Episode 27: The 2021 School Starter's Course!

Episode 28: AERO Helps The Mohawks Start Schools

In this podcast, Jerry talks about many of the projects, schools, and conferences both He and AERO have started or been involved with.

Starting Things

These are notes I made in 1991 on my trip to the First New Schools Festival of the Soviet Union. It was in Simferopol, Ukraine, in Crimea, and the first connections between Western and Eastern European educational alternatives. In some ways, it is very relevant to what is happening there today. - Jerry

Episode 30 - The 1991 New Schools Festival

Episode 31 - Talk America Adventures

Episode 32: Jerry Starts A Community Center And Gets His Degree

Episode 33 - Jerry Talks About His Mother's Book, My Friend Lenny

In this episode, Jerry interviews three experts on college admissions about the admission process for alternative students and talks with them about how those students do in college.

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Episode 1 - College Admissions For Alternative Students

In this episode of the Education Revolution Podcast, we interview Whitney Tilson. Tilson is one of the founders of Democrats for Education Reform, which aims to move the Democratic Party to embrace "genuine school reform", and serves on the board of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP). 

Jerry and Whitney talk about Trump's possible education reforms, pros and cons of charter schools, and go in depth about KIPP charter schools in particular.

This interview is part of a series AERO is doing to talk to people with a variety of points of view about what effects this election will have on education.

Episode 2 - Whitney Tilson: Trump's Possible Education Reforms, And KIPP Charter Schools

Welcome to this episode of the education revolution podcast.
On this episode, Jerry interviews charles eisenstien about Paradaigm shifts in human thinking, Education, His books, and Donald trump's effect on education.

Episode 3 - Charles Eisenstien

In this episode Jerry tells the story of the first AERO project, traveling over the frozen tundra of Canada to help the Keewaywin start their first school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keewaywin_First_Nation

Episode 4 - Jerry Helps The Keewaywin Start Their First School

In this episode of the Education Revolution Podcast Jerry interviews Roopa Reddy. Roopa traveled around the world to see 18 schools in her journey to learn more about learner-centered approaches to education. 

They discuss where she went, what she saw, what she learned, and how it could applied to the public school system.

Episode 5 - Roopa Reddy: Around the World in 18 Schools

On this episode, Jerry talks to  Manisha Snoyer, the founder of CottageClass, about networking microschools, and how she helps people start and market their schools.

Episode 6 - Manisha Snoyer of CottageClass

Akilah Richards is a writer, mama, partner, digital nomad, and unschooling activist.  She is the host of the Fare of the Free Child Podcast, where she supports, connects, and highlights people of color designing their own liberation through Self-Directed Education and love-centered community building.

You can find the podcast at www.akilahsrichards.com/podcast/ and her website at www.akilahsrichards.com

Episode 7 - Akilah Richards

Ever wanted to start your own learner centered school? Ever though about it? Jerry walks you through what the AERO School Starters Course entails, and how it can help you achieve your dream.

Register here: http://www.educationrevolution.org/store/resources/startanalternative/

Episode 8 - BONUS PODCAST: The AERO School Starters Course

Jerry discusses starting your own school, and tells incredible stories with Nancy Tilton & Gleamer Sullivan.

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Episode 9: School Starting With Nancy Tilton And Gleamer Sullivan

In this episode Peter Berg interviews several students from democratic schools at the 2017 AERO Conference. The Students are from The Highland School and The New School.

Episode 11: From The AERO Conference - An Interview With Students From Democratic Schools

In this episode, Jerry interviews Peter Gray, a Research Professor at Boston College. They discuss the history of modern education, the psychological impacts of the traditional school system, and why self-directed education works. Peter also discusses his new organization, the Alliance for Self-Directed Education.

Episode 12: Peter Gray

This is a compilation of four radio shows Jerry did when the Columbine School Shooting happened. Jerry was actually in Colorado when Columbine happened, and held his weekly broadcast on the subject.

Episode 14: From the Archives: The Columbine Shooting

In this episode Jerry talks with Workspace Education Founder Catherine Fraise and Workspace Dream Director Jenai Fitzpatrick about the stort behind workspace, why it was started, their vision for education, and their plans for Workspace's future.

You can visit the Workspace Website at www.http://workspaceeducation.org

Episode 15 - Workspace Education

In this episode, Jerry talks with Dr. Joel Fuhrman about the connection between Nutrition, education, and health. Dr. Fuhrman will be giving a keynote and a workshop at the 2018 AERO Conference.

Episode 16 - Dr. Joel Fuhrman

In this episode, Jerry interviews Henry Readhead of Summerhill School in England. Summerhill is the legendary democratic school founded by Henry's Grandfather A.S. Neill. Henry talks about his own experiences growing up as a pupil at Summerhill, his life, his experiences teaching at Summerhill, and freedom and license.

Episode 18 - Henry Readhead

In this episode, Peter Berg interviews Dylan and Neil from South Jersey Sudbury School. They discuss how they found the school, what they love about it, and how trust works in the school.

Episode 19 - Dylan & Neil from South Jersey Sudbury School

It this episode, Jerry And Blake interview each other about their experiences in promoting learner centered education, their experiences in education, the AERO Conference, and much much more.

Episode 20 - Blake Boles

In this episode, Jerry recalls stories from his childhood that influence who he is today.

Episode 21: Stories From Jerry's Childhood

In this episode, Jerry recounts how he got stuck in VA during the height of the Coronavirus outbreak in NY, and what he learned from the experience.

Epidode 2: COVID-19 And Reconnecting With Nature

In this episode Jerry talks about AERO's online course for people who want to start educational alternatives, and talks about the basics of the course. He also talks about two schools he's helped start.

In this episode you may hear some thunder as there was a thunderstorm overhead when we were recording. You will also hear something that's my fault (Wylie, the audio engineer), the sound of my keyboard in the background as I set up my brand new Raspberry PI. For all you tech nerds out there, I installed Ubuntu 20.04.

Episode 23: Starting an Educational Alternative

In this episode, Jerry reads from his book, "I Was A Spy In The Public Schools"

Episode 24: "I Was A Spy In The Public Schools" - Part 1

Did you know that I was a public school teacher for two years, back in the 60's? I've just done the first half of a podcast of my semi-autobiographical " I was a Spy in the Public Schools." It is a slightly fictionalized diary of my experience teaching in a public high school. I had already interned at a Summerhill-based school, so I knew the direction I wanted to go in, but I wanted to see if there was a way to apply it in a public school. This is the basically true and sometimes hilarious story!

Some comments from previewers and alternative starter course members:

"As I began reading the spy book, I felt quite amused, I loved the beginning, it sounded like those detective stories, like Marlow.."

"I enjoyed immensely your style and connected with your journey."

"Wow, Jerry, I love this! I really honor your courage and determination to do what you could for those students--and your candor in sharing about it, including all the school politics."

"Your story was therapeutic for me, in terms of not feeling alone in experiencing craziness in schools."

"One of the most powerful components of your story included the fact that you shared with the powers that be that you were not owned by anyone but hired to do a job and that you would quit before you would kick a student from your class."

"Your piece certainly resonates for me and my own first teaching experiences. It may connect with some young AERO members trying to find their way in their first jobs."

"I listened and enjoyed the story! It's amazing how stuck in their ways some people can be, valuing rigidity and rules over results. Glad you were able to help those kids."

"There must be more coming in a series!

Episode 25: "I Was A Spy In The Public Schools" - Part 2

Did you ever wonder about how the early choices you made might have affected your life? This was recently brought shockingly how to me when I discovered that cancer research I was doing as a teenager is now being used to cure chancer.

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