Meet Dr. David Wiedlich, the proud Principal of Radnor MS in Wayne, PA. Dave is the PA Principal of the Year for Middle Schools and was a finalist for National MS Principal of the Year. Congrats, Dave, his family, and staff & students at Radnor MS. Dave will join us tomorrow, Thursday, 9/17, at 5:00 pm EST as a guest on #ELB & beyond. Dr. Wiedlich leads with passion, excitement, and encouragement--we'll discuss these as well as Penn State, fitness, family & more! Join us for this LIVE leadership

Being able to handle anything is often viewed as a sign of strong leadership. But there is a difference between true resilience and constantly staying on guard, pushing through, and relying on survival mode to get through challenges. In this episode, I explore the difference between hypervigilance and resilience and how I once confused the two in my own leadership journey. I look at why hypervigilance can feel productive and responsible, especially for school leaders who are used to managing en

Back to School Week - FAAF 275 In this 275th episode, I share my reflections from Sept 7-12, 2026. Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> https://bit.ly/E275FreshAirAtFivePlaylist <<< 8th: Evolving With Gratitude E105 “Encore: Angela Duckworth on the Power of Situation[Ally]”; Angela Watson’s Truth For Teachers E355 “A short history of the 8-hour workday (and how to protect yours)”; The Easy EdTech Podcast E386 “Strategies for Keeping Stud

How to Teach Background Knowledge for Reading Comprehension in First Grade | Writing About Reading Series How do you teach first graders to use background knowledge while reading? In this episode of The Education Connection, Robin Wilson shares a simple, first-grade-friendly way to introduce background knowledge, also called schema, as a reading comprehension strategy. Robin shares how she begins with a big-brain anchor chart and asks one simple question: “What do you know?” As students share

Meet Danielle Kalinski, the Principal at Big Picture Academy at Frontier Central School District in Western NY. Danielle was a guest on the #ELB podcast over five years ago and continues to grow in her leadership journey at Frontier. We'll discuss her current role as Principal at Big Picture Academy, her family, leadership & more. Join us LIVE on the #ELB podcast on Tuesday, 9/8/26 at 4:15 EST.This podcast is sponsored by IXL Personalized Learning. IXL is used by more than 1 million teachers eac

Disclaimer: This episode includes a conversation about human trafficking, online exploitation, and the ways children can be vulnerable in digital spaces. This is an important but difficult topic, and we invite you to listen in a way that allows you to process the conversation with care. Protecting students means preparing them for the world they live in, including the digital spaces they navigate every day. In this episode, I talk with Laura Parker, CEO and co-founder of The Exodus Road, a glo