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The Old School

Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller

Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller lead an informal discussion between a current and a former teacher on topics that challenge "best practices" in contemporary education. In keeping with Neil Postman (1979), we support the conserving function of education: “Its aim at all times is to make visible the prevailing biases of a culture and then, by employing whatever philosophies of education are available, to oppose them.”

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Episodes

171 episodes

  1. Episode 171: On the Australian School System with Carolyn Niewand 57:20
  2. Episode 170: On School Security with Dr. Alex Fingers 1:09:30
  3. Episode 169: On Creative Tension (and a little about college football helmets) 52:57
  4. Episode 168: On Phones 55:39
  5. Episode 167: On Sleep 1:04:07
  6. Episode 166: On the Value of Grumpiness 41:56
  7. Episode 165: On Public Discourse 1:04:59
  8. Episode 164: On American Football 56:22
  9. Episode 163: On the state of Washington with Stanton Cole 1:09:35
  10. Episode 162: On Concerts 55:56
  11. Episode 161: On Books 51:03
  12. Episode 160: On the World Cup 51:44
  13. Episode 159: On Ohio (and travel and a bunch of other things) 56:10
  14. Episode 158: On Memory 54:41
  15. Episode 157: On Servant Leadership with Dan Albaum 51:57
  16. Episode 156: On New York City 51:11
  17. Episode 155: On the German Mindset (and Americans too?) 1:05:31
  18. Episode 154: On Rootedness 58:06
  19. Episode 153: On Volcanoes and Mount St. Helens 53:18
  20. Episode 152: On Plane Travel 1:05:22
  21. Episode 151: On Fear 1:15:47
  22. Episode 150: On Language 53:38
  23. Episode 149: On Doctors and Health Care 51:52
  24. Episode 148: On the Olympics...and SPAM 53:38
  25. Episode 147: On Mysteries and Conspiracies 54:07
  26. Episode 146: On the Hiring of Teachers 54:33
  27. Episode 145: On Winter 43:20
  28. Episode 144: On Midlife Crises 52:45
  29. Episode 143: On Collecting Things with Dr. Alex Fingers 51:47
  30. Episode 142: On Fandom (In a meandering sort of way) 45:36
  31. Episode 141: On Classroom Management with Dr. Ferrell Yeokum 49:25
  32. Episode 140: Mr. Miller Goes to Disney 30:11
  33. Episode 139: On Fixing and Building Things 48:15
  34. Episode 138: On the Long Road 56:26
  35. Episode 137: The School Turnaround Blueprint with Dr. Ericka Johnson 1:07:50
  36. Episode 136: On the 1970s 48:53
  37. Episode 135: On Dinner Parties 44:08
  38. Episode 134: On Resiliency 49:12
  39. Episode 133: On Albums and Technology 45:18
  40. Episode 132: On Setting a Tone 39:59
  41. Episode 131: On Character with Dr. Matthew Post 1:04:58
  42. Episode 130: On the North 49:57
  43. Episode 129: On Oregon 58:09
  44. Episode 128: On Summer Plans for Children 52:04
  45. Episode 127: On Behind the Scenes of an American School 1:01:00
  46. Episode 126: On America 47:26
  47. Episode 125: On Growing Old 42:12
  48. Episode 124: On Retirement (Again) and Lighthouses? 49:15
  49. Episode 123: On Education in the News, Part II 54:41
  50. Episode 122: On Procrastination 55:29