Spotlight 4 Success

Send us Fan Mail A new school year doesn’t just need fresh energy; it needs better systems. From the GAEL conference in Jekyll Island, Georgia, we sit down with Brooks Robinson from Sumter County Schools to talk about...

Send us Fan Mail Two schools in one building. Over 700 students. Around 100 adults to support and coach. That’s not a leadership thought experiment, that’s a normal day for Hollie Walters, principal of Dooly K-8 Academy...

Send us Fan Mail From Summer GALE in Jekyll Island, Georgia, we sit down with Sabrina Smith, safety director for Valdosta City Schools, to get specific about what school safety looks like at the district level. Sabrina...

Send us Fan Mail AI is moving faster than school systems, and our students already know it. From the SCASA Conference in Myrtle Beach, we sit down with Kendra, an assistant principal from Windsor Elementary, to talk...

Send us Fan Mail The best teacher pipeline might already be sitting in the school library. We’re recording from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at the SCABSE conference, and our guest Eboni Amaker makes a powerful case for...

Send us Fan Mail A lot of schools talk about “college and career readiness,” but what does that actually look like on a Tuesday morning with real students who have real barriers? From the SCABSE conference in Myrtle...

Send us Fan Mail The kids who get labeled “trouble” are often the ones carrying the most untold story, and they’re also the ones schools struggle to reach with typical discipline cycles. From the SCABS conference in...

Send us Fan Mail Professional development can be either a box to check or a lever that changes schools. From the SCABSE conference in Myrtle Beach, I sit down with Brian Edward, principal of Louisville Middle School in...

Send us Fan Mail AI is already in your students’ hands, so the real question is whether schools will pretend it isn’t there or learn how to use it well. From the SCASBE conference in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, we sit...

Send us Fan Mail A lot of people show up to an education conference hunting for a single magic strategy. We show up looking for something better: ideas that actually fit real classrooms and real kids. From sunny Myrtle...

Send us Fan Mail A 98.6% graduation rate with students who arrive not on track to graduate doesn’t happen by accident, and it definitely doesn’t happen by labeling kids and hoping for the best. From the SCAPSE...

Send us Fan Mail A single preview copy can be the difference between guessing and gaining. We sit down with a teacher who shares how American Book Company (ABC) books went from “something I tried once” to a repeatable...

Send us Fan Mail A missed question should not be a dead end, it should be a map. We dig into what makes standards-based textbooks and assessments feel genuinely helpful for students and sustainable for teachers, using...

Send us Fan Mail A single conference hallway can tell you a lot about what educators are carrying and what they still hope to build. From the NCASA conference in Wilmington, North Carolina, we sit down with Rochelle...

Send us Fan Mail We’re recording from the NCASA conference in Wilmington, North Carolina, and we keep hearing the same challenge from school and district leaders: students need more support, but schedules and staffing...