https://simplecast.com Duct Tape Rocket Ship A new podcast about parents in the US public schools. Listen to parents' stories on their personal educational experiences, wishes and hopes now for their children's education, and worries and concerns about our school system, hosted by Jessica Zou. Premieres April 30th. For stories behind the scene, follow us on our website: jessicazou.com. en Fri, 1 Oct 2021 07:00:00 +0000 Fri, 1 Oct 2021 17:24:58 +0000 https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com Duct Tape Rocket Ship https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/66cbbf8d-3207-48a7-bd6f-64e992ed1131/70c05ff2-bbdf-4af8-bc34-816038d0f323/3000x3000/dtr-podcast-main-square.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com episodic A new podcast about parents in the US public schools. Listen to parents' stories on their personal educational experiences, wishes and hopes now for their children's education, and worries and concerns about our school system, hosted by Jessica Zou. Premieres April 30th. For stories behind the scene, follow us on our website: jessicazou.com. Jessica Zou no https://feeds.simplecast.com/8luFUjC4 educationsystem, uspublicschools, humanlearning, educationinnovation, educationpolicy, parenting, education, publiceducation, educationfunding Jessica Zou jessica@jessicazou.com 4570a0fa-1775-4ad2-bde4-3e881444289e Skills For Life, What's School For, To See & Be Seen with Neveen In this episode, Neveen talks about her career transition after 6 years in the New York City public schools, what it means to pay it forward and her answers to the question: what is school for? 

]]> Fri, 1 Oct 2021 07:00:00 +0000 jessica@jessicazou.com (Neveen Mourad, Jessica Zou) https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com/episodes/skills-for-life-whats-school-for-to-see-be-seen-with-neveen-h5tg6Gyo In this episode, Neveen talks about her career transition after 6 years in the New York City public schools, what it means to pay it forward and her answers to the question: what is school for? 

]]> Skills For Life, What's School For, To See & Be Seen with Neveen Neveen Mourad, Jessica Zou 00:30:43 In this episode, Neveen talks about her career transition after 6 years in the New York City public schools, what it means to pay it forward and her answers to the question: what is school for? In this episode, Neveen talks about her career transition after 6 years in the New York City public schools, what it means to pay it forward and her answers to the question: what is school for? #publiceducation, #publicschools, #uspublicschools no full 8 1 0d7cd3a9-227e-46e3-8732-a750d210eb90 Passion, Nurturing Environment, Systemic Disparity with Neveen Neveen Mourad is an educator, mother and proud New Yorker with a lifelong passion for words. An instructional designer, Neveen creates online learning programs to support social entrepreneurs and those working in the field of social impact. She has been working in education for the past 17 years, beginning as a New York City public middle school teacher.

Neveen received her bachelor's degree in English Literature from Suny Binghamton and her master's degree in Teaching English from Teachers College, Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York City, with her 7-year-old son and his never-ending collection of Pokémon cards.

In this episode, she talks about her own journey as a student in the public school system in Long Island, New York with stories on how her passion for words was not only discovered but also encouraged and nurtured by her teacher, and how this experience transformed her life and influenced her career choice to become a public school teacher. 

]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:00:00 +0000 jessica@jessicazou.com (Jessica Zou, Neveen Mourad) https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com/episodes/passion-nurturing-environment-systemic-disparity-with-neveen-ueXtOEmU Neveen Mourad is an educator, mother and proud New Yorker with a lifelong passion for words. An instructional designer, Neveen creates online learning programs to support social entrepreneurs and those working in the field of social impact. She has been working in education for the past 17 years, beginning as a New York City public middle school teacher.

Neveen received her bachelor's degree in English Literature from Suny Binghamton and her master's degree in Teaching English from Teachers College, Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York City, with her 7-year-old son and his never-ending collection of Pokémon cards.

In this episode, she talks about her own journey as a student in the public school system in Long Island, New York with stories on how her passion for words was not only discovered but also encouraged and nurtured by her teacher, and how this experience transformed her life and influenced her career choice to become a public school teacher. 

]]> Passion, Nurturing Environment, Systemic Disparity with Neveen Jessica Zou, Neveen Mourad 00:29:27 Neveen Mourad is an educator, mother and proud New Yorker with a lifelong passion for words. An instructional designer, Neveen creates online learning programs to support social entrepreneurs and those working in the field of social impact. She has been working in education for the past 17 years, beginning as a New York City public middle school teacher. Neveen received her bachelor's degree in English Literature from Suny Binghamton and her master's degree in Teaching English from Teachers College, Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York City, with her 7-year-old son and his never-ending collection of Pokémon cards. In this episode, she talks about her own journey as a student in the public school system in Long Island, New York with stories on how her passion for words was not only discovered but also encouraged and nurtured by her teacher, and how this experience transformed her life and influenced her career choice to become a public school teacher. Neveen Mourad is an educator, mother and proud New Yorker with a lifelong passion for words. An instructional designer, Neveen creates online learning programs to support social entrepreneurs and those working in the field of social impact. She has been working in education for the past 17 years, beginning as a New York City public middle school teacher. Neveen received her bachelor's degree in English Literature from Suny Binghamton and her master's degree in Teaching English from Teachers College, Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York City, with her 7-year-old son and his never-ending collection of Pokémon cards. In this episode, she talks about her own journey as a student in the public school system in Long Island, New York with stories on how her passion for words was not only discovered but also encouraged and nurtured by her teacher, and how this experience transformed her life and influenced her career choice to become a public school teacher. us public schools, public schools no full 7 1 7eca3498-8ff2-4178-9a87-bdc03e4c9f52 Differences in school systems, quality education and learning, reaching the goal with Valerie Valerie Lucchesi, mom of 3 boys from Maryland, host of Perfect Strangers podcast and board member for the IMF family association, shares her own public school experience in the the French part of Switzerland and the 5 educational systems in 4 languages her children have gone through so far.

In this episode, we are talking about even with all the differences among school systems, parents' expectations on our children's education are roughly the same: quality learning, joy in life, the delicate dance between helping our children reach their goals and not over stressing them, and more importantly viewing our differences not as weaknesses but opportunities for us all to contribute and make lives better together. 

]]> Mon, 6 Sep 2021 18:53:33 +0000 jessica@jessicazou.com (Valerie Lucchesi, Jessica Zou) https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com/episodes/differences-in-school-systems-quality-education-and-learning-reaching-the-goal-with-valerie-l3wxktjw Valerie Lucchesi, mom of 3 boys from Maryland, host of Perfect Strangers podcast and board member for the IMF family association, shares her own public school experience in the the French part of Switzerland and the 5 educational systems in 4 languages her children have gone through so far.

In this episode, we are talking about even with all the differences among school systems, parents' expectations on our children's education are roughly the same: quality learning, joy in life, the delicate dance between helping our children reach their goals and not over stressing them, and more importantly viewing our differences not as weaknesses but opportunities for us all to contribute and make lives better together. 

]]> Differences in school systems, quality education and learning, reaching the goal with Valerie Valerie Lucchesi, Jessica Zou 00:33:59 Valerie Lucchesi, mom of 3 boys from Maryland, host of Perfect Strangers podcast, and board member for the IMF family association, talks about her own public school experience in the the French part of Switzerland and the 5 educational systems in 4 languages her children have gone through so far. In this episode, we are talking about even with all the differences among school systems, parents' expectations on our children's education are roughly the same: quality learning, joy in life, the delicate dance between helping our children reach their goals and not over stressing them, and more importantly viewing our differences not as weaknesses but opportunities for us all to contribute and make our lives better together. Valerie Lucchesi, mom of 3 boys from Maryland, host of Perfect Strangers podcast, and board member for the IMF family association, talks about her own public school experience in the the French part of Switzerland and the 5 educational systems in 4 languages her children have gone through so far. In this episode, we are talking about even with all the differences among school systems, parents' expectations on our children's education are roughly the same: quality learning, joy in life, the delicate dance between helping our children reach their goals and not over stressing them, and more importantly viewing our differences not as weaknesses but opportunities for us all to contribute and make our lives better together. public education, public schools no full 6 1 4c8a6f11-abd1-4ced-b0ea-a19242c55c82 What's School For, Right Question, Leading with Anette Anette Carlisle, mom of 3 creative boys from Amarillo Texas, passionate Advocate for public education, host of the informative "Anette on Education" podcast has a long history of involvement in education, governance, and building community. A 19- year member of the Amarillo ISD board of Trustees, Anette now serves in her second term on the board of Amarillo College, which has garnered national attention based on its poverty reduction that grew out of Panhandle Twenty/20, founded and led by Anette for 12 years.

 

In this episode, we are talking about the importance of public schools, the changes that happened in the school system, what it means to lead as parent, and more importantly her thoughts on the big question: what is school for? 

]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2021 07:00:00 +0000 jessica@jessicazou.com (Anette Carlisle, Jessica Zou) https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com/episodes/whats-school-for-right-question-leading-with-anette-PdvUlaW1 Anette Carlisle, mom of 3 creative boys from Amarillo Texas, passionate Advocate for public education, host of the informative "Anette on Education" podcast has a long history of involvement in education, governance, and building community. A 19- year member of the Amarillo ISD board of Trustees, Anette now serves in her second term on the board of Amarillo College, which has garnered national attention based on its poverty reduction that grew out of Panhandle Twenty/20, founded and led by Anette for 12 years.

 

In this episode, we are talking about the importance of public schools, the changes that happened in the school system, what it means to lead as parent, and more importantly her thoughts on the big question: what is school for? 

]]> What's School For, Right Question, Leading with Anette Anette Carlisle, Jessica Zou 00:27:23 Anette Carlisle, mom of 3 creative boys from Amarillo Texas, passionate Advocate for public education, host of the informative "Anette on Education" podcast has a long history of involvement in education, governance, and building community. A 19- year member of the Amarillo ISD board of Trustees, Anette now serves in her second term on the board of Amarillo College, which has garnered national attention based on its poverty reduction that grew out of Panhandle Twenty/20, founded and led by Anette for 12 years. In this episode, we are talking about the importance of public schools, the changes that happened in the school system, what it means to lead as parent, and more importantly her thoughts on the big question: what is school for? Anette Carlisle, mom of 3 creative boys from Amarillo Texas, passionate Advocate for public education, host of the informative "Anette on Education" podcast has a long history of involvement in education, governance, and building community. A 19- year member of the Amarillo ISD board of Trustees, Anette now serves in her second term on the board of Amarillo College, which has garnered national attention based on its poverty reduction that grew out of Panhandle Twenty/20, founded and led by Anette for 12 years. In this episode, we are talking about the importance of public schools, the changes that happened in the school system, what it means to lead as parent, and more importantly her thoughts on the big question: what is school for? no full 5 1 4fb23e95-9444-413d-ab2c-5e9cd138edf0 Interests, Freedom to Try and Fail, Passion for Life with Emily (PartII) In this episode, Emily and I continue our conversation about her observation on the importance of the after-school enrichment programs, and through these programs her daughters found their love of learning and passion through college and into their careers. "Kids don't know what they like until they try it out. If schools don't offer these programs, a lot of children will never have the opportunity to find out what they really like", she said. 

]]> Fri, 2 Jul 2021 07:00:00 +0000 jessica@jessicazou.com (Jessica Zou) https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com/episodes/interests-freedom-to-try-and-fail-passion-for-life-with-emily-partii-MJO5q9fp In this episode, Emily and I continue our conversation about her observation on the importance of the after-school enrichment programs, and through these programs her daughters found their love of learning and passion through college and into their careers. "Kids don't know what they like until they try it out. If schools don't offer these programs, a lot of children will never have the opportunity to find out what they really like", she said. 

]]> Interests, Freedom to Try and Fail, Passion for Life with Emily (PartII) Jessica Zou 00:24:23 In this episode, Emily and I continue our conversation about her observation on the importance of the after-school enrichment programs, and through these programs her daughters found their love of learning and passion through college and into their careers. "Kids don't know what they like until they try it out. If schools don't offer these programs, a lot of children will never have the opportunity to find out what they really like", she said. In this episode, Emily and I continue our conversation about her observation on the importance of the after-school enrichment programs, and through these programs her daughters found their love of learning and passion through college and into their careers. "Kids don't know what they like until they try it out. If schools don't offer these programs, a lot of children will never have the opportunity to find out what they really like", she said. no full 4 1 44d3d088-a30a-4c11-bbcd-55be5b931940 Finding Support, Connecting Dots, Self-confidence with Emily In this episode, we are talking about Emily’s own learning journey going through the US public schools. A first-generation immigrant, she shares her thoughts in learning English in school, meeting her own needs for support, and her realization that the academic excellence was the only way for her to build confidence in this whole new world.

 

Emily worked in financial and tech sector including Morgan Stanley, GE capital & UBS for more than 26 years in New York. The most recent position she held was the Vice President of Sales Effectiveness at NetBrain, a network management software company. Emily loves traveling, swimming and baking, and has already visited 49 countries in the world.

 

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2021 07:00:00 +0000 jessica@jessicazou.com (Jessica Zou, Emily Liang) https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com/episodes/finding-support-connecting-dots-self-confidence-with-emily-KHXjJRvy In this episode, we are talking about Emily’s own learning journey going through the US public schools. A first-generation immigrant, she shares her thoughts in learning English in school, meeting her own needs for support, and her realization that the academic excellence was the only way for her to build confidence in this whole new world.

 

Emily worked in financial and tech sector including Morgan Stanley, GE capital & UBS for more than 26 years in New York. The most recent position she held was the Vice President of Sales Effectiveness at NetBrain, a network management software company. Emily loves traveling, swimming and baking, and has already visited 49 countries in the world.

 

]]> Finding Support, Connecting Dots, Self-confidence with Emily Jessica Zou, Emily Liang 00:24:50 In this episode, we are talking about Emily’s own learning journey going through the US public schools. A first-generation immigrant, she shares her thoughts in learning English in school, meeting her own needs for support, and her realization that the academic excellence was the only way for her to build confidence in this whole new world. Emily worked in financial and tech sector including Morgan Stanley, GE capital & UBS for more than 26 years in New York. The most recent position she held was the Vice President of Sales Effectiveness at NetBrain, a network management software company. Emily loves traveling, swimming and baking, and has already visited 49 countries in the world. In this episode, we are talking about Emily’s own learning journey going through the US public schools. A first-generation immigrant, she shares her thoughts in learning English in school, meeting her own needs for support, and her realization that the academic excellence was the only way for her to build confidence in this whole new world. Emily worked in financial and tech sector including Morgan Stanley, GE capital & UBS for more than 26 years in New York. The most recent position she held was the Vice President of Sales Effectiveness at NetBrain, a network management software company. Emily loves traveling, swimming and baking, and has already visited 49 countries in the world. public education, public schools no full 3 1 d41bc774-0af3-4350-8654-df83e7c0b785 Finding the Right School, Rigor in Academics, Work Ethics with Weili In this episode, we talk about why Weili chose the current school for her children and what is important to her family. A teacher herself, Weili shares what she likes about the school her kids are attending, and her concerns about the overall learning environment including student work ethics and rigor in learning. 

 

Weili Ge is Moss Adams Endowed professor at University of Washington and has been holding the position since 2006. Her current research interests include predicting accounting misstatement/fraud, determinants and consequences of earnings quality, internal control over financial reporting.

 

]]> Fri, 28 May 2021 07:00:00 +0000 jessica@jessicazou.com (Jessica Zou, Weili Ge) https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com/episodes/finding-the-right-school-rigor-in-academics-work-ethics-5dUbXE6u In this episode, we talk about why Weili chose the current school for her children and what is important to her family. A teacher herself, Weili shares what she likes about the school her kids are attending, and her concerns about the overall learning environment including student work ethics and rigor in learning. 

 

Weili Ge is Moss Adams Endowed professor at University of Washington and has been holding the position since 2006. Her current research interests include predicting accounting misstatement/fraud, determinants and consequences of earnings quality, internal control over financial reporting.

 

]]> Finding the Right School, Rigor in Academics, Work Ethics with Weili Jessica Zou, Weili Ge 00:27:26 In this episode, we talk about why Weili chose the current school for her children and what is important to her family. A teacher herself, Weili shares what she likes about the school her kids are attending, and her concerns about the overall learning environment including student work ethics and rigor in learning. Weili Ge is Moss Adams Endowed professor at University of Washington and has been holding the position since 2006. Her current research interests include predicting accounting misstatement/fraud, determinants and consequences of earnings quality, internal control over financial reporting. In this episode, we talk about why Weili chose the current school for her children and what is important to her family. A teacher herself, Weili shares what she likes about the school her kids are attending, and her concerns about the overall learning environment including student work ethics and rigor in learning. Weili Ge is Moss Adams Endowed professor at University of Washington and has been holding the position since 2006. Her current research interests include predicting accounting misstatement/fraud, determinants and consequences of earnings quality, internal control over financial reporting. no full 2 1 cda63811-8677-4346-9cdd-a9b2223af5d1 Social Acceptance, Sense of Belonging before Actual Learning with Henry Henry is a graphic designer and entrepreneur based in Seattle, Washington. To learn more about his work, check out his website: statesofmatter.com. 

If you are a parent in the public schools and would like to be my guest on the show, I would love to have you. Here is how: visit my website jessicazou.com and submit your request, or follow us on Apple Podcast and Spotify. 

]]> Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:00:00 +0000 jessica@jessicazou.com (Jessica Zou, Henry Yiu) https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com/episodes/duct-tape-rocket-ship-M0gG7tiK Henry is a graphic designer and entrepreneur based in Seattle, Washington. To learn more about his work, check out his website: statesofmatter.com. 

If you are a parent in the public schools and would like to be my guest on the show, I would love to have you. Here is how: visit my website jessicazou.com and submit your request, or follow us on Apple Podcast and Spotify. 

]]> Social Acceptance, Sense of Belonging before Actual Learning with Henry Jessica Zou, Henry Yiu 00:24:43 As a first-generation immigrant, Henry shared his own experiences with public schools from a non-English speaker to a straight A student. He believes that social acceptance determines a student's learning journey in the early school years. As a first-generation immigrant, Henry shared his own experiences with public schools from a non-English speaker to a straight A student. He believes that social acceptance determines a student's learning journey in the early school years. education, parenting, publiceducation no full 1 1 58ef8fb4-6593-485f-ad92-6ad0b45d5bbe Duct Tape Rocket Ship Trailer If you are a parent in the public schools and would like to be my guest on the show, I would love to have you. Here is how: visit my website jessicazou.com and submit your request, or follow us on Apple Podcast and Spotify. 

]]> Tue, 30 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000 jessica@jessicazou.com (Jessica Zou) https://duct-tape-rocket-ship.simplecast.com/episodes/duct-tape-rocket-ship-trailer-1-J_VyRXVw If you are a parent in the public schools and would like to be my guest on the show, I would love to have you. Here is how: visit my website jessicazou.com and submit your request, or follow us on Apple Podcast and Spotify. 

]]> Duct Tape Rocket Ship Trailer Jessica Zou 00:01:23 If you are a parent in the public schools and would like to be my guest on the show, I would love to have you. Here is how: visit my website jessicazou.com and submit your request, or follow us on Apple Podcast and Spotify. If you are a parent in the public schools and would like to be my guest on the show, I would love to have you. Here is how: visit my website jessicazou.com and submit your request, or follow us on Apple Podcast and Spotify. no trailer 1