Episode Notes

In this episode, Stacey Caillier talks to Cornelius Minor about what it means to be bold in education right now, and the journey he and his colleagues took from observing a problem to making meaningful change with students.

Every other week, we publish a newsletter with great resources like this one, sign up for it here [https://hthgse.edu/about/newsletter/]!

What are you waiting for? Sign up for National Summit for Improvement in Education [https://hthgse.edu/events/national-summit-on-improvement-in-education/] or The Deeper Learning Conference [https://hthgse.edu/events/dl26/] (March 30-April 1st)!

 * Watch this [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hthgse_dl26-summit2026-deeperlearning-activity-7376452078174646272-XW2M?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAhR8GwBJ2c-MV9x3VD5-Cynu6Q328Nxv10] if you’re trying to figure out which conference to come to.

Learn all about Cornelius Minor and The Minor Collective here [https://www.kassandcorn.com/].

Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education [https://hthgse.edu/]

S7E14 - Boldly Facing this Moment & Humanizing Improvement with Cornelius Minor

Episode Notes

Alec talks to Robyn Snyder, Director of Supplemental Services at Clovis Unified School District, Ray Gamez, the principal of Janet L. Young Elementary School, and JJ Donat, who’s the guidance instructional specialist at Janet L. Young, about how that school cut the suspension rate for African-American students from 8.7%. to 4.2% in a single year.

Every other week, we publish a newsletter with great resources like this one, sign up for it here [https://hthgse.edu/about/newsletter/]!

What are you waiting for, register for the National Summit for Improvement in Education [https://hthgse.edu/events/national-summit-on-improvement-in-education/] before you miss out!

If you're looking for a good introduction to Continuous Improvement in education, start here [https://hthgse.edu/improvement-as-a-journey-going-the-distance-with-improvement-science/].

S7E13 - An Elementary School's Secret to Cutting Suspensions: Recess Referees

Alec Patton talks to Beverley Jenkins and Kate Hogan of the System Improvement Leads Networked Improvement Community and Nicole Leveille of Cloverdale Unified School District about how Cloverdale dramatically increased the percentage of students with IEPs in the general education population, and cut chronic absenteeism among students with disabilities in half.

Every other week, we publish a newsletter with great resources like this one, sign up for it here [https://hthgse.edu/about/newsletter/]!

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Episode Notes:

 * You can read an article by Kate Hogan and Sandra Park about this improvement network on

Unboxed

here [https://hthgse.edu/using-continuous-improvement-to-streamline-the-iep-process/]

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 * To learn more about the System Improvement Leads (SIL) team and their supports, visit 

systemimprovement.org [http://systemimprovement.org/]

 * To learn more about California’s Compliance and Improvement Monitoring process, visit 

caltan.info [http://caltan.info/]

 * In partnership with Cloverdale, SIL has published a strategy handout 

linked here [https://systemimprovement.org/r/enhancing-inclusive-practices-through-effective-ieps]

Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education [https://hthgse.edu/]

S7E12 - Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities at Cloverdale Unified

Episode Notes

Alec Patton talks to Liz Chu, Executive Director of the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University, about the new book she co-authored, The Learning Hive: Leading Collective Innovation to Transform Education Systems.

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Referenced in this episode:

 * The Learning Hive: Leading Collective Innovation to Transform Systems [https://cprl.law.columbia.edu/content/learning-hive-guide-governance-and-democracy]

(Teachers College Press 2025) by Elizabeth Chu, Andrea Clay, Ayeola Kinlaw, and Meghan Snyder

 * An Innovative New Vision of Leadership and Governance in Education: Learning Hives Show What&#x27;s Possible [https://www.tcpress.com/blog/learning-hive/]

(Teachers College Press blog)

 * The CARPE network [https://hthgse.edu/ncie/college-access/]

 * Partners in School Innovation [https://www.partnersinschools.org/]

Click here [https://hthgse.edu/] to learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

S7E11 - Beyond Bureaucracy and Managerialism: How Learning Hives Transform Schools

Episode Notes

In this episode, Alec Patton talks to math teachers Sunny Chan and Sandy Tu, and improvement coach Amanda Meyer, about Fremont High School's remarkable success at improving ninth-grade on track.

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Amanda is going to be talking about her work on ninth-grade on track in Oakland at the National Summit for Improvement in Education [https://hthgse.edu/events/national-summit-on-improvement-in-education/]. It'll be like experiencing this podcast episode in 3D! Book now so you don't miss out!

Resources mentioned in the episode:

 * The Gradebook Review protocol used in the Breakthrough Success Collaborative was adapted from High Tech High Graduate School of Education's CARE Network. 

 * The Gradebook Audit protocol [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OhdFI8h1fTC35duUi5V8_JbD2gvjh5UU/view?usp=sharing] mentioned in the episode was co-developed between educators in Oakland Unified and the Breakthrough Success Community

 * To learn more about the Breakthrough Success Community and how to join, visit  https://www.btsc.coredistricts.org/

Click here [https://hthgse.edu/] to learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

S7E10 - Fremont High School is Changing Grading so It Reflects Learning

Episode Notes

Alec Patton talks to teacher High School teacher Karen Shaffran and student Alegria Vargas about how their class created a socially conscious cosmetics business, featuring products made from plants grown hydroponically in a storage room!

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Listen to our podcast miniseries about Cheltenham High School's PBL program here [https://hthgse.edu/tag/cheltenham-pbl-experiment/]

See photos from the PBL Farmacy Project here [https://hthgse.edu/podcasts/a-12th-grade-hydroponics-cosmetics-entrepreneurship-project-you-should-know-about]

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S7E9 - A 12th grade hydroponics/cosmetics/entrepreneurship project you should know aboutw

Episode Notes

Alec Patton talks to Tammy Unck, Maria Smith, and Uchenna Lewis about Bernal Intermediate School's work with part Partners in School Innovation on improving outcomes for multilingual learners, using techniques such as "shadow a student" and elements of the AVID curriculum.

The result was remarkable: During the 2022-2023 school year, Bernal achieved a 250% increase in the rate of multilingual learners reclassified to fluent English proficient status!

Check out Ivannia Soto's Shadowing Multilingual Learners [https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/shadowing-multilingual-learners/book274400]**

Also Tan Huynh and Beth Skelton's Long-Term Success for Experienced Multilinguals [https://www.corwin.com/books/long-term-success-for-exp-multi-282896?srsltid=AfmBOorTNJsqqwMAEocIm_UIhUKex3v0RAoc8MkpOIs1Vw_XUvSjdqdf]* *

What are you waiting for, register for the National Summit for Improvement in Education [https://hthgse.edu/events/national-summit-on-improvement-in-education/] before you miss out!

Check out this Blog Post [https://www.partnersinschools.org/blog/seeing-and-hearing-multilingual-learners-shadowing-empathy-interviews-and-amplifying-student-voices] from Partners in School Innovation with resources for student shadowing and so much more!

Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education [https://hthgse.edu/]

S7E8 - The Power of Shadowing Multilingual Learners

Episode Notes

Alec Patton talks to Lincoln High School Principal Melissa Agudelo about the challenges of bringing exhibitions of student learning to a large urban high school, and how they made it successful by literally doing everything all at once.

Want do bring exhibitions to your school, or take your exhibition game to the next level? Check out our resources here [https://hthgse.edu/tag/exhibition/]!

Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education [https://hthgse.edu/]

S7E7 - How Exhibitions of Learning Came to Lincoln High School

Episode Notes

Alec Patton talks to Michael McDonald, Steven Rinaldo, and Tarima Levine about how Yonkers Public Schools and Bank Street Education Center improved eighth grade math proficiency particularly for students who are Black, Latinx, or experiencing poverty.

Learn more about the curriculum Yonkers used, i-Ready Mathematics [https://login.i-ready.com/]

Read this Case Study [https://www.leadingthroughlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Driver-B_Bank-Street-Case.pdf] to learn more about Yonkers' work

Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education [https://hthgse.edu/]

S7E6 - Building Trust with Data: A District-Wide Approach to Improving Math Proficiency

Episode Notes

Alec Patton talks to PBLWorks Lead National Faculty in Math Bryon Demerson about why led him to shift from being a highly successful "traditional" math teacher to embracing project-based learning.

Read Bryon's blog post: Overcoming PBL Hesitancy in the Math Classroom: A Teacher&#x27;s Journey [https://www.pblworks.org/blog/overcoming-pbl-hesitancy-math-classroom-teachers-journey]

Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education [https://hthgse.edu/]

S7E5 - Why PBLWorks' Bryon Demerson Went from Test Prep to PBL in Math

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