Charter School Superstars

This week, Ryan sits with Geoffrey Roehm, the Executive Director of the Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School in Brooklyn. On this episode, Geoffrey talks about what makes his school unique and...

This week, Ryan sits with Dr. Bridget Jones and Kelley Bailey, the Director of Customer Success at Scribbles Software, and the Enrollment Coordinator at Greer Middle College Charter High School. On th...

This week, Ryan sits with Diana Diaz-Harrison, the founder and CEO of the Mission Achievement and Success Charter School, a high performing charter in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On this episode, JoAnn t...

This week, Ryan sits with Dr. Troy A. Monroe and Dr. Marie Gordon Hall, the Executive Director and the Academic Director of Jumoke Academy. On this episode, our guests talk about the uniqueness behind...

This week, Ryan sits with Diana Diaz-Harrison, the founder and executive director of Arizona Autism Charter Schools. On this episode, Diana talks about what she loves the most about the Arizona Autism...

This week, Ryan sits with Shawn Young, the CEO and co-founder of Classcraft. On this episode, Shawn talks about the use of video game psychology and how a Classcraft class looks different than a tradi...

This week, Ryan sits with Matt DeHart and Cam McKennedy, representatives from the Teach from DeHart Foundation. On this episode, the start of Teach from DeHart Foundation and their inspiration behind ...

This week, Ryan sits with Stefanny Andujar, a licensed clinical social worker and the manager of student support systems for the Ascend Public Charter Schools network in Brooklyn, New York. On this ep...

This week, Ryan sits with Adam Geller, the CEO of Edthena, a video-based teacher coaching platform. On this episode, Adam talks about Edthena and the work that he does with his company. Adam also talk...

This week, Ryan sits with Michael Barber, a celebrated education marketing expert who specializes in enrollment marketing and branding for charter schools. On this episode, Michael talks about educati...

This week, Ryan sits with Rob Buelow, this week is Senior Vice President at Vector Solutions. On this episode, Rob talks about the work that he does in creating safer, healthier schools. Rob also talk...

This week, Ryan sits with Stephanie Taylor, the Director of Clinical Innovation at Presence . On this episode, Stephanie talks about the importance of mental health support, curriculum, and training t...

This week, Ryan sits with Brooklin Trover, the National Director of Content and Implementation for Curriculum Associates. On this episode, Brooklin talks about the limitations in the conventional RTI/...

This week, Ryan sits with JD Smith, the Director of Career Readiness at the Reach Cyber Charter School in Pennsylvania. On this episode, JD talks about the work that he does at Reach Cyber Charter Sch...

This week, Ryan sits with Chris Klein, the Head of Education for Avantis Education. On this episode, Chris talks about the metaverse and the role that the metaverse plays in K-12 education. Chris also...

This week, Ryan sits with Liliana Salazar, the National Director of Special Education and Student Support for Academica and the host of the Teach The Way They Learn podcast. On this episode, Lily talk...

This week, Ryan sits with Ralph Krauss, the digital innovations director at Pinecrest Academy schools and the creator of Edutainment Learning, a virtual guest speaker program for schools. On this epis...

This week, Ryan sits down with Angie Christophe, the Producer of the 2022 National Charter School Conference. Angie talks to Ryan about what to expect at this year’s event and has some advice for new ...

This week, Ryan sits with Alyssa Zabala, a student at the Doral Academy charter high school and the ace pitcher for Doral Academy’s softball team. On this episode, Alyssa talks about her softball care...

This week, Ryan sits with Josh Chernikoff, an entrepreneur, strategist, and the founder of Cascade Communications. On this episode, Josh talks about the term of “breaking things” when it comes to entr...

This week, Ryan sits with Monica Strain, the HR Specialist for Training and Professional Development at Springs Charter Schools. On this episode, Monica talks about Springs Charter Schools, the school...

This week, Ryan sits down with Christine McCracken, the SEL coordinator for Rowe Middle school in Chicago, Illinois. On this episode, Christine talks about what makes her school unique and SEL through...

This week, we conclude our series of interviews live from the 2021 Florida Charter School Conference in Orlando, Florida. Ryan sits with Judy Marty, the new President of Doral College. On this episode...

This week, we continue our series of interviews live from the 2021 Florida Charter School Conference in Orlando, Florida. Ryan sits with Ralph Krauss, the digital innovations director at Pinecrest Aca...

This week, we continue our series of interviews live from the 2021 Florida Charter School Conference in Orlando, Florida. Ryan sits with Idalia Suarez, the principal of Somerset Academy Oaks and Somer...

This week, we continue our series of interviews live from the 2021 Florida Charter School Conference in Orlando, Florida. Ryan sits with Lyman Millard, the founding partner of Bloomwell Group, a natio...

This week, we continue our series of interviews live from the 2021 Florida Charter School Conference in Orlando, Florida. Ryan sits with Cory Oliver, the Principal of Somerset Jefferson K-12 in Montic...

This week, Live from the 2021 Florida Charter School Conference in Orlando, Ryan sits with Blaire Jackson, the Director of Community Relations for Chrysalis Health, a provider of behavioral and mental...

This week, Ryan sits down with Anu Mahajan, the CEO of TinkRworks. On this episode, Anu talks about the terminology “STEAM” learning as opposed to STEM. Anu also talks about building effective teacher...

This week, Ryan sits down with Rhonda Dillingham, the executive director of the North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools. On this episode, Rhonda talks about how the charter school moveme...

This week, Ryan sits down with Jim Lee, the enterprise sales director at Vector Solutions. On this episode, Jim talks about his interest in school safety and common safety issues recurring in school. ...

This week, Ryan sits down with Lynn Norman-Teck, the Executive Director of the Florida Charter School Alliance. On this episode, Lynn talks about how the charter school movement has grown over the pas...

This week, Ryan sits down with Tafshier Cosby and Maritza Guridy, the Director of Organizing and the Northeast Regional Organizer for the National Parents Union. On this episode, our guests talk about...

This week, Ryan sits down with Dr. Kat Reinhert and Dr. Sarah Gulish, music educators and the creators of the Songwriting for Music Educators books and courses. On this episode, our guests talk about ...

This week, Ryan sits down with Christopher Hines, the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Crescent City Schools in Louisiana and Jessica Johnson, the General Counsel for Strive Preparatory ...

This week, Ryan sits down with Remi Del Mar, a senior product manager at electronics manufacturer Epson. On this episode, Remi talks about her interest in electronics and the rise of augmented reality...

This week, Ryan sits down with Indy Goodwin Mack, third grade teacher at Jefferson County K-12: a Somerset Academy Charter School in Monticello, Florida. On this episode, Indy talks about her role at ...

This week, Ryan sits down with Alyssa and Mackenzie, two students at the Pinecrest Preparatory Middle High school in Miami, Florida. Alyssa and Mackenzie are officers at PPMH's Student Government Asso...

This week, Ryan sits with Lyman Millard, the founding partner of Bloomwell Group, a national consulting company that works with charter schools and nonprofits to formulate effective solutions to their...

This week, Ryan sits with Ayden Jent, a charter school alum and paralympic track and field athlete. Recently, Ayden was honored as a 30 Under 30 Changemaker by the National Alliance for Public Charter...

This week, Ryan sits with Victoria Galarraga, an alum of the Doral Academy Charter High School Doral, Florida and a recent graduate of Georgetown University. On this episode, Victoria reflects on her ...

This week, Ryan sits with Josh Ence, the Engineering Educational Technology Specialist at Vernier, and Douglas King, the Engineering and Robotics Teacher at Granada Hills Charter High School in Califo...

This week, Ryan sits with Adam Geller, the CEO of Edthena, a video-based teacher coaching platform. On this episode, Adam talks about the work that Edthena does and shares practical strategies for eff...

This week, Ryan sits with Kristin Martinez, the Clinical Director for Presence Learning, a K12 Teletherapy company. On this episode, Kristin talks about how a typical teletherapy interaction takes pla...

This week, Ryan sits with Frank Fernandez, the faculty Executive Producer of SLAM Radio. Located on the SLAM Miami charter school campus, SLAM Radio is the first SiriusXM radio station run by high sch...

This week, Ryan sits with Pamela McDonald, the head coach of the Doral Academy Charter School boy’s soccer team in Doral, Florida. On this episode, Pamela talks about her experience coaching the Doral...

This week, Ryan sits with Mike Teng, the CEO and Co-Founder of Swing Education, a staffing company that connects schools with high-quality substitute teachers. On this episode, Mike talks about what m...

This week, Ryan sits with James Palcik, the Director of Education, Safety, and Compliance at Flinn Scientific. On this episode, James talks about his role at Flinn and goes over effective protocols, a...

This week, Ryan sits with Amanda Milian, a charter school graduate and current student at Florida International University studying digital broadcasting. On this episode, Amanda talks about her experi...

This week, Ryan sits with Dr. Seth Feldman, the Executive Director of the Bay Tech Charter School in Oakland, California. On this episode, Dr. Feldman talks about Bay Tech Charter and what makes his s...