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March 24, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Elizabeth Power

Guest Elizabeth Power of The Trauma Informed Academy shares inspirational thoughts on how to support students and school staff who experience trauma. Her brilliant insights demystify trauma, explaining it as a human condition...

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March 27, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Sylvia Badwi — Supporting Students of Diver…

Our guest, Sylvia Badwi of Agora Prep Academy discusses a unique learning environment that disrupts the traditional, factory-model of education. Agrora Prep in Canada professes a learner-centered educational approach that is ...

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March 28, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Rodney Toulson — Restorative Counseling

Guest Rodney Toulson , owner of Restorative Consulting Services, shares the importance of systemic restorative practices for schools and school districts. The outcome is a transformed learning community. Recorded at the Educa...

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March 28, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Jeannette Eastin — Supporting Grassroots In…

Guest Jeannette Eastin is the founder of Refound Education . Her passion for democratizing education lends itself to supporting families, educators, and communities with innovations and connecting them to vital resources. Jea...

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April 1, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Dr. Christopher Bonn — Educational and Assi…

Meet Dr. Christopher Bonn , President and CEO of BonFire Leadership Solutions LLC . He is a former school district superintendent, the author of Igniting Change: The BonFire Principles for Transforming Toxic Organizations , a...

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April 8, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Ty-Quan Payne — The Arts and Social Emotion…

Meet Ty-Quan Payne , Dean of School Culture at Ivy Hill Prep in Brooklyn, NY. Ivy Hill Prep is a small charter school serving grades K-5. Mr. Payne is also an artist and founder of #LovePayne Productions offering independent ...

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April 15, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Dr. Alisha Pollard — Developing Students an…

Guest, Dr. Alisha Pollard , is President of Warriors Helping Achieve Triumph (or “WHAT”). What is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to empowering individuals of all ages through enriching experiences and knowled...

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July 3, 2024

Dr. Tyrone Howard—Equity Now: Justice, Repair, and Belonging in Schoo…

Our guest, Dr. Tyrone Howard , is the Pritzker Family Endowed Chair in the School of Education and Information Studies at University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA ). He is also the immediate past-president of the American...

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July 10, 2024

Eden Strachan (Straw-n)—Supporting Girls of Color Through the Tools o…

Our Guest, Eden Strachan (Straw-n), is Executive Director of Black Girls Will Get Love, Inc . and Founder of Black Girls Don’t Get Love, LLC. She is also an award-winning journalist and filmmaker and author of the book Black...

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Oct. 19, 2024

Dr. Chezare A. Warren—Centering Possibilities in Education for Black …

Our Guest, Dr. Chezare A. Warren , is Associate Professor of education policy with a secondary faculty appointment in the department of teaching and learning at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College . He addresses the role ...

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Jan. 29, 2025

Dr. Micia Mosely—The Black Teacher Project

Our guests, Dr. Micia Mosely , Founder and Director of the Black Teacher Project , advances the mission of creating opportunities for Black teachers to see schools as places of liberated learning. In developing leaders, she e...

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