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Fred Holmes on Why He’s Never Missed a Wednesday Mastermind

September 2, 2026

Fred Holmes — known inside the Ruckus Maker Mastermind as the Velvet Hammer — started as a science teacher in Shelby County Schools, moved through teacher leadership and an assistant…

Why Principals Won’t Delegate (And What It’s Costing Them) with Naphtali Hoff

August 26, 2026

Dr. Naphtali Hoff trains school leaders and teachers to perform at their best without running themselves into the ground. He's the author of three books, and his newest, Becoming the…

Why Your Anti-Racist PD Isn’t Actually Changing Anything with Dr Abby C. Emerson

August 23, 2026

Dr Abby Emerson is an assistant professor of Childhood Education at Hunter College, CUNY, where her research spans anti-racist and abolitionist teacher education, restorative justice, and the critique of whiteness…

Why the “Conveyor Belt” Career Model Is Failing Kids with Corey Kossack

August 19, 2026

Why the conveyor belt model of career readiness fails students — and how AI tools like Orchard help principals build a better system.

Experiential Education: Why Your Lesson Plan Is Failing Students

August 12, 2026

Zaretta Hammond on cognition redlining, closing the learning power gap, and what real instructional equity looks like for principals.

The Learning Model That Turned a Dropout Into the Class Speaker Jenny Curtin

August 9, 2026

Jenny Curtin partners with schools and districts across New England on behalf of the Barr Foundation, where she helps build and scale Transformative Learning Experiences