Reach Every Student with Jon Bergmann

If You Can’t Defend It, You Don’t Get Credit

I asked Vicki Davis one question to open this episode: what’s the biggest mistake teachers make with AI? Her answer is five words: teaching like it doesn’t exist. Vicki

Stretched Thin, and the Human Moments That Kept Me Going

Before I dive into today’s topic, I want you to be aware that I will be speaking twice this Thursday (October 15th). In the morning, I will be interviewed at a conference

Why "Being Flawed" Is Now a Job Skill in the AI Era

This week’s guest goes back a long way — Don Wettrick, entrepreneur, educator, and founder of STARTedUP, an organization built around one question: how do you make class

My Students Stopped Saying 'I Didn't Prepare'

Two rounds into summative oral assessments now, and something’s changed: fewer of my students are telling me “I didn’t prepare.” A few weeks ago, that was the most common

Tony Wagner's Eighth Survival Skill for the AI Era | Ep 92

Tony Wagner has spent thirty years studying one question: what do students actually need to thrive? In this episode, he shares a number that stopped me cold — of 109 nint

A Harvard Researcher Landed on the Same Answer I Did | Ep 91

Last week, I told you about the one part of oral assessment I still won’t hand off to AI. This week, from a completely different direction, someone else landed on almost

18 Kids Took Me 55 Minutes. I Know Some of You Have 30. #90

Intro: If you’ve been listening for a while, you know oral assessment has been building toward this. This week, I made it official — a required, graded piece of every ma

An MIT Report Just Echoed What I've Been Building #89

Last week I told you about MIT’s new report on teaching in the age of AI. This week, it echoed something I’ve been building for over a year. Justin Reich directs MIT’s T

Selfie Videos, Friday Emails, and a Level-4 Trick for My Mastery Vivas #88

This week: two habits I’ve never fully explained on the show, a real fix for a problem I named last week, and a study that’s been stuck in my head since Thursday morning.

Week One Report Card: What MasteryFlip Got Right (and Wrong) in My Actual Classroom #87

I just wrapped Week 1 of actually running the MasteryFlip framework in my own classroom — and this episode is the honest report: what worked, what didn’t, and what I’m st

How I Memorize Every Student's Name Before Day One - Reach Every Student #86

Students walk into Room 231 tomorrow, and this week I’ve been doing everything I can to be ready for them — inside the MasteryFlip framework. In this episode, I give you

Season 4 Kickoff: The Human-Centered Classroom | #85

Welcome to season 4 of the Reach Every Student podcast. As I sit in my classroom, students are soon to arrive. I am preparing for what I hope will be an outstanding yea

The 1-Teacher Pilot: How to Test an AI-Proof Classroom | Episode 84

Last week we talked about the techlash schools are facing. Parents, community members, policymakers, and teachers are clamoring for less tech. Though it is simplistic to

Facing the Techlash: Reclaiming Classroom Trust

Schools everywhere are reconsidering technology. Cell phone bans are sweeping multiple states, and districts across the country have begun imposing rigid classroom screen

Being the Dumbest Person in the Room: Lessons from Learner Mode

It’s been a long time since I was the dumbest person in the room. This past week, I attended an AP Physics C (Calculus) institute at Loyola University in Chicago, and of

From the Canyon Rim to the Calculus Bench Embracing the Novice Shoes |Episode 81

This past week, I returned home from my Fuller Center Canyon Cycling Adventure, where I cycled about 700 miles and stopped to help those who are home-challenged. That was

No Walls: Ditching the AI Voice at the Edge of the Canyon |Episode 80

I’ve been on my bicycle adventure, cycling 700 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Flagstaff, AZ. Listen in/watch my reflections right after I watched the sunrise over th

From the Canyons Episode 79

I’m on a cycling adventure that is one part physical, one part spiritual, and one part service. In this short episode I share about how it is necessary for each of us to

The Forklift in the Weight Room: Reclaiming Neural Friction in the Age of AI | Episode 78

If you are listening to this on Monday morning, I am already out on the asphalt, somewhere on the road for the Fuller Center Bike Canyon connector. I’m pedaling a gruelin

The 40-Pound Classroom: Lightening the Burden for the Fall | Episode 77

Right now, I am in my workshop looking over a staging pile of cycling gear. I’m getting ready to head out on a 750-mile trek with the Fuller Center for Housing, riding fr