The Public Education Foundation

In this podcast, Zhan Okuda-Lim chats with José Vilson, middle school math teacher in New York City and Executive Director of EduColor, on the importance of self-reflection, understanding one’s narrative as an educator in relation to colleagues and students, and actively listening to students and communities in order to be an effective partner in education.

On this podcast, Zhan Okuda-Lim chats with Dr. Karen Mapp, Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Faculty Director of the HGSE Education Policy and Management Master’s Program, on the updated Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships and examples of schools that demonstrate strong relationships with families and the broader […]

On this podcast, Zhan Okuda-Lim chats with Kriste Dragon, Co-Founder and CEO of Citizens of the World Charter Schools, on how teachers and school leaders can build authentic and meaningful relationships and partnerships with faculty, families, students, and the broader school community.

On this episode, Zhan Okuda-Lim chats with Dr. Marguerite Roza, Director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, on how educators can maximize funding and resources to support student learning, and how policymakers can spearhead funding models that will advance tomorrow’s schools.

On this episode, Zhan Okuda-Lim chats with Michael Horn, Senior Partner at Entangled Solutions and Distinguished Fellow at the Christensen Institute on disruptive innovation in education taking ideas from prototype to scale. They also discuss Horn’s new book with Bob Moesta, Choosing College: How to Make Better Learning Decisions Throughout Your Life (Jossey-Bass, 2019).

On this episode, Zhan Okuda-Lim chats with Matt Candler, Founder of 4.0 Schools, on how educators can take big ideas, “divide by 10” to test them in small ways, and eventually take those ideas to scale. Matt also reflects on organizational leadership transitions, grounded in his recent experiences welcoming new leaders to 4.0.

On this episode, Zhan Okuda-Lim chats with Alex Kajitani, California Teacher of the Year, on how teachers can become effective leaders in their schools and communities, with a focus on actions that build partnerships and improve campus culture and climate.

On this podcast, Resident Fellow Zhan Okuda-Lim chats with Dr. Rick Hess, Senior Founding Fellow of the Leadership Institute of Nevada and Director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, about his books Cage-Busting Leadership and The Cage-Busting Teacher and how educators can get precise and granular in defining and addressing barriers to student […]

On this podcast, Dr. Mari Grimes chats with Dr. Liz City, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education, about the future of learning and leveraging systems change to enable equitable opportunities for all students.

On this podcast, Zhan chats with Dan McCray, Director of Labor Relations Programs at Cornell University, on negotiations and communications in education, from decisions between educators in a school building, to system-wide collective bargaining.