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Ep 107 — Keeping Good Teachers is Simple with co-authors Jessica Holloway and Carrie Bishop
Season 6 Episode 107
Teacher retention gets blamed on pay, policies, and “kids these days” but the truth we keep hearing is simpler and harder: people stay where they fee…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 106 — Strip the Agenda: Fewer Words, Better Meetings with Chris Fenning
Season 6 Episode 106
Meetings can quietly take over a school week and still leave everyone feeling behind. We bring back communication expert and author Chris Fenning for…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 105 — Grammar, Pared Down: Teaching Less So Writing Sticks with Patty McGee
Season 6 Episode 105
Grammar doesn’t fail because kids “just don’t get it.” It fails when we teach it like a scavenger hunt of labels and then hope it magically shows up …
5 months ago
Ep 104 — The Minimal Leader: Clear Expectations, Zero Guesswork with Casey Watts
Season 6 Episode 104
“We’ve told them the expectation” can be true and still leave a staff completely unsure what to do next. That gap is where frustration grows, where i…
5 months, 1 week ago
Ep 103 — Less Sacred, More Honest: Unpopular Opinions Part 2
Season 6 Episode 103
We keep our unpopular opinions rolling with a hard line on what counts as real intervention, a critique of rigid pacing guides, and a push for repair…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 102 — Clearing the Air: Unpopular Opinions in Education Part 1
Season 6 Episode 102
Join past guests, Naomi Church, Sheila Kennedy, Krista Leh, and Nicole Dissinger for a doozy of a conversation!
We share our most unpopular opinions a…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 101 — How Do Less Rescuing and Grow Resilient Students with Josephine Hunt
Season 6 Episode 101
What if the kindest thing we can do for students is to stop rescuing them? We sit down with educational leader and mentor (and Plan Z Coach) Josephin…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep 100 — 100 Episodes, One Thread: Focus Changes Everything
Season 6 Episode 100
We celebrate 100 episodes with past guests to distill what actually helps educators simplify, focus, and bring joy back to teaching. Reflection, meta…
6 months ago
Ep 099 — Voices That Prove It: Doing Less Works
Season 6 Episode 99
Seven familiar voices return with fresh proof that doing less can change everything. We asked past guests what shifted since we last spoke, and their…
6 months, 1 week ago
Ep 098 — What Horror Films Teach Minimalist Educators with Pete Turner
Season 6 Episode 98
What can a great horror film teach us about sharper teaching, braver parenting, and better creative work? We sit down with Dr. Pete Turner—senior lec…
6 months, 2 weeks ago