Spotlight 4 Success
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Spotlight 4 Success
Latest Episodes
What If Your Greatest Gift Is Connecting With Kids
A lot of people say they “ended up” in education, but Breanne Smith can trace it back to something more specific: a childhood surrounded by schools, a teacher who changed her life, and a gift for connecting with kids that never let go. We’re re...
Why Printed Books Still Drive Student Success (with Think Factory Podcast)
Screens are convenient. They are also easy to skim, easy to distract us, and increasingly easy to “complete” with AI without truly learning. That’s why we wanted a straight, practical conversation about what actually helps students remember, pr...
Creative Writing Without Fear
A lot of kids don’t hate writing, they hate the feeling of being judged while they’re trying to think. From the Summer GALE conference on Jekyll Island, Georgia, we sit down with Matthew from Read Write Create to talk about a more human way to ...
Localizing Middle School Science
Science gets a lot easier to love when it feels like it belongs to your life. From the floor of the Summer Gale Conference in Jekyll Island, Georgia, we sit down with Erika James from Style Education to talk about a practical challenge schools ...
Data, Meetings, and 500 Kids Later
A new school year doesn’t just need fresh energy; it needs better systems. From the GAEL conference in Jekyll Island, Georgia, we sit down with Brooks Robinson from Sumter County Schools to talk about what it really takes to support students co...
