Develop a culture of learning, student voice, equitable assessment, and family partnership. Pedagogical approaches to building class community and belonging, strategies to level up student discourse, and how to make unit planning with purpose. Tools to build your adaptive leadership, shared leadership, and instructional leadership skills. Ideas for families to support children’s skill development at home and partner with schools to grow students’ academic and life skills. Guests include school and district leaders, instructional coaches, teachers, professors, parents, and education scholars. Learn from Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, Zaretta Hammond, Angela Watson, James Nottingham, Matt Kay, Afrika Afeni Mills, Dean Diana Hess, Dr. Sheldon Eakins, Danny Bauer, Dana Mitra, and many more authors and educators who share ideas for students from preschool age, through K-12 (elementary, middle, and high school) and into college. Join us to create the conditions for incredible student learning, grow our ability to have difficult conversations, and help students understand themselves as changemakers in their communities. The Host: Lindsay Lyons is an educational justice coach who helps teachers, leaders, and families create spaces for difficult conversations with kids about current events, hard history, and other high-emotion topics. A parent and former NYC public school teacher, she holds a PhD in Leadership and Change, and believes all students deserve literacy, criticality, and leadership skills. For extended show notes, transcripts, and free resources, go to the website: www.lindsaybethlyons.com/blog