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Dr. Moisés Aguirre is the Superintendent of Sweetwater Union High School District, the largest secondary school district in California. In this episode we discuss AI's influence on education, the nuances of leading a diverse school district, partnerships, humility, and self-care. Dr. Aguirre shares not only his insights but also his personal experiences, emphasizing the importance of staying grounded and humble no matter the height of success. We glance into the future, discussing the innovative programs the district is developing to prepare students for college and career. With a blend of personal anecdotes and expert opinions, this episode will make you question, ponder, and most importantly, learn.

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Beau James is currently Meta's Director and Associate General Counsel for Mobile and Artificial Intelligence. Beau discusses his legal career, upbringing, passion for rare disease advocacy, and much more.

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Jakob McWinney is the Education Reporter for the Voice of San Diego, whose mission is “investigative journalism for a better San Diego” and was founded in 2005 as the country's first digital non-profit news organization to serve a local community. Jakob talks about his unique route to becoming a journalist and some of the topics he’s reported on such as chronic absenteeism, homelessness, and the impact the pandemic has had on academic achievement.

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Amanda Fox is a co-author of The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education, which is currently Amazon’s best-selling book on the topic. Amanda is a lifelong educator and is passionate about the use of technology to empower students in their learning journey. She also works with an educational AI platform, Curipod.com, and has a special limited-time offer for podcast listeners:

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Seth Hettena is a veteran journalist who has worked with the Associated Press and various newspapers throughout the United States. He is also an author who has a Substack newsletter called The Ice Man which is a serialized version of a book he has written about the Navy Seals. In this conversation, Seth discusses how journalism has changed throughout his career, including the future impact of Artificial Intelligence.

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Eric Cross is a long-time middle school science teacher at Albert Einstein Academies, innovator, and consultant. Eric shares his transformational and inspiring journey, his challenges, how that all informs his teaching practices, and much more.

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Dr. Richard Vernon Moore is currently the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Equity and Support Services at Sweetwater Union High School District, California's second-largest secondary school district located in San Diego County. Dr. Moore has a long history of administrative roles in K-12 education and discusses how this journey has informed his perspective on resolving conflict, his definition of equity, the role of student discipline measures including suspension and expulsion, and much more.

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Patricia Barneond, aka Patty, is the Senior Director of Education and Director of the Hanley Denning Experimental School for Safe Passage. Safe Passage is a transformative nonprofit organization founded by the late Hanley Denning over 20 years ago. Its mission is to provide a space for safe passage between home, school, and back home for the children of the many Guatemalan families who make a living scavenging for items at the Guatemala garbage dump, the largest landfill in Central America. Safe Passage also runs accredited schools and Patty discusses the joy of shifting the paradigm and the misunderstanding of the students who live in this environment. Patty also touches on the role and presence of trauma in students and adults, the impact of COVID, curricular design, how Safe Passage embraces a project-based learning model, and much more.
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Chris Joffe is the founder and CEO of Joffe Emergency Services. Chris started the company 15 years ago with a simple promise: to empower teams with the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to keep people safe in an emergency. Joffe has become one of the nation's leading safety organizations for schools and events and has over 2,000 clients. Chris is also an author with a book coming out soon, a certified pilot, scuba diver, and endurance runner.
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KishaLynn Elliott is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the Monarch School Project. The Monarch School is located in San Diego, CA, and is the only educational K-12 public institution in the United States serving exclusively students who are experiencing homelessness or likely to experience homelessness. It’s a unique partnership between a public school entity, the San Diego County Office of Education, and a non-profit entity that provides wrap-around services to meet the numerous needs of the school’s students. KishaLynn is also an accomplished speaker and author. In this episode, KishaLynn talks about the resilience she sees in her students and how that was reflected in a longitudinal study, the role of socioemotional learning, the role of mentors and teachers, and much more.
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