Michelle Blanchet on Preventing Polarization

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is supported by the JFF Horizons Summit. Find out more at horizons.jff.org.  On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Michelle Blanchet, Founder & Director of the Educator’s Lab and author of Preventing Polarization: 50 Strategies for Teaching Kids About Empathy, Politics, and Civic Responsibility  co-authored by Brian Deters. Michelle is also serving as a Senior Fellow for our New Pathways campaign as she helps us to highlight and share stories around keeping sustainability and citizenship at the core of pathways.  Links: Educator’s Lab Michelle Blanchet Civics Through Play The Startup Teacher Playbook  Preventing Polarization Amazon Basehor-Linwood Student designed park  Lies My Teacher Told Me UnTextbooked Podcast