Principal Center Radio

Keith Schumacher—National Alliance for Father Friendly Schools

Visit the Father Friendly Schools Website, www.fatherfriendlyschools.org

Call and speak with Keith at  1-910-294-0332

About The Guest

Keith Schumacher is the Founder and Executive Director of the National Alliance for Father Friendly Schools, a nonprofit that create a culture in which schools provide a welcoming and inclusive environment where fathers regularly engage and participate in the daily activities in local schools. Keith has spoken at hundreds of state and national conferences including the American Association of School Administrators, National PTA, American School Counselors Association and the National Association for Family, School and Community Engagement. He has authored several articles on father friendly family engagement practices. 

Michelle Hope—Building a Strong Foundation: How School Leaders Can Help New Teachers Succeed and Stay

Get the book, Building a Strong Foundation: How School Leaders Can Help New Teachers Succeed and Stay

Follow Michelle on X @LoveServeTeach

 

About The Author

Dr. Michelle Hope is a National Board–certified educator with extensive teaching, district-level coaching, and school leadership experience. She has a passion for public education, curriculum writing, teacher development, and school improvement planning and considers the opportunity to work with teachers and students an honor. She currently serves as an elementary principal in Memphis, Tennessee.

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

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Michelle Singh—The Blueprint: A School Leader's Starter Kit To Crack the Code on Student Disengagement

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Visit Michelle's website, LCTELearning.com

Browse Michelle's books on Amazon

About The Author

Michelle Singh is a National Board Certified Teacher, founder of The Restful Teacher, and CEO of LCT-E Learning Solutions. With over two decades of education experience, including over 20 years serving Miami-Dade County public schools as a teacher, district leader, and consultant, and over ten years as an adjunct professor of teacher education, Michelle is committed to fostering equity and inclusivity in education.

Her journey began as a 9-year-old immigrant from Jamaica, where she developed a passion for cultural understanding and empathy that has shaped her path to becoming an award-winning educator. As the leader of LCT-E Learning Solutions®️, Michelle is on a mission to level the playing field in education by tackling the disengagement of students and teachers.

Anthony Muhammad—Culture Keepers: Leaders Creating a Healthy School Culture

Get the book, Culture Keepers: Leaders Creating a Healthy School Culture

Visit Anthony's website, www.newfrontier21.com

Follow Anthony on Facebook 

Connect with Anthony on LinkedIn

About The Author

Anthony Muhammad, PhD, is an internationally known educational consultant, a former middle and high school principal, and the author or editor of 12 books, including Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division, Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap, and Time for Change: Four Essential Skills for Transformational School and District Leaders, and he's the editor of the new book Culture Champions: Teachers Supporting a Healthy Classroom Culture.

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Jim Knight—The IC Toolkit

Get the book, The IC Toolkit

Visit Jim's Website, www.InstructionalCoaching.com

Listen to Michael Bungay Stanier on Principal Center Radio

About The Author

Dr. Jim Knight is Founder and Senior Partner of Instructional Coaching Group (ICG), and a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He has spent more than two decades studying professional learning and instructional coaching. Jim earned his PhD in Education from the University of Kansas, and is the author of numerous books, including Instructional Coaching, Unmistakeable Impact, and The Definitive Guide To Instructional Coaching. His latest book, with Jessica Wise, Michelle Harris, and Amy Musante, is The IC Toolkit.

Erik Palmer—Well Spoken: Teaching Speaking to All Students

Get the book, Well Spoken: Teaching Speaking to All Students

Visit Erik's website, www.ErikPalmer.net

Visit the PVLEGS website, www.PVLEGS.com

About The Author

Erik Palmer is a professional speaker and educational consultant from Denver, Colorado, whose passion for speaking has been part of every one of his multiple careers. After several years in the business world, he became a teacher, spending 21 years in the classroom, primarily as an English teacher but also as a teacher of math, science, and civics. The author of several books, Palmer presents frequently at conferences and has given keynotes and led in-service training in school districts across the United States and around the world. He focuses on giving teachers practical, engaging ways to teach oral communication skills and showing education leaders how to be more effective communicators. He's the author of Before You Say A Word: A School Leader's Guide to Clear and Compelling Communication and Well Spoken: Teaching Speaking to All Students

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Anthony Muhammad—Culture Champions: Teachers Supporting a Healthy Classroom Culture

Get the book, Culture Champions: Teachers Supporting a Healthy Classroom Culture

Visit Anthony's website, www.newfrontier21.com

Follow Anthony on Facebook 

Connect with Anthony on LinkedIn

About The Author

Anthony Muhammad, PhD, is an internationally known educational consultant, a former middle and high school principal, and the author or editor of 12 books, including Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division, Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap, and Time for Change: Four Essential Skills for Transformational School and District Leaders, and he's the editor of the new book Culture Champions: Teachers Supporting a Healthy Classroom Culture.

Mike Anderson—Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems

Get the book, Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems

Visit Mike's website LeadingGreatLearning.com

About The Author

Mike Anderson is a full time education consultant who works with diverse schools across the United States and beyond. He was a classroom teacher for 15 years and then a Responsive Classroom consultant and developer for 6 years. He is also the author of many books about great teaching and learning.

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Sarah Frank—OpenLiteracy

Visit the OpenLiteracy Website, www.OpenLiteracy.com

About The Author

Dr. Sarah Frank is the founder of OpenLiteracy, bringing with her two decades of working in schools and universities. Sarah has worked as a teacher, teacher educator, and professor in elementary schools and universities across the United States including the University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh, Duke University, and Wayne State University. She has a Master's in Language and Literacy from Harvard, and a PhD in Literacy, Language, and Culture from the University of Michigan.

Erik Palmer—Before You Say a Word: A School Leader's Guide to Clear and Compelling Communication

Get the book, Before You Say a Word: A School Leader's Guide to Clear and Compelling Communication

Visit Erik's website, www.ErikPalmer.net

Visit the PVLEGS website, www.PVLEGS.com

About The Author

Erik Palmer is a professional speaker and educational consultant from Denver, Colorado, whose passion for speaking has been part of every one of his multiple careers. After several years in the business world, he became a teacher, spending 21 years in the classroom, primarily as an English teacher but also as a teacher of math, science, and civics. The author of several books, Palmer presents frequently at conferences and has given keynotes and led in-service training in school districts across the United States and around the world. He focuses on giving teachers practical, engaging ways to teach oral communication skills and showing education leaders how to be more effective communicators.

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Michael Petrilli—National Assessment of Educational Progress

Visit the Fordham Institute Website, www.FordhamInstitute.org

Visit the NAEP Website, www.NCES.ED.Gov/NationsReportCard

About The Author

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Executive Editor of Education Next, and research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. An award-winning writer, he is the author of The Diverse Schools Dilemma, editor of the book Education for Upward Mobility, and co-editor of How to Educate an American and Follow the Science to School. An expert on charter schools, school accountability, evidence-based practices, and trends in test scores and other student outcomes, Petrilli has published opinion pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, and his Education Gadfly column and podcast at Fordham, and appears frequently on television and radio. Petrilli helped to create the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement and the Policy Innovators in Education Network, and serves on the board of the Association of American Educators Foundation. He lives with his family in Bethesda, Maryland.

Robert Barnett—Meet Every Learner’s Needs: Redesigning Instruction So All Students Can Succeed

Get the book, Meet Every Learner’s Needs: Redesigning Instruction So All Students Can Succeed

Visit the Meet Every Learner's Needs website, www.MeetE eryLearnersNeeds.org

Visit Robert's website, www.ModernClassrooms.org

About The Author

Robert Barnett is the co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project. He has taught math, English, and social studies at the secondary and post-secondary levels in the United States and abroad. He hopes his own children will learn in Modern Classrooms someday. He's the author of Meet Every Learner’s Needs: Redesigning Instruction So All Students Can Succeed

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Mike Anderson—Rekindle Your Professional Fire: Powerful Habits for Becoming a More Well-Balanced Teacher

Get the book, Rekindle Your Professional Fire: Powerful Habits for Becoming a More Well-Balanced Teacher

Listen to Mike's Principal Center Radio interview on his book, Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement

Visit Mike's website LeadingGreatLearning.com

About The Author

Mike Anderson of Leading Great Learning is a full time education consultant who has worked with diverse schools across the United States and beyond for more than a decade. He was a classroom teacher for 15 years and then a Responsive Classroom consultant and developer for 6 years. He is a Milken National Educator Award winner, and was a finalist for New Hampshire Teacher of the Year. He is the author of 10 books, including three that were selected as ASCD member books. 

Jill Handley & Lara Donnelly—What Can I Take Off Your Plate? A Structural—and Sustainable—Approach to Countering Teacher Burnout

Get the book, What Can I Take Off Your Plate? A Structural—and Sustainable—Approach to Countering Teacher Burnout

Visit Lara's Website www.LaraCDonnelly.com

Visit Jill's Website www.BeTheLeaderYouDeserve.com

About The Author

Lara Donnelly, EdD, is a veteran teacher and school counselor in Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky). She is an education consultant, speaker, and author supporting schools and administrators with burnout, family engagement, and multilingual learners with trauma and mental health concerns. Donnelly has been featured in podcasts, news articles, and televised interviews for her expertise in supporting mental health.

 

Jill Handley, EdD, is the assistant superintendent of multilingual learners in Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky). Prior to this role, she was the award-winning principal of Kenwood Elementary. During her 16-year tenure as principal, she led her school to be recognized for several achievements, including National School of Character, National Distinguished ESEA School, and the first Family Friendly Certified school in the state of Kentucky.

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Baruti Kafele—What Is My Value Instructionally to the Teachers I Supervise?

Get the book, What Is My Value Instructionally to the Teachers I Supervise?

Go to the AP and New Principal's Academy YouTube Channel

About The Author

Baruti Kafele is one of the most sought-after school leadership experts in North America. A highly regarded urban educator in New Jersey for more than 20 years, he was named East Orange School District and Essex County Public Schools Teacher of the Year, and he was a finalist for New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. As a middle and high school principal, he led the transformation of four different New Jersey urban schools. He is the author of 14 books, including The Assistant Principal 50, Is My School A Better School Because I Lead It, and What is My Value Instructionally to the Teachers I Supervise Today.

Peter Marshall—Today's Teachers, Tomorrow's Leaders: A Guide to Identifying and Developing Future Administrators

Get the book, Today's Teachers, Tomorrow's Leaders: A Guide to Identifying and Developing Future Administrators

Visit Peter's website, www.PeterMarshallConsulting.com

About The Author

Peter Marshall has more than thirty-five years of experience as an educator. He has served as a teacher, school administrator, and system leader in Ontario, working in leadership and staff development as well as opening a new school. He currently serves as a Solution Tree Assessment Center Associate.

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Barbara Blackburn—Rigor for Students with Special Needs

Get the book, Rigor for Students with Special Needs

Visit Barbara's website www.BarbaraBlackburnOnline.com

About The Author

Barbara Blackburn, PhD is the author of more than 35 books and a full-time consultant who works with schools around the world to help raise the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. Dr. Blackburn has been repeatedly named to the Top 30 Education Gurus by Global Gurus. 

Teresa Hill—The Instructional Leader's Guide to Closing Achievement Gaps: Five Keys for Improving Student Outcomes

Get the book, The Instructional Leader's Guide to Closing Achievement Gaps: Five Keys for Improving Student Outcomes

About The Author

Dr. Teresa Hill is a speaker, author, and leader whose work focuses on underserved communities and making the system work for every child. She is devoted to eliminating achievement gaps and ending what she terms “failure as a default”. Her motto is “All children can learn . . . Period.” Dr. Hill began her career teaching thirty-one kindergarten students in Peoria, IL, has served as a principal and assistant superintendent, and has served as Superintendent in South Holland, IL since 2012.

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Marc-Oliver Gewaltig—Thesify.ai: Scholarly Writing in the Age of A.I.

Learn more about Thesify at www.Thesify.ai

About The Author

Marc-Oliver has a Ph.D in physics but quickly switched to neuroscience to understand how our brain processes information. Before co-founding Thesify, Marc-Oliver was senior group leader at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and before that Principal Scientist at the Honda Research Institute Europe in Germany.

Barbara Blackburn—Rigor in the 6-12 Math and Science Classroom: A Teacher Toolkit

Get the book, Rigor in the 6-12 Math and Science Classroom: A Teacher Toolkit

Download the Sample Science Structured Writing Guide

Download the Sample Mathematics Structured Writing Guide

Download the Flesh It Out Math Handout

Download the Flesh It Out Science Handout

About The Author

Barbara Blackburn, PhD is the author of more than 35 books and a full-time consultant who works with schools around the world to help raise the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. Dr. Blackburn has been repeatedly named to the Top 30 Education Gurus by Global Gurus. 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Carl Hendrick—How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice

Get the book, How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice

Follow Carl on X @C_Hendrick

About The Author

Carl Hendrick is Professor at Academica University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he translates research findings into practical teaching strategies. He taught English at the secondary level for 18 years, and holds a PhD in education from King's College London. He is the author of three books.

Vickie Echols—AI for School Leaders: 62 Ways To Lighten Your Workload and Focus On What Matters

Get the book, AI for School Leaders: 62 Ways To Lighten Your Workload and Focus On What Matters
Visit Vickie's website, www.VickieEchols.com

About The Author

Vickie Echols is a veteran educator who has served as a K-12 and university teacher, elementary principal and district communication director during her career in public education. She currently serves as a school transformation coach for the nonprofit Wellness for Educators. She is the author of AI for School Leaders: 62 Ways To Lighten Your Workload and Focus On What Matters

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Joshua Starr—Equity-Based Leadership: Leveraging Complexity to Transform School Systems

Get the book, Equity-Based Leadership: Leveraging Complexity to Transform School Systems

Connect with Joshua on LinkedIn

About The Author

Dr. Joshua Starr is an experienced educational leader who has served as the Managing Partner of the Center for Model Schools, the CEO of PDK International, and as superintendent in Montgomery County, Maryland and Stamford, Connecticut. He is a graduate of the Harvard Urban Superintendents' program. He is the author of Equity-Based Leadership: Leveraging Complexity to Transform School Systems.

Larry Thompson—Responsibility-Centered Discipline: Keeping Students on the Path of Accountability

Get the book, Responsibility-Centered Discipline: Keeping Students on the Path of Accountability

Visit Larry's Website, www.GivemFive.com

About The Author

Larry Thompson is the creator of Responsibility-Centered Discipline, as well as Responsibility-Centered Leadership and Responsibility-Centered Parenting. A popular speaker, author, and thought leader, he has worked with thousands of educators, leaders, and parents across the US and internationally. He is a former state principal of the year.

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Natalie Wexler—Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning

Visit Natalie's Website, www.NatalieWexler.com 

Follow Natalie on X @natwexler

About The Author

Natalie Wexler is an education journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post.

She is the coauthor of The Writing Revolution 2.0. She is the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System and How To Fix It, and the new book, Beyond the Science of Reading, Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning.

 

Barbara Blackburn—Scaffolding for Success: Helping Learners Meet Rigorous Expectations Across The Curriculum

Get the book, Scaffolding for Success: Helping Learners Meet Rigorous Expectations Across The Curriculum

Visit Barbara's website www.BarbaraBlackburnOnline.com

Vote Barbara Blackburn for The Best Global Education Guru 2025

About The Author

Barbara Blackburn, PhD is the author of more than 35 books and a full-time consultant who works with schools around the world to help raise the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. Dr. Blackburn has been repeatedly named to the Top 30 Education Gurus by Global Gurus. 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Nason Lollar—The Five Principles of Educator Professionalism: Rebuilding Trust in Schools

Get the book, The Five Principles of Educator Professionalism: Rebuilding Trust in Schools

Follow Dr. Lollar on X @NasonLollar

About The Author

Dr. Nason Lollar has more than 24 years of experience in the field of education. Nason has served as a high school math and social studies teacher baseball coach an assistant principal and currently as a lead principal and he holds a doctorate In education from William Carey University, and in 2023, he was honored by the Mississippi Association of Secondary School Principals as a State Assistant Principal of the Year. 

Tom Hierck & Alex Kajitani—You're A Teacher Now! What's Next?

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Visit Alex' Website, www.AlexKajitani.com

Visit Tom's Website, www.TomHierck.com

About The Author

Tom Hierck has been an educator since 1983 in a career that has spanned all grade levels and many roles in public education, including teacher, administrator, district leader, department of education project leader, and  executive director. A prolific author and consultant, his expertise in RTI, MTSS, intervention, assessment, and other topics make him a highly sought-after speaker. He is the author of more than 20 books. 

Alex Kajitani is a past California Teacher of the Year, and finalist for National Teacher of the Year. He is the founder of Multiplication Nation, and the author of several books on topics including teaching, parenting, and mathematics. He travels widely to speak with educators, and is the author of 5 books. 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Chris Joffe—All Clear: Lessons From A Decade of Managing School Crises

Get the book, All Clear: Lessons From A Decade of Managing School Crises

Visit Chris' Website, www.ChrisJoffe.com

About The Author

Chris Joffe is the founder of Joffe Emergency Services, where he works with more than 2000 schools across the US, with about 650 employees across 34 states. He served as an EMS first responder, studied paramedicine at UCLA, and holds a Master's in Technology, Business, and Integrated Design from the University of Southern California.

Holly Geyer—Ending the Crisis: Mayo Clinic's Guide to Opioid Addiction and Safe Opioid Use

Get the book, Ending the Crisis: Mayo Clinic's Guide to Opioid Addiction and Safe Opioid Use

About The Author

Dr. Holly Geyer, MD is an Addiction Medicine Specialist at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona and the physician lead of the MCA Opioid Stewardship Program, and chairs the ‘School Training Overdose Preparedness and Intelligence Taskforce’ (STOP-IT), a 60+ member multidisciplinary working group charged with developing a comprehensive and sustainable school opioid overdose preparation plan and toolkit for AZ schools. She is widely published in high-impact scientific journals and book chapters, and maintains an active international lecture schedule. She additionally serves as a Physician Director of the Mayo Clinic Physician Assistant Fellowship program.

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Jim Marshall—Fixing Education Initiatives In Crisis: 24 Go-To Strategies

Get the book, Fixing Education Initiatives in Crisis: 24 Go-to Strategies

Visit Jim's Website www.JamesMMarshall.com

About The Author

James Marshall, PhD is Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University, where he serves as the Senior Director for the Ed.D. program in PK-12 School Leadership. With over 200 publications to his credit, Dr. Marshall’s scholarship encompasses a diverse range of works that include empirical research, program evaluation efforts, and policy development. 

Zach Groshell—Just Tell Them: The Art and Science of Explanation

Get the book, Just Tell Them: The Art and Science of Explanation

Visit Zach's website, www.EducationRickshaw.com

Follow Zach on X @mrzachg

About The Author

Zach Groshell, PhD is a former teacher, author, and consultant who brings the science of learning into schools. He is the host of the Progressively Incorrect podcast, and a frequent presenter at ResearchEd and other conferences around the world.

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

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Richard DeLorenzo & Roxanne Mourant—Competency-Based Education Ignited: A Transformational Systemwide Approach for Leaders

Get the book, Competency-Based Education Ignited: A Transformational Systemwide Approach for Leaders (A critical road map for implementing competency-based learning)

Visit the Competency Based Education IGNITED website, www.CBEIgnited.org

About The Authors

Richard DeLorenzo is an internationally known leader in education and organization restructuring. He is best known for his uniquely comprehensive grassroots approach to reinventing school systems to meet the needs of all learners. He is the author of Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution.

 

Roxanne Mourant, is chief education officer of Educating for Leadership, Inc., in Alaska. She and Richard worked together at the Re-Inventing Schools Coalition, leading system change through leadership, curricular improvement, and professional development. She has more than 35 years of experience as a teacher, principal, district administrator, and university instructor.

Alyssa Gallagher—Embracing MESSY Leadership: How the Experience of 20,000 School Leaders Can Transform You and Your School

Get the book, Embracing MESSY Leadership: How the Experience of 20,000 School Leaders Can Transform You and Your School

Visit the BTS Spark Website, www.BTSSpark.org

About The Author

Alyssa Gallagher co-leads BTS Spark America, helping American and Canadian school leaders to access leadership coaching. Alyssa has broad-ranging experience, serving as teacher, school principal and Assistant Superintendent. Under Alyssa’s guidance, Los Altos School District became a nationally recognised leader in educational innovation, with her work featured by Forbes, Wired, The Economist, CNN and CBS’ 60 Minutes. She also served as Director of Global Leadership for the Wiseman Group. Alyssa has co-authored two books on using design thinking to improve teaching and learning.

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.   

Peter DeWitt & Michael Nelson— Leading With Intention: How School Leaders Can Unlock Deeper Collaboration and Drive Results

 

Visit the Instructional Leadership Collective website www.instructionalleadershipcollective.com

Follow Mike on X @SuitguyMike

Follow Peter on X @PeterMDeWitt

About The Authors

Dr. Peter DeWitt is the founder and CEO of the Instructional Leadership Collective. He hosts the Education Week blog Finding Common Ground and is the author of 9 books.

 

Michael Nelson is a past president of the Washington Association of School Administrators, and an award-winning principal and superintendent. He currently serves as Thought Partner at the Instructional Leadership Collective.

John Almarode—The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning

Get the book, The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning: An Introduction to What Works Best In Schools

About The Author

Dr. John Almarode is a bestselling author and an Associate Professor of Education at James Madison University, where he holds the Sarah Miller Luck Endowed Professorship. He received an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia in 2021. Before his academic career, John started as a mathematics and science teacher in Augusta County, Virginia. He is the author, often with John Hattie, Doug Fisher, and Nancy Frey, of more than 29 books.

 

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.

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Justin Baeder—How To Get Into Classrooms 500 Times This School Year

 

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Read a sample chapter and learn more about Now We're Talking at www.solutiontree.com/21days

Read the article "Classroom Walkthrough FAQ for Instructional Leaders" at https://principalcenter.com/faq

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About Justin Baeder PhD

Justin Baeder, PhD. is author of Now We're Talking! 21 Days to High-Performance Instructional Leadership (Solution Tree), co-author of Mapping Professional Practice (Solution Tree), and creator of the Instructional Leadership Challenge, which has helped more than 10,000 leaders in 50 countries make a daily habit of classroom visits. He holds a PhD in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies from the University of Washington, and helps senior leaders in K-12 organizations build capacity for instructional leadership

Heather Bell-Williams & Justin Baeder—Mapping Professional Practice: How To Develop Instructional Frameworks to Support Teacher Growth—Using Framework Thinking

Get the book Mapping Professional Practice: How to Develop Instructional Frameworks to Support Teacher Growth

Contact Heather Bell-Williams via email at ConsultHBW@gmail.com

About The Authors

Heather Bell-Williams is an experienced teacher, school administrator and consultant, with over 30 years of expertise to bring to her role as Coach and Consultant. Heather holds three bachelor’s degrees in arts and education from York University in Toronto and a Masters of Education in Leadership from the University of New Brunswick, as well as several additional qualifications, including Flourishing Coach certification. Heather is co-author of Mapping Professional Practice (Solution Tree) with Justin Baeder, PhD. 

Justin Baeder, PhD. is author of Now We're Talking! 21 Days to High-Performance Instructional Leadership (Solution Tree), co-author of Mapping Professional Practice (Solution Tree), and creator of the Instructional Leadership Challenge, which has helped more than 10,000 leaders in 50 countries make a daily habit of classroom visits. He holds a PhD in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies from the University of Washington, and helps senior leaders in K-12 organizations build capacity for instructional leadership

 

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Dr. Amy Baeder: Standards-Based PBL

 

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About Dr. Amy Baeder

Dr Amy Baeder is an independent education consultant supporting instructional excellence through project-based learning. Dr. Baeder is the Director of the Project-Based Learning Network, which supports teachers across the United States and 43 countries.

John Mighton—All Things Being Equal: Why Math Is the Key to a Better World

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About The Author

John Mighton is a playwright, mathematician, author and the founder of JUMP Math, a charity dedicated to helping people fulfil their potential in math. He is the author of three bestselling books, and has been recognized as an Ashoka Fellow, awarded five honorary doctorates for his lifetime achievements and appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada. He holds a PhD in mathematics from the University of Toronto. 

 

 

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Joe Davis—The Generous Leader: 7 Ways to Give of Yourself for Everyone’s Gain

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About The Author

Joe Davis is Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group, where he's had a successful career spanning more than 40 years, ultimately leading more than 7,000 people as head of BCG in North America. He currently serves as Chair of BCG’s Center for Inclusion and Equity, as well as chair of the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, Whitman College, and he holds an MBA from Harvard University. He is the author of The Generous Leader: 7 Ways to Give of Yourself for Everyone’s Gain.

Nicholas Dirks— City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University

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About The Author

Nicholas B. Dirks, PhD is President and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences, one of the oldest and most esteemed scientific organizations in the United States. He is a Professor of History and Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley and an award-winning author of eight books, including the book City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University. He is also the former Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley and Executive VP and Dean of the Faculty for Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a senior member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In addition, he has been a MacArthur fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and has also held a Guggenheim fellowship.

 

 

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Elizabeth Grant—Deliberative Policymaking: Redesigning How We Make Education Policy

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About The Author

Dr. Elizabeth Grant is the Superintendent of the Salt Lake City School District and former associate professor of education at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development. She holds an MEd from Harvard and a Master's in Sociology and a PhD in Education Policy from Stanford University.

Barbara Blackburn—Rigor in the ELA & Social Studies Classroom

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About The Author

Barbara Blackburn, PhD is the author of 35 books and a full-time consultant who works with schools around the world to help raise the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. Dr. Blackburn has been repeatedly named to the Top 30 Education Gurus by Global Gurus. 

 

 

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F. Joseph Merlino & Deborah Pomeroy—New Era - New Urgency: The Case for Repurposing Education

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About The Author

F. Joseph Merlino is President of The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education, a Philadelphia area non-profit research and action organization he co-founded in 2007. For the past 35 years, he has served as the principal investigator or director of many National Science Foundation, U.S Department of Education, and U.S. Agency for International Development projects impacting thousands of secondary math and science teachers and hundreds of schools. Currently, he directs a project in Egypt to design five new undergraduate STEM teacher preparation programs. The project involves over 100 US and Egyptian staff and five US and five Egyptian universities. He oversaw the development of 21 new model STEM high schools based on Egypt’s 11 Grand Challenges. He has worked in Egypt for the past 12 years. He has a BA in Psychology from the University of Rochester and an MA in Education from Arcadia University. He did doctoral studies in cognitive developmental psychology at Catholic University.

 

Deborah Pomeroy is professor emeritus of science education at Arcadia University. She started her career in research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Alaska’s Institute of Arctic Biology. Shifting her career into science education, she taught high school science for 19 years in Fairbanks, AK, during which time she received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. Following her high school teaching career, she completed doctoral studies at the Harvard Graduate School for Education. She then taught science education at Arcadia University for 14 years where she directed multiple education reform projects K-16. Later, in Egypt, she helped to lead a massive project to develop a new integrated STEM education curriculum funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Erik Francis—Inquiring Minds Want To Learn: Posing Good Questions To Promote Student Inquiry

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About The Author

Erik Francis an international author and presenter with over 25 years of experience working in education as a classroom teacher, a site administrator, an education program specialist with a state education agency, and a trainer who produces and provides professional development for teachers and school leaders. He is the author of 3 books including Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning and Inquiring Minds Want To Learn: Posing Good Questions To Promote Student Inquiry published by Solution Tree and Now THAT'S a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning published by ASCD. 

 

 

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Jen Schwanke—The Principal’s Guide to Conflict Management

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About The Author

Jen Schwanke, Ed.D., is a longtime educator, teaching and leading at all levels. She is the author of four ASCD books, including the just-released, The Principal’s Guide to Conflict Management. She has written and presented for multiple state and local education organizations, and has provided professional development to various districts in the areas of school climate, personnel, and instructional leadership. An instructor in educational administration at Miami University of Ohio, Dr. Schwanke currently serves as a Deputy Superintendent in Ohio. You can find her at jenschwanke.com.

Debbie Zacarian—Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators

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About The Author

Dr. Debbie Zacarian is the founder of Zacarian & Associates, where she provides professional development, strategic planning, and technical assistance for K-16 educators of culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Debbie has worked with numerous state and local education agencies and written the language assistance programming policies for many rural, suburban, and urban districts.  She served on the faculty of University of Massachusetts-Amherst and is the author of more than 100 publications, including a dozen books, such as Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators, now in its 2nd edition.

 

 

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James Stronge—Qualities of Effective Principals

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About The Author

James Stronge, PhD is the Heritage Professor of Education in the School of Education at William & Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia and the President and CEO of Stronge and Associates Educational Consulting. His research interests include policy and practice related to teacher quality and effectiveness, teacher and administrator evaluation, and teacher selection. He has worked extensively with state departments of education, school districts, and national and international educational organizations to support teacher and leader effectiveness, and he presents and consults extensively throughout the U.S. and internationally. He is the author of more than 30 books.

Kim Strobel—Teach Happy: Small Steps to Big Joy

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About The Author

Kim Strobel is an internationally-known motivational speaker for educators and organizations and travels the globe sharing the impact of happiness on teacher well-being and student achievement.

 

 

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