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Back to SearchHow ABCDE Days Made 6th Graders Love Science Again with Jessica Levine & Mitch Weathers
Season 4 Episode 53
📣 The Ruckus Report
Quick take:
Jessica Levine restructured Wednesdays to unlock autonomy, connection, and deep learning in her sixth-grade science c…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Tier 1 or Bust: How Great Schools Stay Out of the Referral Spiral
Season 4 Episode 52
🎯 The Ruckus Report
Quick take: Most schools are drowning in Tier 2 and Tier 3 referrals. Mitch Weathers shows why fixing Tier 1 first is the only wa…
9 months ago
Every Voice Matters: Reimagining Leadership with Dr. Brandi Kelly
Season 4 Episode 51
🎯 The Ruckus Report
Quick take: Dr. Brandi Kelly offers a refreshing reminder that hope isn't fluffy — it's foundational. In this episode, she unpack…
9 months, 1 week ago
Discipline Isn't About Fixing Kids — It's About Fixing Us with Charle Peck & Joshua Stamper
Season 4 Episode 50
🎯 The Ruckus Report
Quick take: Traditional discipline assumes kids will reflect, reset, and return on their own. Charle Peck and Joshua Stamper expo…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Connection Is the New Curriculum: Building Schools Worth Showing Up For — with Dr. Anne Paonessa
Season 4 Episode 49
🎯 The Ruckus Report
Quick take: What if connection — not curriculum — was the real driver of academic success? In this episode, Dr. Anne Paonessa ref…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Reject the Premise Part 4 with Jethro Jones
Season 4 Episode 48
🎯 The Ruckus Report
Quick take: If you think skipping lunch and glorifying stress proves your worth as a school leader, this episode will hit differe…
10 months ago
Raise Thinkers, Embrace Humanity, Teach for Tomorrow with Anna Rita Pergolizzi-Wentworth
Season 4 Episode 47
🎯 The Ruckus Report
Quick take: Most schools are stuck in the past. But Anna Rita Pergolizzi-Wentworth is building a future-fluent model that fuses A…
10 months, 1 week ago
Reclaiming Black Educational Power with Dr. Karida L. Brown
Season 4 Episode 46
🖊 The Ruckus Report
Quick take:
What if the most powerful classrooms in American history operated under segregation? Dr. Karida L. Brown reframes our…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Stop Asking "What Do I Do?" and Start Asking "Who Am I?" — with Dr. Chad Dumas
Season 4 Episode 45
📣 The Ruckus Report
Quick take:
Most leaders ask the wrong question. They obsess over what to do next instead of who they're becoming. In this episod…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Ted Dintersmith on Redefining Math and Purpose in School
Season 4 Episode 44
🧨 The Ruckus Report
Quick take:
What if everything you believed about math education was wrong? In this episode, Ted Dintersmith, bestselling author …
11 months ago