KindlED | The Prenda Podcast
The KindlED Podcast explores the science of nurturing children's potential and creating empowering learning environments through microschooling. Powered by Prenda, each episode offers actionable insights to help you ignite your child's love of learning. We'll dive into evidence-based tools and techniques that kindle curiosity, motivation, and well-being in young learners. Do you have a question, topic, or story you'd like to share with us? Get in touch at podcast@prenda.com.
Podcasting since 2023 • 104 episodes
KindlED | The Prenda Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode 94: Recentering the Family. A Conversation with Matt Beaudreau.
We talk with Matt Beaudreau about why kids are born motivated and how schools and homes can accidentally train that drive into distraction and compliance. We dig into microschools, family sovereignty, and practical ways to build capable young p...
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Episode 93: School Choice Matters. A Conversation with Morgan Camu.
We explore why more parents are rethinking the default school path and how real support makes school choice easier. From being mislabeled in school to helping scale education choice, our guest shares how families can find better-fit options.
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Episode 93
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Episode 92: The Imagination Crisis. A Conversation with Nicole Jarbo.
We name the “imagination crisis” holding education back and argue that better schools start with better dreaming, not just better funding or tools. We share how 4.0 Schools helps change-curious builders and turn rough ideas into real tests whil...
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Episode 90: Microschools for Texas Families. A Conversation with Colleen Dippel.
We dig into what parents actually want from schools: strong reading and math, safety and belonging, and communication that treats families like partners. Texas’s EFA, new accreditation pathways for microschools, and the rise of homeschooling po...
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Episode 90
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Episode 91: Education Disruption: Where are we now? A Conversation with Michael Horn.
We examine how disruption theory applies to K–12 and how microschools and ESAs shift power from systems to families. We discuss rigor, the science of reading, special education, and how districts could operate in a more plural, community-center...
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Episode 91
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