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Morton Sherman, PhD, is the retired Senior Associate Executive Director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and a long-time educator who is dedicated to assuring learning at the highest possible levels for all students. An educator for 40 years, Sherman has served as a superintendent at schools across the country. He is a founding member of Public Schools for Tomorrow and currently serves on The Executive Committee of the board for the Goldie Hawn Foundation. In the past, he has served as a member of the board of directors with the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria, the Minority Student Achievement Network, Jason Learning, the National Superintendents Roundtable, and the Education Research and Development Institute. Sherman has received numerous awards throughout his career including a national community service award, Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals' Pathfinder Award (2012), the American School Board Journal's Magna Award (2012) and the Outstanding School Administrator Award (2003) by the New Jersey Music Educators Association. Sherman earned his doctorate in educational administration from Lehigh University, his master's degree in English education from the University of Delaware, and his bachelor's degree in English from Pennsylvania State University. He is the co-author of the book Resonant Minds: The Transformative Power of Music, One Note at a Time (foreword by Goldie Hawn; Bloomsbury) www.resonantminds.com
Don't Force It: How to Get into College without Losing Yourself in the Process
Today's guest is Rick Weissbourd, Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Director of the Making Caring Common Project, a national effort to make moral and social development priorities in child-raising and to provide strategies to schools and parents for promoting in children caring, a commitment to justice and other key moral and social capacities. Tune in to hear how college admissions intersects with these efforts.Bio:Richard Weissbourd is a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and he also teaches at the Kennedy School of Government. His work focuses on moral development, meaning and purpose, mental health challenges among teens and young adults and effective schools and services for children facing risks. He directs the Making Caring Common Project, a national effort to make moral and social development priorities in child-raising and to providestrategies to schools and parents for promoting in children caring, a commitment to justice and other key moral and social capacities. He leads an initiative to reform college admissions, Turning the Tide, which seeks to elevate ethical character, reduce excessive achievement pressure and increase equity and access in the college admissions process. He is also conducting research on how older adults can better mentor young adults and teenagers in developing caring, mature romantic relationships. He is a founder of several interventions for children facing risks, including ReadBoston and WriteBoston, city-wide literacy initiatives that were led by Mayor Menino. He is also a founder of a pilot school in Boston, the Lee Academy, that begins with children at 3 years old. He has advised on the city, state and federal levels on family policy, parenting and school reform and has written for numerous scholarly and popular publications and blogs, including The New YorkTimes, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today and NPR. He is the author of The Vulnerable Child: What Really Hurts America's Children and What We Can Do About It (Addison-Wesley, 1996), named by the American School Board Journal as one of the top 10 education books of all time. His most recent book, The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional Development (Houghton Mifflin 2009), was named by The New Yorker as one of the top 24 books of 2009. Follow Rick on LinkedIn.Visit our website at SignetEducationAccess free resources and learn more about Sheila and her team at Signet Education at signeteducation.com or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilaakbar/.
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Richard Weissbourd to speak about achievement pressure. We discuss how parents can be mindful of the messages they send and how to prioritize children's well-being over external validation. Dr. Weissbourd speaks as to how collective action is critical to address systemic issues that are fueling achievement pressure. Richard Weissbourd is a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Kennedy School of Government. His work focuses on moral development, the nature of hope, vulnerability and resilience in childhood, parenting and effective schools and services for children. He directs the Making Caring Common Project, a national effort to make moral and social development priorities in child-raising and to provide strategies to schools and parents for promoting in children caring, a commitment to justice and other key moral and social capacities. He leads an initiative to reform college admissions, Turning the Tide, which has engaged over 300 college admissions offices. This initiative seeks to elevate ethical character, reduce excessive achievement pressure and increase equity and access in the college admissions process. He is also conducting research on how older adults can better mentor young adults and teenagers in developing caring, ethical, mature romantic relationships. He is a founder of several interventions for children facing risks, including ReadBoston and WriteBoston, city-wide literacy initiatives led by Mayor Menino. He is also a founder of a pilot school in Boston, the Lee Academy, that begins with children at 3 years old. He has advised on the city, state and federal levels on family policy, parenting and school reform and has written for numerous scholarly and popular publications and blogs, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today and NPR. He is the author of The Vulnerable Child: What Really Hurts America's Children and What We Can Do About It (Addison-Wesley, 1996), named by the American School Board Journal as one of the top 10 education books of all time. His most recent book, The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional Development (Houghton Mifflin 2009), was named by The New Yorker as one of the top 24 books of 2009. To learn more about Dr. Weissbourd's work visit https://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/richard-weissbourd
Carol's Blog: https://roundtheinkwell.com/Jess Piper is @piper4missouri@TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and Threadshttps://heartlandpod.com/JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK!“Change The Conversation” Network for Public EducationCarol Corbett Burris became Executive Director of the Network for Public Education Foundation in August 2015, after serving as principal of South Side High School in the Rockville Centre School District in NY since 2000. Prior to becoming a principal, she was a teacher at both the middle and high school level. She received her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her dissertation, which studied her district's detracking reform in math, received the 2003 National Association of Secondary Schools' Principals Middle Level Dissertation of the Year Award. In 2010, she was named Educator of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York State, and in 2013, she was named SAANYS New York State High School Principal of the Year. Dr. Burris co-authored Detracking for Excellence and Equity (2008) and Opening the Common Core: How to Bring ALL Students to College and Career Readiness (2012), and authored On the Same Track: How Schools Can Join the 21st Century Struggle against Re-segregation (2014). Her articles have appeared in Educational Leadership, Kappan, American Educational Research Journal, Teachers College Record, Theory into Practice, School Administrator, American School Board Journal and Education Week. She regularly expresses her concerns about the misuse and unintended consequences of high-stakes testing in the Washington Post, The Answer Sheet blog.E-mail Carol Burris at: burriscarol@gmail.com
Harlan exposes the truth about college success during this information packed conversation with Dr. Denise Pope, Senior Lecturer at Stanford University and co-founder of Challenge Success. RESEARCH LINKS FROM CONVERSATION: Challenge Success & NBC: Kids Under Pressure Report -https://www.challengesuccess.org/wp-c... GALLUP-PURDUE INDEX: https://news.gallup.com/poll/168848/l... DALE AND KRUEGER: ESTIMATING THE PAYOFF TO ATTENDING A MORE SELECTIVE COLLEGE:AN APPLICATION OF SELECTION ON OBSERVABLES AND UNOBSERVABLES: https://www.nber.org/system/files/wor... BEFORECOLLEGE.TV: Watch more students interviews https://www.beforecollege.tv CHALLENGE SUCCESS LINKS: Challenge Success: https://www.challengesuccess.org/ Challenge Success White Papers: https://www.challengesuccess.org/reso... Challenge Success Tools and Resources: https://www.challengesuccess.org/reso... ABOUT DENISE POPE: Denise Pope, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she specializes in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning. She is co-founder of Challenge Success, a school reform nonprofit that partners with schools and families to embrace a broad definition of success and implement research-based strategies that promote student well-being and engagement with learning. She is the author of, "Doing School": How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (Yale University Press, 2001), which was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal, 2001, and lead author of Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids (Jossey-Bass, 2015). She also co-hosts the Stanford University SiriusXM radio show called “School's In.” ABOUT HARLAN COHEN: Harlan Cohen is a New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and speaker who has visited over 500 high school and college campuses. He is the author of seven books including, The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into In College and WIN OR LEARN: The Naked Truth About Turning Every Rejection Into Your Ultimate Success. Harlan's books have over 1 million copies in print. He is a frequent guest on television and radio programs. Visit Harlan at https://www.harlancohen.com
This EDTalks is titled “Let’s Talk About Race in School” Our featured speaker is Derek Francis. Derek Francis is a passionate and experienced school counselor who approaches his work from a proactive and equity-based space. He currently serves as the manager of counseling services for Minneapolis Public Schools, where he specializes in helping students and staff build trusting cross-cultural relationships. He has presented at conferences throughout the country including the American School Counselors Association, Minnesota School Counselors Association, Texas School Counselors Association and Wisconsin School Counselors Association. He recently led a webinar for over 20,000 U.S. counselors and educators on “Proactive School Counseling After a Major Racial Incident.” Derek’s published work includes contributions to Contemporary Case Studies in School Counseling, a recent blog entitled “This Is Not A Fire Drill – Supporting students after George Floyd” and articles for the American School Counselors Association and American School Board Journal. In this EDTalk, Minneapolis Public Schools counseling services manager Derek Francis will talk about the critical importance of talking about race in our classrooms, and offer some strategies on how to do it right. This virtual EDTalk was live streamed online on Feb. 8, 2021. EDTalks is a lively series of community conversations about public education and related issues that impact our young people. Each EDTalks features two compelling, short presentations by cutting-edge educators, youth advocates, students, artists or community leaders. EDTalks is supported by a generous grant from the Bush Foundation.
Every college applicant seems to dream of attending an elite academic or athletic institution. But does the difficulty in getting into a school predict the value of its education? Amy and Mike invited lecturer and author Denise Pope to explain why college engagement matters more than selectivity. What are five things you will learn in this episode? How expectations and stress impact engagement? Does college selectivity matter to learning or well-being in the long run? What does engagement mean in the context of college? How does intellectual vitality improve college fit? How can educators cultivate engagement on the high school level? MEET OUR GUEST Denise Pope, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education. For the past 13 years, she has specialized in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning. She is co-founder of Challenge Success, a research and intervention project that aims to reduce unhealthy pressure on youth and champions a broader vision of youth success. Challenge Success is an expanded version of the SOS: Stressed-Out Students project that Dr. Pope founded and directed from 2003-2008. She lectures nationally on parenting techniques and pedagogical strategies to increase student health, engagement with learning, and integrity. Her book, Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal, 2001. Dr. Pope is a three time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award. Prior to teaching at Stanford, Dr. Pope taught high school English in Fremont, CA and college composition and rhetoric courses at Santa Clara University. She lives in Los Altos, CA with her husband and three children. Find Denise at info@challengesuccess.org. LINKS Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students Challenge Success Gallup Alumni Survey and the Six College Experiences That Drive Success A "Fit" Over Rankings: Why College Engagement Matters More Than Selectivity (90 second video summary) ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.
Thank you for watching this powerful interview with the co-founder of Challenge Success Denise Pope!For more resources visit www.myteam.org-----Denise Pope, Ph.D., is co-founder of Challenge Success which is an expanded version of the SOS: Stressed-Out Students project that she directed and founded from 2003-2008. Dr. Pope is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, specializing in student engagement, qualitative research methods, curriculum studies and service learning. She is the author of, “Doing School”: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (Yale University Press, 2001) that was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal, 2001. She has co-authored Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids (Jossey-Bass, 2015). Denise Pope nationally lectures about parenting techniques and pedagogical strategies that increase student health, integrity and engagement with learning. Dr. Pope is a 3-time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award, honored with the 2012 Education Professor of the Year “Educators’ Voice Award” from the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences. ----Follow us for more and click the link in our bios to share your story:Website: https://www.myteam.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myteam.social/Twitter: https://twitter.com/?logout=155414437...-----For more from Dr. Pope visit her website: http://www.challengesuccess.org/ and write to her at: dpope@standford.edu or info@challengesuccess.org-----Madison MacGregor was born with Cystic Fibrosis a life threatening disease. At a young age she started raising money for a cure by selling her artwork at events and speaking to Fortune 500 companies. Madison discovered she not only had a talent for speaking she also had a talent for performing as a contemporary dancer, she went on to work with Emmy award winner Travis Wall and Stacey Tookey from So You Think You Can Dance. At age 16 Madison was cast as Cassandra Miller a leading role in Disney and Netflix’s TV show Backstage, she has also written a novel that will be published later this year. Madison went through severe depression and anxiety in her teen years and was forced to dive deep and learn how to solve her own mental health problems by learning from experts like Tony Robbins, Marisa Peer and Deepak Chopra. Through years of study and practice Madison began to experience the euphoria of finally taking control of her own mind. She began sharing her journey on how to overcome mental illness by speaking to high school students across the Greater Toronto Area. As an advocate for health and wellness she now operates her own health and wellness business and will be launching more educational tools for young adults to use for their mental healthSupport the show (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Msnu9RQoAZbeq7rTvWj_g/featured)
Thank you for watching this powerful interview with the co-founder of Challenge Success Denise Pope!For more resources visit www.myteam.org-----Denise Pope, Ph.D., is co-founder of Challenge Success which is an expanded version of the SOS: Stressed-Out Students project that she directed and founded from 2003-2008. Dr. Pope is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, specializing in student engagement, qualitative research methods, curriculum studies and service learning. She is the author of, “Doing School”: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (Yale University Press, 2001) that was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal, 2001. She has co-authored Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids (Jossey-Bass, 2015). Denise Pope nationally lectures about parenting techniques and pedagogical strategies that increase student health, integrity and engagement with learning. Dr. Pope is a 3-time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award, honored with the 2012 Education Professor of the Year “Educators’ Voice Award” from the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences. ----Follow us for more and click the link in our bios to share your story:Website: https://www.myteam.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myteam.social/Twitter: https://twitter.com/?logout=155414437...-----For more from Dr. Pope visit her website: http://www.challengesuccess.org/ and write to her at: dpope@standford.edu or info@challengesuccess.org-----Madison MacGregor was born with Cystic Fibrosis a life threatening disease. At a young age she started raising money for a cure by selling her artwork at events and speaking to Fortune 500 companies. Madison discovered she not only had a talent for speaking she also had a talent for performing as a contemporary dancer, she went on to work with Emmy award winner Travis Wall and Stacey Tookey from So You Think You Can Dance. At age 16 Madison was cast as Cassandra Miller a leading role in Disney and Netflix’s TV show Backstage, she has also written a novel that will be published later this year. Madison went through severe depression and anxiety in her teen years and was forced to dive deep and learn how to solve her own mental health problems by learning from experts like Tony Robbins, Marisa Peer and Deepak Chopra. Through years of study and practice Madison began to experience the euphoria of finally taking control of her own mind. She began sharing her journey on how to overcome mental illness by speaking to high school students across the Greater Toronto Area. As an advocate for health and wellness she now operates her own health and wellness business and will be launching more educational tools for young adults to use for their mental healthSupport the show (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Msnu9RQoAZbeq7rTvWj_g/featured)
Dr. Dan welcomes back the inspiring educator, author, and co-founder of Challenge Success. Dr. Denise Pope for Episode 51. Today’s show focuses how to help your child find the right college match. This discussion is based Denise’s recent Challenge Success research and white paper on college admissions. This episode will help parents better navigate the college search and admission process with their child. In this episode, Dr. Dan and Denise have a provocative discussion about the complex college research, search and decision making process. Denise’s research and paper shift the paradigm on the college selection journey and the result is a less stressful (and hopefully healthier and happier) experience for parents and children -- before, during and after college selection. Research reveals that #2 stressor for high school students today is applying to college (the #1 source of stress is overload). Happily, Denise’s work reveals in its largest finding that the key to success is not where you go to college but how you go. The right fit means your child will and can engage and therefore thrive in college and thrive later in life. This research challenges established opinions about colleges and will change the way every parent think about future education of their child. In this interview Denise gives great guidance on how to select the right schools to apply to and the important considerations including: Engagement - finding mentors, internships, inspiring professors, your preferred major Community - find your people! Climate and location (city vs. country) Size of the school Dr. Dan asks Denise to offer one single piece of advice for all families on the college hunt and her answer will provide instant relief to parent and students: have faith and confidence that YES your child will find the right school and will be happy! The new research demonstrates that there is a place for everyone and that there really is NO significant difference between schools - ivy leagues and so-called top tier schools included. The show wraps up with Denise’s Parent Footprint moment -- kids are always watching the behavior we model whether it is driving or restaurant etiquette or applying to college. Denise Pope, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she specializes in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning. Challenge Success is an expanded version of the SOS: Stressed-Out Students project that Dr. Pope founded and directed from 2003-2008. She is the author of, “Doing School”: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (Yale University Press, 2001), which was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal, 2001, and co-author of Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids (Jossey-Bass, 2015). Dr. Pope lectures nationally on parenting techniques and pedagogical strategies to increase student health, engagement with learning, and integrity. She is a 3-time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award and was honored with the 2012 Education Professor of the Year “Educators’ Voice Award” from the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences. Prior to teaching at Stanford, Dr. Pope taught high school English in Fremont, CA and college composition and rhetoric courses at Santa Clara University. She lives in Los Altos, CA with her husband and three children. Watch this free video to learn more about Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint Awareness Training®.
NAESP Radio- The National Association of Elementary School Principals
For a myriad of reasons, support for public education is waning. Join us as we discuss what elementary school principals can do to strengthen support for public schools. Follow: @jamievol @efranksnaesp @NAESP @bamradionetwork Jamie Vollmer is president of Vollmer, Inc., a public education advocacy firm working to increase student success by raising public support for America’s schools. He is the author of Schools Cannot Do It Alone, proclaimed by the American School Board Journal as one of the “top ten books of the year,” and the writer and producer of the video series, The Great Conversation.
Dr. Dan welcomes the amazing educator, author, and co-founder of Challenge Success. Dr. Denise Pope on this episode. Today’s show focuses on helping our children and our schools (and ultimately our families) help our children find balance and deal with stress. This is a provocative topic and will challenge parents everywhere. Dr. Pope explains success is not linear. Her work aims to turn our thinking about learning, education, and success upside down (just like her logo!). Dr. Pope believes success is measured over the course of a lifetime (*not one semester!) and believes that our society has become too focused on grades, test scores, and performance, leaving little time for kids to develop the necessary skills to become resilient, ethical, and motivated learners. Dr. Dan and Dr. Pope dive deep into the topic of wellbeing and why she wants us all to move away from the narrow notion of success and expand our definition of it. Our children are suffering (as a result of sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety and more – all triggered by stress) and it has to stop. Dr. Pope share with Dr. Dan solutions and how Challenge Success provides families and schools with practical, research-based tools they need to create a more balanced and academically fulfilling life for their kids. Finally Dr. Pope’s discussion about the topic of an engaged child and student is revolutionary. This concept applies to parents and students alike. The whole child matters! Dr. Pope’s Parent Footprint moment is very insightful and also personal. The story about picking up her own daughter in first grade and always asking how she did on her spelling test was a light-bulb moment because it gave her insight into the stress her own child was experiencing as a result of this conversation. It became an important a-ha moment in her own parenting journey and of course in her work. More about Dr. Pope: Denise Pope, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, where she specializes in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning. Challenge Success is an expanded version of the SOS: Stressed-Out Students project that Dr. Pope founded and directed from 2003-2008. She is the author of, “Doing School”: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (Yale University Press, 2001), which was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal, 2001, and co-author of Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids (Jossey-Bass, 2015). Watch this free video to learn more about Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint Awareness Training®.