Category: Expert Interviews
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Communication is the Basis of Relationships: a Conversation with Susanne Carpenter
Read More: Communication is the Basis of Relationships: a Conversation with Susanne CarpenterSusanne Carpenter is the founder and principal at Carpenter Leadership, a leadership consulting and executive coaching firm that helps leaders and leadership teams become high-performing and strategy-focused. What…
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Why Mattering Matters: a Conversation with Dr. Sarah Bennison
Read More: Why Mattering Matters: a Conversation with Dr. Sarah BennisonDr. Sarah Bennison is the co-founder and CEO of the Mattering Movement, an organization focused on combating the pandemic of loneliness and despair—that is, a widespread mattering deficit—that’s…
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Understanding and Redirecting Disagreements: An Interview with Dr. Ruth Braunstein
Read More: Understanding and Redirecting Disagreements: An Interview with Dr. Ruth BraunsteinDr. Ruth Braunstein is the founder of The Meanings of Democracy Lab at the University of Connecticut. The lab engages students and partners in collaborative research and discussion…
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Why Teacher Intelligence Will Always Trump AI: A Conversation with Sarah Hanawald
Read More: Why Teacher Intelligence Will Always Trump AI: A Conversation with Sarah HanawaldSarah Hanawald is the Senior Director of the Association for Academic Leaders at One Schoolhouse, a partner in innovation to independent schools around the world. What follows is…
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Interview with Rob Barnett: Modern Classrooms
Read More: Interview with Rob Barnett: Modern ClassroomsRob Barnett is the co-founder of Modern Classrooms Project, a teacher-created, research-backed instructional model that helps teachers respond to every student’s individual needs. What follows is a conversation…
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Combatting Polarization with Conversation: An Interview with CDI
Read More: Combatting Polarization with Conversation: An Interview with CDIMylien Duong is the Senior Director of Research at the Constructive Dialogue Institute. What follows is a conversation between Mylien and R.E.A.L.® founder Liza Garonzik about CDI’s groundbreaking…
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Take Action: The Power of Research in Schools
Read More: Take Action: The Power of Research in SchoolsSarah Odell is the Director of Faculty Practice and Research at the Hewitt School’s Center for Gender and Ethical Leadership in Society. We recently spoke with her about…
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Understanding the “Organ of Learning” : Brain Science with Glenn Whitman
Read More: Understanding the “Organ of Learning” : Brain Science with Glenn WhitmanGlenn Whitman is the Executive Director of the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning at St. Andrew’s Episocpal School, where he also teaches history. The CTTL’s mission is…
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Meet Me in the Middle: A Conversation with Ellie Walsh-Moots
Read More: Meet Me in the Middle: A Conversation with Ellie Walsh-MootsEllie Walsh-Moots is a Social Studies teacher, former department chair (and Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist!) who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. She is passionate about studying middle leadership –…
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Office Hours: 30 minutes with Michael Horn
Read More: Office Hours: 30 minutes with Michael Horn“To me, innovation in education is anything that helps learners make progress that wasn’t being done before. It doesn’t have to involve technology, and it doesn’t have to…