E114

What if we tended the soil of our schools?

From The Broken Copier · Hosted by Marcus Luther

2026-04-15·00:44:28

Episode summary

In this episode of The Broken Copier: Whether you are a student, teacher or even a building leader, there is too often a shared experience of how individuals feel within our education system, no matter their role. Stressed. Drained.

Original publisher description

Whether you are a student, teacher or even a building leader, there is too often a shared experience of how individuals feel within our education system, no matter their role. Stressed. Drained. Overextended. Burnt out. Depleted . Ruth Poulsen believes there is a better path forward. An international school leader and author of the Regenerative Schools newsletter , Ruth is focused on the ways we can shift our mindsets and systems not only to better support educators but also, as a result, to create schools that do more for the students within them—now and going forward. Referenced within this conversation: * Burning the Math Workbook (from Ruth’s newsletter) * Boundaries Create Culture (from Ruth’s newsletter) * The End of Education as We Know It: Regenerative Learning for Complex Times by Ida Rose Florez Thanks, as always, to Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; and Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden . * Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com , and on Instagram @banduncivilized. * Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com , and on Instagram @djsynchro. You can email us here with feedback or any other questions as well: thebrokencopier@substack.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebrokencopier.substack.com