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Cardus Data & What is Education For?: Beth Green
April 26, 2019 14:00 - 35 minutes - 13.7 MBIn this conversation, I get to talk data, a decade of Cardus Education Survey results (www.cardus.ca/research/education/), and the impact of religious schools in particular Protestant Evangelical schools with Beth Green. We both love data, research, and our profession, which I think comes out in the conversation. However, the question in the title comes from the end of the conversation where I ask Beth a question that many of my friends, family members, and other parents have asked me over t...
Modern Schools for Modern Learners: Will Richardson
April 18, 2019 21:49 - 25 minutes - 9.9 MBWill Richardson is an internationally recognized speaker and author on learning and technology. He's authored six books, most recently "Freedom to Learn" and blogs at www.willrichardson.com. Most recently he was named one of the top 100 global thought leaders and changemakers in education by the Finnish group hundrED, and he is the co-founder of Modern Learners (www.modernlearners.com) In this podcast, I ask him an array of questions on schools and some statements from "10 Principles for Sc...
Unschooling, the Future of Learning: Kerry McDonald
April 08, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 9.16 MBI love talking with people who talk about Learning and Education as a juxtaposition to "schooling". In this conversation, I talk with Kerry McDonald about a recent article Compulsory Schooling Laws Aren’t Progressive, They’re Inhumane she wrote where she says, "The first step to restore education freedom and empower parents with choice and opportunity for their children is to eliminate compulsory schooling laws that authorize state control of education." https://fee.org/articles/compulsory-s...
Relationships as a Policy Imperative: Robert Loe
April 03, 2019 10:51 - 30 minutes - 11.9 MBThis podcast conversation is packed with depth and implications for our profession and our work. Dr. Robert Loe shares energizing details on the Relational Schools Project and how having positive school relationships prior to the age of ten makes a significant impact on well-being in adulthood. Likewise, he takes it further and gives us a picture of what makes places like the XP school special. Dr. Robert Loe is the Director of the Relational Schools Foundation (www.relationalschools.org). ...
School Culture and the Learner Experience: Chris Everett
March 28, 2019 12:30 - 30 minutes - 11.7 MBChris Everett is Culture Design Strategist for Engage2Learn (www.engage2learn.org), has been a Texas educator for 20 years, serving at multiple levels within the school structure including as a classroom teacher, a coach, a campus administrator, a district administrator, and a director at a regional Education Service Center. I got to know Chris nearly a year ago at a Rex Miller MindShift gathering in Los Angeles where we discovered many of the same interests in how schools fit into a larger...
Leadership from Behind the Bench: Todd McLellan
March 20, 2019 18:41 - 21 minutes - 8.37 MBHaving a conversation with Todd McLellan is a pretty special honor. Todd was drafted by the New York Islanders of the NHL, started coaching full-time in 1994, became an NHL assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings in 2005, and has been a head coach with the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers. However, I got to know Todd as a parent of two sons. I've always been intrigued by how hockey coaches make decisions and lead from "behind the bench" seemingly separated from the ice where the game ...
Urban Education: Stephanie Jones-Fosu and Evan Willis
March 07, 2019 16:54 - 30 minutes - 11.9 MBUrban Education has interested me ever since an invitation to a meeting in Chicago in 2002 about the "Graduation Crisis" in urban schools. This interest led me to Boston University, which just continued to foster my interests. In many ways this conversation is a primer for future conversations with Stephanie and Evan as they are researchers at "The Urban Education Collaborative" at UNC-Charlotte (www.thecollaborative.uncc.edu). Evan Willis is a researcher at UNC Charlotte and a Seventh-Day ...
Becoming Whole: Conversation with Will Richey of Journeyman Ink
January 16, 2019 03:22 - 29 minutes - 11.4 MB"Introduce Joy, Invite Depth, Offer Reflection" - Will Richey on DaVerse Lounge Will Richey is founder of Journeyman Ink (www.journeymanink.com), father of DaVerse Lounge a spoken word event in the Deep Ellam community of Dallas, lead teaching artist for Big Thought (www.bigthought.org), and award winning spoken word artist. Will has worked extensively with schools and shares his transition from the classroom to DaVerse Lounge to working with schools. Prior to this conversation Will shared...
Broken.Mending: Spoken Word Art by Will Richey
January 13, 2019 22:15 - 3 minutes - 1.33 MBWill Richey is the found of Journeyman Ink (www.journeymanink.com), father of DaVerse Lounge, and award-winning spoken word artist. I had the opportunity to have a longer conversation with Will that I will post by itself, but in my low tech way I was able to separate a recording of Will's spoken word piece "Broken.Mending", which I think you will bind quite meaningful and will add incredible depth and context to the conversation.
What Are You Hoping For: Conversation with Shannon Buerk
January 09, 2019 18:38 - 24 minutes - 9.49 MBHappy 2019, and I think you will be energized by the enthusiasm for our work that Shannon Buerk has. Shannon is the founder and CEO of engage2learn (www.engage2learn.org) and works with communities across the U.S. to design strategic and innovative learning solutions. Shannon's solutions are grounded in proven best practices that focus on systems thinking and Future Ready Skills. She has implemented scalable, effective coaching processes for educators on change, conflict resolution and comm...
Ed Next Poll and Research on Faith in Education: Conversation with Albert Cheng
December 18, 2018 15:27 - 27 minutes - 10.9 MBAlbert Cheng is an educational researcher and professor at the University of Arkansas, was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance, and was once a high school math teacher. In this conversation, I ask Albert to share some of his most interesting findings from the Education Next Poll: https://www.educationnext.org/public-support-climbs-teacher-pay-school-expenditures-charter-schools-universal-vouchers-2018-ednext-poll/. Likewise, I ask Albert ...
A Vision for Education from the UK: Conversation with Nigel Genders and Andy Wolfe
December 12, 2018 22:30 - 35 minutes - 13.8 MBDespite some tech and connectivity issues with my simple podcast, I think you will gain some amazing nuggets of wisdom from this podcast on vision, collaboration, and leadership development. I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Nigel Genders, Chief Education Officer of The Church of England Schools, along with prior-podcast participant Andy Wolfe, Deputy Chief Education Officer of Leadership Development, on their work developing a "Vision for Education and the Common Good" for ...
Pluralism, Policy, and Knowledge: Conversation with Ashley Berner
December 08, 2018 19:05 - 19 minutes - 7.5 MBAshley Berner ([email protected]) is the Deputy Director of the Institute for Education Policy at Johns Hopkins University and the author of Pluralism and American Public Education: No One Way to School. A year ago I had a conversation with Ashley regarding the argument in the book about the ideas for and potential behind a more pluralistic approach to education in the United States. In this conversation, she shares what has happened since last year with the argument, and how pluralism ...
Building Environments to Improve the Human Condition: Conversation with Danish Kurani
November 26, 2018 19:05 - 28 minutes - 11.2 MBAccording to a recent article school and prison design are historically linked, and I was interested in having a conversation with Danish Kurani about this and how we alter our educational spaces for a new reality. I've appreciated a number of conversations with Danish over the years as he has sparked a new energy for us to "cultivate happiness", "re-village" our schools, consider educator "comfort" and well-being, and consider "people-centric design". Danish Kurani is Chief Designer at Ku...
Educator Well-being needs a MindShift: Conversation with Rex Miller
November 23, 2018 19:41 - 23 minutes - 9.24 MBAccording to Rex, educators as a whole display the characteristics of fatigue in a similar way as is described as The Caregivers Dilemma. Rex Miller is the author of Humanizing the Education Machine and The Healthy Workplace Nudge, and in this conversation we discuss his new MindShift project that is a mesh of these two books as he seeks to discover solutions to the issues that are plaguing educator well-being. For more information on Rex Miller and MindShift: https://rexmiller.com/mindshi...
Post-Election Ed Policy Recap: Conversation with Corey DeAngelis
November 21, 2018 18:53 - 29 minutes - 11.4 MBIn this conversation, Corey DeAngelis who is a Policy Analyst for the Cato Center for Educational Reform shares his thoughts on the election and what it might mean for Education Policy. Our conversation meanders from a review of Education Research, the election results, states to keep an eye on, and exciting research that he and other colleagues are working on. I met Corey via Twitter, and you can find many of the resources he references if you follow him @DeAngelisCorey; however, some of t...
Prayer, Faith, and the Profession: Conversation with Marilyn Rhames
November 16, 2018 20:57 - 22 minutes - 8.91 MBI had the opportunity to have a conversation with Marilyn Rhames of "Teachers who Pray" who I met in June 2017 at an Urban Education Summit. She was recently interviewed by Frederick Hess for Education Next, and I wanted to ask her some follow-up questions about her work, the role of faith and pray in our profession, and what gets her excited for schools and our profession. Article: https://www.educationnext.org/straight-conversation-teachers-pray-founder-marilyn-rhames/ Marilyn Rhames is...
Policy & Lessons from Charter Schools: Conversation with Cara Stillings Candal
November 09, 2018 00:19 - 22 minutes - 8.64 MBI had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Cara Stillings Candal who is a Senior Fellow at Pioneer Institute and the author of The Fight for the Best Public Charter Schools in the Nation. In this conversation, we discuss the findings of her research, the lessons learned from Massachusetts about the role of autonomy and accountability in state policy, and how to foster innovative school solutions as a desire to impact the educational quality for all students. Here is a great article that helps s...
Technology, Coherence, Metrics & Collaboration: Ben Bajarin
October 26, 2018 13:11 - 19 minutes - 7.44 MBThis conversation is with Ben Bajarin who is a tech analyst for Creative Strategies in Silicon Valley, a parent of middle and high school students, spouse of a special education teacher, and a high school tennis coach. In this conversation, I started with a question from a prior podcast visitor (Tom Arnett), will tech (AI) replace teachers? And then we roll into a slew of other topics in regard to tech and schools. Ben's points on data, integration, and collaboration really struck me as the...
Lessons in Innovation: Ryan Hoch
September 23, 2018 19:09 - 17 minutes - 6.89 MBRyan Hoch is co-founder of Overgrad (www.overgrad.com). I was interested to learn about his story and why he went from teaching in St. Louis to a corporate job, and then eventually founding Overgrad. Likewise, I was quite interested in his concept that Overgrad as a social enterprise is more than just a tool for schools, but more significantly "a platform that unites a student's support network" in order to promote student agency.
Activate Teacher Motivation and Cultivate Innovation: Thomas Arnett
September 19, 2018 12:08 - 32 minutes - 12.6 MBIn his new report Thomas Arnett states, "the success of any school improvement hinges on teachers;" however later in the report he also states, "one key reason most school-improvement initiatives struggle to gain traction is that they are coercive." This podcast conversation delves deeper into the research Tom did with Bob Moesta and Michael Horn entitled "The Teacher's Quest for Progress: How school leaders can motivate instructional innovation" https://www.christenseninstitute.org/publica...
Innovation or Irrelevance: Bill Latham
September 17, 2018 17:39 - 26 minutes - 10.4 MBThis is podcast #2 with Bill Latham as in a recent conversation he challenged my own thinking about the choice between Innovation and Irrelevance in my work, our profession, and our school system. In this conversation Bill will also share what he is discovering about high quality leadership, the impact of Collective Teacher Efficacy, and professional engagement and well-being of educators. Bill is CEO of MeTeor Education (www.meteoreducation.com)
Catalytic Leadership and Collective Teacher Efficacy: Conversation with Jon Eckert
September 14, 2018 18:40 - 23 minutes - 8.96 MBThis is the third conversation I've had since the beginning of the podcast with Jon Eckert. In this podcast I ask Jon about what John Hattie calls "Collective Teacher Efficacy" and how it is the factor that has the greatest impact on student learning. Likewise, I ask Jon about what he calls "Catalytic" leadership in his book Leading Together. Jon's Bio: As a Professor of Education at Wheaton College, Jon’s research includes teaching effectiveness, teacher preparation, teacher evaluation, an...
Millennials & Ed Leadership: Conversation with Daniel Pampuch
August 20, 2018 13:57 - 22 minutes - 8.61 MBDaniel Pampuch is CEO of Christian Schools Australia where he oversees 140 schools and provides advocacy for another 40 - representing 60,000 students. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation on "Next Generation Leadership", and this blog (https://blog.acsi.org/making-way-millennials-leadership) is what led to this podcast conversation. Millennials have been much maligned and parodied for a perceived lack of work ethic and ambition for leadership, but what Daniel has found in his research on th...
Beautiful Work and the Beautiful Worker: Conversation with Justin Cook
July 11, 2018 14:51 - 26 minutes - 10.1 MBJustin Cook is Director of Learning for the Ontario Aliance of Christian Schools (http://www.oacs.org/author/justinc/). A few months ago he and I had a conversation where he shared Ron Berger's article "Beautiful Work" (http://www.bie.org/object/document/beautiful_work), and in his own writing Justin states that "our work is beautiful" because it reveals coherence, interconnectedness, craftsmanship, and authenticity. But the primary conversation that we have pertain to his developing ideas...
Find Your Calling: Conversation with Bryan Dik
July 09, 2018 12:55 - 28 minutes - 11.1 MBI was recently introduced to Bryan Dik who is Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University, Founder and Chief Science Officer for Jobzology (www.jobzology.com), and author of the book "Make Your Job a Calling." As an educator and counselor I'm quite interested in this idea of "calling" and finding meaning or purpose in work. Likewise, I've written a number of blogs entitled "Engagement Matters" where I review much of the research on organizations that are more successful than others...
Education as Atmosphere: Conversation with Deani Van Pelt
July 02, 2018 03:34 - 26 minutes - 10.3 MB"Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life." - Charlotte Mason In an era of technology and innovation, and especially living at the heart of it all in Silicon Valley I've started to ask questions about some of the 19th and 20th Century innovators like Montessori, Doman, Waldorf, and Froebel. In this conversation I was able to talk with Charlotte Mason expert, Deani Van Pelt, about Mason's ideas and work, and why it matters in today's world. Deani Van Pelt is an Education leader in ...
Professional Learning & Organizational Growth with George Roth
July 02, 2018 02:17 - 28 minutes - 10.9 MB"We're not really good at learning from the past." - George Roth I met George this past February and we had a conversation prior to the end of the school year, but I've been waiting to post this until educators, innovators, and leaders had a bit of time to listen intently as this is a conversation about topics we don't always discuss with clarity from academic research. In prior conversations I was having with George that led to this podcast I was asking questions about learning organizati...
Holiness and Wholesomeness in Creative Pursuits: Josh Riebock
July 02, 2018 02:00 - 37 minutes - 14.5 MBThis is a conversation that stems from many other conversations and due to the unscripted nature of it you will hear it meander from our prior podcast conversation about creativity into a more recent conversation we've been having about Holiness versus Wholesomeness within our creative pursuits. I personally like the portions where Josh talks about the 'cocktail' or 'architecure' of creativity and where honesty, depth, and exploration into life fit in the mix. Likewise, I put him on the spo...
"Horace Mann Had It All Wrong:" Conversation with Corey DeAngelis
June 07, 2018 12:00 - 26 minutes - 10.3 MBI came across Corey DeAngelis' work on Twitter @DeAngelisCorey, and quickly have enjoyed reading his articles and research. Corey wrote a report for Cato Institute entitled "The Highly Positive Effects of Vouchers," which led to a pretty interesting Twitter battle with public school traditionalists. This drew my attention to Corey's emerging research and led to this conversation on School Choice. https://www.cato.org/blog/highly-positive-impacts-vouchers Corey A. DeAngelis is a Policy Anal...
Innovation & Transformation: Conversation with Revolution Prep's Jake Neuberg
May 29, 2018 13:35 - 17 minutes - 6.87 MBIn this podcast, I get to talk with Jake Neuberg who co- founded Revolution Prep in 2002 with a vision of transforming education. I wanted to know about his interest in transforming education and student learning from a non-school perspective. Likewise, I wanted to ask Jake about innovation as he took Revolution Prep through a complete overhaul and became an online provider of tutoring, test prep, and student engagement. Check out Revolution Prep at www.revolutionprep.com.
School Security & Student Empowerment: Conversation with Paul Timm
May 20, 2018 14:46 - 12 minutes - 4.99 MBIn this episode I had a conversation with Paul Timm who is Vice President at Facility Engineering Associates and a School Security expert. This conversation was recorded a week ago, and unfortunately continues to be pertinent to our work in schools creating physically and emotionally safe environments. For more information on Paul and FEA: www.feapc.com
Future Ready Schools: Conversation with Bill Latham
May 07, 2018 15:10 - 21 minutes - 8.46 MBIn this podcast I had a conversation with Bill Latham of MeTEOR Education (www.meteoreducation.com) where we shares that innovation and transformation usually come from pain, and if you take the conversation all the way to the end he talks about the "Future Ready School" that is described in the book Humanizing the Education Machine co-authored with Rex Miller.
Your Board's a Bad Board, and It's Probably Your Fault: Conversation with Chuck Evans
April 30, 2018 15:35 - 18 minutes - 7.03 MBI had the opportunity to have another conversation with Chuck Evans of Better Schools about his work with school boards, heads of schools, and his recent stint as an interim head of school. I’ve written many times about the lack of stability in leadership and the consternation that heads of schools consistently discuss when describing their relationship with their boards. In this podcast I explore some of Chuck’s thoughts based upon his recent year as an interim school leader.
Deeper Learning, Authentic Audiences, and the Bike Path Project with Steven Levy
April 23, 2018 02:53 - 26 minutes - 10.2 MBIn this conversation I had the opportunity to talk with my friend and fellow CACE Fellow, Steven Levy who was recognized as the Massachusetts State Teacher of the Year (1993), honored by the Disney American Teacher Awards as the national Outstanding General Elementary Teacher (1995), was the recipient of the Joe Oakey Award for his national impact on project-based learning, and received the John F. Kennedy Prize for the teaching of history. Mr. Levy and his fourth grade students were design...
School Safety & Building Culture: Conversation with Mark Hamstra
April 14, 2018 18:28 - 13 minutes - 5.18 MBSchool safety and security have been at the forefront of our minds because of the recent tragedy in Parkland, FL, and personally I’ve been in this profession long enough to remember the days prior to Columbine. It seems as if the conversation around safety and security have taken a different tone, and this is why I was glad to read the Chicago Sun-Times Op-Ed by my friend Mark Hamstra, Dedicated teachers — not gun-toting teachers — key to safety in Chicago schools. I truly appreciate Mark’s...
Education and the Good Life: Conversation with Dave and Doug Sikkema
April 09, 2018 15:45 - 31 minutes - 12.2 MBI recently had a conversation with Dave and Doug Sikkema, twin brothers, who are not only fun to talk with, but both of which have an abiding love for learning. I was intrigued at the combination of classical learning and digital innovation in their writing, work, and lives. Dave quotes, Hicks in his article “Playful Minds” saying, the school is not meant to be a utilitarian institution, but rather, it is: "a normative institution . . . governed by the wise . . . cultivating the human spiri...
Teacher Shortage and Strategic Compensation: Jon Eckert
March 14, 2018 15:39 - 19 minutes - 7.67 MBJon and I have had prior conversations on Collective Leadership, and I’ve become more convinced that building the professional and leadership capacity of educators within our schools and profession who enjoy doing hard and innovative work together is the primary way to improve our schools, educational opportunities for students, and the enjoyment of our work. I recently wrote a bit about this in a blog entitled, Building Engaged Schools: Educators Crave It! where I argue for a rebuilding of ...
No More Crappy Homework: A conversation with David Mulder
March 12, 2018 15:27 - 16 minutes - 6.48 MBIn his blog, “No More Crappy Homework,” David Mulder poses a question to his readers wondering if homework is worthwhile. He concludes: In some cases, yes. But in other cases...I would say it's probably crappy homework, the kind I assigned to my middle school students 15 years ago. I am embarrassed of the quality of homework I used to assign, honestly. And rather than trying to improve the homework, I just stopped assigning so much. This was the first time I became aware of Dr. Mulder, and...
Andy Wolfe: Lessons on Leadership, Pedagogy, and Theology from England
February 21, 2018 12:34 - 28 minutes - 11.2 MBIn this episode I got to talk to Andy Wolfe of the Foundation for Educational Leadership in England where he has developed great insights and resources to develop leadership capacity in Church of England schools, but also in the Education profession. www.cefel.org.uk/ Andy Wolfe is Networks Manager for the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership. Prior to joining the foundation he worked for 10 years, initially as a middle leader, before being appointed Vice Principal, overs...
Andrew Neumann: Entrepreneurial Approach to Educational Needs
February 15, 2018 04:00 - 30 minutes - 11.7 MBOpen Sky Education is a multi-demensional school organization that I became familar with this past summer, which serves 6,000 students in three states. I became interested in learning more about Open Sky as well as education policy issues from their CEO Andrew Neumann. Andrew Neumann: began his career as a teacher serving students at the high school and college levels while finishing his Ph.D. in educational mathematics. In 2006, he joined Open Sky Education and serves as its Executive Chai...
Eric Kniffin: Religious Liberty and the Independent-Religious School
February 07, 2018 14:48 - 30 minutes - 12 MBThis is a conversation with a long-time friend and former college teammate regarding the current state of Religious Liberty and how it pertains to Independent-Religious Schools. Eric Kniffin is an attorney at the Lewis, Rocca, Rothgerber, Christie legal firm in the Religious Institutions Practice Group. His practice focuses on religious liberty cases in the trial and appellate levels, as well as commercial litigation matters. He has represented clients in high-profile religious liberty ca...
Thomas Arnett: Amplify the Teacher Effect with Technology
January 18, 2018 04:33 - 23 minutes - 9.07 MBThomas Arnett is an educational innovator and researcher for the Christian Instutite, and I had a conversation with him about how technology should and can amplify, magnify, and maximize the teacher effect in learning rather than replace it. Tom states in an article, Great teachers are the most valuable resource in our education system. And expert teachers’ work is unlikely to be reduced to standardized procedures or automated algorithms anytime soon. Yet, ensuring that every student has ...
Josh Riebock: Storytelling, Creativity, and Failure
December 31, 2017 17:30 - 32 minutes - 12.8 MBJosh Riebock is an author, poet, and storyteller. He is the author of “Heroes and Monsters” and “My Generation” and hosts a podcast called “The Marrow” on which he interviews artists, musicians, and creatives. Josh has spent a lot of time in and around schools and has become a friend over the past 10 years.
Chuck Evans: Re-calibration, Growth, and Successful Schools
December 31, 2017 17:22 - 26 minutes - 10.5 MBChuck Evans is a former head of school in Virginia and Texas, has been serving independent schools as a teacher, leader, and consultant for more than twenty-five years, has worked as a lobbyist in the Texas State Legislature, a certified mediator, and is a founding board member of (CESA).
Jon Eckert: Collective Leadership and The Novice Advantage
December 13, 2017 15:34 - 17 minutes - 7 MBJon is currently a Professor of Education at Wheaton College, works with the Center for Teaching Quality, and is the author of two books "The Novice Advantage" and "Leading Together" that begin to layout his research on crafting greater professional capacity for our profession, schools, and students.
Rex Miller: Conversation on Leadership and Mindshift
December 11, 2017 04:16 - 15 minutes - 6.11 MBI met Rex Miller of Mindshift this summer at the Innovation Retreat we hosted in Northern California this past summer. Since that time I have read his books Millennium Matrix and Humanizing the Education Machine. Rex has been generous to provide me his thoughts on leadership and Mindshift.
Kim Marshall: Conversation about Innovation, Leadership, and Teacher Quality
December 11, 2017 04:14 - 36 minutes - 14.3 MBBy now most professional educators know who Kim Marshall is because of his innovative mini-observations and popular weekly Marshall Memo, which every educator should subscribe to. But he has also been a lifetime educator, school leader, and father of educators; therefore I decided to reach out to ask him the following questions.
Ashley Berner: Education Policy, Pluralism, and Predictions
December 11, 2017 03:50 - 30 minutes - 11.8 MBAshley Berner is Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and Assistant Professor of Education and author of “Pluralism and American Public Education: No One Way to School”. She has also published articles and book chapters on the relationship between educational structure and state funding in democratic nations, religious education and citizenship formation, and teacher preparation in different national contexts.