Season 3

EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellow, discusses how her own experience of trauma led her to the mindfulness practice that now empowers her students and the teachers she coaches. These are some of the practices helping educators combat the rampant …

Math teacher and Department Head, Shirley Forehand, and Pre K-12 Math Supervisor Gary Petko, have not only seen engagement and test scores increase drastically for their math students--music enhanced learning with Muzology is creating a cultural shift in...

Library Media Specialist, Sara Webb, shares how the Media Bias Chart and other resources from Ad Fontes Media, have equipped her students to think critically about the messages coming from all different media branches and platforms. Ad Fontes teaches stu...

The Long Beach Unified Public School District regularly hosts visitors from all over the world, eager to learn from their success in closing achievement gaps. Christopher Steinhauser, who led the LBUSD for 18 years as superintendent, reflects on the reas...

Educators Jennifer Romer from Alaska, Shannon Heckelsmiller from Washington State, and Ashley Martinez-Doublin from Colorado, all share how they transitioned to project based learning strategies with the cross-content, standards-aligned, customized units...

Instructional leader and curriculum team member, Marisa Curtis, from Crandall ISD in Texas, is excited to share the resource that has her students highly engaged and hitting standards in authentic measurable ways--consistently. Education Galaxy is a spac...

Lottie Dowling has worked for the last 20 years in education, as a school practitioner and professional learning leader on a global, national, and regional level. She's worked in 6 different countries and is a sought after speaker and consultant …

Deborah Heiser, an Applied Developmental Psychologist, is passionate about helping people leave a legacy and share their knowledge and passion with the next generation. The Mentor Project partners with schools around the world to pair top experts across ...

Kindergarten teachers Allison Martinez and Kelly Spinks, share the challenge of engaging beginning readers in leveled, uninspired texts and how decodable Express Readers have changed their own practice, created excitement and fun, and have consistently i...

Dr. Ruth Gotian reveals the four characteristics that innovators, astronauts, olympic champions and Nobel prize winners share that lead to success. Her new book, The Success Factor, offers a blueprint for how we can all become more successful, and how …

Kiwonda Riley, principal of South Flores College Prep, in San Antonio Texas shares how Read to Lead has created more collaborative and equitable learning in Middle and High School classrooms and produced a 42% consistent growth on unit assessments, parti...

Lois Letchford is a literacy problem solver, specializing in teaching students who struggle to read with creative, intuitive, strengths-based strategies that work even when all else has failed. Lois presents at literacy and learning conferences worldwide...

Erin McNeill is nationally recognized as an expert on policy related to media literacy. As founder and president of Media Literacy Now, Erin is helping to ensure that all K-12 schools are teaching a comprehensive set of media literacy and …

Tech Director, Mike Nye, can't find enough great things to say about SAM Labs and the STEAM rollout in his school district in Redmond Oregon. Teachers and students are all in with this integrated STEAM curriculum and project kits--learn why. …

Susan Santone, author of Reframing the Curriculum: Design for Social Justice and Sustainability, helps schools, districts and organizations of all kinds to design learning experiences that increase engagement, critical thinking, and rigor, while inviting...

College freshman and author, Malavika Eby, shares how the imSparked Social Emotional Learning Program by Vivensity changed the course of her education and her life. Her 2020 book, The Gift That Keeps on Giving, provides a personal and detailed framework …

Charles Vogl, author of the award-winning, and international bestseller The Art of Community, and its sequel Building Brand Communities, shares principals for transforming classrooms and creating cathartic connections. Charles advises worldwide, top-tier...

Phillip Lampron, recognized as a “Top 100 Visionary in Education” by the Global Forum for Education and Learning, shares how he helped bring Pre-AP & AP courses to an low achieving district, raising test scores, graduation rates, scholarship offerings, a...

Laura Lee Smith is the MTSS/PBIS Behavior Coach for the Pioneer School District, as well as a Brain-Aligned Social Emotional Learning Consultant. She teaches the Applied Educational Neuroscience framework to help schools and districts best serve all stud...

Mark Mathias, founder and president of Remarkable STEAM, tells how Connecticut's Makers Faire is elevating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, while boosting the economy, elevating STEAM in schools, and creating space for community an...

Veteran Inclusion Coordinator, Hannah Docherty, shares how IDL Solutions has enabled teachers from early childhood to grade 12, to support students with Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and other learning challenges. IDL provides a diagnostic tool, a turnkey digi...

Dr. Peter Langman is a psychologist and the author of three books on school shooters, including his latest: Warning Signs: Identifying School Shooters Before They Strike. He has presented at FBI Headquarters, the FBI National Academy in Quantico, and the...

Drawing on nearly twenty years of teaching MIT's "Career Success Accelerator" program, and a career spanning half a dozen industries, Mark Herschberg distill the key skills that our students need for 21st century success, and how to instill them. It's …

Dr. Megan Sweet, has worked at every level of K-12 education for 25 years, and she's ready to change the way we do school. Her book, An Educator's Guide For Using Your 3 Eyes, outlines how changing your classroom, school …

Natalie Irons and Jenna Kamp, co-founders of Leadership Resource Network and Institute, share how a cognitive coaching model raises efficacy and shifts culture, and, how a leadership support community was born in a pandemic. Resources: Connect to NuMi...

Psychologist and LEAPS Founder, Jay Burcham, shares the strategies that turned adjudicated, at-risk kids, into engaged, productive students. LEAPS for schools integrates easily with MTSS, RTI & PBIS systems to deliver proven, targeted outcomes for all te...

Second Language Acquisition Specialist, Dr. Rocio Meli, shares how rigorous instruction, high expectations and real-world connections have helped her students to not only gain second-language fluency, but have provided life-changing opportunities through...

Ash Gelb, MEd., is an Education Equity Coach for teachers in highly diverse schools with outdated materials that feel pressured to conform. She is the founder of Liberated By Design and CALM - the Classroom Acceleration Liberation Membership, supporting...

Peter Hostraswer, "The Unlearning Coach," shares all the ways that he, his team, and mostly his students are disrupting traditional models of learning, and manifesting their passions through student launched businesses. Peter is a business and finance t...

Nicholas Keith (Executive Director of Curriculum & Instruction), and Jennifer Williams (Math Interventionist & Cross-Content Instructional Coach) share how Teach Transform has filled the learning gaps, shifted pedagogy, and engaged their learners in math...

Join the founder and CEO of Bright IDEA Education Consulting, Dr. Rolanda Fabien, sharing her 20 years of experience and expertise in educational leadership and special education. Bright IDEA provides resources and support to students, teachers and famil...