Chris McNutt

Obsessed with the benefits of progressive education. He holds a Masters Degree in Education from The Ohio State University and is a public high school digital media & design educator. (he/him)

http://humanrestorationproject.org 88 posts

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            Critical Analysis
        
    Empty Pedagogy, Behaviorism, and the Rejection of Equity
            In our mission to be the best possible educators for young people, it is imperative that we understand the art and science of teaching beyond simple prescriptive ideas.
        
Chris McNutt

    3 Dec 2021
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    20 min read
    
            Critical Analysis
        
    Unpacking "Neoliberal" Schooling, Part 3: Progressive Education: Enter the Matrix
            Instead of finding ways to fight fire with fire through more critique, we deviate from the norm in ways that confuse, conflate, and separate ourselves from the narrative. Baudrillard-inspired theorist Franco Berardi writes, "the best thing to do is to make friends with chaos."
        
Chris McNutt

    25 Sep 2021
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    18 min read
    
            Critical Analysis
        
    Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave: How the Testing Industry Manufactured the "Learning Loss" Narrative
            In the wake of pandemic schooling, the testing industry sees an opportunity to sell schools on assessments and interventions that line their pocket-books, but do their claims live up the cost?
        
Chris McNutt

    2 Jul 2021
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    10 min read
    
            Book Review
        
    June 2021: Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Education by Alex Shevrin Venet
            Alex Shevrin Venet's Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Education is a masterful work which inspires a systemic look at the injustices in classrooms, schools, and communities.
        
Chris McNutt

    25 Jun 2021
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    6 min read
    
            Critical Analysis
        
    How Teachers Can Start a Grassroots Revolution for Better Schools
            The Biden Administration offers a space for educators to demand transformation. But that does not mean that we can count on better outcomes coming from the federal government.
        
Chris McNutt

    23 Jun 2021
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    4 min read
    
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    92: Paul Geheeb and the School of Humanity
            Paul Geheeb was a German school leader who led a progressive school at the advent of the Nazi seizure of power.
        
Chris McNutt

    2 Jun 2021
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    18 min read
    
            Progressive Education
        
    Binary Solutions to Systemic Problems
            This year has highlighted that there is a continual issue with equity in education; and that there’s a serious problem with the way schooling in general is tackling the issues we face today.
        
Chris McNutt

    28 May 2021
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    12 min read
    
            Book Review
        
    May 2021: We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba
            Mariame Kaba's collection of writings, We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice is a perfect encapsulation of understanding the carceral network, the importance of organizing, and counteracting inhumane systems.
        
Chris McNutt

    23 May 2021
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    10 min read
    
            Progressive Education
        
    100 Days of Conversations: Amplifying Communities to Reimagine Education
            In our pilot, we explored a reimagination of this project as a result of the pandemic, while simultaneously recognizing that the American education system was already in need of change.
        
Chris McNutt

    14 May 2021
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    4 min read
    
            Progressive Education
        
    Learning from Games: Making Decisions for Others
            Even the most well-intentioned changes can have horrific outcomes.
        
Chris McNutt

    12 Mar 2021
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    5 min read
    
            Book Review
        
    January: Teacher & Child by Haim Ginott
            This work outlines the day-to-day interactions teachers have with children, offering suggestions to solve the minute interactions that encompass most of this profession.
        
Chris McNutt

    1 Feb 2021
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    9 min read
    
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    85: Combatting Adultism to Create a Flourishing Democracy w/ Dr. Tanu Biswas & Dr. John Wall
            [music] 0:00:09.8 Chris McNutt: Hello and welcome to Episode 85 of our podcast at Human Restoration Project. My name is Chris McNutt and I'm a high school
        
Chris McNutt

    31 Jan 2021
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    24 min read
    
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    84: In Defense of Public Education w/ Dr. Jennifer Berkshire & Dr. Jack Schneider
            Today we are joined by Dr. Jennifer Berkshire and Dr. Jack Schneider. Dr. Berkshire is a journalist and educator who focuses on podcasting and labor organizing at Boston College and Umass Amherst respectively, and Dr. Schneider is an education historian focused on reform and school accountability.
        
Chris McNutt, Nick Covington

    27 Dec 2020
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    30 min read
    
            Book Review
        
    November: Manufacturing Happy Citizens by Edgar Cabanas & Eva Illouz
            Manufacturing Happy Citizens: How the Science and Industry of Happiness Control Our Lives by Edgar Cabanas & Eva Illouz provides a convincing condemnation of "positive psychology", the relatively recent scientific study of happiness.
        
Chris McNutt

    12 Nov 2020
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    14 min read
    
            Critical Analysis
        
    One Teacher Can't Save the World
            What is it about the world that is worth preparing students for, and are we dedicated to the work of building that better world alongside them?
        
Nick Covington, Chris McNutt

    28 Oct 2020
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    5 min read
    
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    80: Pandemic Pods, School Choice, and Combating Inequity w/ Dr. Jon Hale
            How can we simultaneously acknowledge that schools need to change while being critical advocates for the need for public institutions and employee unions? How have market oriented takes on so-called school choice actually subverted the original intent of independent and charter schools?
        
Chris McNutt, Nick Covington

    16 Oct 2020
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    37 min read
    
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    79: Reimagine the System with REENVISIONED (Dr. Erin Raab)
            Today, we're joined by Dr. Erin Raab. Erin is the co-founder and principal consultant of REENVISIONED ever a movement to redefine the purpose of school. REENVISIONED aims to change the conversation of school away from standards, norms and improving the status quo.
        
Chris McNutt

    3 Oct 2020
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    31 min read
    
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    78: A Way to Ungrade, Floop w/ Christine Witcher
            Today, we're talking about ungrading with the EdTech tool, "Floop", short for feedback loop found over at FloopEdu.com.
        
Chris McNutt

    18 Sep 2020
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    15 min read

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