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Toni Rose Deanon Toni Rose Deanon

True College and Career Readiness

In this episode, guest host Avery Balasbas is joined by seven of his former high school students who are all now in college to discuss how a blended, self-paced, and mastery-based instructional approach in high school has helped them in their college career.

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Innovation and School Culture

In this episode, Toni Rose Deanon is joined by Don Allen, an educator with experience ranging from teacher to superintendent, to discuss the importance of collective determination and innovative teaching approaches in creating a positive school culture.

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Student Engagement and Chronic Absenteeism

In this episode, Toni Rose Deanon is joined by Cassandra Burdette, a history teacher, to talk about her experience creating a learning environment to help with absenteeism.

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Matthew Hickson Matthew Hickson

Ask MCP: Sharing This Model

Ask MCP: Matthew Hickson, MCP Director of Partner Transformation and former school leader, tackles a question about sharing the model.

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Reflections from a Four-Year Implementer

In this episode, Toni Rose Deanon is joined by Sam Ortiz, an elementary teacher with 15 years of experience, to discuss her journey with the Modern Classrooms Project over the past four years.

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Discussing Systems Alignment

In this episode, Toni Rose Deanon is joined by Sean Aker to discuss the challenges and opportunities within the modern education landscape.

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Emily Dia Emily Dia

Ask MCP: Getting Started with MCP

Ask MCP: Emily Dia, MCP Partnerships Manager and former middle school English teacher, tackles the question of how to get started with MCP, no matter where you are in the school year!

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Lisa Doty Lisa Doty

Ask MCP: Learning Spaces

Ask MCP: Lisa Doty, Teacher Leadership Manager, tackles a question about how to best use learning spaces in self-paced classrooms.

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Megan McGregor Megan McGregor

Ask MCP: Stragglers

Ask MCP: Megan Mcgregor, MCP Vice President of Programs and former high school teacher, tackles the question of supporting stragglers when the class is ready to move on.

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Samantha du Preez Samantha du Preez

Modern Classrooms: A Global Movement

We’ve heard from educators around the globe about the way that Modern Classrooms are meeting every student’s needs. Here are their stories.

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Teacher Tip: Bellringers

Distinguished Modern Classroom Educator Mary Tripp starts each class with a bellringer to engage students and get them thinking.

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