Alec Patton talks to Derek Mitchell, CEO of Partners in School Innovation, about his daily reading rituals. Mentioned in the episode:

• Arnold R. Hirsch, Making the Second Ghetto
• Martin Gilbert, Churchill and the Jews
• Jeanie Daniel Duck, The Change Monster
• Sheldon Eakins, Leading Equity
• Brian McClellan, The Powder Mage Trilogy (strictly speaking, Derek mentioned Blood of Empire, which is part of the trilogy that follows the Powder Mage Trilogy)

Derek’s recommendations to get started: Morning reading:

• Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father

Lunch reading:

• Rudy Crew, Only Connect

Evening reading:

• Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

In this episode, Alec Patton talks to Maria Curtis, director of the Early Childhood Center at La Jolla Country Day School, in California, and Junior Kindergarten teacher Kristin Owen, about how they turned the discovery of a mud nest being built outside a classroom into a year-long project.

You can see photos from the project, including photos of the book, here (as soon as the link is live).

This episode is part of an occasional series on Regenerative Education. Here are the other episodes in the series (so far):

• Derek Mitchell and Scott Sampson on Regenerative Education
• Green School: Regenerative Education in the Balinese Jungle
• Green School Student Louis Lacour
• A Story of Butterflies, Regeneration, and Hope
• Solar for All Schools [guest episode from the Climify podcast]

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Sofía Tannenhaus talks to Jarrod Bolte, CEO of both Improving Education and Bedtime in a Box, a nonprofit that provides families with boxes containing everything you need for a positive bedtime routine. Each Box contains four age-appropriate books; bath wash, a towel, and bath toys; a toothbrush and toothpaste; pajamas; a stuffed animal; an alarm clock; a Teach My Learning Kit; and a kid-friendly routine log.

Bedtime in a Box has delivered more than 50,000 Boxes so far, with 80% going to families experiencing poverty.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto
• Bedtime in a Box website
• Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom, What Do You Do with an Idea?