Education Rx

Hollye sits down with Bored Teachers Comedian Devin Siebold for a light-hearted chat about being an educator and leaving education. Devin and Hollye talk about some of the highs and lows in education. Devin shares his journey moving from education into full-time comedian, public speaker, and podcaster. If you haven't watched " Crying in My Car" on YouTube, click this link and check it out. Listen...

Hollye and Shannon talk with Eric Robinson, founder of TogetR4success . Eric's program is uniquely designed to create relationships between teachers and families over a 10 week period using games and challenges. This episode highlights the breakdown of trust and relationship between educators and families, and how it is impacting education across the US. Eric has created a program that is focused...

Join us as we talk with Ryan Hogan, @inclusivetogether, Ryan is a school psychologist AND the parent of a student with ASD. He knows how impactful it is to understand the system, know how to navigate it, and how to support it in the home. We discuss lingo (RTi, MTSS, IEP, MRD....), the processes you go through to get your student help, and what happens when a student with special needs is struggli...

We continue our interview with Paige Edmonds, functional nutritionist and program director for Dr. Mindy Pelz's agency. This round, we focus in on teachers/educators and how they can fuel their crazy days. Paige offers quick and easy ideas to keep us all on our toes throughout the day. She also shares some of her fool proof ways to be prepared for the week so you stay fueled.

How do you sit in a class and stay focused on a lecture if you just ate a bunch of simple carbs and drank a sugary soda?? The way students eat is directly impacting their ability to engage in academics. But is goes deeper: the way students are eating is directly impacting their mental health, their behavior, AND their long-term health outcomes! It may be hard to swallow the magnitude of how our fo...

Shannon and Hollye talk with Matt Beaudreau about the breakdown of the current public education system. Is changing the system an option? Matt says "no!" So how do we move forward and create a better landscape in education? Make a NEW system! Matt has been, and continues to, build new educational systems through programs such as Apogee Strong (mentorship programs), Acton Academy Private Schools, a...

Shannon and Hollye talk about the guests and topics in Season 3: Educational Administration. They review some current educational issues, including the systemic issues in Houston's HISD district. Paying teachers based on student test scores...is this the wave of the future for public education teachers? Should it be? Across the country people are making moves to create change: are we going in the...

Will McCoy talks with Shannon and Hollye about leadership in schools. Walk throughs. Observations. Reviews. Creating a team environment. Building trust between administrators and teachers. Respecting teacher expertise. Getting staff input on professional development options. We ask the tough questions and Will steps up to the plate and answers each and every one of them! Will started his career as...

Shannon and Hollye talk with Kristin Smith, mother, education advocate, and dedicated school board president in Durango, CO. Sounds nice, but...why would I listen to it? Great question! Because Kristin shares ideas and methodology that WORKS! She talks about how she worked with her board to change leadership, bring students onto the board and mentor them, get a superintendent that was the right fi...

Dr. Michael Allen joins Hollye and Shannon to discuss school-based administration (aka principals). We talk about why students are going to the office and returning in minutes. Dr. Allen talks about observations and feedback. What is impairing principals from being present and tuned in? How do principals tap into the expertise of teachers and certified staff, create strong team dynamics, and eleva...

Dr. Doug Fisher looks at educational leadership through the Leader Credibility Model. What does it take for a leader to be credible with their staff? Looking through the teacher's lens is the principal in your building accessible to you? Do you trust them? Are they present when it matters? From an administrator lens what are key ways that you can show up for your staff? Can you give teachers for a...

Will McCoy joins Hollye and Shannon to talk about educational administration. This inaugural episode in the Educational Administration series starts at the top! We ask questions that stem from real experiences and frustrations brought to our attention by listeners and educators. How much travel and training for top-level administrators is too much? What level of power do school boards have? How to...

What an INCREDIBLE 2nd season we have had. We focused on "inclusion", but found several themes rose to the surface consistently across all of our episodes:Questioning of Standardized TestingStudent Led LearningMore Focus on Mastery, Less Focus on a Traditional Grading SystemUsing EdTech to Ensure EVERY Student has Access to LearningUniversal Design as a Foundation in Creating LearningSupporting St...

Dr. Pasi Sahlberg, lifelong educator, academic, policy maker, and author, hails from Finland and has been a driving force in educational reform in his home country and throughout the world. He is currently living in Melbourne, Australia and working for Southern Cross University. Dr. Sahlbery has worked in countries around the world helping to support universities in revamping their education progr...

Sam Kary is the founder and CEO of The EdTech Classroom and Next Generation Teacher talks to us about the reality of student led, universal design, inclusive learning. Not " techy ?" Not a problem! Sam give quick and easy ways to start a shift in your classroom. Learn how to get your students involved in self reflection, real time feedback to guide lessons, and .... STOP giving direct instruction!...

Will McCoy and Reagan Rogers of Invo Healthcare join us on this episode to talk about ways education can "Turn it Around." We talk with them about the behavioral crisis many educators are experiencing with students, and ways to address the challenges. Reagan shares how her program and team collaborate with educators to create systems that WORK! We talk about the trauma and emotional challenges edu...

Dr. James Robinson from Indiana University’s Institute on Disability, and former full time educator/special education teacher, joins us to talk about inclusion. He shares some of the research that his agency has done on the use of inclusive practices in public education. They have consistently found that the implementation of these practices results in improved test scores and graduation rates: th...

Dr. Pedro Noguera talks with Hollye and Shannon about inclusion from the lens of meeting every student where they are at. Teaching students the way they learn, not making students learn the way you teach. He reinforces the importance of relationship between educators and students. We, as educators, need to start by honoring the cultures of our students–their language, their traditions, their value...

Dr. Fisher shares methods for creating student driven learning that WORKS! 6 Steps in the Progression of Learning for Students 1. Students identify and know their current level of performance2. Students identify where they are going next with their learning3. Teachers support students in exploring a range of tools, and students select the tools that WORK for them4. Students want and ASK for feedba...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress, otherwise known as the Nation’s Report Card, was first given in 1969 with the purpose of measuring the educational achievement and progress of the nation's students at established grades and ages in relation to the content of NAEP frameworks. Every two years, a sampling of schools across the nation are selected for testing: students are chosen at ra...

Inclusive Learning 365: Education that does NOT exclude anyone This episode is the first in our second season, and sets the stage for a full season focused on inclusion, i.e. student centered learning, i.e. equitable learning, i.e. student driven learning, i.e. universal design for learning. We are going to look at inclusive practices from multiple angles to better understand what inclusion means...

Season 2 is coming! Starting April 5, 2023 look for a new episode every Wednesday. We will be focusing on the concept of INCLUSION for this season: What is it? Why do we need it? How do educators create it? What will be benefits be? We have AMAZING guests: Authors of "Inclusive Learning 365" Mike Marotta, Karen Janowski, and Chris BugajDr. Andrew Ho of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and...

Hollye and Shannon welcome their producer Kieran Bronson-Doherty in a round table discussion about Season 1. Looking at key points, powerful ideas, and resources that were brought forward during this first season. What IS social emotional learning? Why is it a hot topic? How does it impact academic learning? What are some of the ways that education and educators are addressing social emotional iss...

Dr. Angela Griffin , Washington Board of Education member, Preschool educator and director, and educator of educators, shares how Washington state was able to keep daycares and preschools going during CoVid. She shares how maintaining these programs supported families, but also addressed the social emotional needs of early learners. These programs ensured foundational skills for students that resu...

Within public education, there is a classification of "Affective Education," or students with emotional & behavioral disorders. These students may have mental health issues, such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism, or other diagnoses that include an emotional/behavioral element. This population o...