-Levy, Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Sustainable Futures at Teachers College, along with two teachers who are already answering these questions in their own schools: Judith Felice is a math teacher at George J. Ryan Middle School in Queens, New York, and Ericka Blake is a special education teacher at the Women’s Academy of Excellence in The Bronx, New York. They’ve each found ways to bring sustainability into the curriculum, and share how their students and fellow educators have responded to their efforts.

To learn more about the Public Good Initiative at Teachers college, access transcripts of this episode and more, visit tc.edu/pursuingthepublicgood.

Credits: Pursuing the Public Good is produced by The Office of the President, The Digital Futures Institute, and the Office of Institutional Advancement at Teachers College, Columbia University. This episode was edited by Billy Collins, with support from Joe Riina-Ferrie. Audio recording by Billy Collins.

The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.

What do educators and parents need to know about AI in schools and at home? How can adults have conversations with children about the use of AI? What policies should schools have when it comes to AI use? And what do you do when a child uses AI to cheat? Journalist Jill Barshay of the Hechinger Report interviews Lalitha Vasudevan, Vice Dean of Digital Innovation at the Digital Futures Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Amanda Lenhart, researcher and Senior Fellow at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. They discuss the many ways we could be using AI in education and beyond, the questions we could be asking young people about their AI use, and how we can play a role in shaping how all this unfolds.

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To learn more about the Public Good Initiative at Teachers college and to see transcripts of this episode, visit tc.edu/pursuingthepublicgood.

Credits: Pursuing the Public Good is produced by The Office of the President, The Digital Futures Institute, and the Office of Institutional Advancement at Teachers College, Columbia University. This episode was edited by Billy Collins, with support from Joe Riina-Ferrie. Audio recording by Billy Collins.

The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.