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The Open SystemFostering Inclusive and Disruptive Discussions in Education with Chris StewartIn this episode of The Open System, guest Chris Stewart joins Landon Mascareñaz, Doannie Tran and Stephen Hurley to discuss the pressing need for redesigning education and reigniting democracy.Chris Stewart is Chief Executive Officer for brightbeam, a nonprofit network of education activists demanding a better education and a brighter future for every child. Chris is a lifelong activist and 20-year supporter of nonprofit and education-related causes. Chris blogs and tweets under the name Citizen Stewart. He is based in Minneapolis. (bio excerpted from Ednavigator) The conversation explores the disconnect between research and prac...2024-08-0343 minThe Open SystemEmbracing Democratic Innovation in School Systems with Matt LeighningerDoannie Tran, Landon Mascareña and Stephen Hurley are joined by Matt Leighninger as we continue to explore the intersection between education and democracyand how to innovate and adapt our systems to meet the evolving needs of 21st-century citizens.Matt Leighninger directs the Center for Democracy Innovation at the National Civic League. He leads the Center’s work in strengthening democratic infrastructure, organizing national engagement efforts, and measuring the quality of engagement and democracy.Matt has been one of the central figures in democracy innovation over the last twenty years. As a network-builder, convener, aut...2024-07-1240 minThe Open SystemEP 06 Provoking and Creating - Inside The Open System's Next ConversationsJoin Landon Mascareñaz, Doannie Tran and Stephen Hurley, as they explore "provoking" as a powerful part of the process of moving to open systems in education. In this short episode, the importance of provoking closed systems and the need for radical clarity and inclusive and creative democracy.Key Takeaways:1. Provoking Closed Systems: the role of provocation in breaking open closed systems within education, and why provocation is crucial for initiating change.2. Radical Clarity: the concept of radical clarity and how it is different from traditional clarity, and i...2024-03-0124 minThe Open SystemEP 05 Organizing Beyond the System - Community-Centric Strategies with Mary MoranMary D. Moran is a futurist, an organizer and the Executive Director of Nuestra Voz, a nation-building organization, anchoring ancestry while building Black and Brown solidarity in New Orleans.in this episode, Doannie Tran, Landon Mascareñaz and Stephen Hurley welcome Mary Moran for a compelling conversation that dives into the heart of community involvement and the pressing need for education systems to embrace the rich history and knowledge within communities. Listeners are invited to explore how educational and political landscapes can be reshaped when they are rooted in ancestral wisdom and powered by community-driven change.2024-02-1636 minThe Open SystemEP 04 Co-Creation in Learning - Partnerships That Transform Communities with Bibb HubbardIn this episode, Stephen Hurley, Doannie Tran and Landon Mascareñaz are joined by Bibb Hubbard, founder and President of Learning Heroes, an organization formed to help parents most effectively advocate on behalf of their children’s educational success.Join us as we uncover the untapped potential of family engagement and discuss how education can be a catalyst for democracy.Three key takeaways from this episode:Empower Families as Partners: Co-creation is more than a buzzword – it's about schools recognizing parents as valued colla...2024-01-2950 minThe Open SystemEP 03 Unleashing Creative Partnerships - Hanseul Kang on Open LeadershipIn this episode we are joined by Hanseul Kang, Assistant Dean and Executive Director of The Broad Center at the Yale School of Management. Listen in as Landon Mascareñaz, Doannie Tran and Stephen Hurley explore the vital role of open leadership in education and its impact on democracy. Hanseul Kang shares her comprehensive experience in engaging communities through innovative tools and inclusive strategies to build a vibrant local democracy, particularly in the context of school choices.A few key takeaways: Trust through Engagement: Highlighting the critical role of developing trust in educational l...2024-01-1141 min
#SundayCivicsPutting the Public Back In Public EducationThe importance of public education can never be overstated. Yet, even with reforms, public education falls short of benefiting the communities they are supposed to serve. What could happen if the public is given more than just a seat at the table, but an active part to play in partnership with educators in creating a promise fulfilling educational system? L. Joy brings Drs. Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran to the front of the class to break down how an open education system works.2024-01-0900 min
Radio Active MagazineRedesigning Education and Reigniting DemocracyDoannie Tran joins host Craig Lubow to talk about his book with Landon Mascarenaz, The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy This book discusses what they as educators found to […]
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Radio Active MagazineRedesigning Education and Reigniting DemocracyDoannie Tran joins host Craig Lubow to talk about his book with Landon Mascarenaz, The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy This book discusses what they as educators found to […]
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Radio Active MagazineRedesigning Education and Reigniting DemocracyDoannie Tran joins host Craig Lubow to talk about his book with Landon Mascarenaz, The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy This book discusses what they as educators found to […] The post Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy appeared first on KKFI.2023-09-2630 min
The Authority Podcast — Expert Insights and Fresh Ideas for Education LeadersThe Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy with Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran - The Authority Podcast 60Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran are co-founders of The Open System Institute and authors of The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy (Harvard Education Press). In this episode, Ross, Landon and Doannie discuss: The common trait in failing schools: families are cut off from the decision-making process and administrators are divorced from the realities of their students’ lives.Defining an “open system”Open systems are “adaptable and responsive to the needs of students, families, and communities.”Importance of strengthening community relationshipsThe process of co-creating agreementsAbundance PartnershipsAre there appropriate guardrails around open systems...2023-09-1848 min
The Democracy GroupOpen System for Democracy: Landon Mascareñaz & Doannie Tran | Future HindsightLandon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran are co-authors of The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy. Education is our greatest democracy-building endeavor. We discuss rebuilding trust in public education and marshaling the public will to do something great together.The democratic act is in the spark of everyday interactions with our community, such as in schools. Families and communities should be an integral part of the way that schools function. We need to practice new ways of making decisions together as a society, and education is a fertile place for this practice. Doannie reminds us that “If...2023-08-0745 min
New Books in Big IdeasLandon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran, "The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy" ((Harvard Education Press, 2023)Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran propose that, even as events of this decade have exposed stress points in existing top-down, closed systems within education and other public institutions, they have also created prime opportunities to rethink and redesign those systems in ways that encourage civic participation and invigorate local democracy.In The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy (Harvard Education Press, 2023), Mascareñaz and Tran argue for a critical revitalization of public education centered in openness, an organization design concept in which an entity receives, considers, and acts on input from the community it serves. As th...2023-08-0632 min
New Books in Higher EducationLandon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran, "The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy" ((Harvard Education Press, 2023)Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran propose that, even as events of this decade have exposed stress points in existing top-down, closed systems within education and other public institutions, they have also created prime opportunities to rethink and redesign those systems in ways that encourage civic participation and invigorate local democracy.In The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy (Harvard Education Press, 2023), Mascareñaz and Tran argue for a critical revitalization of public education centered in openness, an organization design concept in which an entity receives, considers, and acts on input from the community it serves. As th...2023-08-0635 min
New Books in Public PolicyLandon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran, "The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy" ((Harvard Education Press, 2023)Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran propose that, even as events of this decade have exposed stress points in existing top-down, closed systems within education and other public institutions, they have also created prime opportunities to rethink and redesign those systems in ways that encourage civic participation and invigorate local democracy.In The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy (Harvard Education Press, 2023), Mascareñaz and Tran argue for a critical revitalization of public education centered in openness, an organization design concept in which an entity receives, considers, and acts on input from the community it serves. As th...2023-08-0635 min
New Books in EducationLandon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran, "The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy" ((Harvard Education Press, 2023)Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran propose that, even as events of this decade have exposed stress points in existing top-down, closed systems within education and other public institutions, they have also created prime opportunities to rethink and redesign those systems in ways that encourage civic participation and invigorate local democracy.In The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy (Harvard Education Press, 2023), Mascareñaz and Tran argue for a critical revitalization of public education centered in openness, an organization design concept in which an entity receives, considers, and acts on input from the community it serves. As th...2023-08-0635 min
Future HindsightOpen System for Democracy: Landon Mascareñaz & Doannie TranThursday, July 27th, 2023 Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran are co-authors of The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy. Education is our greatest democracy-building endeavor. We discuss rebuilding trust in public education and marshaling the public will to do something great together. The democratic act is in the spark of everyday interactions with our community, such as in schools. Families and communities should be an integral part of the way that schools function. We need to practice new ways of making decisions together as a society, and education is a fer...2023-07-2745 minFuture HindsightOpen System for Democracy: Landon Mascareñaz & Doannie TranThursday, July 27th, 2023 Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran are co-authors of The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy. Education is our greatest democracy-building endeavor. We discuss rebuilding trust in public education and marshaling the public will to do something great together. The democratic act is in the spark of everyday interactions with our community, such as in schools. Families and communities should be an integral part of the way that schools function. We need to practice new ways of making decisions together as a society, and education is a fer...2023-07-2745 min
Ethical SchoolsOpening up: Recreating schools as a community
Drs. Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran, co-authors of “The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy,” talk about co-creating and co-producing school initiatives with parents and community members. “Openness” is a radical departure from legacy closed systems, and begins with “openers,” those committed to ensuring that all stakeholders, especially those traditionally far from power, are full participants. The opening process can start in one classroom, one school, or one district, and can be adapted in other settings.
Overview
00:00-00:39 Intros00:39-02:08 Definition of an Open System02:08-09:02 3 phases of shifting a system towards openn...2023-07-1540 min
NHASCD Spotlight: A PodcastUsing Civic Engagement to Re-Energize Schools with Doannie TranDoannie Tran is the author of The Open System: Redesigning Education, & Reigniting Democracy with co-author Landon Mascareñaz. This episode explores how open communication between education stakeholders can improve equity and bolster public trust in our schools. The honest, daily exchange of ideas can counteract the overheated confrontations at school board meetings and the lack of civility regarding schools on social media.
ABOUT
Dr. Doannie Tran is a partner at the Center for Innovation in Education. He formerly served as an assistant superintendent for the Academics and Professional Learning Department in Boston Public Schools and t...2023-07-0630 min
Getting Smart PodcastLandon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran on The Open SystemOn this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Rebecca Midles is joined by Landon Mascareñaz an educator, writer, and vice president of community partnership at the Colorado Education Initiative. We’re also joined by Doannie Tran, a partner at the Center for Innovation in Education. Their new book, The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy makes the case that education is our greatest democracy-building endeavor, and through opening it up to the communities it serves and redesigning public systems, we can reimagine and reinvigorating our democracy and countless other shared pursuits of our society. L...2023-06-1629 min
Education PerspectivesEP 11 Dr. Landon Mascareñaz & Dr. Doannie Tran: The Open SystemPODCAST EPISODE 11 Dr. Landon Mascareñaz & Dr. Doannie TranThe Open System Institute Quotes of the Podcast – "Fortune favors the bold""We can succeed only by concert. It is not "can any of us imagine better?" but, "can we all do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we...2023-06-0945 min
Talking to GrandmaDenver Voices: Stories of Language Loss and Preservation in the Denver CommunityLast year, our work with the Language Preservation Project took us to Denver as we began to design and think about our programming for educators and families. We met with a lot of great people in the community who all had their own journeys with language preservation and language loss. In this episode, we thought we’d highlight the voices of Denver as they share their stories. You’ll hear stories from Claudia & Gerardo Muñoz from the Too Dope Teachers podcast, Ambar Suero from RootED, Principal Nivan Khosravi from Denver Public Schools, Karolina Villagrana from KIPP Public Schools, Lando...2023-02-0724 min
The Ednium PodcastEp 36. Open Systems W/ Landon MascareñazLandon is the Vice President for Community Partnerships at The Colorado Education Initiative. In his role, he is responsible for district implementation work in the Denver Metro Area, Northeastern Colorado and Southwestern Colorado. His projects include the Homegrown Talent Initiative (focused on rural economic development), Youth Connections (Social Emotional Development) and launching local efforts for community-driven change. He also leads the organizations efforts rethinking accountability in Colorado and how we might reframe the questions toward what families and communities need from the system. He leads the organizational partnership initiatives and integrating how we might work with communities to open s...2022-03-161h 04
A608 After Hours(10-8-21) Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran founded the Open System Institute in 2020 to develop the capacity of leaders(10-8-21) Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran founded the Open System Institute in 2020 to develop the capacity of leaders to co-create and co-produce with communities across the country--towards reimagining and reinvigorating our democracy and countless other shared pursuits of our society. Landon is the Vice President for Community Partnerships at The Colorado Education Initiative where he is responsible for district implementation work in the Denver Metro Area, Northeastern Colorado and Southwestern Colorado. Doannie is the Partner for Liberatory Co-Creation at the Center for Innovation in Education where he focuses on family and community empowerment as a lever for systems...2021-11-0343 min
National Rural Education Association Official PodcastS02E03 – Rural Education Collaboratives, Partnerships, and the methods for organizing the community of the willing. An interview with Ms. Shannon Nicholas at Colorado Succeeds and Dr. Landon Mascareñaz at Colorado Education Initiative.For this episode of the Rural Voice, our cohosts Drs. Bigham and Pratt interview Dr. Landon Mascareñaz and Ms. Shannon Nicholas about rural planning, partnerships, and connections between business and education and ways to capitalize on partnerships to better serve rural school districts. They discuss their work and advocacy in Colorado to connect rural school districts with partnerships that align market needs with educational goals. This includes how rural districts of different sizes capitalize on outcomes, goals, and building graduate profiles, including the larger community in its deployment. Our guests share how career-connected learning and partnerships have helped many s...2021-08-3032 min
The Open System PodcastNovember/December Podcast: Dr. Blake NoelHappy Holidays to everyone in The Open System universe. This month, I’m bringing you a special podcast on a critical and essential topic of interrupting bias and racism in our schools through restoring dignity to students.
Our guest this month is Dr. Blake Noel, who recently completed his doctorate at the University of Michigan. We work in similar circles and we’ve spoken at length about the subject of his dissertation and how it connects to the open system concept. I asked Blake to sit down and walk us through his argument and contribution to the fiel...2018-12-1200 minThe Open System PodcastSeptember Podcast: Brian EschbacherIn our current education discourse, there is major debate and challenges
around the ideas of “choice” and “access.” I’m very interested in the
intersection between school systems that embark on choice and access
initiatives and the relationship they have to creating an open system.
I invited my former colleague at Denver Public Schools, Brian Eschbacher,
to join the September podcast for a conversation on these ideas:
* What is a public space in education? What obligation do we have to
meet unique needs?
* How does the market analogy apply in education? How does it not?
* How does planning and choice walk hand...2018-09-1800 minThe Open System PodcastAugust Podcast: Wisdom AmouzouHey everyone. I hope you had an amazing summer and are getting ready for a
great school year.
While I recorded this podcast before the end of the school year, life
events conspired to get in the way. But that's how things work and I'm
super excited for it to come out now in August.
Wisdom is a great leader in the space. Since our podcast was recorded, his
school was approved. He is an incredible speaker and thinker in working
with families and bringing new people into new visions for education.2018-08-0700 minThe Open System PodcastApril Podcast: 1647 with Glennys Sanchez and Ann WalshHappy April!
I'm excited for our April Open System podcast starring two great leaders from Massachusetts: Glennys Sanchez and Ann Walsh. 1647 is a leading family engagement organization in MA, focused on ensuring that schools have the tools and resources they need to be working with parents and families. In the podcast, we hear from Glennys and Anne about how the organization got it's name, the origins of why this work matters to them and how they are pivoting to ensure greater buy-in from schools. This podcast is a must listen if you're interested in the...2018-04-2400 minThe Open System PodcastMarch - Reilly Pharo Carter with Climb Higher ColoradoA discussion with Reilly Pharo Carter, an amazing ed leader in Colorado who leads from an open system mentality and practice.2018-03-1500 minThe Open System PodcastFebruary Podcast - Dr. Ivan DuranWelcome to the second Open System podcast! Thanks everyone for your great
feedback and comments on the first podcast.
For the second podcast, I had the chance to sit down with a longtime friend
and colleague, Dr. Ivan Duran. Dr. Duran is the Superintendent of Bellevue
Public Schools in Washington state.
I've know Dr. Duran from our time together in Denver Public Schools, where
I knew him as a champion of family engagement as a major priority while he
was in charge of all elementary schools in the district.
In the podcast, we discuss why he got involved in education, why he...2018-02-2000 minThe Open System PodcastJanuary - Natalie Lewis, Kansas City School Board Member & Education PowerhouseA podcast interview with powerhouse and Kansas City School Board member, Natalie Lewis. 2018-01-3100 min