Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGreat On Their Behalf with AJ Crabill
Episode 91
AJ Crabill explains that school boards should represent community values and set student outcome goals—not micromanage operations. Effective boards m…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Digital Captives: Helping Schools Strike a Balance Between Humans and Hardware with Dr. Frank Rodriguez & Gene Tavernetti
Episode 90
In this episode, a friend of the podcast Bart Hoffman, interviews Frank Rodriguez and Gene Tavernetti about their new book and the importance of bein…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Building Strong Foundations in Literacy and Mathematics with Anjanette McNeely
Episode 89
In this episode, I’m joined by Anjanette McNeely, an award-winning kindergarten teacher in Davis County, Utah, who is deeply committed to research-in…
5 months ago
Pulling Back the Curtain on Principalship with Joey Davis
Episode 88
In this episode, veteran school leader Joey Davis pulls back the curtain on the path to the principalship — and the reality of serving as “middle man…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Critical Role of Executive Functions in Early Learning with Dr. Sarah Oberle & Mitch Weathers
Episode 87
In this episode, Dr. Sarah Oberle and Mitch Weathers join the conversation to explore the critical role of executive functions in early learning — an…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
From the Archives: What Teachers and Students Need to Know About How We Learn with Blake Harvard
Episode 86
In this episode, Gene interviews Blake Harvard, Blake discussed his new book: Do I Have Your Attention: Understanding Memory Constraints and Maximizi…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Surprises of Returning to Teaching with Rod Naquin
Episode 85
Rod made the move back to the classroom after years as a leadership and instructional coach. In this episode, he reflects on the surprises of returni…
6 months ago
Building Trust, Attention, and Engagement in the Classroom with Weston Kieschnick
Episode 84
Weston Kieschnick and I discuss teaching, coaching, leadership, relationship building, parenting, and the heavy burden of being funniest person in hi…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Impact of Instructional Design with Dave McAlinden
Episode 83
Dave McAlinden is an instructional designer at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies. In this episode, we start by clarifying a questi…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Teaching History Honestly with Lauren Brown
Episode 82
Lauren Brown and I discuss how social studies and history instruction shifts and deepens as students grow, mature, and develop a greater capacity for…
6 months, 3 weeks ago