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Bringing people together for respectful conversations about today’s most contentious issues affecting our schools. A way forward in divided times.
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Recent episodes include "Why Pushing Harder Makes People Resist More, with Elena Aguilar (Ep. 54)" (29 October 2026, 52 minutes), "An Alternative to “Knock it Off!” when Students Fight (Ep. 52)" (13 May 2026, 22 minutes), and "From Strangers to Connection: A Day That Changes Everything (Ep. 51)" (24 March 2026, 71 minutes).
Courageous Conversations About Our Schools publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 56 episodes.
Booking probability for Courageous Conversations About Our Schools is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Courageous Conversations About Our Schools requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Courageous Conversations About Our Schools's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Courageous Conversations About Our Schools are Schools (K-12). Courageous Conversations About Our Schools has an education audience.
Courageous Conversations About Our Schools is an education podcast with 56 episodes published.
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Episode #54
Have you ever tried to change someone's mind or get someone to act differently, only to watch them dig in their heels? Or offer what seems like perfectly reasonable advice, only to meet defensiveness, anger, or silence...
Episode #52
In this episode of “Courageous Conversations about our Schools,” host Ken Futernick talks with educator and interpreter Shelby Rideout about a simple, in-the-moment strategy for handling kid conflicts without defaulting...
Episode #51
What if just 6 hours could transform how students see each other—and themselves? In this powerful episode, we take you inside Breaking Down the Walls , a high school workshop where simple conversations evolve into...
Courageous Conversations About Our Schools
In this episode, Ken Futernick sits down with Mike Walsh—widely known across California education circles as a master human connector —to explore how schools can build trust, strengthen relationships, and create...
Courageous Conversations About Our Schools
In Part 1, we heard how Reading, Pennsylvania, began to turn outward—listening to families, students, and educators to rethink what their school system could be. In Part 2, we see what happened when a new mindset and...
Courageous Conversations About Our Schools
When the pandemic struck Reading, Pennsylvania, its school system was already under enormous strain. The Reading School District—the poorest in the state—served 16,000 students, many of whom faced daunting barriers long...
What would make someone leave a thirty–year career on Wall Street to help heal America’s divides? In this episode of Courageous Conversations About Our Schools , host Ken Futernick talks with Adam Mizel , former...
Courageous Conversations About Our Schools
In a live, online discussion we co-hosted with Braver Angels on September 4th, 2025, eight panelists discussed whether Ethnic Studies should be required for high school graduation, whether such a course should even be...
Courageous Conversations About Our Schools
Should high school students be required to take an Ethnic Studies course? Should such a course even be offered at all, or is the content likely to do more harm than good? These were the questions that a diverse group of...
Courageous Conversations About Our Schools
In this timely conversation, attorney Leo Tucker shares his expertise on preparing schools and communities for immigration enforcement actions that could separate children from their families. As executive director of...
Episode #45
In this episode, host Ken Futernick speaks with James Coan, founder of More Like US , along with high school students Landon and Deegan, about perception gaps in American society. James explains how perception gaps are...
Episode #44
In this Courageous Conversation, host Ken Futernick and Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman , a professor of History of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, delve into the heated debates surrounding American schooling. They...
Episode #43
In this episode, host Ken Futernick sits down with Bruce Wasser, a former history teacher whose life story is as inspiring as his teaching career. Bruce shares his poignant journey from being a conscientious objector...
Episode #42
This story starts with a bag of shoes that helped a school community heal after the tragic deaths of two students. That story blossomed into a unique project called the “Shoe Club” that fosters empathy and breaks...
Episode #41
How many of us would have the courage to have a conversation with someone who hates us? My guest, Daryl Davis, has done just that, not once, but for decades, with members of the Ku Kluz Klan and other hate groups, and...
Episode #39
This episode is part of our series on our sister podcast, Teacher Stories , on what schools can do to help save our democracy. Guests include Dr. Marvin W. Berkowitz, McDonnell Professor of Character Education at the...
Episode #40
American democracy cannot survive without well-functioning schools that enable students to become good citizens and that teach them to appreciate what it means to live under a system whose only boss are the people...
Episode #38
Curiosity has been a common theme in this podcast. Conflict experts like my guests Amanda Ripley , Monica Guzman , and Peter Coleman say being curious and less judgmental is often a better way out of toxic conflict than...
Episode #37
In our previous episode (Ep. 36) , Tim Shriver America’s widening political and social divides are, surprisingly, not due to our differences. “We’ve always had differences,” he says, “Contempt is the problem.” Shriver...
Episode #36
Tim Shriver is a member of the Kennedy family, Chairman of Special Olympics International, co-founder of UNITE, and a former teacher. In this wide-ranging conversation with host Ken Futernick, Shriver describes a tool...
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