Anette On Education

Anette shares the Amarillo College Aspen Prize Top Ten event, with clips from Josh Wyner of the Aspen Institute, Secretary of State Dr. Miguel Cardona, First Lady Jill Biden, and AC President Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart. Amarillo College was awarded the Rising Star Award, at spot five. When Anette started serving on the AC Board, AC ranked at over 900. Lots of hard work by the Amarillo College Team an...

A three-legged stool represents sturdy support of #txed public schools. Raise Your Hand Texas has sent this six-foot three-legged stool around the state, starting at the Capitol in Austin and ending in Amarillo. Skylar Gallop , Regional Advocacy Director in the Panhandle for RYHT explains the purpose of this symbol, and hosts a press conference with the backing of local leaders at South Georgia El...

When you have a podcast, and it's Mother's Day, what's more natural than asking your boys to be the guests? I'm fortunate to have three wonderful sons, and on this episode you'll hear their opinions on part of their education journey, and the importance of education not just in their life, but in the larger society, as they see it. I hope you enjoy this have as much as I did! Thanks to Walker, Dar...

Anette visits with fellow Advisory Board Member of the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice , Nicole Lynn Lewis. Nicole is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Generation Hope , a nonprofit organization that surrounds motivated teen parents and their children with the mentors, emotional support, and financial resources that they need to thrive in college and kindergarten, thereby...

Anette takes her listeners along on a trip to the State Capitol in Austin, Texas to advocate for community colleges and public ed. The team includes Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart, President of Amarillo College , fellow AC Regent Jay Barrett, principal of the new AmTech campus, and Amarillo ISD Superintendent Doug Loomis. Visits at the Capitol include Jacob Fraire, Executive Director of the Texas Associa...

Anette visits with her friend, Dr. Aaron Pan , Executive Director of the Museum of Texas Tech University and Associate Professor in Practice, Museum of Texas Tech University. With a focus on lifelong learning, Aaron discusses areas of interest from paleobotany to kleptoparasitic bees, and all things museum-related as well. Dr. Pan received his Bachelors of Arts degree in Creative Studies – Biology...

Anette and her friend, Maria Xenidou, of the Impact Learning podcast , take the opportunity to talk education with one of their teachers, Seth Godin. Seth asks great questions about what is school for, and talks about the difference between education and learning. Everyone involved in education should listen to this, and, especially those setting up our systems of education, including legislators....

After 25 years as an elected official, Anette is running for another term on the Amarillo College Board of Regents. Her friend, Maria Xenidou, wanted to interview her about the role and why she wanted to serve again. A fellow podcaster who hosts Impact Learning , Maria and Anette connected about education during Anette's Podcasting Fellowship course where Maria was one of her amazing coaches. Lear...

Anette re-releases her most popular podcast to date, a discussion on the history of pandemics with her husband, J. Taylor Carlisle, infectious disease expert. It's worth listening to again, in case you've already heard it. 

Anette visits with Chandra Kring Villanueva on school finance in Texas, focusing on the recently released paper on HB3. As complicated as it is, Chandra knows her school finance, and helps explain it here. As Program Director of the Economic Opportunity Team, Chandra oversees Every Texan 's work on education, workforce development and job quality. She joined CPPP in 2010 and focused on school fina...

While Jeff Webster's love of music may have brought him to Texas, we are fortunate he chose to stay and share his expertise on data analysis as Director of Research for the Trellis Company . Anette and Jeff have interacted on a number of projects over the years. and you'll get to hear about those and lots more of the work Jeff leads. There are loads of great resources on the Trellis Foundation web...

One of the last recordings Anette made before the pandemic shutdown, Bret shares his passion and knowledge of music in an interview in Austin.   With a degree in jazz guitar and years of experience both playing and teaching, Bret Boyer understands the importance of the arts in education. Bret is Anette's ukulele instructor, and their lessons most often happen via FaceTime, as he lives in Austin. A...

Anette visits with long-time friend and educational leader, Jay Barrett, soon become the principal of the new AmTech Career Academy in Amarillo ISD . Jay is an enthusiastic leader for other educators as well as for students, and he and Anette both serve on the boards of Amarillo College and the Community College of Texas Trustees together.  Educational Career Jay has 36 total years’ experience in...

Anette visits with her good friend, Patrick Miller, Amarillo ISD educator and fellow Amarillo College Regent, about his role as president of the local chapter of the NAACP board. Patrick was elected at age 25 to a 6-year term on the Amarillo College Board of Regents in May 2015 where he currently serves as the board secretary. After graduating from Palo Duro High School in 2008, Patrick, a first-g...

Anette visits with her friend and equity champion, Jim Larimore. While Jim has traveled from coast to coast, and beyond, in his work, he now hails from Iowa City, where it's even colder than the Texas Panhandle during the Blue Norther that just hit! Jim Larimore is Chief Officer for Equity in Learning at Riiid (pronounced “rid”) Labs, where he leads strategy, programs and partnerships to leverage...

Excited to highlight the great work of Leadership Women , where Anette serves as board chair, she talks with her friend, Linda Crompton, who is the President and CEO.  She and Linda talk about the excellent programming of Leadership Women, and the pivots the organization had to implement because of COVID, and managed to do so successfully.  Linda Crompton (Dallas, Texas) is an international though...

Anette reminisces about her maternal grandmother, Anna Leah O'Grady, who lived in three centuries and two millennia, to the age of 103! Anna loved to paint, sew, and play cards! And she loved her family!

Anette visits with her friend and fellow Hope Center Board member, Dr. Mark Milliron, Senior Vice President and Executive Dean of the Teachers College at Western Governors University They discuss different pathways to success for all students. Dr. Mark David Milliron is an award-winning leader, author, speaker, and consultant who works with universities, community colleges, K-12 schools, foundatio...

Listen to the wise words of Dr. Michelle Smith as she talks about how the best decisions, and the best policy, are made in the middle of the room. A very timely discussion, even though this is a re-release of an earlier episode. Dr. Michelle Smith, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy at Raise Your Hand Texas , shares her perspective on public education, with experience that ranges from her time...

Anette, along with co-host David Anderson, discusses the process of how a bill becomes law, or doesn't, with former legislative insiders Kyle Mauro, Nelda Hunter, and Kelly Barnes. All these knowledgeable folks are now at Hillco Partners, and help explain the complicated process our legislators must follow to create our laws. Find their bios below. David D. Anderson David Anderson joined HillCo Pa...

Anette re-releases her first episode, a timely discussion as we move into the year 2021. How can we better plan for an unknown future? Maybe by learning from the past. Listen to her conversation with Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart from October of 2019.

Anette interviews her next door neighbor, Jerome the Gnome, and talks about magical creatures, coding (gnoming), and getting along with others. She appreciates Jerome being on her podcast, and bringing a little magic to the last podcast episode of 2020.

Anette visits with passionate bird nerd and also attorney Vicki Wilmarth, who only recently took up birdwatching in January of 2019. Vicki and Anette talk about taking up birdwatching, why they both enjoy it, how much they both enjoy the Birds of the Texas Panhandle Facebook group, and also discuss the Christmas Bird Count , an annual event across the globe. Vicki started her own birding blog, Tex...

Anette visits with her friend, Trisha Cunning https://ntfb.org/about-us/leadership-and-board/ ham , President and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank , about meeting the needs of the increased level of hunger in her region. They were recently   in the news as thousands lined up to receive food before Thanksgiving. Trisha talks about the increase in need since the impacts of COVID. Anette would like t...

Anette visits with long-time friend and Executive Director of Educate Texas , John Fitzpatrick. Much educational territory is discussed, as Texas is a big state, and education is a big topic and area of interest for each of them. John Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of Educate Texas, previously served as Executive Director of the Capital Area Training Foundation (now Skillpoint Alliance) where he...