Dianne Bilyak is a Pushcart-prize nominated writer, graduate of the Institute of Sacred Music and Art, and Connecticut disability rights advocate. Her book of poems Against the Turning was published in 2011, and her work has also been...

Angela Onwuachi-Willig is dean and and Ryan Roth Gallo & Ernest J. Gallo Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. A renowned legal scholar and expert in critical race theory, employment discrimination, and family law, she...

Andrew Moffat MBE is Personal Development Lead at Excelsior Multi Academy Trust in Birmingham, England and the author of several books and educational resources, including the No Outsiders programme, an approach to teaching primary...

Dr. Scott Ellsworth, University of Michigan, teaches courses on African American history, Southern literature, race and sports, and crime and justice in contemporary U.S. society. Trained as a historian, he received his Ph.D from Duke...

Jamaican educator Tracy-Ann Hall was a top 10 finalist for the 2017 Global Teacher Prize. Tracy-Ann did not enjoy successful school years herself, due to undiagnosed dyslexia. She did not move on to higher education immediately but...

Matt Faulkner is the co-author of Most Likely to Survive (2013) and the subject of the documentary film, Recovery (2016), both of which detail the events surrounding his unexpected recovery from the severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)....

Ranjitsinh Disale is the winner of the one million dollar 2020 Global Teacher Prize. He arrived at the Zilla Parishad Primary School in Paritewadi village in Solapur district in 2009 when it was a dilapidated building, sandwiched...

Pat and Tammy McLeod serve as Harvard Chaplains for Cru, an interdenominational Christian ministry. Tammy is also the Director of College Ministry at Park Street Church in Boston. She received her MA in Spiritual Formation from...

Dr. Jeff is Principal of McHenry High School for McHenry Community High School District #156. He is also the 2021 Illinois High School Principal of the Year in recognition of the positive impact he's made on students, families and the...

Elisa Albo’s poetry chapbook Passage to America recounts her family immigrant story and Each Day More is a collection of elegies, both personal and public (Main Street Rag). Her narrative poems about family, food, and humanity are...

Bill Holmes is a Philadelphia poet whose lifetime goal has been to become a successful writer and author. He is the author of the chapbook Illuminations, the spoken word CD Asphyxiation, and the newly released full-length poetry book...

Dr. Randall Glading joins the Educational Leadership and Literacy Department at the Isabelle Farrington College of Education after enjoying 35 years of service in public education. Early on in his career, he taught Special Education...

A Constitutional look at the issue of random student drug testing. Looking at the Supreme Court decisions, Vernonia School District v Acton and US v Earls we examine the meaning of the 4th amendment and student's constitutional...

Join me, Anna English, as we discover school life in the UK. Learn the vocabulary associated with school. If there are any topic you would like me to cover then please let me know in the comments section.

In a journalism career spanning more than three decades, Tim has written for the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Politico, Reader's Digest, and for thirty years the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Tim's books include the critically acclaimed...

Elizabeth Watts Bromery, an English Professor at Broward County Public Schools, Florida, became an educator in 1990 as her parents raised her to equate education with social justice. She chose teaching to empower students to make...

Jan Bryan, Ed.D., is Vice President, National Education Officer at Renaissance Learning. She taught courses at the University of North Texas on ESL-student literacy instruction, assessment, and instructional strategies using...

This episode explores negative thoughts, robotic fish, Mt. Erebus and finally alligators. Check it out!

Ann S. Michaelsen, is an administrator, teacher and author of 2 books. She is currently working at Sandvika vgs, a high school in Norway.



Sandvika is a high school with 850 students in the age group 16 to 19. The school is...

Moldova, one of the poorest countries in Europe, has started a programme for children that it is hoped will transform their lives. Moldova is mainly known as a breeding ground for “slave labour” and people smuggling into western Europe....

Lily Brett is an internationally acclaimed author of six novels, four collections of essays and nine volumes of poetry.

She has been the recipient of many literary awards including, the 1987 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award:...

Tinna Björk Pálsdóttir teaches in Hörðuvallaskóli, Reykjavík, Iceland. She studied Mechatronics engineering at the University of Iceland and the University of Southern Denmark. When she started teaching, she taught Danish (which is...

Julie Batten is the founder of the Glass House Shelter Project, a grassroots organization that brings college reading & writing courses into homeless shelters. She teaches writing courses at Brandeis University, Salem State University...

Group Conversation: Are There Valid Alternatives to “Normal” School?