In this episode, we discuss Restorative Practices in Education with Austin Hundley from Prince William County Schools in Virginia. Restorative school discipline practices—also called positive discipline, responsive classroom, or empowerment—focus on fostering a sense of community within classrooms to prevent conflict, and on reacting to misconduct by encouraging students to accept responsibility and rebuild relationships.

In this episode, Moussa Ibrahim form Old National Bank, provides a thoughtful overview of budgeting, how to save for college and how 529's work. 

Part of Season 3, we discuss the new USAID Egyptian Pioneers project with their Chief of Party, Amal Mowafy. The Egyptian Pioneers project is a new program that will provide scholarships and training to Egyptian students with an emphasis on sectors that can advance Egypt’s climate goals. This program will include:

• scholarships to at least 700 young Egyptians (50 percent women) from underserved communities to obtain undergraduate degrees in Egypt, 
• scholarships to at least 60 mid-career Government of Egypt (GOE) professionals to obtain master’s degrees in the United States or Egypt,
• scholarships to at least 50 mid-career GOE professionals to pursue post-doctoral studies in the United States, and
• U.S.- and Egypt-based technical training for at least 250 mid-career Egyptian government professionals and at least 200 mid-career professionals from non-public entities.

In our season 3 premiere, we chat with Angie Kralik, a Special Education Teacher in Virginia, about creating classrooms to help neurodiverse young people thrive in their learning and after school environments.

In this episode, we discuss the year that was 2022, and the episodes that stood out to us from Devin Moore and Analia Pastran to Donald Earl Collins, Susanne Barsoum, Youth Gun Violence, Leon Andrews, and more!

We also talk about exciting new items for 2023!

In our latest episode, we speak to Starla Hart and Andrea Russell from IU Health Foundation Mosaic Center. The Mosaic Center offers a “mosaic” of individualized and intensive services to help individuals chart pathways to meaningful careers at IU Health, other healthcare settings, or beyond the healthcare field.

The Mosaic Center supports under and unemployed individuals, entry-level IU Health employees, independent former foster care youth ages 18-26, and Crispus Attucks High School students in the IU Health Fellowship program, which uses a curriculum co-developed by IPS and IU Health and guarantees fellows job offers from IU Health upon graduation.

On our latest episode, we spoke to Matthew Moheban, Co-Founder of 220 Leadership, an entity that provides organizations and individuals with tools, courses and content to help youth become leaders, creators and entrepreneurs.

In our latest episode, we speak with Susanne Barsoum, CEO of Keylime, an innovative, industry-trusted marketplace for hiring consultants with USAID & other donor expertise. Keylime Consultants specialize in donor-funded proposals and the full project life cycle. In addition to learning about the Keylime platform, we discuss current trends and market needs in global consultants.