Ellen Galinsky, co-founder and president of the Families and Work Institute, chief science officer at the Bezos Family Foundation, and executive director of Mind in the Making joins us to talk about how families and young people are affected by changes in work and education systems.

Melissa Butler, author and educator, joins us to talk about how noticing the small and simple things can change the way young learners (and adults) interact in educational spaces as seen in Melissa’s book, in a button.

Bill Strickland, founder and executive chair of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, joins us to talk about his journey to support learners by manufacturing places of hope.

Annie Murphy Paul, science writer and author, joins us to talk about the brain and how educators can help guide their learners through the process of thinking using their environments, social connections, and bodies as written about in “The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain”.