Digical Education

This is a new series as we consider who is missing in school leadership, the classroom, and our profession as we seek to build flourishing schools.
Edward Gregory is the Director of Education for the Diocese of Bath and Wells in England.
 

This is a conversation about the new Georgetown Center for Education and the Workplace's research on the ROI of a college degree (https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/collegeroi/). With my friend and independent counselor, Rob Schwartz, we dig into this research and what it means for students and families.
Rob Schwartz's bio:
Mr. Schwartz currently works as an independent counselor at Premier College Guidance (https://premiercollegeguide.com/), but was born, raised and educated in Southern California. He received his BA in Political Science from UCLA, his MA in History from California State University, Northridge, and a College Counseling Certificate from UCLA. His prior work includes stints with NASA, Morgan Stanley, and just shy of nine years at The Princeton Review. He is also a current faculty member of the UCLA College Counseling program.

Dave Mulder is one of my favorite educators, and I love to follow him on Twitter. The "No More Crappy Homework" podcast we did nearly 3 years ago is the most listened to of these podcast conversations, so I talked Dave into a follow-up conversation.
Dave's bio: 
"I love to teach! Before joining the Education department at Dordt in 2012, I taught in Christian schools in California and Iowa for 14 years. While I thoroughly enjoyed teaching in K-12 schools, I have found that I also love teaching future teachers. I view this calling as a tremendous blessing, and I do not take it lightly.
My interest areas in education are varied, but include educational technology, online learning, teaching young adolescents, science education, social networks for professional learning, and teaching Christianly. I blog my reflections on these topics (and more!) and you are welcome to read along at http://iteach-and-ilearn.blogspot.com."

This is a conversation that builds on a prior podcast with Jon Eckert where he asks the question "Who do we need?", and pushes us to think deeper about who is missing in school leadership and what we can do about it. Emily shares insights from her current work, her study of Classical Languages at university, lessons from being a young head teacher, and our current affinity with the show "Ted Lasso."
Emily Norman is the Head of Networks for the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership, where she brings together school leaders from around England to think collaboratively about what it means to put a Christian vision into practice.

I had the opportunity to talk to Lynn Swaner about her research into Flourishing Schools and why some schools flourish and others do not.
Find the report here: https://community.acsi.org/flourishingschools/home
Lynn Swaner, is the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at ACSI. Prior to joining ACSI, she served as a graduate professor of education, academic researcher, and Christian school administrator. She is a Cardus Senior Fellow and the author and editor of multiple books on Christian education.

In this episode of the podcast I have the opportunity to talk to Dr. Patrick Wolf about his new research entitled, The Protestant Family Ethic: What Do Protestant, Catholic, Private, and Public Schooling Have to Do with Marriage, Divorce, and Non-marital Childbearing?.
 
Dr. Patrick J. Wolf is a Distinguished Professor of Education Policy and 21st Century Endowed Chair in School Choice in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions. He has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited five books and over 175 journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, and policy reports on private school choice, public charter schools, civic values, special education, public management, and campaign finance.

Jon Eckert, Ed.D., is Professor of Educational Leadership, and the Lynda and Robert Copple Endowed Chair in Christian School Leadership. Dr. Eckert came to Baylor in 2019 with over two decades of experience in education. He taught and coached intermediate and middle school students outside of Chicago and Nashville for 12 years. After completing his doctorate at Vanderbilt University in 2008, he was selected as a Teaching Ambassador Fellow at the U.S. Department of Education, where he worked in both the Bush and Obama administrations on teaching quality issues. For the past 10 years, he has prepared teachers at Wheaton College.

Kevin Vander Wal is a 6th grade Math and Bible Teacher at Timothy Christian School in Elmhurst, IL.
This is a new series where I ask educators, "what is something that we need to stop in order to do better things?" It was inspired by Jon Eckert's Edutopia blog "The No in Innovate" where he says, "we cannot do everything well. If we attempt to be all things to all people, we will fail to do anything well. Therefore, school leaders should thoughtfully abandon those things that fail to serve students well..."

Bill Postma is Director of Instruction at Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, MI.
This is a new series where I ask educators, "what is something that we need to stop in order to do better things?" It was inspired by Jon Eckert's Edutopia blog "The No in Innovate" where he says, "we cannot do everything well. If we attempt to be all things to all people, we will fail to do anything well. Therefore, school leaders should thoughtfully abandon those things that fail to serve students well..."

Neil Okuley is Principal of Unity Christian Academy in South Holland, IL.
This is a new series where I ask educators, "what is something that we need to stop in order to do better things?" It was inspired by Jon Eckert's Edutopia blog "The No in Innovate" where he says, "we cannot do everything well. If we attempt to be all things to all people, we will fail to do anything well. Therefore, school leaders should thoughtfully abandon those things that fail to serve students well..."