At 13, Casey Cuny learned firsthand how profoundly a teacher can shape a life. Decades later, the 2024 California Teacher of the Year has built his own teaching around a simple idea: rigor happens through relationships.

In this conversation, Casey talks with Michelle about knowing students deeply, explicitly telling them we believe in them, creating classrooms where young people feel safe enough to take risks, and using mythology to help students see their own lives with greater meaning and possibility.

They also explore what it means to find well-being within the work itself—and how AI might give educators more time and energy for what only humans can do: connect, create, notice, imagine, and care.

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