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Award-winning professional learning podcasts that serve the global education community.

  1. 1h ago

    How Outcomes-Based Contracts Connect Spending to Results

    Presented by Dr. Christina Grant, Executive Director, Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University; Dr. Sonja Santelises, Vice President and Senior Fellow, The Council on Foreign Relations; Brittany Johnson, Director of Programming, The Center for Outcomes Based Contracting; and Karl Rectanus, CEO, Really Great Reading This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Really Great Reading.  The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here. Districts invest heavily in curricula, intervention, and professional learning. When renewal decisions arrive, many leaders still can't say with confidence whether those investments moved student learning.      Outcomes-based contracting is one approach leaders are using to close that gap. Rather than paying only for what gets delivered, the district and provider agree up front on what success looks like, how progress will be measured, and what each side is responsible for.    In this edWeb podcast, Dr. Christina Grant of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, and Brittany Johnson of The Center for Outcomes Based Contracting, join moderator Karl Rectanus, CEO of Really Great Reading, to share what outcomes-based contracting looks like in practice. You leave with the questions to ask before pursuing it in your own district. This edWeb podcast is of interest to elementary through high school district leaders and school leaders. Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

  2. 2d ago

    Paper, Pencils, and AI: Putting the Ed Back into Ed Tech

    Presented by Amanda VanDerHeyden, Ph.D., Researcher, Author, and Innovator in Education; and Tim Heckel, Chief Technology Officer, SpringMath Accelerate This edWeb podcast is sponsored by SpringMath Accelerate.  The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here. Educators are weighing the benefits of ed tech against growing concerns about the impact of screentime on students. But ed tech doesn’t need to be an all-or-nothing decision.   In this edWeb podcast, Amanda VanDerHeyden, Ph.D., and Tim Heckel discuss the importance of paper and pencil activities for learning and reducing screentime while leveraging the immense power of technology to help educators deliver effective instruction. Tune in to learn: How paper-based activities support working memory, reduce cognitive overload, and build stronger problem-solving and reasoning skillsStrategic uses for technology, including automating many of the time-consuming and challenging parts of a teacher’s day, like data-based decision makingWhat AI can and cannot do for educators  Why technology is the right tool to drive implementation science in classroomsJoin us to learn how to strike the right balance between paper-based learning and purposeful technology use so you can put AI and other technology tools to work where they matter most: giving educators time back and helping every student get the instruction they deserve. This edWeb podcast is of interest to elementary through high school teachers, school and district leaders, and curriculum and instruction leaders. Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

  3. 4d ago

    What’s Tech Got to Do with It? Connecting Technology with K-12 Education Outcomes

    Presented by Dr. Julie Evans, CEO, Project Tomorrow; Dr. Melissa Shields, Assistant State Superintendent, Office of Student Learning, Alabama State Department of Education; Dr. Chad Stevens, Head of Growth & Partnerships, ClassDojo; and a Panel of Students This edWeb podcast is hosted by Project Tomorrow and sponsored by ClassDojo for Districts. The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here. Technology use in K-12 schools is ubiquitous, and yet there are still questions about its relevance. Should our K-12 districts continue to invest in and support the effective use of current and emerging technologies within teaching and learning? What are the outcomes from the effective use of technology for students, teachers, and families that matter the most in 2026?    Across the nation, school and district leaders are struggling with how to ensure that classroom technology use is safe, appropriate, and effective in supporting learning goals. Answering that question starts with understanding the purpose of K-12 education in 2026 and how we define effective technology use against that purpose. When used effectively, technology tools for classroom learning are not just substitutes or replacements for traditional learning modalities. Rather, the call sign of effective technology use is a transformed learning experience, one that could not have happened without digital tools.  The 2025-26 Speak Up research findings point to three significant outcomes of technology use in classroom instruction, each aligned with what K-12 education should be accomplishing today. At this year's annual Speak Up Congressional Briefing, panelists share the latest research from more than 100,000 K-12 students, educators, administrators, and families to explore why this matters for our students. The 2026 Speak Up Congressional Briefing provides a unique opportunity to hear directly from a wide audience of K-12 education stakeholders. The research data comes to life with a panel of K-12 students from around the country who will respond to the findings and provide their own recommendations for improving the classroom experience and the effective use of technology. Other speakers include Chad A. Stevens, Ph.D., Head of Growth & Partnerships at ClassDojo, the sponsor of this year’s Congressional Briefing.  The Congressional Briefing is of interest to K-12 school leaders, district leaders, education technology leaders, teachers, librarians, and policymakers. Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

  4. 4d ago

    Former Chiefs WebBrief: A Conversation on 100 Years of CCSSO State Leadership and Stories Along the Way

    Presented by Dr. Carissa Moffat Miller, CEO, Council of Chief State School Officers; and Dr. June Atkinson, Consultant and Former North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Moderated by Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, Former Secretary of Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education This edWeb podcast is part of a series of WebBriefs hosted by The Alliance of Former Chief State School Officers. The meeting recording can be accessed here. Join us for an engaging conversation with Dr. Carissa Moffat Miller, the Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and Dr. June Atkinson, former State Superintendent of North Carolina. This edWeb podcast, hosted by the Alliance of Former Chief State School Officers, will share some highlights of CCSSO's 100-year history and activities planned to celebrate a century of contributions and challenges. The conversation will touch on 100 years of productive work and some funny things that have happened to chiefs along the way. The Council for Chief State School Officers, a preeminent organization that influences national educational policy and supports chief state school officers, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2027. Listen to this edWeb podcast for an engaging and personal conversation with current and former state leaders. Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

  5. 5d ago

    Mentorship, Leadership, and Growth: The Relationships That Help Us Become

    Presented by BethAnne Hines, Ed.D., Principal, Arp Elementary School, Arp Independent School District (TX); Schronda Burns, Texas Rising Star Mentor, Texas Workforce Commission; and Stephanie Schminkey, Chief Academic Officer, Kilgore Independent School District (TX) Moderated by Connie Warren, M.Ed., Former Educator, Current Sr. Marketing Manager, BookNook This edWeb podcast is sponsored by BookNook.  The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here. How do you develop people, retain strong educators, build leadership capacity, strengthen culture, keep students engaged, and get better results from the systems you’ve already put in place? Relationships may be one of the most powerful leadership tools you have. In this edWeb podcast, Dr. BethAnne Hines, author of Becoming Through Mentorship, joins two of the mentors who helped shape her journey to examine how intentional relationships help people grow. Together, they explore mentorship as a practical leadership strategy: recognizing potential, knowing when to encourage and when to challenge, creating meaningful opportunities for growth, and building a culture where people invest in one another. The conversation also examines an important parallel: What can the relationships that helped us grow teach us about the relationships we create with students? From adult-to-adult mentorship to the consistent connections students build with teachers, tutors, and other trusted adults, the panelists explore how trust, consistency, encouragement, and appropriate challenge can create conditions for engagement, confidence, and growth. Listeners will leave with practical ideas for developing others more intentionally, strengthening mentorship across their organizations, and creating relationship-rich environments where adults and students can thrive. This edWeb podcast is of interest to K–12 school and district leaders. Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

  6. 6d ago

    High-Impact Digital Learning: From Engagement to Evidence

    Presented by Mike Marriner, Co-Founder and President, Roadtrip Nation; Dr. Jeffrey Starr, Senior Director, Powerful Learning in Practice, Digital Promise; and Dr. Jenny Nash, Former Educator, Current Director, Learning and Assessment Design, Edmentum Moderated by Ross Romano, Director, Strategic Communications, Edmentum This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Edmentum.  The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here. Digital curricula have never been more competitive—or more scrutinized. Educators are asking harder questions: What actually counts as evidence of effectiveness? What does "quality" mean when so many tools claim it? How do we integrate multimodal learning without losing rigor, and how does any of it connect to students' futures?  This edWeb podcast brings together perspectives from Roadtrip Nation, Digital Promise, and Edmentum to work through these questions honestly, with practical takeaways for evaluating and implementing digital learning tools. This edWeb podcast is of interest to middle and high school teachers, school leaders, district leaders, curriculum leaders, assessment leaders, and those in college and career readiness roles. Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

  7. Nov 2

    Talking to Families About Screen Time in Early Learning: What to Say When Parents Ask

    Presented by Eisha Buch, Head of Teaching and Learning, Common Sense Media; Dr. Katie DiGregorio, Director of Learning: ENL, Data, and Student Success, West Hempstead Union Free School District (NY); and Dr. Lisa Minicozzi, Principal, Chestnut Street School, West Hempstead Union Free School District (NY) Moderated by Caroline Hu Flexer, Co-Founder and Vice President, Khan Academy Kids This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Khan Academy Kids.  The webinar recording can be accessed here. Teachers of young children get asked about screen time constantly. It comes up at pickup, in the hallway, and in the middle of a conference about something else. The advice keeps shifting, and most of it measures screen time by the clock rather than by what's on the screen. What's a teacher with 90 seconds and a worried parent in front of her supposed to say? This edWeb podcast gives PreK through second-grade educators and the administrators who support them a clear direction for conversations with families about their child's technology use. Our presenters have had these conversations themselves, and they will be specific about what worked, what didn't, and what they would say differently now. Listeners can learn to: Recognize the worry underneath the question about minutes, and why a time limit answers the wrong oneApply a three-question framework a parent can remember the next day: Content, Context, and Crowd-OutAdapt the conversation to three settings: a ten-minute slot at Back-to-School Night, a full family engagement night, and a two-minute hallway exchangeRespond when a family pushes back, and know what not to promiseKey topics include: The friction between families who want fewer screens and instruction that runs on devicesWhere families get their screen time information, and which pieces of popular advice don't hold upHow guilt shapes the conversation, and why a non-judgmental opening changes the outcomeThe American Academy of Pediatrics 5 Cs as a deeper framework for longer family sessionsThe presenters focus on the quality of what's on the screen and how to talk about it with families, not whether devices belong in early-grade classrooms at all.  This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK through second-grade educators, librarians, school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders. Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

  8. Nov 2

    Quality Math Talk for Grades 6–8: Building Curiosity and Risk-Taking, Not Anxiety

    Presented by Dr. Haiwen Chu, Research Director, WestEd; and Lindsey Tropf, Founder and CEO, Immersed Games This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Immersed Games.  The webinar recording can be accessed here. Many middle schoolers go quiet in math class, not because they have nothing to say, but because math has taught them that what matters is being right and being fast. When a question has one obvious answer, there's little reason to talk, and even less reason to risk being wrong in front of peers. The result is classroom discussion that falls flat. In this edWeb podcast, Dr. Haiwen Chu, Research Director at WestEd, and Lindsey Tropf, Founder and CEO of Immersed Games, explore what quality math talk looks like in grades 6–8 and how teachers can create the conditions for it. Quality talk is sustained, going deeper to explore ideas and make connections. Ideally, interactions are also reciprocal, as students build on, question, and respond to one another rather than only to the teacher. When a classroom values reasoning over speed, students have room for risk-taking, curiosity, and working through uncertainty, the very opposite of math anxiety. The presenters share practical approaches grounded in research and classroom practice. These include open-ended prompts that invite ideas rather than single answers, routines that move from individual think time to small-group sharing to whole-class consensus, and tasks where students hold different pieces of data and need each other to make sense of it. You can see these principles in a traditional classroom and in an innovative setting: a game-based statistics curriculum that WestEd and Immersed Games are developing and studying together, where students investigate real-world scenarios and bring what they find back to the class for discussion. Listeners can learn to: Describe what makes math talk sustained and reciprocal, and recognize the kinds of questions that shut discussion downIdentify classroom conditions that lower the stakes of sharing rough-draft thinkingDesign or adapt tasks, including data investigations, that create a genuine need for students to talkApply a structured discourse routine that works across content, curricula, and formatsThis edWeb podcast is of interest to grades 6–8 math teachers, math coaches, and curriculum leaders looking for concrete ways to get students talking about math with curiosity, confidence, and openness. Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

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    edWeb
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    880
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