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Episode 275: Kentucky Teacher of the Year

April 19th, 2026  |  34 mins 46 secs

kentucky, middle school

TR is joined by Michelle Gross, Kentucky's 2026 Teacher of the Year, to talk about how she uses the model to push and inspire her students

Episode 274: Microschools

April 12th, 2026  |  37 mins 14 secs

TR is joined by Dr. Deb Gist to talk about how microschools can cater to the individual needs and interests of learners, and the overlap that has with MCP

Episode 273: You Live in a World You Create

April 5th, 2026  |  37 mins 48 secs

elementary

TR is joined by Dom LaCarrubba to talk about developing routines and helping students to see that they are in control of their learning and their school experience

Episode 272: Advocacy via Social Media

March 29th, 2026  |  31 mins 25 secs

high school

TR is joined by Elizabeth Diaz-Duncans to talk about how the MCP model helped her address challenges in her classroom and how she has used social media to connect with other educators

Episode 271: Building Confidence with The Math Lady

March 22nd, 2026  |  36 mins 27 secs

arkansas, school leader

TR is joined by Veronica Hebard to talk about how working with MCP builds both student and teacher confidence

Episode 270: The Model Gave Me Permission

March 14th, 2026  |  30 mins 4 secs

TR is joined by Tony Napoletano to talk about implementing a modern classroom in a Montessori school and the significant overlap between the two approaches to teaching and learning

Episode 269: Will AI Take My Job?

March 8th, 2026  |  39 mins 55 secs

ai, mcp

TR is joined by Abi Donovan and Byron Dover to talk about responsible uses of AI, and the indispensable roles that teachers have in classrooms and schools

Episode 268: Separating Compliance from Academic Evidence

March 1st, 2026  |  57 mins 44 secs

georgia, grading, mastery

TR is joined by Dr. Shantha Smith to talk about grading and the critical importance of assessing learning and mastery

Episode 266: Building the Concept from Scratch

February 15th, 2026  |  41 mins 31 secs

building thinking classrooms, connecticut, high school, inquiry based

TR is joined by Joseph Lombardi to talk about the Building Thinking Classrooms framework and how it can benefit students in math classes as well as other subjects

Episode 265: They Have People In the Building

February 8th, 2026  |  32 mins 36 secs

leadership, virginia

Toni Rose is joined by Beth Pallister to talk about leadership in a supportive school environment

Episode 263: Lone Wolves and Trendsetters

January 25th, 2026  |  25 mins 14 secs

TR is joined by a team of MCP staff to debrief after visits with over 40 NYC schools to talk about the incredible work that's happening in modern classrooms throughout the city

Episode 262: Hot Take: Math and AI

January 18th, 2026  |  30 mins 57 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Ifeoma Uzoka and Tre'Nee Uzoka to talk about how they use AI to plan more efficiently and push students' thinking

Episode 261: Optimizing for the Right Kind of change

January 11th, 2026  |  25 mins 19 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Kareem and Rob, co-founders of the Modern Classrooms Project, to talk about what's coming for the organization in 2026 and beyond

Episode 259: Everybody's a Teacher, Everybody's a Learner

December 14th, 2025  |  1 hr 3 mins

higher education, mississippi

TR is joined by Cindy Wilkins to talk about how she has used the model in her work with preservice teachers in the higher education setting

Episode 257: It's Not Best Practice, But...

November 30th, 2025  |  1 hr 1 min

colorado, instructional coach, middle school

TR is joined by Drea Aguirre, an instructional coach, to talk about genuine, realistic, and humanistic coaching, and the importance of intentionally modeling the techniques that best serve students

Episode 256: Live from GaETC2025

November 23rd, 2025  |  49 mins 31 secs

ai, edtech, georgia, school leadership

Live from GaETC2025, TR is joined by Daniel Forrester, Sarah Eiler, Nick Provenzano for a discussion of ed tech, AI, and implementing innovative approaches to teaching