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Hi I’m Jo Yang, a high school educator and on Ready to Redo we’re dissecting the juicy topic of educational re-doing. Here we question the traditional education system, is it REALLY doing what’s best for our students and their future? Stay tuned for interviews with other educators, organisations defying the educational norm and everyone in between - you’ll be surprised just how many are part of this quest for a redo.
Episodes
Saturday Sep 20, 2025
Saturday Sep 20, 2025
How do we build kids’ natural curiosity? How do we encourage ‘hard fun’?
Today we answer those questions, and celebrate our 60th episode with David Waitzer, a Founding coach for Prisma's East Asia & Oceania team! Prisma is a purely online school that’s revolutionising education as we know it, building a carefully curated curriculum that honours that education is not ‘one size fits all’.
Find more about Prisma HERE:
Connect & Learn more about David here:
https://www.joinprisma.com/blog/meet-david-waitzer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwaitzer/
Books mentioned:
- Nudge
- Never split the difference
- How emotions are made
Youtube version of podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCndDvY08yZ1ljNtoJ6C9_LA?view_as=subscriber
Feedback, queries, anecdotes - send them on through! → itsjjyang@gmail.com
CONNECT HERE!
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Music: lukrembo cloud
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Geraden Kennedy (Founder of Gudjela), returns for Part 2 to teach us all about how to build a positive school environment for failure through an Indigenous Australian, First Nation's lens.
Huge learnings on the way... Enjoy!
Youtube version of podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCndDvY08yZ1ljNtoJ6C9_LA?view_as=subscriber
Feedback, queries, anecdotes - send them on through! → itsjjyang@gmail.com
CONNECT HERE!
FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/itsjoyang
BLOG: https://itsjoyang.com
INSTA: @jo_yangj
Music: lukrembo cloud
Sunday Mar 30, 2025
Sunday Mar 30, 2025
Joining us for Episode 58 is Geraden Kennedy, founder of Gudjela, an Indigenous corporation based in Alice Springs! Gudjela delivers programs to schools that reconnect disengaged students, teaching them to reconnect with who they are, and important skills of self-regulation, resilience and more. Geraden teaches us trauma informed, Indigenous-led strategies, and also exactly what NOT to do in the classroom.
TW: Geraden kicks off the episode with his own personal story, which involves triggering subjects like addiction and suicide.
What’s Mentioned:
Books:
- The body keeps the score - Bessel van der Kolk
- Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
- The Mountain is You - Brianna West
Kings Narrative Organisation (Alice Springs)
Youtube version of podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCndDvY08yZ1ljNtoJ6C9_LA?view_as=subscriber
Feedback, queries, anecdotes - send them on through! → itsjjyang@gmail.com
CONNECT HERE!
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INSTA: @jo_yangj
BLOG: https://itsjoyang.com
Music: lukrembo cloud
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Flexi-wellbeing public schools, EAL refugee schools, student agency schools, you name it... we're covering them all!
Of course, this episode is not to diss mainstream schooling (it does suit a certain lifestyle/learning style), but to show what other options exist that have identified issues many people find in those institutions!
Schools mentioned:
Language specific:
- Blackburn english language school
- River nile school
Re-engagement/wellbeing:
- saints (north melb)
- hester hornbrook
- berry street
- Fitzroy high
- sydney road brunswick
- collingwood alternative
- Berengarra
- Prace
Independent/alternative:
- Montessori
- Steiner
- Alia College
- Preshil
Learning centres:
- celebrate learning (Amy Damant Ready to Redo episode 35)
Feedback, queries, anecdotes - send them on through! → itsjjyang@gmail.com
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Music: lukrembo cloud
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
New year, new practical lessons learnt from the classroom! Today I've compiled the top tips from my recent teaching placement, all of which help you become a better teacher
Feedback, queries, anecdotes - send them on through! → itsjjyang@gmail.com
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Music: lukrembo cloud
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Some of you might not know that Sal Khan (Khan Academy) actually has a PHYSICAL SCHOOL in California! Aaaand you guessed it, today we're incredibly lucky to be joined by Brandon Lee, director of Project Based Learning at Khan Lab school. We deep dive into the importance of project based learning, the fun curriculum and launch days that Brandon and KLS staff work hard to organise, and how that's changing the education sphere! So much to unpack, so let's jump into it :)
Find Khan Lab school here! https://www.khanlabschool.org/
Find the podcast version here!
ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ready-to-redo/id1519949665
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5mmBdaif6bZUzyHkTSrCd4?si=ZMCfjjANRU6LQdxaUhhYGg&dl_branch=1
Feedback, queries, anecdotes - send them on through! → itsjjyang@gmail.com CONNECT HERE!
FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/itsjoyang
BLOG: https://itsjoyang.com (+ monthly newsletter!)
INSTA: @jo_yangj
Music: lukrembo cloud
Khan Academy Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuX7nPBqDts&t=2s
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
First of all, an INCREDIBLY HUGE SORRY for the unexplained silence. May fizzle now rest in peace, and the podcast live on (even while I'll be immersing myself in good ol' traditional education!)
Feedback, queries, anecdotes - send them on through! → itsjjyang@gmail.com
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Music: lukrembo cloud
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Prisma isn't teaching kids WHAT to learn, but HOW to learn.
It's personalised, practical, teaching essential 21st century skills, and basically solving a lot of what i've ranted about on this podcast! We're joined by CEO and founder Victoria Ransom to discuss:
- How her own children inspired the creation of Prisma
- Why learners' academic outcomes have grown 150% (compared to the 'expected' rate) DESPITE not having grades and mandatory curriculums
- Why (and how) they carefully select Prisma mentors & coaches
And much much more of course!
Find Prisma here!
Youtube version of podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCndDvY08yZ1ljNtoJ6C9_LA?view_as=subscriber
Feedback, queries, anecdotes - send them on through! → itsjjyang@gmail.com
CONNECT HERE!
FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/itsjoyang
BLOG: https://itsjoyang.com
(+ monthly newsletter!)
INSTA: @jo_yangj
Music: lukrembo cloud
Saturday Sep 25, 2021
Saturday Sep 25, 2021
If a student sees an F on their test, they'll think many things. One of them being "I'm a failure"... How toxic is that? Today's episode is all about psychology, conditioning, and ways to UNDO a student's beliefs around grades, enjoy!
Feedback, queries, anecdotes - send them on through! → itsjjyang@gmail.com
SOCIAL:
INSTA: @jo_yangj
FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/itsjoyang
BLOG: https://itsjoyang.com
Video version of podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCndDvY08yZ1ljNtoJ6C9_LA?view_as=subscriber
Videos: Little albert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hBfnXACsOI&t=59s&ab_channel=Johncheezy
Music: lukrembo cloud