Nick Covington and Chris McNutt: Human Centered Learning

02/09/20 • 50 min

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Nick Covington and Chris McNutt are fun, passionate advocators for great education. We discuss the importance of human centered learning and what they are doing with The Human Restoration Project, a fantastic free resource for educators. Then they compete with each other in a nerdy throw-down during The 5-Minute Game Show. And on In the Trenches today, we have a mystery guest! Our fauxmercial stars this week are Barbara Heller, Elliot Schiff, Jill Moray and Yossie Frankel.

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