Tami Harel is the Chief Audiologist and Director of Clinical Research at Nuance Hearing. Tami is an Audiologist and Speech Pathologist with a Masters Degree in Communication Disorders and is currently working on her PhD in Gerontology. With more than 15 years of experience with hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation, in the public and private sector, she joined Nuance Hearing in the early stages of the company's development. Nuance Hearing was founded in 2015 with the fundamental goal of devel...
Apr 03, 2023•31 min
Dr. Jen Forristal, BSc ND, is the CEO of The Umbrella Project and a Naturopathic Doctor with a primary focus in pediatric mental health. She has worked extensively with schools, researchers, and organizations, developing mental wellness strategies for families facing social, emotional, and mental health challenges and those looking for optimal health and performance. As the founder of The Umbrella Project, Dr. Jen trains medical professionals, educators and parents to proactively assess and deve...
Mar 27, 2023•48 min
William Tucker and his wife have helped over 100,000 kids & civilians in the slums of India, improving their quality of life through literacy education, emergency aid, and other philanthropic initiatives. As a Co-Founder of Charity United, a U.S.-based charity that provides humanitarian aid to children and civilians in need, William helps ensure children receive food, clothing, shelter, and education. He has worked as an educational specialist and corporate training officer in International ...
Mar 20, 2023•51 min
Boundless Life build a collection of thoughtfully designed communities located in beautiful destinations around the world comprised of private homes, co-working spaces, a school system based on experiential learning and locally adapted recreational hubs where like-minded families can develop connections, work, sustainably explore different parts of the world and be immersed in the local cultures. Suzanne Perkowsky is the Head of Academics at Boundless Life. She was the co-founder of New Nordic S...
Mar 13, 2023•41 min
Michaell Magrutsche is an Austrian/Californian multidisciplinary artist, awareness and creativity educator, speaker, and author. Michaell’s dyslexia and dysgraphia forced him to develop an awareness of seeing the world purely from a human perspective. Creating art completed his awareness of what it is to be human-relevant vs system-relevant.Michaell’s talent is recognizing awareness to seed a new consciousness that allows us to unveil the untapped superpowers of human’s limitlessness, art/creati...
Mar 06, 2023•47 min
RS Assessment conducted a study among 21,000 key stage 2 pupils in English schools recently. The study was funded by the Nuffield Foundation and aims to better understand the longer-term impacts of the Covid lockdowns on this cohort of kids’ attainment, wellbeing and attitudes to learning. What is self-efficacy and why should we be paying attention to it in Primary Schools? We talk a lot about self-esteem in our children, but what is the connection between self-efficacy and their achievements? O...
Feb 27, 2023•40 min
With a background in finance, an aha moment from an exhausted mother of 3, Shamanth Pereira, occurred when cleaning up her then-4-year-old's hundredth toilet roll lovingly placed down the loo. This waste and the fact that we cut down 27,000 trees daily just to wipe our bums fuelled Shamanth to create 'Something Cheeky', a bamboo, fully decomposing, organic toilet and kitchen rolls delivered to your door without a piece of plastic in sight. The Something Co now delivers toilet rolls and kitchen p...
Feb 23, 2023•38 min
The new Khalifa International Award for Early Learning (KIAEL), funded by the United Arab Emirates, wants submissions from UK academics, projects, schools and nurseries displaying brilliance and innovation in the early education sector. Two winners in each of the categories “Best Research & Studies” and “Best Programmes & Teaching Practices” will receive $50,000. The recipients will be announced in June 2023. The KIAEL Awarding Committee, which features Professor Iram Siraj, Professor of...
Feb 20, 2023•30 min
From the start of March 2023 the Education on Fire podcast will return to releasing 1 episode a week on a Monday. The reason for this is the Primary Education Summit . I will be involved in hosting 4 live discussion panels and coordinating the events during March which will need a lot of my focus. With a natural break in place I started considering how the podcast could/should change to support me with regards to my work/life harmony and how I can best support you moving forward. Please get in t...
Feb 16, 2023•12 min
Common Seas is a social enterprise tackling the plastic pollution crisis by driving new policy, investing in the circular economy and catalysing a cultural shift in how we make, use and dispose of plastic. Common Seas has four interconnected programmes. Together, these achieve the system change we need to halt plastic pollution and protect our ocean. Their mission is to quickly and significantly reduce the amount of plastic produced and stop it polluting our rivers and seas. Common Seas is an in...
Feb 13, 2023•42 min
Shaunak is the founder and CEO of Yellowdig. Yellowdig is a community-driven active learning platform adopted by over 130 colleges and universities, K12 schools, and corporate training clients. Yellowdig’s mission is to transform every classroom into an active, social, and experiential learning community. Shaunak graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Bombay and completed his graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to founding Yellowdig, Shaunak s...
Feb 09, 2023•41 min
Whether you are a principal, a superintendent, a school board member, or a leader without a title, Don Berg wants to help you understand what he has discovered about the psychology of learning. And how knowledge of that psychology will enable you to be the best school leader you can be from whatever position you happen to occupy. His work on educational leadership includes innovative ideas like Holistic Equity, Catalytic Pedagogy, and Back to Basics 2.0 which you can learn about through his book...
Feb 06, 2023•57 min
CARGO is led by Lawrence Hoo, a POET and Charles Golding filmmaker and creative director. From their own experiences in school and from their observations today, they understood that there are large parts missing from the History that is taught in schools across the UK. These missing parts include: The perspectives of individuals of African and African Diaspora descent. Recognition of the resilience, contributions and visionary leadership of individuals of African and African Diaspora descent. C...
Feb 02, 2023•47 min
Adrian Moreno began his career inside the health & fitness space while also gaining unparalleled experience with hypnosis & NLP, establishing himself as a behavior transformation specialist working with entrepreneurs to release the anxiety and worry that keep them from enjoying their life. Now a social entrepreneur, Adrian is working on ending child suicide through gamification, humanistic psychology, and mainstreaming emotional intelligence. He spends his time designing and building the...
Jan 30, 2023•43 min
Big Change's brand new challenge prize - Big Education Challenge. The £1 million prize fund seeks to reward bold ideas with the potential to transform education. The Challenge is split into two prizes - the Groundbreaker Prize (for youth-led innovation from applicants aged 18-25 with a bold idea) and the Gamechanger Prize (for experienced innovators of any age with a track record of leading innovative approaches with social impact). The prize launched in November 2022 and applications will close...
Jan 26, 2023•58 min
Walkabouts are on-demand adventures that transform math, language arts, and reading content into short, movement-rich activities for pre-K to 2nd grade students. Teachers report that Walkabouts help build students’ confidence, improve self-awareness, and enhance self-control. This evidence-based online curriculum supplement makes it easy for teachers and parents to create kinesthetic learning activities — fun lessons that bring key concepts to life through active learning techniques. Walkabouts ...
Jan 23, 2023•46 min
Julia Lynch founded Global Girl Project in 2014, after over twenty years working as a Community Social Worker and Therapist. During this time Julia traveled extensively, including time spent in Tanzania and Jamaica providing community and health services to local at-risk communities. This work ignited her passion for supporting marginalized girls, and GGP was born. As a woman of colour who grew up in a small, white town Julia learned from an early age how imperative it is to see yourself represe...
Jan 19, 2023•49 min
Sheila Akbar is President and COO at Signet Education. Their mission is to 'Build relationships that inspire growth' and a vision that will 'Enable personal and academic growth for high school and college students through one-on-one mentorship and a unique Pathfinder approach.' Sheila joined the Signet team in the summer of 2010, bringing with her a wealth of experience teaching SAT, ACT, GRE, literature, and composition in both one-on-one and classroom settings. Sheila loves both teaching and l...
Jan 16, 2023•41 min
Today Mark did the first live stream on his YouTube channel ready for the interview next week with Liz Robinson, CEO of Multi-Academy Trust, Big Education and Caitlin Ross who is Head of Impact for education charity Big Change. This is audio from that live stream. You can watch the video at https://youtu.be/kpo4_iO38Xw Next weeks live stream podcast recording will focus on: Big Change's brand new challenge prize - Big Education Challenge. The £1 million prize fund seeks to reward bold ideas with...
Jan 12, 2023•12 min
Sara Busalacchi and Anjilee Ferguson have over a decade each of experience in the Online Education industry. Through their educational experiences they found a deep passion for helping others succeed and grow. Because of their passion they co-founded their online school, Mountain Point Academy, where they encourage students to embrace and foster the skills needed for lifelong learning. Sara and Anjilee also share some similar passions outside of the school. They both have a love for the outdoors...
Jan 09, 2023•58 min
Renaye Thornborrow is leading a worldwide movement to bring life coaching and mindset skills training to kids. Since 2013, her company has certified hundreds of coaches in over 30 countries, helping them create a business they love as a life coach for kids while empowering children around the world. Life coaching is a game changer for children as they learn how to build confidence, resilience, and mindset skills for life; and it is a game changer for coaches as they increase their impact and inc...
Jan 05, 2023•38 min
Dr. Amy Conrad is a board certified pediatrician and a working mom. She is the founder of Kinder Digital Pediatric Clinic and the host of the Ask Doctor Amy podcast. Dr. Amy is on a mission to help families raise healthy and happy kids by paving a more simple and natural path to parenting. Her podcast answers the most common questions from real parents and explores the shared experience of being a modern parent. Website www.askdoctoramy.com Social Media Information @askdoctoramy Resources Mentio...
Jan 02, 2023•47 min
Debby Lucken is a fully qualified dog trainer and dog behaviourist. She is a member of many associations, such as the Pet Professional Network, ICAN International Companion Animal Network, the Pet Professional Guild, INTODogs and more. Debby is the founder of Kids Around Dogs (KAD), which is an association of force-free dog professionals who specialise in working with families and schools to help kids and dogs live happily and in harmony with each other. Moreover, Debby has designed a successful...
Dec 29, 2022•39 min
This solo show with Mark shares some common themes that have come to light over the last year. I give some insights about how the podcast will grow in 2023 and the top 5 downloaded episodes of 2022. 237-positive-parenting-with-debbie-godfrey Live from BETT 238-Supporting Teens that Struggle 239-Genius Lab 249-Whole School Mental Health Platform STEER Education Support the show on my BuyMeACoffee page at educationonfire.com/support Mentioned in this episode: NAPE Al Kingsley Summit Promo Watch Ma...
Dec 26, 2022•12 min
Alex Hatvany is the co-founder of Atom Learning, the UK's largest edtech platform for KS2 children. While working as a tutor whilst at university, Alex and his co-founder, Jake, saw how extra tuition was unregulated and often only accessible to children from higher income families. Frustrated, he and Jake resolved to build a platform to help primary school children from all backgrounds prepare for entrance exams at top-tier schools with personalised support. Using AI, Atom creates gamified exerc...
Dec 22, 2022•46 min
Marnie Ginsberg, Founder of Reading Simplified, is a reading difficulties detective who streamlines the science and art of reading instruction so teachers can rapidly learn effective techniques that help students accelerate to grade level and beyond. She also helps translate the latest understandings from science into practical, easy-to-implement activities. In the late 1990s, Marnie uncovered that her 6th-grade language arts students, on average, were reading 2 years below grade level. And desp...
Dec 19, 2022•43 min
Jessica Lander is an award-winning teacher, writer and author. She teaches history and civics to recent immigrant students in a Massachusetts public high school and has won numerous awards for her teaching, including being named a Top 50 Finalist for the Global Teacher Prize in 2021, presented by the Varkey Foundation. Jessica writes frequently about education policy and teaching. She is the author of Making Americans: Stories of Historic Struggles, New Ideas, and Inspiration in Immigrant Educat...
Dec 15, 2022•45 min
After winning $500K in scholarships and graduating from her dream school with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, Kristina set out to help students create their own plan to earn a debt-free education. She’s the bestselling author of Confessions of a Scholarship Winner and How to Graduate Debt-Free . She's a featured expert in the 2021 documentary Borrowed Future : How Student Loans Are Killing the American Dream. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets, such as Fox & Friends , T...
Dec 12, 2022•40 min
Dr. Thomas Epperson is the president of InnerWill Leadership Institute and has over 20 years of experience as a leadership coach, facilitator, and speaker, and he regularly works with clients to help transform leaders and their organizations. Tom is a certified business coach and has a doctorate in leadership from The George Washington University. Tom is currently an instructor in Virginia Commonwealth Universities’ Executive MBA Program. He is the author of InnerWill, Developing Better People, ...
Dec 08, 2022•51 min
Bill Eckstrom is the CEO and founder of EcSell Institute. Bill’s robust professional career path has encompassed sales, sales leadership, executive leadership with both private and publicly traded companies, and as a founder of start-ups. In 2008, he established EcSell Institute to fill a void he witnessed and personally experienced in the coaching and leadership profession within businesses. Since then, Ecsell’s research and improvement programming has also been utilized in the athletic and aca...
Dec 05, 2022•50 min
