12/25/2025
My What School Could Be Podcast, Christmas Day 2025 episode. Listen as Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk explores complex issues related to school, life and mental heath. You will be uplifted.
This community is committed to moving forward conversations around redesigning school. After seeing this film, you’ll never look at school the same way again.
We are inspired by the film, "Most Likely to Succeed" and the book, "What School Could Be." "Most Likely To Succeed" is the best film ever done on the topic of school — both its past and its future. Free of whining and negativity, the film inspires its audiences with a sense of purpose and possibility, and is bringing school communities together in re-imagining what our students and teachers are c
12/25/2025
My What School Could Be Podcast, Christmas Day 2025 episode. Listen as Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk explores complex issues related to school, life and mental heath. You will be uplifted.
12/15/2025
It's up, the 5th of five What School Could Be Podcast remixes, this time with segments featuring Carmen Coleman Goodin, Brendan McCarthy, Parul Punjabi Jagdish, Steven Shapiro, Nancy Shapiro Rapport, John Hattie, Tony Frontier, and Emma George.
11/16/2025
Hey everyone, I just released this What School Could Be Podcast episode. Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
11/03/2025
I can personally attest to the trauma caused by math taught in the "traditional way," meaning the factory model of schooling that takes MS and HS kids through Algebra and higher.
Ted Dintersmith on Redefining Math and Purpose in School Podcast Episode · The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast with Daniel Bauer · 10/29/2025 · 57m
10/31/2025
10/28/2025
Just released my 155th episode. Lots of voices of Hawaiʻi youth included in this remix. Love it!
10/13/2025
Congratulations, Jennifer!
A HUGE CONGRATS to WSCB Chronicle Editor, Jennifer D. Klein, on the release of her new book, 'Taming the Turbulence in Educational Leadership:
Doing Right by Learners Without Losing Your Job.'
In a time when political pressures, cultural divides, and misconceptions about student-centered learning are mounting, school and system leaders often find themselves navigating storms of resistance. Drawing on interviews with 67 education leaders around the world, 'Taming the Turbulence in Educational Leadership' is a practical handbook, offering strategies to drive equity-focused and student-centered transformation, even in the face of opposition.
Trust us, if you're committed to leading courageously for every child, you're not going to want to miss this one!!
📖 Learn more about the book + order your copy at principledlearning.org
10/13/2025
Just released, my 2nd remix episode of the What School Could Be Podcast, this one focused on caring and connected communities.
09/29/2025
This is the first time in five years of doing this What School Could Be Podcast that I am issuing a "remix," meaning five voices all speaking about the same theme: Real world learning through real world challenges. What a blast to collaborate with Melanie Montizor Ching and Evan Kurohara on this format.
09/15/2025
Carole Basile, Dean of the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation at Arizona State University is an 8th wonder in the world of education. Her resume is long and deep and her jam is teaching in teams. What a privilege to do this interview and release this episode.