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Brian J. Stephens—A Level Playing Field: Strategies to Ensure Public Schools' Success Mar 02, 2026

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Get the book, A Level Playing Field: Strategies to Ensure Public Schools' Success

Visit the Caissa K12 Website, www.CaissaK12.com

About The Author

Brian J Stephens is the Founder and CEO of Caissa K–12, a strategy firm serving public school districts nationwide. He has presented at national conferences and organizations, including the AASA, The School Superintendents Association, the National School Boards Association, and the Consortium of State School Boards Associations.

He served in the United States Army, rising to the rank of Captain, and is an attorney and psychologist by training. Brian is the author of A Level Playing Field: Strategies to Ensure Public Schools’ Success.

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

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Lauren Brown—Social Studies Content at the Elementary Level Feb 21, 2026

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Watch Lauren on The Teaching Show

Substack: Lauren Brown on Education

Lauren Brown’s articles on MiddleWeb

About The Guest

Lauren Brown spent about 20 years teaching US history in middle and high schools and another eight years working at the university level with future social studies teachers. She now works as a consultant and writer on MiddleWeb and her own Substack.

She writes about education with a special focus on why social studies and history in particular matter. Much of her work is about helping people see how good history teaching strengthens, not just literacy, but our democracy as well.

Steve Reifman—The Complete Guide For New Elementary Teachers: Discover Joy and Success with a Whole Child Approach Feb 14, 2026

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Get the book, The Complete Guide for New Elementary Teachers: Discover Joy and Success with a Whole Child Approach

Visit Steve's Website, www.SteveReifman.com

About The Author

Steve Reifman has been an elementary school teacher for the past 31 years, and during that time he's earned National Board certification, traveled to Japan as a Fulbright Memorial Fund scholar, and completed two master's degrees.

He has experience working with students in all the elementary grade levels, and he's taught in both public and private schools. He's the author of several books for educators, such as The Complete Guide for New Elementary Teachers: Discover Joy and Success with a Whole Child Approach

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Louise Selby—Morph Mastery: A Morphological Intervention for Reading, Spelling and Vocabulary Feb 07, 2026

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Get the book, Morph Mastery: A Morphological Intervention for Reading, Spelling and Vocabulary

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 authority in teaching, special needs coordinator and advisory roles. She now works freelance, providing training and consultancy for schools as well as dyslexia assessment. Louise believes in partnership and collaboration and this is at the heart of all that she does. She is the author of Morph Mastery: Morphological Intervention for Reading, Spelling and Vocabulary and All About Dyslexia: A Practical Guide for Primary Teachers and All About Dyslexia: A Practical Guide for Secondary Teachers.

James Bailey & Randy Weiner—A Blueprint for Teacher Retention: Leading Schools that Teachers Don’t Want To Leave Jan 31, 2026

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Get the book, The Daily SEL Leader

Get the book, A Blueprint for Teacher Retention: Leading Schools that Teachers Don't Want to Leave

Visit the Brass Tacks Innovations website, www.brasstacksinnovations.com

View the Teacher Retention Model PDF

About The Authors

James Bailey’s career has encompassed teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, school turnaround leader, consultant and superintendent roles spanning Texas, Colorado and Wyoming. He holds a PhD in Educational Leadership and Innovation from the University of Colorado-Denver, is a prolific publisher and presenter, and currently serves as a core faculty member at Walden University in the area of educational leadership.

Randy Weiner has worked in education and education technology and consulting throughout his career. He co-founded the country’s first public Montessori, arts integration, and design thinking school in Oakland, CA. A Teach for America alum and father to two daughters, Randy taught for 5 years in Oakland and Madagascar, and holds two BAs from Middlebury College and an MA in Education from Stanford.

They are the founders of Brass Tacks Innovations, a consultancy focused on leadership development, workplace culture, teacher retention, and other challenges. James and Randy are the co-authors of The Daily SEL Leader and James is the author of A Blueprint for Teacher Retention: Leading Schools that Teachers Don’t Want To Leave.

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Jared Cooney Horvath—The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning—And How To Help Them Thrive Again Jan 24, 2026

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Get the book, The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning—And How To Help Them Thrive Again

Visit the LME Global website, www.LMEGlobal.net

Follow Jared on Youtube @JaredCooney

About The Author Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD is a neuroscientist educator who has conducted research and lectured at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, and The University of Melbourne, and over 750 schools on 6 continents. Jared has published 7 books, over 60 research articles, and his work has been featured in popular publications, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Economist, and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s science show Catalyst. Jared currently serves as Director of LME Global: a team dedicated to bringing the latest brain and behavioral research to teachers, students, and parents.

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Todd Whitaker—Dealing with Difficult Parents (School Leader Edition): How to Model, Coach, and Support Your Teachers Jan 17, 2026

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Get the book, Dealing with Difficult Parents (Teacher Edition): How to Get Parents Off Your Back and On Your Side

Get the book, Dealing with Difficult Parents (School Leader Edition): How to Model, Coach, and Support Your Teachers

About The Authors Dr. Todd Whitaker is a research professor at the University of Missouri and professor emeritus at Indiana State University. Prior to moving into higher education, he was a math teacher and basketball coach in Missouri. Todd then served as a principal at the middle school, junior high, and high school levels. Dr. Whitaker is a leading presenter in the field of education and has written more than 65 books, including the bestseller What Great Teachers Do Differently. He's the author of Dealing with Difficult Parents (Teacher Edition): How to Get Parents Off Your Back and On Your Side, and Dealing with Difficult Parents (School Leader Edition): How to Model, Coach, and Support Your Teachers.

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

John Travis—Strengthening School Leadership Through External Partnerships Jan 10, 2026

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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 mathematics teacher in New Jersey and then as a school and district leader in the Boston Public Schools (BPS). In his most recent role, he served as the principal of the Ohrenberger School in West Roxbury. Prior to leading at the Ohrenberger, he trained as a principal fellow at the Harvard-Kent Elementary School in Charlestown and worked as Director of Human Capital Strategy with the BPS central office, supporting school leadership pipeline development.

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Jasmine Kullar, Bruce Fraser, & Lisa Reddel—Cultivating Exceptional Principals: A Guide for Principal Supervisors to Hire, Develop, and Retain School Leaders Jan 03, 2026

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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 superintendent with a metro Georgia school district. He has been in education for over 25 years, serving as teacher, principal at the elementary- and middle-school level, and director of human resources Lisa M. Reddel recently retired as executive principal of school improvement in a large metropolitan school district in Northern Virginia. She has over 32 years of experience in schools and districts as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, district director, executive principal, and educational consultant.

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

Nathaniel Hansford—The Scientific Principles of Reading and Writing Instruction Bridging the Divide Between Educational Practice and Research Dec 26, 2025

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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 the Literacy Leader of the Year award from the Ontario International Dyslexia Association. Nathaniel has written hundreds of articles on the science of teaching. He is most interested in using meta-analysis research to help teachers implement methodologies that have been proven to work. He is the founder of SAGE Online Academy. To learn more about Nathaniel’s work in education, visit teachingbyscience.com, or follow him @Natejoseph19 on X (formerly Twitter). He is the author of The Scientific Principles of Teaching: Bridging the Divide Between Educational Practice and Research.

This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12.

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