Episodes
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
For 21 years, Dr. Henery has provided vision, management, and leadership to meet the needs of all English Learners in her student population and their families. During the early weeks and months of the COVID pandemic, Little Rock School District stepped up to meet the unprecedented educational challenges it faced—in part, by providing equitable access to proven technology-based solutions, such as Lexia Core5 Reading, across the district. Listen to the podcast to learn more.
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
New Digital Personalized Approaches to Equity
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Schools are bringing on professional grade digital curriculum and aiming at true personalization. LeiLani hosts Dr. Liz Brooke and Michele Eaton, Director of Virtual And Blended Learning from the M.S.D. of Wayne Township.
This discussion about what software can do in schools reveals how leaders are trying to balance human teaching within a new context of real personalization because of more sophisticated software so that they can rid themselves of systemic inequities.
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Recovery from a Lost Year of Reading Achievement
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Tens of thousands of school leaders are realizing they may have lost a year of progress with students. LeiLani discusses with Dr. Liz Brooke, Chief Learning Officer at Lexia and Felecia Evans, Principal at Lander Elementary School, Mayfield Heights, OH, what to do about realigning student learning amidst ongoing alternate schedules including on-campus, remote and hybrid learning. As educators come out of the fog of issuing millions of devices and making sure students have connectivity, they are finding a professional world of digital curriculum to help them play catch-up. This discussion focuses on practical leadership from the front lines by a Principal and new software qualities that result in leaps upward in achievement in shorter time – a critical discussion right now for K12 schools who hope to recover in language literacy.
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Dyslexia, the most common learning disability, affects up to 15-20% of the population. What exactly is this learning difference, how can educators better understand dyslexia, and how can we best meet the needs of these students today?
Listen to this interview with Dr. Suzanne Carreker, Lexia’s Principal Educational Content Lead, and Lee-Ann Tolfree Mertzlufft, Director of Options with Learning and a faculty member at Albany City Schools, to learn how our definition of dyslexia has changed over the last 30 years, why using the right tools is so essential, and how educators can better understand dyslexia—from both personal and global perspectives.
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Listen to an interview with Lexia’s Chief Learning Officer Dr. Liz Brooke on the critical importance of motivation and engagement in today’s K–12 education landscape.
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
50/50: Uncertain Fates for Non-Teaching Personnel in Times of Recession
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the country's workforce is grappling with a new normal that has no clear end in sight. In the education sector, the massive and abrupt shift to remote learning received extensive media coverage as educators transitioned from in-person classroom instruction to teaching digitally from afar. But while teachers have certainly experienced a significant amount of upheaval over the past couple of months, their sense of job security is likely much stronger than that of many other working professionals—including the roughly 50% of people working in K–12 schools who aren't classroom teachers.
To view the original blog, visit: 50/50: Uncertain Fates for Non-Teaching Personnel in Times of Recession
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Silver Linings: Why Remote Learning Allows Some Students to Shine
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
March 2020 saw a massive upheaval in Americans' day-to-day lives as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take its toll. While professionals able to do their jobs remotely transitioned to working from home, schools closed their doors and took on the Herculean task of moving learning from the classroom to the cloud—no small feat under ideal conditions, let alone when the country is in crisis and life has changed seemingly overnight. Every individual is coping with and adjusting to the upheaval in their own way, and students are no different. But although schooling in a pandemic has proven difficult for some, others seem to be not only getting by but flourishing.
To view the original blog, visit: Silver Linings: Why Remote Learning Allows Some Students to Shine
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
When it comes to distance learning, one key question is often relegated to the background: What do students think?
To view the original blog, visit: Interaction, Structure, Creativity: Students Weigh in On Improving School During a Pandemic
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Moving Away from Standardized Professional Development for Teachers
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
It is no exaggeration to place teaching among the most important professions in our society; after all, teachers are uniquely positioned to have a profound impact on young people by inspiring their actions both within the school walls and beyond them. Sadly, it is also no exaggeration to place teaching among the country's most stressful jobs.
To view the original blog, visit: Moving Away from Standardized Professional Development for Teachers
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Social-Emotional Learning: Support for Teachers Who Are Feeling the Burn
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
It is no exaggeration to place teaching among the most important professions in our society; after all, teachers are uniquely positioned to have a profound impact on young people by inspiring their actions both within the school walls and beyond them. Sadly, it is also no exaggeration to place teaching among the country's most stressful jobs.
To view the original blog, visit: Social-Emotional Learning: Support for Teachers Who Are Feeling the Burn