The core activity of this after-school program is boxing, but it offers so much more to students. In this episode, I talk with Jamyle Cannon, executive director of The Bloc Chicago, about why this program has been so wildly successful at helping students achieve personal and academic success, and how other educators can follow the same model by building engaging programs around student interests in their communities.
Thanks to EVERFI and Giant Steps for sponsoring this episode.
228: A Conversation About School Choice
227: Two Effective Ways to Teach Annotation
226: Yes, Your School Librarian Can Do That (and More)
225: Two Programs with Fresh Solutions to the Teacher Shortage
224: Some Thoughts on Teachers Crying in the Classroom
223: Why Students Give You the Blank Stare, and What to Do About It
222: Building Better Collaboration Between Families and Schools
221: The Photography Project That Showed Teachers Through a New Lens
220: What do we do about standardized tests?
219: Eight Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2024
218: How to Help Students Without Being a Savior
217: How to Talk about Race in Your Classroom
216: Your Teachers Need a Win
215: Seventeen Tweaks That Make a Big Difference in Group Work
214: Nothing's Going to Change My Mind: How Unconditional Positive Regard Transforms Classrooms
213: Using Learning Stories for Student Reflection
212: Untangling the Debate Over Reading Instruction
211: Supporting Intermediate English Learners in Every Subject
210: Integrating Arab Narratives Across the Curriculum
209: Unpacking Trauma-Informed Teaching
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