In 2018, Chris McNutt and Nick Covington, two teachers in Ohio, decided to join forces to bring to light the need to transform education in keeping with far more progressive and human-centered systems of learning, resulting in The Human Restoration Project. Starting first with a blog and podcast series, since then Chris and Nick have expanded their efforts to include work with school systems across the country, host an annual summer conference, curate an amazing website with a plethora of resources including writings, podcasts, curriculum guides, webinars, cross-curricular lessons, and a database of over 800 research articles supporting progressive education. Most important to know: they want to support educators to pursue the kinds of progressive education they feel (and research and observation clearly evidences) can serve youth far better. In this episode the share who they are, why they do what they do, their journey to getting where they are, and what they do ... and why.
In 2018, Chris McNutt and Nick Covington, two teachers in Ohio, decided to join forces to bring to light the need to transform education in keeping with far more progressive and human-centered systems of learning, resulting in The Human Restoration Project. Starting first with a blog and podcast series, since then Chris and Nick have expanded their efforts to include work with school systems across the country, host an annual summer conference, curate an amazing website with a plethora of resources including writings, podcasts, curriculum guides, webinars, cross-curricular lessons, and a database of over 800 research articles supporting progressive education. Most important to know: they want to support educators to pursue the kinds of progressive education they feel (and research and observation clearly evidences) can serve youth far better. In this episode the share who they are, why they do what they do, their journey to getting where they are, and what they do ... and why.