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Innovating EducationInnovating Education with Kathy Curry and Daniel Hamlin (OKEII)In this episode, Ed and Jentre visit with Kathy Curry and Daniel Hamlin of the Oklahoma Education Impact Initiative (OKEII). The Oklahoma Education Impact Initiative is a non-profit initiative dedicated to rapidly transforming Oklahoma's public education system. The initiative is undertaking a comprehensive research effort conducted by an independent team of leading scholars from Oklahoma.This research team is surveying representative samples of Oklahomans, including: school principals and superintendents, school board members, teachers, staff, parents and family of students, and the general public. OKEII’s primary research objective is to understand what...2025-02-2840 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with Evan Rahman & Renee Venagas (Khan Academy) In this episode, Ed and Jentre visit with Evan Rahman and Renee Venagas from Khan Academy. We discuss Khan Academy’s latest project, Khanmigo–an AI-powered personal tutor and teaching assistant. As a globally trusted education nonprofit, Khan Academy has reached hundreds of millions of users with their mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Note our December episode featuring Sal Khan.In the past year, AI has taken the world by storm. Together we consider the role of AI in...2024-04-2437 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with La Verne Ford WimberlyIn this episode, Ed and Jentre visit with Dr. La Verne Ford Wimberly. Dr. Wimberly is a veteran career educator who played a role in desegregating the Tulsa Public school system. She later became the first interim African American female superintendent of TPS and has a trail of honors in her wake, including her latest honor as the inaugural recipient of the Ellis Walker Woods Award given by the Brock Institute in partnership with OSU-Tulsa. Dr. Wimberly was most recently the chairperson of the Greenwood Cultural Center Board of Directors and the chair of the Board of Tr...2024-02-2129 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with Danish KuraniIn this episode, Ed and Jentre visit with Danish Kurani, architect and chief designer at Kurani, an architecture studio which designs education centers, public places, and community spaces to help people connect, learn, and feel a sense of belongingDanish’s philosophy, Baaham, treats architecture as an active participant in our daily lives, and he has been cultivating this approach over the past 20 years. He has taught at Harvard and Stanford, designed for Google and Khan Academy, and advised Fortune 100 companies and governments who seek out his expertise in designing spaces that drive progress an...2024-01-1743 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with Sal KhanIn this episode, Ed and John Brock visit with Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, a nonprofit organization with the mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone anywhere. Khan Academy’s content and mastery learning platform has more than 145 million registered users from around the world and has been translated into more than 50 languages. The organization partners with school districts across the country that serve students who are historically under-resourced.Sal is also the founder of Khan Lab School, a nonprofit laboratory school in Mountain View, California, a c...2023-12-0631 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with Lee GordonIn this episode, Ed and Jentre visit with Lee Gordon. Lee is the co-founder of Hand in Hand, an Israeli non-profit organization that has created a network of integrated public schools serving Arab and Jewish children. Starting with just 50 students in 1998, Hand in Hand now has six campuses serving over 2,000 Jewish and Arab students and is making a significant impact in Israel for Jewish-Arab partnership, coexistence and shared society. Beyond the classroom, Hand in Hand engages over 3,000 Jewish and Arab adults in its joint community programs.Lee lived in Israel for 20 years and...2023-11-0838 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with Sanjeev AroraIn this episode, Jentre and Ed visit with Sanjeev Arora, the director and founder of Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Health Outcomes). He is a distinguished professor in internal medicine at the University of New Mexico and the recipient of the Heinz Award for Public Policy, Rosenthal Award, and American Telemedicine Association President’s Award. Dr. Arora was also the 2021 Laureate of the Brock Prize for Education Innovation. Dr. Arora developed Project ECHO, which uses technology to connect underserved communities with experts in their fields of interest, creating networks for knowledge sharing, mentoring, and best...2023-09-0640 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with April Grace“We can’t do 1960’s industrialized factory-model education with 21st century learners.” In this episode, Ed and Jentre visit with April Grace, Superintendent of Shawnee Pawnee Schools. With over 35 years of experience working in public education, April brings with her a wealth of knowledge and proven leadership experience. Dr. Grace has won a plethora of awards for her excellence and innovation in leadership, namely she was awarded the 2021 Oklahoma Superintendent of the Year, which is the highest state-level honor an Oklahoma superintendent can earn. She has been a model leader through many challenges, including the historic 2...2023-06-0737 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with Autumn Tooms Cyrès"Learning and leadership are intertwined like a möbius strip.” In this episode, Jentre and Ed visit with Dr. Autumn Tooms Cyprès. Dr. Cyprès is the founding Dean for West Virginia University’s College of Applied Human Sciences. As a scholar and practitioner, she focuses on servant leadership and the overlap of education, health, wellness and prosperity. Prior to this appointment at WVU, Cyprès spent four years at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, first as the dean for the School of Education and most recently as the school’s associate provost. 2023-05-031h 00Innovating EducationInnovating Education with William ParkerIn this episode, Jentre and Ed visit with William Parker. William is the Founder of Principal Matters, LLC, an educator, author, and speaker who uses his expertise in school culture, leadership and communication to equip educators with solutions and strategies for motivating students, inspiring teachers, and reaching communities.Together, they discuss William’s experience as the executive director of Oklahoma’s Association of Secondary Principals and Oklahoma’s Middle Level Educator Association as well as his success in his former role as the principal of Skiatook High School, near Tulsa, Oklahoma.Will...2023-04-0534 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with Sugata Mitra & Jeff McClellen (Part 2)In this second episode of a two part series, Jentre and Ed follow up with Sugata Mitra and Jeff McClellen after Sugata’s 2022 Brock Prize Symposium talk. Jeff is the founding director of StartSOLE. StartSOLE helps educators and students implement student centered, inquiry-based learning experiences using self-organized learning environments (SOLE). Together we take a deep dive into SOLE and discuss how you can apply SOLE in your context.Links: www.startsole.orgwww.cevesm.comEmail: jeff@startsole.orgT...2023-03-0159 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with Sugata Mitra (Part 1: 2022 Brock Prize Symposium)What should we be looking for in students…Computing, Comprehension, and Communication”In this episode, Jentre and Ed introduce a two part series featuring the 2022 Brock Prize laureate, Sugata Mitra. In Part I, you will hear Sugata’s talk at the 2022 Brock Prize SymposiumSugata is best known in the education community for developing the concept of self-organized learning environments (SOLEs) following his groundbreaking “Hole in the Wall” experiment in 1999, where he placed a computer in the wall of a slum in India and observed that given the right circ...2023-02-0135 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with John Brock“The most important thing we do in this life is educate our children” (John Brock). In this episode, Jentre and Ed visit with John Brock, founder of the Brock Prize in Education Innovation. The Brock Prize exists to find the best educational ideas that make positive societal impact, award the originators of those ideas, and showcase their concepts and practices to the world. John’s life has been marked with a dedication to family, friends, and philanthropy. John achieved success over a dynamic career in the oil and gas industry. At 92 an...2023-01-0419 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with Ellen Moir“When new teachers get into school settings with talented teachers, and they partner…together the school community becomes the hub of hopefulness.” In this episode, Jentre and Ed visit with Ellen Moir, founder and past Chief Executive Officer of New Teacher Center (NTC), a national organization dedicated to improving student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of new teachers, experienced teachers, and school leaders. She is recognized as a passionate advocate for our nation’s newest teachers and for the students they teach. Ellen received the 2014 Brock International Prize in Education for her work in scaling h...2022-12-0738 minInnovating EducationInnovating Education with Rick Miller“A good education changes what you know. A great education changes who you are.” In this episode, Ed and Jentre visit with Rick Miller, the first employee and appointed President of distinguished Olin College of Engineering outside Boston, MA. Rick received the 2017 Brock International Prize in Education for leading Olin’s innovative approach to teaching engineering. Together we discuss the storied success of Olin as well as Rick’s latest project on the coalition for life transformative education.Richard K. Miller was appointed President and first employee of Olin College of Engineering in 1999. In June 202...2022-11-0245 minInnovating EducationTrailer: Innovating EducationWelcome to Innovating Education, where we introduce our audience to leading change-makers whose innovative ideas are shaping the rapidly evolving educational landscape. Our audience includes educational leaders, policy-makers, academics, K-12 educators, parents and families, and anyone who is interested in ideas that influence how we learn, think, and act. The Innovating Education Podcast is hosted by Ed Harris, PhD, and Jentre Olsen, PhD. Ed is Professor Emeritus at Oklahoma State University with over 35 years of experience in educational leadership and the Administrator for the Brock Prize in Education I...2022-10-2404 min