Episodes

What can educators learn from Indigenous ways of knowing, intergenerational learning, storytelling, and community-centered education? In this episode of the Time for Teachership podcast, host Lindsay Lyons talks with guest Dr. Anton Treuer, author, educator, and scholar, about how education can help create social transformation and prepare students to thrive in an increasingly diverse world. Dr. Treuer explores the importance of moving beyond a single way of teaching and learning and creating ...

What happens when middle school girls have a consistent, trusted group of older women who listen to them, validate them, and create a safe space for them to be heard? In this episode of the Time for Teachership podcast, host Lindsay Lyons talks with guest Karen Foley of the Juvenile Protective Association (JPA) in Chicago about the transformative power of intergenerational learning and JPA’s Grandmothers Program, which connects middle school girls with older women from their communities. Karen...

Think it's too early in the school year to start classroom discussions? Think again. In this episode of the Time for Teachership podcast, Lindsay Lyons makes the case for starting classroom discussions now—whether you're a few weeks into the school year, starting later, or listening at another point in the year. Drawing particularly from Making Classroom Discussions Work, edited by Jane C. Lo, Lindsay explores both why classroom discourse matters and practical ways educators can begin building ...

What if the way we phrase a discussion question is actually shaping the kind of thinking and conversation students have? In this episode of the Time for Teachership podcast, Lindsay Lyons explores how to reframe discussion prompts so classroom discourse moves beyond binary “agree or disagree” questions and toward deeper listening, critical analysis, perspective-taking, values exploration, and civic imagination. Drawing from work with San Francisco Unified School District and ideas from educator...

How can we help students have meaningful conversations across differences—not by avoiding disagreement, but by learning how to engage in it well? In this episode of the Time for Teachership podcast, Lindsay Lyons talks with Joe Schmidt and Nichelle Pinkney, co-authors of Civil Discourse: Classroom Conversations for Stronger Communities, about what it actually takes to create classrooms where students can listen, question, disagree, learn from one another, and participate in productive dialogue. ...

What if creating a supportive classroom environment starts not with changing student behavior, but with understanding the nervous systems of the adults and students in the room? In this episode of the Time for Teachership podcast, Lindsay Lyons talks with Emily Read Daniels, an internationally recognized trauma specialist and trainer in the trauma-informed schools movement, about The Regulated Classroom, co-regulation, polyvagal theory, felt safety, and the powerful role educators play in shapin...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Time for Teachership podcast! 🎙️ Season 7 is here—and we're getting very intentional about the focus that has been woven through so much of the podcast over the years: discourse. In this Season 7 premiere, Lindsay Lyons shares why student-led discourse, student voice, classroom discussion, and shared leadership are becoming the central lens for the podcast moving forward. From classroom conversations to instructional coaching, school leadership, curriculum design, fa...