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...

The potential for hard fun with gamified learning

Host: Kathleen VailGuest: John Hendron In our third and final episode dedicated to the topic of gamification, John Hendron chats with Kathleen Vail on the potential for hard fun in our pursuit of learner engagement with gamification. We explore user stories, the...