Nancy Gutierrez (@NancyBGutierrez), the CEO of New York Leadership Academy (@NYCLeadership), is back sharing her stories and advocacy for race, equity, and leadership. 

This week, Jim speaks with Nancy Gutierrez (@NancyBGutierrez) about what she has learned about leadership.  Her reflections on her first year as the CEO of New York Leadership Academy (@NYCLeadership) are full of powerful truths. 

We continue to talk to educator authors about why they write. This week Adam discusses Think Like Socrates with author, Pedagogy of the Obsessed co-host, and National Teacher of the Year, Shanna Peeples (@ShannaPeeples)

We are joined by Tulane teacher preparation expert, as well as science teacher phenomenon features in Think Like Socrates, Keri Randolph (@keri_randolph)

Why do educators take the time to write? How do they go from idea to publication? This week, Adam chats with anti-bullying expert, Tina Owen-Moore (@TinaOwen).

Dr. Owen-Moore is the founding lead teacher of the Alliance School, an inclusive high school in Milwaukee Public Schools. She is also the author of The Alliance Way: The Making of a Bully Free School.

Learn how Dr. Owen-Moore thinks about leading and giving & receiving permission to be excellent.

How has access to education expanded since PL 94-142 for students with disabilities. Adriana speaks with Tom Hehir about the ebbs and flows in access in this episode.

In this final installment on mentorship, Adam speaks with Mike Vea former NYC teacher and student of our previous guests. Mike talks about finding his way to education through a research role with Jim Spillane and his current experiences learning from David Cohen.

In the third installment of this series, Dr. Andres Alonzo, the former CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, talks about his mentors and how he thinks about mentorship.

Learn more about his work here:

Baltimore City Schools- Bounded Autonomy Case
Baltimore City Schools- Career Pathways Case
Baltimore City Schools- Family Engagement Case

Dr. Susan Moore Johnson, the Jerome T. Murphy Research Professor in Education and former academic dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Education shares her experiences as a mentor and mentee.

“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” Join us as we start a series on mentorship by tracing back and learning from the people who have inspired and guided the people who led us. This week, David Cohen shares his experiences entering the profession in the 1960s and what he has learned in more than 55 years in the field.

This is part one in a series. To learn more about David Cohen's work:

• An essential piece on the instructional core
• Consistent and intentional school design in his book Improvement by Design

During the interview, David mentions So Much Reform, So Little Change by Charles Payne. It also is a must read by anyone concerned with improving schools.

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Adam, Adriana, Jim, and Shanna sit down and discuss their answers to the REAL heart question- Tell us a story about how an experience of race as a learner made you feel. What was the impact on your education?

Shanna gets REAL with Nadia Lopez (@TheLopezEffect), principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy in NYC and presenter of the TED talk "Why Open a School? To Close a Prison."

Read more about her feature story in Humans of New York.