The What School Could Be Podcast

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141. Relationships Build Hope, with Bryan Byerlee and Heather Breton

Feb 27 2025 83 mins

Imagine a school, not just built with bricks and mortar, but with hope (https://www.whatschoolcouldbe.org/rhode-island). A place where students don’t just learn—they lead. A space where innovation isn’t a buzzword—it’s the foundation of every single day. Today on the What School Could Be Podcast, we step into the future of education with two visionary leaders who happen t

140. Schools as Ministries for the Future, with Roman Krznaric

Feb 10 2025 91 mins

Listeners, a little over a year ago I attended a leadership conference here in my home city of Honolulu. At that conference the keynote, a futurist named Richard Yonck (https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardyonck/) referred to a book he felt the 1000 business leaders in the audience needed to read. The book he referenced is The Good Ancestor, by Roman Krznaric. Five minutes after Yonc

139. Two Towering Redwoods in the Research of How We Learn: John Hattie and Tony Frontier

Jan 26 2025 85 mins

Back in June of last year, listeners, my daughter, Emma got married in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. The day after her wedding my wife and I got coffee and breakfast at a Nevada City coffee joint. While I was in the restroom Cheryl spotted a guy wearing a floppy hat reading and writing at one of the shop’s tables. The book he had open was John Hattie

138. Project Next Will Knock Your Socks Off, with Sean Duffie

Dec 24 2024 86 mins

If you are listening to this episode on the day of its release, it is Christmas Day, 2024, listeners, and you are welcome! My Christmas gift to you is Sean Duffie, who, frankly, is a crazy awesome and amazing educator in the great state of Michigan. Sean is a Project Next PBL (https://educationsnapshots.com/projects/25852/northern-high-school-project-next/), and Spanish-Immersion t

137. LeeAnn Kittle And Her Team Are Walking The Talk Of Student Agency, Big Time

Dec 15 2024 73 mins

My guest for this episode is LeeAnn Kittle (https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeannwestfallkittle/), the director of sustainability programs (https://sustainability.dpsk12.org) for the Denver Public Schools. LeeAnn showed up on my radar screen because of a headline in EdWeek’s weekly newsletter (https://www.edweek.org/leaders/2024/this-leader-partners-with-students-to-build-a-more-sus

136. The Deep Compassion Embedded in Executive Functioning, with Mitch Weathers

Nov 18 2024 86 mins

Mitch Weathers is a brilliant educator, author of the book, Executive Functions for Every Classroom and the founder of Organized Binder (https://organizedbinder.com). Organized Binder is an evidence-based MTSS Tier 1 universal solution. It provides a structured environment with clear expectations and routines, exposing students to goal setting, reflective learning, time management,

135. Mahealani Jackson's View on What School and Life Could Be

Oct 27 2024 88 mins

I am totally stoked to welcome to the show Mahealani Jackson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahealanijackson/), a remarkable 17-year-old senior at Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu. Joining as my color commentator is Hannah Grady Williams, Chief Rebel at d'Skills (https://www.dskills.io), who alerted me to this extraordinary young person who was part of her first all-virtual IMPACT10 co

134. Dr. Kyra Monèt Caldwell Templeton Knows Her Strengths

Oct 06 2024 81 mins

Listeners, I could not be more excited to share with you that my guest for this episode is Dr. Kyra Monèt Caldwell Templeton (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kyra-m-caldwell-templeton/). Currently, she is Program Director of Student Engagement, an inaugural position with the Atlanta Public Schools (https://www.atlantapublicschools.us), which serves over 50,000 students in 195 schoo

133. Sandra Stein: Brilliant Educator, Writer, Scholar, Justice Advocate

Sep 08 2024 71 mins

[During this episode reference is made to the work of mural artist, Dave Loewenstein (https://www.daveloewenstein.com). Here is his work.] At the Global Nomads Group (https://gng.org) website their vision, mission and about begins with this paragraph: “In 1998, four college friends had an idea to connect young people across the globe to foster dialogue and forge meaningful connec

2024 WSCB Podcast Fall Preview!

Sep 06 2024 3 mins

Hey listeners. I have never done this before, so I hope you enjoy. This is a short, four-minute preview of upcoming episodes, the shows that will close out 2024. Fasten your seatbelts!