The What School Could Be Podcast
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The What School Could Be Podcast
Episodes appear every two weeks.
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159. Just Say Yes - Pam Moran and Ira David Socol
Peter Gray, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College, wrote the following in the Washington Post. “I began to look at research, whic...
158. Christmas 2025 - My Conversation with Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk
Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk is the founder and lead consultant of the Massachusetts based LLC, Bridge Educational Engineering, where she partners with sc...
157. Remix #5 - Six Choices, Six Voices, Six Inspirations
If you visit WhatSchoolCouldBe.org, you’ll see The Innovation Playlist—a practical change model built on small steps that elevate learning and life ou...
156. Remix #4 - Six Voices on Good Ancestry and Cathedral Thinking
There’s a moment in Roman Krznaric’s The Good Ancestor when he invites us to imagine the builders of medieval cathedrals: craftspeople who chiseled st...
155. Remix #3 - Seven Empowered Students, Speaking Powerfully
If you navigate to WhatSchoolCouldBe.org, you will find in the nav bar the words, The Innovation Playlist. What is this? The Innovation Playlist is a...
154. Remix #2 - Eight Voices on Building Caring and Connected Communities
If you navigate to WhatSchoolCouldBe.org, you will find in the nav bar the words, The Innovation Playlist. What is this? The Innovation Playlist is a...
153. Remix #1 - Five Voices on Real-World Challenges
Before I deliver my introduction to this episode, I want to acknowledge my co-creator and inspiration for what you are about to hear today. Her name i...
152. A Vision for What Teaching Could Be, with ASU's Carole Basile
Dr. Carole Basile is the Dean and a professor at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation, the largest...
151. Deeper Learning and Mastery at Red Bridge, with Orly Friedman
Listeners, if you are inclined to go to the Red Bridge school website, which I hope you are, and you click on Our Team in the NAV bar, you will find t...
150. Wayfinding What School Could Be: Emma George Hosts Josh Reppun
For this 150th celebration my guest on the 101st episode, Emma Reppun (married and now Emma Jean George) and I decided she would interview me. Fun! Th...
149. Steve Shapiro and Nancy Rapport: Building Our Family Culture
INSTALL THE OUR FAMILY CULTURE APP FROM YOUR FAVORITE APP STORE AND USE THE PROMO CODE: WSCB.
Today my guests are Steve Shapiro and his...
148. The Inspiring School of Humanity, with Raya Bidshahri
Listeners, imagine waking up to a school day with no bells, no rows of desks, no rigid timetable of subjects broken into 50-minute chunks. Instead, yo...
147. The Future of Teaching and Learning is in Teams, with Erin O'Reilly
No joke, listeners—today’s guest, Erin O’Reilly, grew up in Missoula, Montana and attended Mount Jumbo Elementary, Rattlesnake Middle, and Hellgate Hi...
146. Dr. Jason Van Heukelum's Passion for Multiple Choices
Listeners, buckle up. You’re about to meet a Virginia public school superintendent whose mother referred to him as Tom Sawyer, and for good reason. Dr...
145. Crystal Clark is a Brilliant Wyoming Gemstone
Crystal Clark is a passionate and dedicated educator based in Kemmerer, Wyoming, with over two decades of experience in early childhood and elementary...
144. Jennifer Ahn: Stitching, Dancing and Leading by Learning
Jennifer Ahn is the executive director of Lead by Learning. She lives with her husband and children in northern California. The reason I asked Jennife...
143. Emine Naz Can is a Citizen of the World
Emine Naz Can is a university student born and raised in Turkey who sees herself as citizen of the world. Emine is not simply studying industrial engi...
142. Total Student Engagement Through the LENS of Rebecca Parks
Listeners, imagine a student who always loved school—not just for the grades or the gold stars, but for the challenge, the structure, the sense of acc...
141. Relationships Build Hope, with Bryan Byerlee and Heather Breton
Imagine a school, not just built with bricks and mortar, but with hope. A place where students don’t just learn—they lead. A space where innovation is...
140. Schools as Ministries for the Future, with Roman Krznaric
Listeners, a little over a year ago I attended a leadership conference here in my home city of Honolulu. At that conference the keynote, a futurist na...
139. Two Towering Redwoods in the Research of How We Learn: John Hattie and Tony Frontier
Back in June of last year, listeners, my daughter, Emma got married in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. The day after her w...
138. Project Next Will Knock Your Socks Off, with Sean Duffie
If you are listening to this episode on the day of its release, it is Christmas Day, 2024, listeners, and you are welcome! My Christmas gift to you is...
137. LeeAnn Kittle And Her Team Are Walking The Talk Of Student Agency, Big Time
My guest for this episode is LeeAnn Kittle, the director of sustainability programs for the Denver Public Schools.
LeeAnn showed up on m...
136. The Deep Compassion Embedded in Executive Functioning, with Mitch Weathers
Mitch Weathers is a brilliant educator, author of the book, Executive Functions for Every Classroom and the founder of Organized Binder. Organized Bin...
135. Mahealani Jackson's View on What School and Life Could Be
I am totally stoked to welcome to the show Mahealani Jackson, a remarkable 17-year-old senior at Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu. Joining as my color c...
134. Dr. Kyra Monèt Caldwell Templeton Knows Her Strengths
Listeners, I could not be more excited to share with you that my guest for this episode is Dr. Kyra Monèt Caldwell Templeton. Currently, she is Progra...
133. Sandra Stein: Brilliant Educator, Writer, Scholar, Justice Advocate
[During this episode reference is made to the work of mural artist, Dave Loewenstein. Here is his work.] At the Global Nomads Group website their visi...
2024 WSCB Podcast Fall Preview!
Hey listeners. I have never done this before, so I hope you enjoy. This is a short, four-minute preview of upcoming episodes, the shows that will clos...
132. Theresa Tate, Fierce Advocate For All Learners
Today my guest is Theresa Tate, who currently teaches, guides, coaches and advises kids at the Orchard View Innovative Learning Center in Michigan. Th...
131. Sokvy Vin Knows SHE-CAN
Inspired by the Liger Leadership Academy, which, by the way, I featured in a previous episode, Cambodia’s Future Foundation, known as the CFF was crea...
130. EdWeek's 2024 Leader to Learn From, with Kate Maxlow
Months ago a colleague of mine alerted me to an EdWeek article titled “An Unorthodox Plan to Pay Students to Write Curriculum Is Raising Achievement,”...
129. Two Revolutions Squared, with Kim Ah Soon and Catherine Thorn
[I am releasing this episode while in Nevada City, CA, where my daughter, Emma Reppun (now Emma Jean George), my 101st episode, just got married to he...
128. Looking at the Big Picture, with Kris Swett
Today's conversation is with Kris Swett, who wrote the following: “My passion is for the alternative. Making sure schools can better serve different s...
127. Sarah Renfrow, a Master Teacher of Teachers
Listeners, Real World Learning is a Kansas City-based initiative, incubated at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, in partnership with the community...
126. Andrew Culberson's Approach to Systemic Change in Education
Andrew Culberson lives and works in New Brunswick, which is one of the 10 (and three territories) provinces that make up Canada. Andrew is a learning...
125. Learn by Doing, Learn by Caring, with Nueva School's Lee Fertig
Meet Lee Fertig, the Head of School at the Nueva School in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lee has more than 30 years of leadership and teaching experienc...
124. The River School's Dr. Connors and Dr. Ottley
My guests for this episode are The River School’s Dr. Christane Connors and Dr. Sharlene Ottley. The River School is located on MacArthur Boulevard in...
123. The GRAMMY Music Educator Award Winner, Ms. Annie Ray
My guest for this episode is a Fairfax County Public Schools music teacher, Annie Ray. For many of you listeners, her name will immediately ring a bel...
122. Grab the Wheel and Make it Legendary, with Garrett Smiley
My guest for this episode is Garrett Smiley, the co-founder of Sora Schools, a description of which, frankly, is very hard to pin down. Sora is an onl...
121. Gold Standard Project-Based Learning, with Allie Wong
My guest is Allie Wong, a PBLWorks National Faculty member who is extremely passionate about Project-Based Learning, mainly because as a graduate from...