by John Hendron | Sep 30, 2025 | podcast
Hosts: Dr. John Hendron and Kathleen VailGuest: Starr Sackstein Interviewers John Hendron and Kathleen Vail recently sat down with our very own, Starr Sackstein, a well-known author and educator, about her past year authoring the Career Confidential column in Kappan...
by John Hendron | Sep 12, 2025 | podcast
Host: Dr. John HendronGuest: Faith Gonder, Educators Rising In this episode, we meet Faith Gonder, a senior from Perry High School in Massillon, Ohio, and one of Educators Rising’s national officers. Faith shares how her community, career-tech education program, and...
by John Hendron | Sep 4, 2025 | podcast
Host: Dr. John HendronGuest: Haylie Johnson, Educators Rising In this episode of There’s Power in Teaching, we sit down with Haylie Johnson, National Vice President of Engagement for Educators Rising and a student at Central Connecticut State University. Haley shares...
by John Hendron | Aug 26, 2025 | podcast
Host: Kathleen VailGuest: Dr. John Hendron PDK International has polled the American public for the 57th time this year with its annual poll focused on attitudes about public education in America. In this edition, Kathleen Vail, editor in chief of Kappan Magazine,...
by John Hendron | Aug 19, 2025 | podcast
Host: Kathleen VailGuests: Drs. Rick Ginsberg and Yong Zhao In this follow-up conversation, Kaplan editor-in-chief Kathleen Vail sits down with professors Rick Ginsberg and Yong Zhao—authors of a recent Kappan article and the book Duck and Cover (Teachers College...
by John Hendron | Jul 21, 2025 | podcast
Host: Kathleen VailGuests: Drs. Rick Ginsberg and Yong Zhao In Part 1 of a two-part interview, host Kathleen Vail sits down with Dr. Rick Ginsberg and Dr. Yong Zhao—professors at the University of Kansas and frequent Kappan contributors—to discuss their provocative...
by John Hendron | Jul 14, 2025 | podcast
Hosts: Sophia James and Samantha SalnaveGuest: EdRising Student Lily In this powerful episode, three voices from different stages of the educational journey come together to talk about mental health in our schools. Host Sophia James, a 2024 PDK Emerging Leader Fellow...
by John Hendron | Jun 23, 2025 | podcast
Host: Dr. John HendronGuests: Terri Iacarino, Neshawn Calloway, and Haviland Gilbert In this episode, we speak to three of the thirty music teachers of excellence recognized this year by the Country Music Association Foundation. PDK’s Director of Public Relations and...
by John Hendron | Jun 16, 2025 | podcast
Host: Dr. John HendronGuest: Allianna Walters, Educators Rising national officer Educators Rising—the national CTSO from PDK International—is looking forward to our upcoming national conference in Orlando, Florida. In this episode, we talk to one of our newly elected...
by John Hendron | May 16, 2025 | podcast
Host: Kathleen VailGuest: Dr. Doug Fisher In this episode we chat with Dr. Doug Fisher, who along with Dr. Nancy Frey, have an article in the Summer edition of Kappan magazine focused on the import of teaching all standards. Host Kathleen Vail also asks Dr. Fisher...
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