Podcasts about school governance

Lester Kiewit chats with the CEO of SACE, Ms. Ella Mokgalane, about the urgent teacher vetting backlog and SACE’s role in protecting learners from sexual offenders. This conversation comes amid national concern over unchecked educators in South African schools. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at 7:45am daily. Listen out for #LesterInYourLounge which is an outside broadcast – from the home of a listener in a different part of Cape Town - on the first Wednesday of every month. This show introduces you to interesting Capetonians as well as their favourite communities, habits, local personalities and neighbourhood news. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Good Morning CapeTalk with Lester Kiewit broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/xGkqLbT or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/f9Eeb7i Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kathleen Knight Abowitz joins us to talk about her recent research into school board members in her home state of Ohio, the squeezes that school leaders find themselves in between state pressures from above and constituent demands from below, and how easy it is to forfeit local trust and how hard it is to rebuild. LINKS: Kathleen's Publics for Public Schools (2014) Malin and Lubienski, "Information Pollution in an Age of Populist Politics" (2022) Jonathan Collins's website. Jonathan Collins's dissertation abstract (it's paywalled) Collins's article version of the same (also paywalled) Collins "The Politics of Re-Opening Schools"

The largest school district in Texas lost its elected leaders in the summer of 2023. In their place – a state-appointed board along with a leader unafraid of creating upheaval and massive changes.It's unusual for school districts to lose local control, especially on a scale this large. Suddenly, the Houston Independent School District with its nearly 200,000 students and 11,000 teachers didn't know what would happen next. But the reforms came quickly.What led to the takeover and what's the impact of this whole-scale, test-based reform? We go back decades to understand how a history of high-stakes testing got us here. That pressure to perform trickles down to campus leaders and teachers, to students and their parents. The stakes mount as the takeover plays out and no school is left untouched.The Takeover is a seasonal podcast about power and public education. The first season captures 18 months of on-the-ground, neighborhood-level reporting, enterprising investigative work, and deep context about education policy and history from a range of expert researchers.

Krupa and Nazya are joined by former Headteacher and Chair of Governors Julia Skinner. A refreshingly honest conversation about the purpose of quality school governance as well as ways to be creative with your board. 

Krupa and Nazya are joined by former Headteacher and Chair of Governors Julia Skinner. A refreshingly honest conversation about the purpose of quality school governance as well as ways to be creative with your board. 

Class Size Matters & AQE,  Press release and letter to SED, urging that NYC be required to produce a corrective action plan on class size reduction. Register to Testify at NYC Council Hearing on budget cuts Monday, December 11th, at 10:00am; Progressive caucus rally against budget cuts that morning at 9 AM in City Hall Park.NYSED Schedule of mayoral control hearings, Dec. 5 thru Jan. 29 in various boroughsThe City: Two Years of Mayoral School Control for Eric Adams — With New Strings Attached NeQuan McLean and Shino Tanikawa, It's Time for a Democratic School Governance System to Replace Mayoral Control2009 Parent Commission Report on School GovernanceNYC Comptroller report, 2013: No more Rubber StampEd Week, Mayoral control: a Fading school reformTo sign up for ECC briefings on Mayoral control, register at tinyurl.com/eccsupporters

I am delighted to share this imperfectly perfect conversation with Benjamin Freud and Charlotte Hankin who are both co-founders of Coconut Thinking. In this episode, I invited Benjamin and Charlotte to come and talk about their new venture Nature on the board which is a new collaboration between Benjamin, Charlotte, Andy Middleton and Michelle Blanchet We discussed how we create the conditions for genuine sustainability action and how we create a paradigm shift in the education system. We focused in particular on the importance of: Having a spokesperson for nature on the board. Putting nature as a spokesperson in schools. Taking action Localising To get in touch with Nature on the board - email: connect@natureontheboard.io Or book in a time with them: Calendar Nature on the Board

A CCSSO PODCAST  THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL GOVERNANCE AND ITS EFFECT ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE We welcome back  the  newly elected President of CCSSO Kirsten Baesler who has served as North Dakota's Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2012 Please see all we do at ace-ed.org where this podcast  is archived

A CCSSO PODCAST  THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL GOVERNANCE AND ITS EFFECT ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE We welcome back  the  newly elected President of CCSSO Kirsten Baesler who has served as North Dakota's Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2012 Please see all we do at ace-ed.org where this podcast  is archived

This episode considers what effective governance looks like in the secondary school and how school leaders and governors can work together successfully and productively. We speak with three school leadership experts about: The distinction between the strategic and the operational and to what extent should governors be operational? How can we support governors who have little or no experience of schools? What makes for an effective chair and vice-chair of governors? What does an effective link governor role look like? How does governance change between individual schools and chains of schools within MATs? Which governance structures work best? What kind of information should school leaders provide to governors when and in which format?

A CCSSO PODCASTT  THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL GOVERNANCE AND ITS EFFECT ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE We welcome back  the  newly elected President of CCSSO Kirsten Baesler who has served as North Dakota's Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2012 Please see all we do at ace-ed.org where this podcast will be archived

A CCSSO PODCASTT  THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL GOVERNANCE AND ITS EFFECT ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE We welcome back  the  newly elected President of CCSSO Kirsten Baesler who has served as North Dakota's Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2012 Please see all we do at ace-ed.org where this podcast will be archived

This episode is cross-posted from the Building State Capability (BSC) at Harvard University's podcast series and features BSC Director Salimah Samji in conversation with Matt Andrews, who is BSC Faculty Director and the Edward S. Mason Senior Lecturer in International Development at the Harvard Kennedy School. Together, they discuss Matt's paper “Getting Real about Unknowns in Complex Policy Work”, which uses a novel due diligence strategy to examine 25 essential policy questions, citing real-world examples from policy reforms focused on girls' education in Mozambique from 1999 to 2020. In his paper, Matt offers policymakers a practical way to engage with public problems in the presence of unknowns—one which demonstrates the need for a more modest and realistic approach to doing complex work.  Links The original episode: “https://bsc.cid.harvard.edu/podcasts/getting-real-about-unknowns-in-complex-policy-work (Getting Real about Unknowns in Complex Policy Work - A Conversation with Matt Andrews)” https://doi.org/10.35489/BSG-RISE-WP_2021/083 (Getting Real about Unknowns in Complex Policy Work). RISE Working Paper Series. 21/083.   https://bsc.cid.harvard.edu/podcasts (BSC at Harvard University's podcast series) The https://bsc.cid.harvard.edu/ (Building State Capability Programme) at Harvard University https://vimeo.com/262046965 (What is PDIA- Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation) (Video)?  https://bsc.cid.harvard.edu/files/bsc/files/pdiatoolkit_ver_1_oct_2018.pdf (PDIA Toolkit - A DIY Approach to Solving Complex Problems) (Guide) https://riseprogramme.org/publications/improving-public-sector-management-scale-experimental-evidence-school-governance-india (Improving Public Sector Management at Scale? Experimental Evidence on School Governance in India) [RISE Working Paper], by Karthik Muralidharan and Abhijeet Singh https://riseprogramme.org/blog/system-failure-school-management-reform-india (When the Devil's Not in the Details: The System Failure of a Large-Scale School Management Reform in India) [Blog], by Jason Silberstein Guest biographies Matt Andrews Matt Andrews is the Edward S. Mason Senior Lecturer in International Development at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He has worked in over 50 countries across the globe as a civil servant, international development expert, researcher, teacher, advisor and coach. He has written three books and over 60 other publications on the topics of development and management. He is also the faculty director of the Building State Capability program at Harvard, which is where he has developed – with a team – a policy and management method to address complex challenges. This method is called problem driven iterative adaptation (PDIA) and was developed through over a decade of applied action research work by Matt and his team. It is now used by practitioners across the globe. Matt holds a BCom (Hons) degree from the University of Natal, Durban (South Africa), an MSc from the University of London, and a PhD in Public Administration from the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. Salimah Samji Salimah Samji is the Director of Building State Capability (BSC). She has more than 15 years of experience working in international development on the delivery of public services, transparency and accountability, strategic planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning. She joined CID in 2012 to help create the BSC program. Today, she is responsible for providing vision, strategic leadership, oversight and managing projects and research initiatives. Salimah also leads BSC's work on digital learning. Before joining CID, she was an independent consultant working for the World Bank on issues of governance, and the Hewlett Foundation on strategic planning for one of their grantees. She has worked as a senior program manager at http://google.org/ (Google.org), leading a transparency and accountability initiative focused on empowering...

Crown Family School Assistant Professor Eve L. Ewing and her guest, Jonathan Collins, Assistant Professor of Education and International and Public Affairs at Brown University, discuss public meetings and how we can reshape democratic spaces. They specifically discuss school board meetings, and how these can become more accessible and empowering for all people in a democracy. Visit our website for more info about the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.

Class Size Matters report shows significant declines in citywide class sizes that will increase once again if Mayor's budget cuts are made, March 20, 2022Class Size Matters testimony at the Council education budget hearings, March 21, 2022 COVID Case Counts More Than Doubled in Public Schools Since Last Month, DOE Data Shows, The City, March 23, 2022NYC education panel breaks with city to reject $82M contract,  NY Post, March 24, 2022Personal data of 820,000 NYC students compromised in hack, NY Post, March 26, 2022Special Support Services websiteNYC DOE Special Education Standard Operating Procedures Manual   NYC DOE IEP Translation UnitHow To Make Parent Support line P311 Work For Your ChildJennifer Choi testimony at NYS Senate & Assembly hearings on School Governance,  March 4, 2022Surge of complaints by parents of special education students sparks ‘crisis', Chalkbeat, May  28, 2019 NYC vows to address special education failures detailed in state review. But will their reforms go far enough?, Chalkbeat, July 9, 2019 NYC Special Education Complaint Backlog Grows — Even as Some Hearing Officers Twiddle Thumbs, The City, Nov. 15, 2021 

In this episode, Marla Spivack speaks to Yamini Aiyar about her new book, ‘Rewriting the Grammar of the Education System: Delhi's Education Reform (A Tale of Creative Resistance and Creative Disruption)', which documents the introduction of education reforms in Delhi public schools. They discuss some of the challenges faced throughout this reform as well as lessons that emerged from documenting the reform experience. These include the importance of understanding that everyone is part of a larger system which is conditioning the behaviours and actions of people within it, and the necessity (and challenges) of building consensus for learning throughout systems. Links ‘Rewriting the Grammar of the Education System: Delhi's Education Reform (A Tale of Creative Resistance and Creative Disruption)' [Book] by Aiyar, Davis, Govindan, and Kapoor: https://riseprogramme.org/publications/rewriting-grammar-education-system-delhis-education-reform-tale-creative-resistance (https://riseprogramme.org/publications/rewriting-grammar-education-system-delhis-education-reform-tale-creative-resistance) ‘The Limits of Accounting-Based Accountability in Education (and Far Beyond): Why More Accounting Will Rarely Solve Accountability Problems' [Working Paper] by Honig and Pritchett: https://riseprogramme.org/publications/limits-accounting-based-accountability-education-and-far-beyond-why-more-accounting (https://riseprogramme.org/publications/limits-accounting-based-accountability-education-and-far-beyond-why-more-accounting) ‘Is Knowledge Power? The Right to Information Campaign in Delhi' [IDS Discussion paper Sussex; 2007] by Amita Baviskar: http://rtiworkshop.pbworks.com/f/2006-00-IN-Is-Knowledge-Power-The-Right-to-Information-Campaign-in-India-Amita-Baviskar.pdf (http://rtiworkshop.pbworks.com/f/2006-00-IN-Is-Knowledge-Power-The-Right-to-Information-Campaign-in-India-Amita-Baviskar.pdf) ‘Documents and Bureaucracy' by Michael Hull [article; 2012]: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hullm/MHull_2012_Documents%20and%20Bureaucracy.pdf (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hullm/MHull_2012_Documents%20and%20Bureaucracy.pdf) ‘Video: Initiatives in India That Align Levels of Instruction with Goals and the Needs of Students' by Aiyar, Banerji and Hwa: https://riseprogramme.org/blog/video-initiatives-india-align-instruction (https://riseprogramme.org/blog/video-initiatives-india-align-instruction) Centre for Policy Research: https://cprindia.org/ (https://cprindia.org/) ‘India's New National Education Policy: Evidence and Challenges' [Insight Note] by Singh and Muralidharan: https://riseprogramme.org/publications/indias-new-national-education-policy-evidence-and-challenges (https://riseprogramme.org/publications/indias-new-national-education-policy-evidence-and-challenges) ‘Improving Public Sector Management at Scale? Experimental Evidence on School Governance in India' [Working Paper] by Singh and Muralidharan: https://riseprogramme.org/publications/improving-public-sector-management-scale-experimental-evidence-school-governance-india (https://riseprogramme.org/publications/improving-public-sector-management-scale-experimental-evidence-school-governance-india) Guest biography Yamini Aiyar is a research collaborator on the RISE India and Political Economy teams and the President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research (CPR). Her research interests are in the field of social policy and development. In 2008, she founded the Accountability Initiative at CPR. Under her leadership, the Accountability Initiative has produced significant research in the areas of governance, state capacity and social policy. It pioneered a new approach to tracking public expenditures for social policy programs and is widely recognised for running the country's largest expenditure-tracking survey in elementary education. Her own research...

  Episode 39: Leader as Coach   Show Notes   During these unprecedented times, compassionate Leadership is in more demand than ever. Remote working and the new emerging ground rules have placed more pressure on Leaders to be agile and innovate their approach. Re-contracting boundaries and expectations together with the importance of really listening are just some of the skills Leader’s need to Coach their teams authentically through a pandemic. Dr Brian Chinsamy has provided many helpful tools and reminders to embrace coaching as a Leader.         Bio:   Brian has been involved in South Africa over the last 30 years in public education, both as a professional and an education activist, in the para-statals, as well as in corporates. In his time in the public sector he headed Educational Management and School Governance in the Gauteng Department of Education and provided leadership as Education Director for the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) implementing the District Development Support Programme (DDSP) for the National Department of Education. His experience in the para-statal world saw him extend his services as Head of Learning and Development and General Manager of HR Projects for Denel to other parastatals in the Department of Public Enterprise for training and development, including Transnet and Eskom. Brian’s venture into the corporate world was through the introduction of a new learning strategy for Absa Retail Bank in 2007 as its Head of Learning and Development. He broadened his reach to leadership and Talent management and development as Head (Director) of Learning, Leadership and Talent for Barclays Africa (12 countries in Africa). Brian has run coaching and mentoring sessions for individuals and groups, and has facilitated people deep-dives and teaming sessions in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa. Brian was on the Board of the Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance, as well as Leselo Assessments, and is presently the Deputy Chair of the ASHA Trust and a member of the Board of the Education Excellence Consortium (EEC). He has written widely and his most recent publication is contained in an international book, “The search for quality education in postapartheid South Africa, Interventions to improve learning and teaching.” Coaching and Facilitation Experience • Barclays Africa (facilitated coaching programmes, as well as leadership programmes eg Performance Management and Performance Coaching) for all countries in Barclays Africa - Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius, Seychelles, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Uganda) • Kalleo Learning (Coaching of Senior Managers) • Diplomat South Africa (Performance Consulting, team effectiveness, leadership development, Performance Coaching and executive coaching) • NMB Bank in Tanzania - developing HR Metrics to measure HR performance and facilitating the training of the HR team • Personal Discovery and Change Management for Cooperative Bank of Kenya, sponsored by the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank programme • Leadership Development Programmes and Individual Executive Coaching.     Helpful Links   https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianchinsamy/?originalSubdomain=za     If you enjoyed this episode, it will help us so much if you share, subscribe and like.   Our website www.omnicor.co.za has more episodes and blogs Show Notes Practical Mindfulness: https://practicalmindfulness.co.za/ The Book / Guided Meditations: http://bit.ly/pm-ar-bookstuff Corporate Course: http://bit.ly/pm-corp Online Course: http://bit.ly/ocssms Public Course: http://bit.ly/pm-public  

Jacques and Jennifer look at what we can learn from mistakes made in Victoria that led to COVID-19 spreading from hotel quarantine into communities.It seems that certain problems have been in play long before the pandemic. These include the outsourcing of essential public services, the loss of expertise in management of the area being managed (such as health), and the inability of bureaucracies to address the challenges we face holistically. Refs.Ros Gittens in the Age 30 September 2020, p.20.Sarah Russell in the Age 8/9/2020 ‘Aged care tragedy years in the making.’Jan Carter in the Age 8/9/2020 Ideological tide swamped state

In this episode, Dr. Adrienne and Dr. Maria interview JC Romero and Winston "Boom" Whitten, two candidates for the Orleans Parish School Board, District 4. Both candidates prevailed over the challenges to their eligibility for candidacy by the incumbent, Leslie Ellison.

Dr. Adrienne and Dr. Maria interview Ethan Ashley and Dr. Chanel Payne, candidates for the Orleans Parish School Board. We discuss their campaigns and the issues that face public education in Orleans Parish Board and New Orleans public schools.

How should policymakers decide how to shape the education system? Research should be a critical starting point, says Heather Hough, executive director of Policy Analysis for California Education. On this episode, she discusses Getting Down to Facts II, which is a new report that provides an analysis of what’s working and not working in California schools.

Paul Bennett (@educhatter) joins Stephen Hurley (@stephen_hurley) to speak about issues related to school governance and the impending release of Dr. Avis Glaze's report on Education Re-organization in Nova Scotia

Baruch College School of Public Affairs in partnership with Citizens Union Foundation presents "Mayoral Control of NYC Schools? What's Worked. What Hasn't. What's Next?" [Part I -- 60 min.] Introductions Kathleen M. Waldron, President, Baruch College David S. Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College Peter J. Sherwin, Chair, Citizens Union & Citizens Union Foundation Board Dick Daddey, Executive Director, Citizens Union Moderator Doug Muzzio, Professor, Baruch College Speakers Joseph Viteritti, Former Executive Director, Commission on School Governance Joel Klein, Chancellor, Department of Education Monica Major, President, Community Education Council, District 11 Ana Maria Archilla, Executive Director, Make the Road NY Michael Mulgrew, Chief Operating Office, UFT Rev. David K. Brawley, Co-Chair, East Brooklyn Congregations [Part I -- 56 min.] Panel Discussion (Cont.)

Baruch College School of Public Affairs in partnership with Citizens Union Foundation presents "Mayoral Control of NYC Schools? What's Worked. What Hasn't. What's Next?" [Part I -- 60 min.] Introductions Kathleen M. Waldron, President, Baruch College David S. Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College Peter J. Sherwin, Chair, Citizens Union & Citizens Union Foundation Board Dick Daddey, Executive Director, Citizens Union Moderator Doug Muzzio, Professor, Baruch College Speakers Joseph Viteritti, Former Executive Director, Commission on School Governance Joel Klein, Chancellor, Department of Education Monica Major, President, Community Education Council, District 11 Ana Maria Archilla, Executive Director, Make the Road NY Michael Mulgrew, Chief Operating Office, UFT Rev. David K. Brawley, Co-Chair, East Brooklyn Congregations [Part I -- 56 min.] Panel Discussion (Cont.)

Baruch College School of Public Affairs in partnership with Citizens Union Foundation presents "Mayoral Control of NYC Schools? What's Worked. What Hasn't. What's Next?" [Part I -- 60 min.] Introductions Kathleen M. Waldron, President, Baruch College David S. Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College Peter J. Sherwin, Chair, Citizens Union & Citizens Union Foundation Board Dick Daddey, Executive Director, Citizens Union Moderator Doug Muzzio, Professor, Baruch College Speakers Joseph Viteritti, Former Executive Director, Commission on School Governance Joel Klein, Chancellor, Department of Education Monica Major, President, Community Education Council, District 11 Ana Maria Archilla, Executive Director, Make the Road NY Michael Mulgrew, Chief Operating Office, UFT Rev. David K. Brawley, Co-Chair, East Brooklyn Congregations [Part I -- 56 min.] Panel Discussion (Cont.)

Baruch College School of Public Affairs in partnership with Citizens Union Foundation presents "Mayoral Control of NYC Schools? What's Worked. What Hasn't. What's Next?" [Part I -- 60 min.] Introductions Kathleen M. Waldron, President, Baruch College David S. Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College Peter J. Sherwin, Chair, Citizens Union & Citizens Union Foundation Board Dick Daddey, Executive Director, Citizens Union Moderator Doug Muzzio, Professor, Baruch College Speakers Joseph Viteritti, Former Executive Director, Commission on School Governance Joel Klein, Chancellor, Department of Education Monica Major, President, Community Education Council, District 11 Ana Maria Archilla, Executive Director, Make the Road NY Michael Mulgrew, Chief Operating Office, UFT Rev. David K. Brawley, Co-Chair, East Brooklyn Congregations [Part I -- 56 min.] Panel Discussion (Cont.)

Baruch College School of Public Affairs in partnership with Citizens Union Foundation presents "Mayoral Control of NYC Schools? What's Worked. What Hasn't. What's Next?" [Part I -- 60 min.] Introductions Kathleen M. Waldron, President, Baruch College David S. Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College Peter J. Sherwin, Chair, Citizens Union & Citizens Union Foundation Board Dick Daddey, Executive Director, Citizens Union Moderator Doug Muzzio, Professor, Baruch College Speakers Joseph Viteritti, Former Executive Director, Commission on School Governance Joel Klein, Chancellor, Department of Education Monica Major, President, Community Education Council, District 11 Ana Maria Archilla, Executive Director, Make the Road NY Michael Mulgrew, Chief Operating Office, UFT Rev. David K. Brawley, Co-Chair, East Brooklyn Congregations [Part I -- 56 min.] Panel Discussion (Cont.)

Baruch College School of Public Affairs in partnership with Citizens Union Foundation presents "Mayoral Control of NYC Schools? What's Worked. What Hasn't. What's Next?" [Part I -- 60 min.] Introductions Kathleen M. Waldron, President, Baruch College David S. Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College Peter J. Sherwin, Chair, Citizens Union & Citizens Union Foundation Board Dick Daddey, Executive Director, Citizens Union Moderator Doug Muzzio, Professor, Baruch College Speakers Joseph Viteritti, Former Executive Director, Commission on School Governance Joel Klein, Chancellor, Department of Education Monica Major, President, Community Education Council, District 11 Ana Maria Archilla, Executive Director, Make the Road NY Michael Mulgrew, Chief Operating Office, UFT Rev. David K. Brawley, Co-Chair, East Brooklyn Congregations [Part I -- 56 min.] Panel Discussion (Cont.)