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How to Turn Around a Failing School: Real-Time Coaching That Works

June 10, 2026

School turnaround principal Chad Weiden shares the real-time coaching system and beacon teacher strategy that took a failing school to good-rated in South Carolina.

10 Lessons from 10 Years of School Leadership Podcasting with Danny Bauer

June 3, 2026

Danny Bauer reflects on 10 years of school leadership podcasting — what he unlearned, what separates growing principals from stalled ones, and why curiosity beats judgment.

Why Your Open Door Policy Is Destroying Your Leadership

May 27, 2026

Sage Hobbs is an author, facilitator, and coach whose work combines her background in counseling psychology with a passion for helping people communicate with clarity, courage, and compassion. She empowers…

Why Your PLCs Aren’t Solving Problems (And What Does)

May 20, 2026

A professor at San Diego's High Tech High Graduate School of Education and co-author of PLC+: Better Decisions and Greater Impact by Design, Nancy Frey has spent decades studying how…

How to Deal With Angry Parents as a Principal

May 19, 2026

You read it once. Your chest tightens. You can feel exactly what you want to say. So you say it — maybe a little softer, maybe with a smile-shaped sentence…

Why Avoiding Hard Conversations Is Costing Your School

May 17, 2026

Sage Hobbs is an author, facilitator, and coach whose work combines her background in counseling psychology with a passion for helping people communicate with clarity, courage, and compassion. She empowers…

How Arts Programs in Schools Change Student Trajectories

May 13, 2026

Hector Flores is the CEO of the Latino Film Institute, home to the Youth Cinema Project, a filmmaking mentorship program now operating in 21 California school districts across 61 classrooms.

Why the Best Teachers Are Different — and What That Costs You

May 10, 2026

Hector Flores is the CEO of the Latino Film Institute, home to the Youth Cinema Project, a filmmaking mentorship program now operating in 21 California school districts across 61 classrooms.

The Stories That Built a Top 1% Podcast/ Building Better Leaders

May 6, 2026

Ten years of school leadership podcasting reveals one consistent truth: most principals are doing it alone when they don't have to. In this special anniversary episode, Danny Bauer sits down…

Latest Blog Posts

How to Turn Around a Failing School: Real-Time Coaching That Works

10 Lessons from 10 Years of School Leadership Podcasting with Danny Bauer

Why Your Open Door Policy Is Destroying Your Leadership

Why Your PLCs Aren’t Solving Problems (And What Does)

How to Deal With Angry Parents as a Principal

Why Avoiding Hard Conversations Is Costing Your School

How Arts Programs in Schools Change Student Trajectories

Why the Best Teachers Are Different — and What That Costs You

The Stories That Built a Top 1% Podcast/ Building Better Leaders

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