The Learner-Centered Leader

In this episode, we unpack the governance gap, the widening disconnect between America’s Jeffersonian ideals and its Hamiltonian institutions. Drawing from history and today’s realities, he outlines five civic leadership pillars that school leaders can use to strengthen their schools, their communities, and the health of democracy itself. This episode's audio was created by AI based on an essay by Tom Butler on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/tombutler/p/five-pillars-for-leading-schools?r=2nj75&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I read the 179 edition of The Learner-Centered Leader Newsletter.

In this episode, I interview Dr. Pat Crawford, a dear friend, and mentor, and a former Pennsylvania superintendent of the year.

We discuss his blog post "Value People, Value Learning, and Think Systemically."

Three ear nuggets from this episode:

In April 2022, I wrote a blog post predicting "six disruptive trends" that the pandemic created for public education. Although I was only half correct in my predictions, you will gain knowledge about our current state of education by listening to my critique of the six disruptions.

Here is the link to the blog post that I discussed.

Greetings! In this episode, I get to formally introduce myself and what you can expect here at The Learner-Centered Leader. Plus, I discuss the philosophies and values that drive the show. WELCOME!!!

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