Voices from the Pipeline – Part 2

Growing the Pipeline—How Community and Leadership Sustain Renton’s Teacher Academy (Part 2) In Part 2 of our conversation with Carla Smith and her colleagues from Renton Public Schools in Washington, we take a deeper look at how their Teacher Academy evolved from a...

Voices from the Pipeline – Part 1

From Curiosity to Calling: Building Renton’s Teacher Pipeline (Part 1) How do you turn high school students into future teachers—and bring them back to serve their own community? In Part 1 of our conversation recorded in mid-February 2026, we travel to Renton School...

Breaking the Cycle: Why Male Educators Matter

Host: Dr. Scott McLeod, PDK Distinguished Educator FellowGuest: Owen Elsasser, Educators Rising National Vice President of Communications In this episode, Dr. Scott McLeod, PDK Distinguished Educator Fellow and Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of...