In this episode, we’re speaking with Marc Porter Magee about his recent publication in a new initiative from FutureED and 50CAN focused on advocacy. Marc is the founder and CEO of 50CAN, the 50 State Campaign for Achievement Now. Over the past eight years, Marc has led 50CAN to more than 100 policy victories through advocacy campaigns in more than…

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In this episode, we’re speaking with Grant Lichtman, author of the recently published Thrive: How Schools Will Win the Education Revolution. Grant is an internationally-recognized thought leader on the transformation of K-12 education. He works with school teams to develop a comfort and capacity for change in a rapidly changing world. For almost 15 years, Grant was a trustee and senior…

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In this episode, we are speaking with Gary Stager about a recent blog post, Time for Optimism, and Constructing Modern Knowledge, a minds on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration and computing. Gary has spent more than three decades helping teachers across the globe make the world a better place for kids. As such, he is one of the…

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In this episode, we’re talking with Jon Corippo and Marlena Hebern, co-authors of The EduProtocol Field Guide: 16 Student-Centered Lesson Frames for Infinite Learning. Jon has served education at the K-8 level, opened a 1-1, PBL, Google-based high school, served in two CA county offices, including as an Assistant Superintendent and IT Director. Jon has been recognized as a County…

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In this episode, we’re speaking with William Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Chalk, an education technology company whose integrated planning and analytics platform for curriculum and instruction that utilizes real-time data to help schools improve their processes — and support better student results — now. William and his co-founder created Chalk while they were university students, as a step toward…

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In this episode, we’re speaking with David Houle, a futurist, thinker and speaker. David has been speaking and writing about the future for well over a decade. He writes the highly regarded futurist blog, Evolution Shift, with the tagline “A Future Look At Today.” You may recall our conversation with David on last season’s podcast. David is also author of…

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In this episode we are speaking with Dustin Hensley, a librarian at Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton, TN. If you listen to our other podcast, Shift Your Paradigm, Dustin spoke with us recently about Elizabethton High School in Episode 48. Dustin recently published an article about the role of librarians in transformation and that’s what we want to talk about…

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In this episode, our podcast interns, Monica and Jemma from d.tech High School in California, put together a takeover episode where they took on the role of podcast hosts and we were podcast guests. Here is what we talked about: Share with us how you became interested in podcasting, especially designing a podcast with a focus on learner-centered education? When did…

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In this episode, we are speaking with Joanne McEachen & Matthew Kane about their book, Measuring Human Return: Understand and Assess What Really Matters for Deeper Learning. Joanne is the CEO/Founder of The Learner First, an education consultancy based in Seattle. She serves on the executive team of Karanga, the global alliance for social emotional learning and life skills, and is…

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In this episode, we are talking with Richard Rusczyk and Grayson Maas from the Art of Problem Solving. Richard is the founder of Art of Problem Solving website and co-writer with Sandor Lehoesky of the original Art of Problem Solving books. He is a co-founder with Sandor and Sam Vandervelde of the Mandlebrot Competition, and is a past Director of the USA Mathematical…

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In this episode, we’re speaking with Marc Prensky about his recent article – What the World Needs from Education. You may remember Marc from Season 3: Episode 3 when we discussed his book Education to Better Their World: Unleashing the Power of 21st Century Kids.  Marc is an award-winning, internationally-acclaimed speaker, author, and “practical visionary” in the field of education. He…

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In this episode, we’re speaking with Cheri Dotterer, author of Handwriting Brain-Body DisConnect: Adaptive teaching techniques to unlock a child’s dysgraphia for the classroom and at home. Cheri is zealous about how we learn. Pediatrics has always been her passion and love. Her favorite part of practice is seeing the “light bulb” go on in the mind of parents, teachers,…

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In this episode, we’re speaking with Zack Jones, Director at Dual School and author of The World Changer’s Handbook: A Young Person’s Guide to Creating an Impactful Life. You may recall that we spoke to Zack on an earlier TLTalkRadio episode when we spoke with him and Megan Chen, a learner from Dual School. And on the Shift Your Paradigm…

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In this episode, we’re speaking with Armand Doucet, about his new book, Teaching Life: Our Calling, Our Choices, Our Challenges.  Teaching Life brings the voices of teachers into the global conversation about educational reform to offer a how-to for implementing into classrooms design thinking, technology integration and a holistic education based on competencies, social-emotional learning and the literacies.  Armand is one of the…

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In this episode, we are speaking with Jennifer Larson, founder of SchoolBzz – a cloud-based platform for whole-school, whole-community communication.  Jennifer is a technology entrepreneur, charter public school founder and mother of four children who is passionate about finding innovative ways to engage parents and supporters in their child’s learning journey. SchoolBzz is the culmination of Jennifer’s 15 years in…

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In this episode, we’re speaking with Attorney Larry Altman. Larry is a return guest to TLTalkRadio where he has appeared on numerous episodes to discuss educational law issues. Today we are speaking with Larry about a recent publication pertaining to recent proposed changes in Title IX regulations. Here is what we talked about: Share with us a personal story about…

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In this episode, we are talking with Dr. Nikosi Darnell and Dr.Rebekah McPherson about developing communication skills for life through their work at Clearview Speech. Nikosi is a speech-language pathologist and child development specialist with over 16-years of experience in various professional settings. She specializes in the areas of blended and online education, child growth and development, speech-language development, educational…

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In this episode, we are speaking with Julia Brodsky about Astrobiology. Julia has taught International Space Station astronauts and flight controllers, worked as a rocket scientist at NASA, helped at NASA outreach centers, and worked as a math and science teacher at private schools and colleges. She has also written a book on informal math education and presented at Mathematical…

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In this episode, we spoke with Erin Gilsbach, a past guest.  Erin  is the Executive Director of EdLaw Interactive and an experienced speaker and author at the state and national levels on matters regarding school law. You might remember Erin from previous podcasts where Erin talked about audio/video recording and other special education issues. Erin recently published a book through…

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In this episode, we are speaking with Juliana Finegan, about her recent “Problem of Practice” series on teacher onboarding in innovative learning environments. Juliana is a managing partner at The Learning Accelerator, a nonprofit that advocates equitable education through the use of data and technology in order to implement personalized and blended education strategies at scale. A proponent for personalized learning,…

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