Podcasts
Teach Your Kids That Their Health Matters!
Teach your child how to support their own health and safety by showing them how. Arrange an annual wellness checkup with your local healthcare provider. Teach your kids the lifelong lesson that their health matters!
Back-to-School 2023 Podcast: Academic Recovery
Academic Recovery: What does it mean to students and what does it look like to teachers and administrators? In this first of the series, Richard Long, LFA Executive Director discusses academic recovery with a student, assistant principal, principal, and assistant superintendent.
Student Podcast Series #1: Student Voice on Safety in Schools
Safety can mean different things to each of us. In this podcast, students discuss what safety in their schools means to them and what it looks like.
Student Podcast Series #2: Student Voice on Engagement in Schools
In this podcast students discuss how they experience meaningful engagement in the learning process.
Student Podcast Series #3: Student Voice on Equity in Schools
Students discuss what equitable spaces in school means to them and how they define it.
Creating Inclusive Learning Spaces
How do we create an inclusive space where all students feel they belong and can learn? Daryl Howard, Ph.D. discusses strategies that make a difference.
Communicating During a Pandemic
Cathy Kedjidjian, president-elect of the National School Public Relations Association, discusses the role of communications in connecting school staff, families, and communities.
Supporting Students’ Mental Health
Alma Lopez, the 2022 School Counselor of the Year, discusses the role of school counselors and the steps she's taking to ensure students are mentally healthy and able to get back on track academically.
Using Technology in New Ways in Education
Steve Langford, Chair of the Board of Directors of The Consortium for School Network (CoSN), discusses the everchanging learning environment and how technology can advance student learning.
School Leadership: Reinventing, Reimagining, and Redesigning
Beth Houf, a Missouri middle school principal, and the 2022 NASSP National Principal of the Year, discusses the big picture in school leadership, what's different, and what's needed to be successful.
Parents and Educators Working Together for Students’ Success
Anna King, the 2021-23 National PTA president, discusses empowering parents to engage and collaborate with their children's educators, have those tough conversations, and help make their children's potential a reality.
How Covid-19 is Affecting Learning
Paul Wenger, Iowa elementary school principal and president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, discusses the effects the Covid-19 pandemic has had on learning.