In this extended cut, Rob Weil of the American Federation of Teachers returns to the Next Education Workforce™ podcast to discuss how collective bargaining can be used to promote strategic school staffing.

Kelly Kovacic-Duran of Education First joins Brent Maddin of the Next Education Workforce™ to discuss strengthening strategic school staffing and its benefit to educators and learners.

Chris Torres of the University of Michigan joins Brent Maddin of the Next Education Workforce™ to discuss strengthening Michigan’s education workforce and address teacher shortages.

Rob Weil of the American Federation of Teachers joins Brent Maddin of the Next Education Workforce™ to discuss how collective bargaining can be used to promote strategic school staffing.

Brent Maddin talks with planetary scientist and professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton about distributed expertise and the power of teams — in both space exploration and education. Dr. Elkins-Tanton is the Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission and vice president of the ASU Interplanetary Initiative. She is also co-founder of Beagle Learning, a tech company focused on training and measuring problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Brent Maddin talks with Dr. John B. King, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Education, and president and CEO of the Education Trust, an education civil rights organization focused on education equity for low-income students and students of color, about equity and the education workforce today.

Brent Maddin talks with Dr. Lynn Gangone, president and CEO of American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, about high-quality, evidence-based teacher preparation and what that means for schools and colleges of education as we work together to build the next education workforce.

Brent Maddin talks with Brad Jupp, former Senior Program Advisor, U.S. Department of Education , about educator teams, deeper and personalized learning, and the kinds of policy changes that help to advance the big idea of the Next Education Workforce.

Brent Maddin talks with Dr. Mahnaz Charania, Senior Research Fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, about the Next Educator Workforce and new insights into the role of social capital and personal connections in the lives of students.

Brent Maddin talks with Virgel Hammonds, Chief Learning Officer at KnowledgeWorks, about the Next Educator Workforce, systems-level change and educational equity.