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Podcasts from JFYNetWorks JFYNetWorks addresses today’s college readiness pursuit by providing focused blended learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools. Listen to our podcasts to learn more.
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Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
What’s the AI impact on education, work, and society in general? A discussion with JFY
APRIL 2023 PODCAST -- This month’s podcast features Dr. Michael Marrapodi, the Dean of Academic Affairs, Cambridge College Global at Cambridge College, in a recent conversation with JFY’s Executive Director Gary Kaplan, discussing the latest developments in artificial intelligence and how they may impact education, work, and society in general.
PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
- AI has been around for a long time [00:03:14]
- Will it destroy education? [00:05:11]
- It’s already in wide use [00:08:55]
- Previous advances have made us well prepared [00:12:40]
- Critical thinking [00:20:20]
- Human interaction [00:21:41]
- Moving a lot faster [00:39:09]
- The human element [00:52:13]
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MORE ABOUT JFYNetWorks
Today, JFYNetWorks addresses the college readiness disconnect by providing focused blended, hybrid, and remote learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools.
To learn more visit JFYNet.org
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Is ChatGPT a Threat in the Classroom, Or a Tool to Embrace?
MARCH 2023 PODCAST -- This month’s podcast features Michael B. Horn, a writer, and speaker who advocates for the transformation of education through innovation to improve the learning and the lives of all students. In this podcast, Michael and JFYNetWorks executive director Gary Kaplan discuss how ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general will impact not only our schools but our entire society.
More about Michael B. Horn
An author, speaker, blogger, and consultant, Michael Horn has been at the forefront of education innovation and blended learning since his pioneering work at Harvard Business School with the legendary Clayton Christensen. He was a co-founder in 2007 of the Innosight Institute (now the Christensen Institute), a non-profit think tank that focuses on using disruptive innovation to improve education and other industries. In addition to writing or collaborating on six books since the 2008 classic Disrupting Class, Michael is a frequent speaker on education innovation at conferences around the world.
PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
’We're no longer homosapiens. We’re now homotechnicians.’ [Timestamp: 03:35]
’ChatGPT becomes this incredible tool to uplevel the products or capabilities that we as individuals ultimately use. In other words, the analogy made is that ChatGPT is to English what the calculator is to math.’ [Timestamp: 09:30]
’…technology, I think remains a wonderful tool and it is a terrible master.’ [Timestamp 36:49]
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MORE ABOUT JFYNetWorks
Today, JFYNetWorks addresses the college readiness disconnect by providing focused blended, hybrid and remote learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools.
To learn more visit JFYNet.org
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Rejecting society's norm, Rita Smith became a nationally recognized and celebrated Educator
FEBRUARY 2023 PODCAST -- This month’s podcast features Professor Rita Smith, a lifelong educator and the 1985 recipient of Time Magazine’s Teacher of the Year Award. Professor Smith’s career as an educator spans 44 years, beginning as a high school teacher and then spending nearly two decades as the chair of the Secondary Education Department at Stonehill College. She recounts for JFY many of the experiences and stories that helped her students find success in the classroom and in their lives.
PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
"And we went up and up and up and up [in the elevator] and then the doors just opened and I saw my future world’s largest typing pool. And I said to myself, oh my God, what have I done? [Timestamp: 10:01]
"Well, they [Stonehill College] had been an all male school. Right. And now the Korean War wiped out a lot of those young men. Right. You know, and so they had to take in women. They had to take us in. They had to fill the seats.” [Timestamp: 12:56]
”Breaking out of boxes, getting kids to break out of boxes.” [Timestamp 32:21]
”I established a teacher education program that promoted equity and, people working together and respecting one another.” [Timestamp 40:33]
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MORE ABOUT JFYNetWorks
Today, JFYNetWorks addresses the college readiness disconnect by providing focused blended, hybrid and remote learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools.
To learn more visit JFYNet.org
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Missing voices in the classroom… Does not make good sense
DECEMBER 2022 PODCAST -- In this month’s podcast, JFYNetWorks Executive Director Gary Kaplan continues our conversation with Hubie Jones. A recent recipient of the Norman B. Leventhal Award from the organization A Better City, he continues to impact the civil and social landscape. This month, he shares his many ideas about how to ensure Boston is viewed as a world class city, including his thoughts about parent engagement in the Boston Public Schools.
PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
"The role of parent engagement in our schools is paramount, but their voices are missing in the process. That does not make good sense. [Timestamp: 11:07]
…and the importance of arts education
"The exclusion of arts in more recent years diminishes social integration. The ability to have an exchange of ideas with students, in an educational environment, covering topics that our students encounter on a day-to-day basis fosters student engagement, and civic joy and fosters respect for one another. [Timestamp: 13:59]
Other podcasts with Hubie Jones can be found here:
May 2022
A history maker in Boston’s civic and social landscape
September 2022
A leader in the formation of countless community organizations
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MORE ABOUT JFYNetWorks
Today, JFYNetWorks addresses the college readiness disconnect by providing focused blended, hybrid and remote learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools.
To learn more visit JFYNet.org
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Bucking the downward trend
OCTOBER 2022 PODCAST -- This month’s podcast celebrates the MCAS results of two JFYNetWorks Partner schools: East Boston High School, an open enrollment Boston Public School, and Northeast Metro Tech, located in Wakefield and serving students from 11 surrounding communities. We feature JFY’s own Cathie Maglio and Joan Reissman as they discuss how both schools posted substantial gains in ELA and in math compared to state averages.
East Boston High School is an open enrollment school in the Boston Public Schools with a very diverse student body. 75% of Eastie’s students do not have English as their first language, 82% are low income, and 93% are classified as high needs. (The state’s percentages are 24% first language not English, 44% low-income, and 56% high needs.) With 985 9th -12th graders, plus 107 7th graders, East Boston is the city’s largest open enrollment school. JFY has been working in East Boston High since 2015. On the 10th grade MCAS, the school made substantial gains in both subjects, far exceeding both the state and, the Boston school district.
Eastie gained 10 points in ELA and 15 points in math from ’21 to ’22, while the state declined 6 points and 2 points. The Boston Public Schools, including the three high-scoring exam schools, gained 2 points in ELA and 3 points in math. The Boston Public Schools are 48% first language not English, 71% low income, and 81.5% high needs.
Northeast Metro Tech is a regional vocational school that serves 11 communities north of Boston including Chelsea, Malden and Revere. The school has more than 1300 students. JFY began working in the school in 2018. Northeast Metro gained 18 points in English and 12 points in math, while the state declined 6 points and 2 points.
Ref: Blog post, 10/13/22, East Boston High & Northeast Metro Tech buck MCAS Downward Trend, https://jfynet.org/8881/general/east-boston-h-s-and-northeast-metro-tech-buck-mcas-downward-trend/
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MORE ABOUT JFYNetWorks
Today, JFYNetWorks addresses the college readiness disconnect by providing focused blended, hybrid and remote learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools.
To learn more visit JFYNet.org
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
A leader in the formation of countless community organizations
SEPTEMBER 2022 PODCAST -- This month, JFY continues our conversation with Hubie Jones. Hubie has not only witnessed Boston history for 67 years-- he has also shaped and defined the civic and social landscape. He has been a leader in the formation of at least thirty community organizations in neighborhoods across the city, most recently Higher Ground and the Boston Children’s Chorus.
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MORE ABOUT JFYNetWorks
Today, JFYNetWorks addresses the college readiness disconnect by providing focused blended, hybrid and remote learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools.
To learn more visit JFYNet.org
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
JFY Highlight podcast part 2 – Boston History, a focus on education, civil rights, and social services
AUGUST 2022 PODCAST -- This month’s podcast is the second installment of highlights from the past year, focusing on Boston history. Today you’ll hear excerpts from our conversations with civil rights leader Hubie Jones and his re-creation of a citywide daylong strike in Boston; Higher Ground Executive Director Mossik Hacobian and his collaborative strategy for bringing vital social services to families in need; and JFY Board of Directors Chairman Otis Gates and his 4-decade reflections on how JFY has been woven into the historic fabric of Boston. We also feature a preview of our September podcast.
MORE ABOUT JFYNetWorks
Today, JFYNetWorks addresses the college readiness disconnect by providing focused blended, hybrid and remote learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools.
To learn more visit JFYNet.org
- Proven Results
- Connected Learning Solutions
- JFY Guides Student Achievement. Learn More Through Stories of Success.
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Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Students at Needham High School, Dr. John Brown, Michael Horn, Isa Zimmerman, and Ed Lambert
JULY 2022 PODCAST -- This month’s podcast features highlights from our podcasts during the past year, focusing on educational topics. Today you’ll hear excerpts from our conversations with Bayley, Jason, and Jack (students at Needham High School), Dr. John Brown, Michael Horn, Isa Zimmerman, and Ed Lambert as they discuss returning to the classroom at the start of the school year, the need for teachers to listen to their students, the importance of both individualized student learning and learning outside of the classroom and how MCAS may not be perfect but does measure if students have necessary skills to ensure success after high school. If you missed these or any of our podcasts, you can always find the full episodes wherever podcasts are available and on our website.
MORE ABOUT JFYNetWorks
Today, JFYNetWorks addresses the college readiness disconnect by providing focused blended, hybrid and remote learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools.
To learn more visit JFYNet.org
- Proven Results
- Connected Learning Solutions
- JFY Guides Student Achievement. Learn More Through Stories of Success.
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Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
JFY Chats with Ed Lambert to chat about the status, challenges of our educational system.
JUNE 2022 PODCAST -- One might assume that Ed Lambert, the executive director of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, was a career-long dweller of the business world. But that assumption would be far from the truth. In fact, Ed’s career has traced a long trajectory of public service and education, giving him deep insight into the entire educational system and its political foundations, and broad experience of what needs to be done to ensure that all students acquire the necessary skills to succeed in life. This month’s podcast features a recent conversation between Ed and JFY’s Executive Director Gary Kaplan as they discuss Ed’s wide-ranging experiences and how they have shaped his unique perspective on the status and challenges of our educational system.
MORE ABOUT JFYNetWorks
Today, JFYNetWorks addresses the college readiness disconnect by providing focused blended, hybrid and remote learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools.
To learn more visit JFYNet.org
- Proven Results
- Connected Learning Solutions
- JFY Guides Student Achievement. Learn More Through Stories of Success.
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Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
Taking an active role in history making events.
MAY 2022 PODCAST -- It’s hard to believe one man has had such an influence on Boston’s civic and social landscape. A leader of reform in Boston politics and civic leadership since his arrival from New York in 1955, Hubie Jones has been involved in the creation of more than 30 community organizations, spearheaded the laws that guarantee educational rights for English language learners and special education students, led a major study of the Boston Public Schools, organized a citywide strike of Black workers, and founded the Boston Children’s Chorus—to cull only a few of his achievements.
This month, the JFYNetWorks podcast continues our focus on history with a conversation between Hubie Jones and JFY's Executive Director Gary Kaplan. In this podcast, Hubie recounts some of the history he not only witnessed but one he played an active role in creating.
MORE ABOUT JFYNetWorks
Today, JFYNetWorks addresses the college readiness disconnect by providing focused blended, hybrid and remote learning programs in high school to help students build the academic skills they need to enter college or technical training earning academic credit. The JFYNetWorks blended program model — infusing specialized online content into the regular curriculum — also facilitates scalability, as the low cost of the online platform can easily be expanded to entire schools.
To learn more visit JFYNet.org
- Proven Results
- Connected Learning Solutions
- JFY Guides Student Achievement. Learn More Through Stories of Success.
Music attribute: Keys Of Moon - The Epic Hero is used under a creative commons license Music promoted by Breaking Copyright: https://breakingcopyright.com