Type Of Content: Podcast

ExtraOrdinary Districts in ExtraOrdinary Times – Season Four

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In ExtraOrdinary Districts in Extraordinary Times, Karin Chenoweth interviews expert educators about the problems they face, the solutions they fashion, and what they hope will come out of this time.

ExtraOrdinary Districts in ExtraOrdinary Times

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In ExtraOrdinary Districts in Extraordinary Times, Karin Chenoweth interviews expert educators about the problems they face, the solutions they fashion, and what they hope will come out of this time.

ExtraOrdinary Districts: Discussion of Seaford, Delaware

microphone December 16, 2019 by EdTrust

To talk about the progress Seaford has made in the last few years Ed Trust brought together Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, author Richard Kahlenberg, and Sharon Brittingham, a Seaford native who is a former principal and today coaches principals throughout Delaware.

ExtraOrdinary Districts: Seaford, Delaware

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Seaford, Delaware, was the “Nylon Capital of the World” until DuPont closed its plant. Today it has twice the rate of poverty as the rest of the state.

ExtraOrdinary Districts: Lane, Oklahoma

microphone November 25, 2019 by EdTrust

A small, kindergarten-through-8th-grade district in rural Oklahoma, Lane was identified by Sean Reardon, Professor of Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University, as one of the few districts in the country that “grow” its students almost six academic years in five calendar years.

ExtraOrdinary Districts: Live!

microphone November 18, 2019 by EdTrust

To kick off Season 2 of ExtraOrdinary Districts, we brought together an all-star panel to discuss school district improvement. Janice Jackson, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Harvard University’s Ronald F. Ferguson, and University of Michigan’s Nell Duke.

ExtraOrdinary Districts Season 2

microphone October 18, 2019 by EdTrust

In season two we travel to two rural districts and one suburban district to talk with thoughtful educators about the hard work they have put in to develop systems and ways of operating to continuously improve the learning of students.

Special Edition: Segregation, Integration and the Milford 11

microphone May 17, 2019 by EdTrust

To mark the 65th anniversary of the Brown versus Board of Education ruling, Ed Trust created a special edition of ExtraOrdinary Districts.

Special Edition: ExtraOrdinary Districts Need Extraordinary School Leaders. How Do We Get More of Them?

microphone April 12, 2018 by EdTrust

One of the key lessons that emerged in Education Trust’s podcast, “ExtraOrdinary Districts,” is that improvement requires leadership at the school level.