Stories from the Field: The Superintendent Podcast

Jess Gartner, CEO of Allovue, and Doug Roberts, CEO, and Founder of the Institute for Education Innovation, discuss Ed Finance.  

Dr. Gina Cinotti, Superintendent at Saddle River Public Schools, and James Tager, Superintendent at Bangor Public Schools, discuss returning to school in the 2022-2023 school with Doug Roberts, CEO of the Institute for Education Innovation. 

US Secretary of Education, Dr. Miguel Cardona, sits down with Mark Benigni, Superintendent at Meriden Public Schools, on July 13th, 2022 for a fireside chat at the Institute for Education Innovation's Summer Symposium in Newport, RI.  Doug Roberts, CEO and Founder of IEI, moderates a QA between IEI members and Dr. Cardona. 

Dwight Jones, former Superintendent of Clark County School District, and Stephen Murley, former Superintendent of Green Bay Area Public School District, sits down with IEI CEO/Founder Doug Roberts to reflect on the end of the 2022-2023 school year and their thoughts on retiring from the Superintendency. This episode is our last of Season 3; Season 4 will begin on August 2nd, 2022. 

Kaya Henderson, CEO of Reconstruction and former Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools, joins IEI CEO/Founder Doug Roberts to discuss her tenure in the DC public school system and her new edtech company, Reconstruction. Reconstruction, a technology company offering K-12 supplemental curriculum, offers a selection of online courses in educational subjects that center on Black contri...

Dr. Luvelle Brown, superintendent of Ithaca CSD (NY) joins Doug with co-panelists Dr. Gustavo Balderas of Beaverton Public Schools (OR) and Traci Davis (Superintendent Emeritus from Nevada) to preview the discussions they will lead, along with their colleague, Dr. Mark Bedell of Anne Arundel County Public Schools (MD), at IEI's "Creating Leaders for Equity and Inclusion" summit in Ithaca, NY July...

In this episode of Education Thought Leaders, IEI's CEO, Doug Roberts, is joined by Adam Phyall, Director of Technology and Media Services; Carl Hooker, CEO of Hooker Tech; and Kevin Hogan, host of The Hogan Report as they discuss the benefits of emerging technology due to the pandemic and more. 

In this episode of Education Thought Leaders, IEI's Director of Partner Relations, Tiffany Law, speaks with the Superintendent at Port Chester Schools, Dr. Aurelia Henriquez, and the Assistant Superintendent at Cambridge Public Schools, Dr. Barbara Mullen to discuss the struggles and successes of women in leadership roles. This special episode is a preview of IEI's upcoming Women in Leadership Wor...

In this episode of IEI Thought Leaders, CEOs, Toni Shub of QoreInsights, Linsey Covert of Teamology, and Kimberly Moore of Go Together, join Doug Roberts, CEO of IEI, and Jim McVety, founding member at Spark, to discuss their experience as first-time attendees at an IEI summit. Curious about what one of IEI's events is like? Listen to the episode to find out!

In this episode of Education Thought Leaders, Doug connects with his long-time friend and CEO of Open Up Resources and Ignite! Reading, Jessica Reid Sliwerski. Listen to the episode to find out how Jessica started and manages two highly successful companies and how she balances it all.  Learn more about Open Up Resources here . Learn more about Ignite! Reading here . 

In this episode of Education Thought Leaders, Doug Roberts speaks with three current students of the IEI:Lead Aspiring Superintendent Institute and asks them about their experience as aspiring superintendents. Dr. Barbara Mullen, Lindsay Stewart, and Darian Byrd recently attended the Spring Cohort's culminating event on Coronado Island, San Diego where they met their instructors in person and part...

This is a special episode of our 5 Minutes of Fame segment during our Spring 2022 Summit on Coronado Island. Eight incredible superintendents take the stage to tell us about lessons they have learned and the achievements they are most proud of. Listen to hear what these superintendents have to say. 

The IEI Family gets together to discuss their time at the ASU + GSV Summit in San Diego on April 4-6. Find out what the team has to say about their time at the summit, the trends they noticed, and Doug's excitement about Byrds. 

A round robin "group keynote" from IEI superintendents telling great stories about the work they've done this year to the assembled IEI Spring Superintendent Summit in Colorado Springs. In this episode, you'll hear from:  Dr. Dwight Jones, Denver Public Schools, CO Mr. Ken Dyer, Dougherty County Schools, GA Mr. Todd Dugan, Bunker Hill CUSD, IL Dr. Shanna Downs, Gilmer County Schools, GA Dr. Tim Mi...

IEI CEO, Doug Roberts is back on this episode of IEI Thought Leaders where he is joined by Dr. Danny Merck of Pickens County School District in South Carolina and Dr. Kari Kumpulainen of the University of Oulu in Finland. Listen here to learn more about the Finnish Method and how it found its way into the Pickens County School District. 

In this week's episode, IEI's Vice President, Sara Croll, and new team member, Ana Garcia, are joined by Dr. Shelly Viramontez and Tom Burton. Dr. Viramontez currently serves as Superintendent of the Campbell Union School District in California. Mr. Burton serves as Superintendent of Princeton City Schools in Ohio. Listen as we discuss the hurdles and success over the past two years and what's to...

What better way to celebrate Women's History Month than by interviewing the CEO and Co-Founder of a female-lead company? Joanna McFarland and her Co-Founders, Janelle McGlothlin and Carolyn Yashari Becher, began HopSkipDrive at the dining room table during a kid's birthday party. These moms saw the need for a trustworthy, efficient transportation solution in their community and the rest is history...

Josh is a self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur. He is the founder of three education companies: Ashley Tutors, Flex Academies, and Flex Tutors. He also began recording and hosting podcasts called “How I Broke That” and "Breaking the Grade" where, in his words, “each episode will simultaneously induce cringes and provide comfort in helping you realize you are not alone in breaking something on your...

On this week's episode of IEI's #EducationThoughtLeaders #podcast Doug Roberts is joined by some of our very own #SupesChoice winners, Cynthia Harrison Barbera , CEO and Founder of STORYWORLD International , Victor Karkar , CEO and Cofounder of Scrible , and Alefiya Master , CEO and Founder of MAD-learn . Listen in as they discuss how their companies have continued to grow and evolve during the pa...

Districts across the country are struggling with staff shortages and finding ways to continue pushing forward. Listen in to see how Dr. Alena Zachery-Ross, Superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools in Michigan, is working overtime to ensure her schools are operating as smoothly as possible. With Dr. Zachery-Ross's contagious optimism and boots-on-the-ground approach, find out how you can help...

Elizabeth (Liz) and Bill James are public high school English teachers in Stockton, California. They are both accomplished authors and are promoting their most recent publication, A Sea of Troubles: Pairing Literary and Informational Texts to Address Social Inequality, which was published in May of 2021. At the beginning of 2020, Liz and Bill started writing A Sea of Troubles and wrote the bulk of...

Fresh off of Winter Break and starting the 2022 year, Doug sits with four administrators from IEI: Lead's Fall Cohort. These guests were dedicated learners in our Aspiring Superintendents Institute. Over the course of 10 weeks, 14 cohort members gathered virtually with instructors that currently serve as a superintendent or have walked in the shoes of superintendency recently. Doug hears from Dr....

In case you missed the live stream of our Supes' Choice Gala, we have compiled a highlight reel of the red carpet interviews with some of the superintendent judges, participants, and IEI Team Members. Tiffany Law and Traci Davis were the ultimate hosts and we are so grateful to everyone that stopped in to chat with them before the event. You can check out the full event on our YouTube channel: SUP...

We are gearing up for our first-ever Supes' Choice Awards Gala and in light of that, we have pulled an episode from the archives that rings as true today as it did in 2019. On this episode of Education Thought Leaders, we are bringing you the first of our BEST OF series where we share some of our favorite recordings with meaningful messages that are relevant and necessary to hear again.  In this B...

In this unique gathering of education leaders, Doug and Dr. Toni Cleveland from HERDI* facilitate a discussion with K-12 superintendents, Mr. William Black from Paducah Public Schools, and Dr. Danny Merck from Pickens County School District, and college presidents, Dr. Merrill Irving Jr. from Hennepin Technical College, and Dr. Maureen Murphy from College of Southern Maryland. These leaders discus...