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Principal Center Radio brings you the best in professional practice for school leaders, in an audio format that you can access in the car, on the treadmill, or anywhere you'd like to listen.

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January 10, 2026 24 mins

Read the Holyoke "Relay Leadership" Case Study

About The Author John Travis is senior program officer for Education at The Barr Foundation where he focuses on teacher and school leadership pipelines to help recruit, develop, retain, and cultivate the talented, diverse educators needed for the schools of today and tomorrow. John came to Barr after nearly 15 years as a frontline educator, first as a high school...

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Get the book, Cultivating Exceptional Principals: A Guide for Principal Supervisors to Hire, Develop, and Retain School Leaders

About The Authors Jasmine K. Kullar, EdD, is an assistant superintendent of a large metropolitan school district. She is also a faculty member in the College of Professional Studies Educational Leadership Department at Albany State University in Georgia.   Bruce R. Fraser, EdD, is an assistant superinten...
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Get the book, The Scientific Principles of Reading and Writing Instruction Bridging the Divide Between Educational Practice and Research 

Visit Nate's Website www.PedagogyNonGrata.com

Follow Nate on X @Natejoseph19

About The Author Nathaniel Hansford has taught every grade from preK to 12th, in places as diverse as South Korea, the United Kingdom, the subarctic of Quebec, and Ontario, Canada. In 2022, he won t...
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Get the book, A New School Leadership Architecture: A Four-Level Framework for Reimagining Roles

Visit the Holdsworth Center website, www.HoldsworthCenter.org

About The Author

Lindsay Whorton is president of The Holdsworth Center, a non-profit organization in Texas dedicated to building educational leaders. Initially serving seven school districts and 42 leaders in 2017, The Holdsworth Center has served more than 1,900 leaders in...

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December 12, 2025 24 mins

Get the book, All About Dyslexia: A Practical Guide for Primary Teachers

Get the book, All About Dyslexia: A Practical Guide for Secondary Teachers

Visit Louise's website, LouiseSelbyDyslexia.com

About The Author Louise Selby is a dyslexia specialist trainer, consultant, author, assessor and teacher. She has 25 years’ experience of working with SEND within Hertfordshire local authorit...

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Get the book Autopilot: Practical Productivity for School Leaders

Visit the 4 O'Clock Faculty Website

Follow Rich on Twitter @RACzyz

About The Author

Rich is a principal and former teacher and instructional coach, and he's the author of four books, including Autopilot: Practical Productivity for School Leaders

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Get the book, Leveled Reading, Leveled Lives: How Students’ Reading Achievement Has Been Held Back and What We Can Do About It

Visit Timothy's website, www.ShanahanOnLiteracy.com

About The Author Timothy Shanahan is distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He served as the director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools, is the former president of the International Literacy...

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Get the book, Leading Educator Wellness: Six Critical Actions to Support All Staff

About The Authors Bill Barnes is the superintendent of the Howard County Public School System in Maryland. He has served in leadership roles with the Maryland and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and has won a number of state and national teaching awards. Barnes holds a master of science in mathematics and science education fr...
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Get the book, Singletons in a PLC at Work®: Navigating On-Ramps to Meaningful Collaboration 

Visit Brig's website, www.BrigLeane.com

Follow Brig on X @BrigLeane

About The Author Brig Leane is an education consultant and former principal of Fruita Middle School in Colorado, which under his leadership became a national Model Professional Learning Community. A veteran of the United States Coast Guard, he began his...

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Get the book, The Handbook for Highly Effective Teams in a PLC at Work®: Essential Actions for Tackling Critical Issues

About The Authors Bob Sonju is an award-winning educational leader, author, and nationally recognized speaker celebrated for his engaging style and practical approach to school improvement. He has led two schools to achieve National Model PLC at Work® recognition—one of which also earned the prestigious...

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Visit the Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation Website

Read The Century Foundation Report "How to Grow Bilingual Teacher Pathways: Making the Most of U.S. Linguistic and Cultural Diversity"

About The Author Maggie Marcus, PhD is the Executive Director of The Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation. She has taught high school Spanish and elementary English in Puerto Rico, then worked for the United Nations as wel...

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Get the book, 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World

Visit Jean's Website, JeanTwenge.com

About The Guest Jean M. Twenge, PhD, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, is the author of more than 190 scientific publications and several books based on her research, including Ten Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World, Generations, iGen, and Generation Me. Her research has been covered in Time, Th...
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Get the book, The PLC Dashboard: Implementing, Leading, and Sustaining Your Professional Learning Community at Work®

Visit Brig's website, www.BrigLeane.com

Follow Brig on X @BrigLeane

About The Author Brig Leane is an education consultant and former principal of Fruita Middle School in Colorado, which under his leadership became a national Model Professional Learning Community. A veteran of the United States Co...

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Read Aly’s post on AI vs human tutors

Visit Upchieve's School Partnership page

Math scores study

About The Guest Aly Murray is the Founder and Executive Director of UPchieve. She’s also a proud Latina, math nerd, and community college grad. After earning an associate’s degree, Aly transferred to the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Mathematics. Following Penn, Aly worked on th...
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Get the book, Rigor & Assessment in the Classroom: Strategies & Tools, 2nd Edition

Visit Barbara's website www.BarbaraBlackburnOnline.com

About The Author Barbara Blackburn, PhD is the author of more than 38 books and a full-time consultant who works with schools around the world to help raise the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. Dr. Blackburn has been repea...

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Get the book, Doing the Work of Equity Leadership for Justice and Systems Change Visit Decoteau's website, www.DecoteauIrby.com

About The Author Decoteau J. Irby’s life work focuses on creating and sustaining organizations that contribute to Black people’s self-determined well-being, development, and positive life outcomes. He is Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago in the Department of Educational Policy Studies...
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Get the book, The Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading

Visit the Teach Like a Champion website, teachlikeachampion.org/blog/

About The Author Doug Lemov is the bestselling author of Teach Like a Champion 3.0 and is Co-Managing Director of Teach Like a Champion, designing and implementing teacher training based on the study of high-performing teachers and exceptional classrooms. He has taught Eng...

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Follow Dr. Lane on Instagram @drjameslane

Visit the ETS website, www.ets.org

About The Author Dr. James Lane is Managing Director of K-16 at ETS, and has served as the CEO of PDK International and held senior leadership roles in the U.S. Department of Education. He served as Virginia’s 25th Superintendent of Public Instruction after a career as a band director and then superintendent in three districts. Dr. Lane holds degr...
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Download the Report Here

About The Author

Adam Tyner is national research director at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Dr. Tyner served as senior quantitative analyst at Hanover Research, and has taught English as a second language in China and California and taught courses at the University of California, San Diego. His research and commentary have appeared and been cited in national and international media such as The Economist,...

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Visit Christina's website, www.PTOAnswers.com

Free resource: PTO Family Engagement Opportunity Assessment

Free resource: 5 No Brainer Ways to Improve the Teacher/Parent Relationship

Learn more about The Principal’s Parent Group Playbook 

About The Author Christina Hidek is a former attorney and Professional Organizer with a keen sense for developing systems to simplify and ease manage...
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