Episodes

  • Mini-Episode 17: "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out!"
    Dec 16 2024

    In the Season 1 Finale of "I Still Believe in School" Dr. Dave shares how his love for music inspired him as a teacher and podcaster - he shares a recording from 2011 of his kindergarteners performing "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out!" by Cat Stevens and teases the season 2 premiere episode which will air on January 27th, 2025.

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    7 mins
  • Episode 16: Because Literacy is a Powerful Tool for Transformation
    Dec 9 2024

    Dr. Dave chats with long-time friend, veteran first-grade teacher, and former coworker, Beverly Friberg. She plays Teacher Feature Trivia to help support her elementary school's library - the same school where Dave taught kindergarten!

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    39 mins
  • Mini-Episode 15: My Funniest Teaching Story
    Dec 2 2024

    Dr. Dave shares his funniest teaching story from his time as a kindergarten teacher in the Boston Public Schools.

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    11 mins
  • Episode 14: Because Kids Need Their Own Place to Put the Big Things on Hold
    Nov 25 2024

    Dave chats with BFF Bridget Joyce, a veteran high school teacher and current elementary school librarian. Bridget plays "Teacher Feature Trivia" to get books centering neurodivergent characters for her school library.

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    35 mins
  • Mini-Episode 13: Lessons from LeVar Burton
    Nov 18 2024

    In this mini-episode, Dr. Dave reflects on hopeful lessons learned from hearing actor and children's literacy advocate LeVar Burton speak at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children in Anaheim, CA the day after the election. Dave shares three lessons learned from LeVar that can help families and teachers support children in times of uncertainty. Views expressed are Dr. Dave's interpretations of LeVar's message and do not reflect any other entity.

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    12 mins
  • Episode 12: Because I Believe in Teachers & Students Celebrating Discovery Together
    Nov 11 2024

    Dave chats with longtime friend, Kathleen Doyle – an award winning theater arts teacher, Fulbright recipient, costumer, puppeteer, climate and endangered animal activist. The play "Teacher Feature Trivia" to get theater supplies for Mrs. Cullen's Donors Choose project.

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    41 mins
  • Episode 11: Because I Believe we Owe it to Every Single Child...
    Nov 4 2024

    Dave chats with veteran French teacher and friend James Sennette. James plays "teacher feature trivia" for Ms. Roman's Donors Choose project to get a translation device to use with her PreK-2 students and their families.

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    35 mins
  • Episode 10: Because of the Power of Community
    Oct 28 2024

    Dave chats with Dr. Melissa Rojas Williams, a motherscholar, professor, and veteran bilingual teacher. Melissa plays "Teacher Feature Trivia" to get culturally sustaining books for the classrooms libraries of teachers she worked with on her dissertation research (and matches the funds!).

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    41 mins