Podcast Episodes

Essential Strategies for Educational Leaders During Uncertain Times: Future-Proofing Your School(s) for Today’s Sweeping Changes (Volume 3, Episode 6)

Season 3 Episode 6

In this newest podcast, hosts Davey Johnson and Angela Jones discuss Dr. Howie Knoff's recent Blog that  addresses the significant shifts in education policy under the Trump administration over its …

Published on 5 months ago

Charlie Brown and Education: DEI, Fear, and Trump's Tactics (Volume 3, Episode 5)

Season 3 Episode 5

Hosts Davey Johnson and Angela Jones discuss Dr. Howie Knoff's March 8th Blog post that uses the "Peanuts" comic strip saga of Lucy pulling away the football from Charlie Brown to illustrate the cur…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Protecting Disability Rights: Section 504, the ADA, and Chance Events (Volume 3, Episode 4)

Season 3 Episode 4

In this newest “Improving Education Today: The Deep Dive” podcast, hosts Davey Johnson and Angela Jones discuss Dr. Howie Knoff's recent Blog post focusing on the importance of the recently-updated …

Published on 6 months ago

Minimizing Classroom Distractions to Maximize Student Learning: Building Walls to Buffer Politics, Phones, Prejudice, and Preferential Treatment (Volume 3, Episode 3)

Season 3 Episode 3

   Angela and Davey discuss a new Blog by Dr. Howie Knoff about the impact of various external political and internal classroom distractions on education, and how they undermine good instruction and …

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Improving Classroom Management: Lessons from the Detroit Lions (Volume 3, Episode 2)

Season 3 Episode 2

   Angela and Davey describe a recent nationally-representative Education Week Research Center survey of educators across the country that found that student discipline and classroom management conti…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

While You Can Write a Student’s Individualized Education Plan. . . It (Legally) Needs to be Acceptable, Actionable, and Appropriate (Volume 3, Episode 1)

Season 3 Episode 1

In the first Podcast of the new year and new volume (2025; Volume 3), Davey and Angela summarize the January 11, 2025 blog by Dr. Howie Knoff. He reminds educators that--even though the current scho…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Education’s 2024 Year in Review: The Themes that Captured Our Time, Attention, Concern, and Consternation (Volume 2, Episode 24)

Season 2 Episode 24

In this podcast, Davey Johnson and Angela Jones analyze Dr. Howie's end-of-year Blog that revisited the 24 blogs he published in 2024.

Listen to Davey and Angela as they discuss how the Blog's fou…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Improving Special Education Services on this 20th Anniversary of IDEA 2004: What the New Administration Must Do (Volume 2, Episode 23)

Season 2 Episode 23

Davey and Angela use the 20th anniversary of the signing of the last reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), and the coming second Trump administration to ana…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

“Moneyball Thinking” in Education: School Improvement Requires First Changing Thinking, Not Programs (Volume 2, Episode 22)

Season 2 Episode 22

Davey and Angela discuss the fact that many districts or schools are budget-restricted and/or have a current curriculum or program that is not working, and they are looking for a change. Using Dr. H…

Published on 9 months ago

Shared Leadership in Schools: Structure, Decision-Making, Delegation, and Avoiding Staff Resentment (Volume 2, Episode 21)

Season 2 Episode 21

Angela and Davey do a "Deep Dive" discussing shared leadership in schools, and how to avoid staff resentment when they are asked to participate on committees and in school improvement decisions.

Ba…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago