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How Do We Know Students Are Actually Learning?

How Do We Know Students Are Actually Learning? The Authority Companion Episode How do we know students are actually learning, rather than simply completing assignment...

Why Better Lesson Planning Starts with Better Questions

Why Better Lesson Planning Starts with Better Questions Featuring Lori Cohen Lindsey and Tasha welcome Lori Cohen, educator, instructional leader, and co-author of T...

How School Leaders Can Build Gratitude Into What Already Exists

Lindsey and Tasha continue their conversation about gratitude by unpacking the ideas that stood out most from their interview with Lainie Rowell, author of Bold Grati...

How Gratitude Can Help Educators to Combat Burnout with Lainie Rowell

Lindsey and Tasha talk with Lainie Rowell, bestselling author, award-winning educator, and gratitude researcher and practitioner, about moving gratitude beyond a surf...

The Origin Episode of Natasha and Lindsey

Show Notes: Meet Your New Hosts of The Authority A new chapter of The Authority begins as Lindsey Cannon and Natasha Nurse step into their roles as co-hosts. Building ...

John Hattie: Learning Should Make Your Head Hurt — EduTalk Radio

What actually makes learning happen? And in a world where AI can increasingly do the hard work for us, which parts of that work should students still do themselves? Th...

Hugging Porcupines with Mike Anderson - Transformative Principal Simulcast

Recorded live at ISTE 2026, Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones sat down with Mike Anderson to discuss his new book, Hugging Porcupines: Month-by-Month Strategi...

Every Student an Entrepreneur with Jeff Meade

Ross talks with Jeff Meade, Founding Director of Entrepreneurship at Paul Quinn College, about the "Every Quinnite Is an Entrepreneur" program — an initiative that req...

Executive Functions for Every K–3 Classroom with Mitch Weathers and Dr. Sarah Oberle

Ross talks with returning guest Mitch Weathers and Dr. Sarah Oberle about their new book, Executive Functions for Every K–3 Classroom: Promoting Self-Regulation for a ...

Best of The Authority: The 5 Types of Wealth with Sahil Bloom

In this "Best Of," we revisit my conversation with Sahil Bloom about his first book, The Five Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life, a New ...

Ethical EdTech with Priten Soundar-Shah — How Educators Can Lead on AI and Digital Safety

Priten Soundar-Shah is CEO of Pedagogy.Cloud, which provides innovative technology solutions to help educators navigate global challenges in a rapidly evolving world, ...

Dancing with Discomfort featuring Carey Borkoski - Best of The Authority

In today's "Best Of," we're going all the way back to episode 9 of The Authority with Dr. Carey Borkoski. We talked about her book Dancing with Discomfort: A framework...

Best of The Authority: Every Student Deserves a Gifted Education with Brian Butler

Brian Butler is an educational consultant, speaker, author, and award-winning former principal who is passionate about nurturing collaborative school cultures that unl...

Magic in Room 216 with Andee Nunn

In more than 40 years of teaching, Andee Nunn reached over 4,000 students juggling positions as a reading specialist, English teacher, and communications adjunct facul...

A Guide to Engaging Families with Nathaniel Provencio—Community Connections and Your PLC at Work

Nathaniel Provencio has worked in the public education field since 2001 as a classroom teacher, building administrator and associate superintendent. He is a speaker, s...

The Teacher Team Leader Handbook with Chad Dumas

Dr. Chad Dumas is a Solution Tree PLC at Work®, Assessment, and Priority Schools associate and international consultant, presenter, and award-winning researcher whose ...

Best of The Authority: AI with Intention featuring Tony Frontier

In this "Best Of" episode, I spoke with Tony Frontier about his book AI with Intention: Principles and Action Steps for Teachers and School Leaders (ASCD).  In one of...

Best of The Authority: Uncommon Greatness with Mark Miller

In our latest "Best Of" episode, I'm bringing back my second conversation with Mark Miller. Each of my episodes with Mark is worth revisiting.  Mark is a Wall Street J...

The Instructional Leader in You with Danny Steele

Danny Steele worked for 31 years in education as a principal, assistant principal, teacher, coach, and assistant professor of Instructional Leadership.   In 2005, Ste...

The PLC Dashboard with Brig Leane

Brig Leane, former principal of Fruita Middle School in Colorado, has over 25 years of experience in education. He has been an assistant principal and has taught at th...