Lessons Learned

<p>How can industry and education work together to prepare students for the future?</p>“ People at a younger age deserve to learn earlier what their opportunities are and deserve to be encouraged to think about and...

<p>What does effective instructional coaching really look like?</p><p><br></p>“If there’s no goal, it’s just a nice conversation.” -Jim Knight<p><br></p><p>In this special episode of Lessons Learned, host Matt welcomes...

<p>What does it really mean to be an instructional leader?</p>“Systems over goals. If you want instructional leadership to be a focus—create a system to make it happen. We can get bogged down in the small fires…because...

<p>How can we make math more accessible, engaging, and future-focused?</p>“When someone’s asking, ‘Hey, when am I gonna use this math?’ you can be like, ‘Have you ever played a video game? Because they used math to make...

<p>How can districts prepare students for both college and career success—and what does it require from our instructional leaders? </p>“As a leader—getting the [support] that you need, that’s tailored to what is...

<p>How do we prepare students for jobs that don't exist yet?</p>“What I'm hopeful for is that always—no matter how challenging the circumstance—there is someone who is teaching and there are students who are learning.”...

<p>How can we align K–12 pathways with real economic opportunity?</p>“The definition of leadership is influence. The challenge of leadership is conflict. The result of leadership is change. And when there's a lot of...

<p>How can we make math instruction more engaging and relevant for every student?</p>“Kids need fewer commercials for math's power in their jobs later and more actual, tangible experiences of math's power now in their...

<p>What if K-12 school districts saw scheduling as a strategy for alignment rather than a task to be done?</p>“We really under-invest in training future school leaders on how to invest this multi-million dollar...

<p>What does building ‘life-ready’ students really look like?</p><p>In this special compilation episode of Lessons Learned, we highlight five powerful insights from the visionary education leaders featured in Season 2...

<p>How can we rethink workforce partnerships for sustainability and impact?</p>“Every parent out there wants a better life for their child and unfortunately, historically, we've always thought that pathway was through a...

<p>How can districts evolve to support every educator and every student?</p>“Really looking at your programs—which ones are making the biggest impact—and there's no debate. The biggest impact you can have on student...

<p>What role do schools, families, and businesses play in building career-ready learners?</p>“The single biggest unifying conversation we've had is about future-readiness. When you talk about the current environment...

<p>How do Educational Service Centers (ESCs) help turn policy into practice in Ohio’s schools?</p>“How do you reverse engineer what the future could look like into the type of profession that interests you? That could...

<p>How can we leverage student agency to build more invested, more prepared graduates?</p>“We need to give kids context to understand that if they’re going to think about their life beyond (and their goals beyond)...