If you could flip just one thing to help our schools and public education thrive, what would it be? We know that the structure of schools and education were built nearly a century ago, based on a factory model - but the world is a profoundly transformed place.
There are people and practices right now - across our nation - that are thinking about school in our transformed world. They are trying innovative and bold ideas that can potentially inspire others to be bold and innovative - even in a schooling system that may not always welcome change.
In this podcast, we are working to find and elevate those ideas that could make all the difference for our children, families and schools. Join us to hear from educators with an idea, a vision, a revolutionary thought that could flip a switch and change schools for our changed world.
Podcast hosts, LaShawn Bowser and Mike Chalupa. Technical Director, Justin Eames. Flip-Ed is brought to you by the City Neighbors Foundation, located in Baltimore MD. Check out our work in K-12 education at www.cityneighborsfoundation.org (http://www.cityneighborsfoundation.org/)
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Jarrod Bolte, Teachers as Innovators
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Lara Evangelista and Chandler Miranda, School as Sanctuary
Evangelista is the Executive Director of Internationals Network, a national nonprofit that partners with public school systems and community-based organizations to design and sustain innovative, multilingual learning environments for recently arrived immigrant and refugee students. The child of immigrants and a first-generation college student, Lara brings both personal and professional commitment to this work. With over 25 years of experience in New York City public schools as both an educat...
11 Apr 2026
Dr. Kristina Kyles-Smith, Getting Into Good Trouble
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14 Mar 2026
Mica Fidler, Learning as Wilderness Expedition
Mica Fidler is an evangelist of progressive education because she experienced the power of curious, joyful, authentic learning as a student, teacher, and instructional leader. After studying literary translation at Brown University, she began her career with a Fulbright grant in South Africa. Since then, she spent a decade teaching and coaching in expeditionary learning schools, striving to bring the principles of outdoor learning into public school classrooms in New York City and Baltimore.&...
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Ron Berger, Children's Capacity for Beautiful Work
Ron Berger is an acclaimed national and international keynote speaker focused on inspiring a commitment to quality, character, and citizenship in students. He is the Senior Advisor at EL Education, a nonprofit school improvement organization that partners with public schools and districts across America, leads professional learning, and creates open educational resources. Ron is the author of best-selling education books, including: An Ethic of Excellence, A Culture of Quality, Leaders of T...
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Senator Cory V. McCray, The Power of Internships
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31 Jan 2026
Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, Genius and Joy
Dr. Gholdy Muhammad is the John Corbally Endowed Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has previously served as a classroom teacher, literacy specialist, school district administrator, curriculum director, and school board president. She studies Black historical excellence in education, intending to reframe curriculum and instruction today. Dr. Muhammad’s scholarship has appeared in leading academic journals and books. She has also received...
21 Jan 2026
Jonathan Johnson, The $50 Study
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31 May 2025
Damion Cooper, The Hearts and Minds of Young Black Boys
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17 May 2025
Aleta Margolis, Instigators of Thought
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3 May 2025
Dr. Lisa Carey, Teachers and Pediatricians Unite!
Dr. Lisa Carey is an education specialist, teacher educator, researcher, and author focused on the intersection between K12 schooling and pediatric medicine. Prior to her current roles, she was a special educator in Maryland Public Schools focused on inclusive programming. Lisa co-founded the Hospital Education Liaison Program (HELP) at Kennedy Krieger to support communication between healthcare teams and school teams surrounding the needs of individual children. Lis...
5 Apr 2025
Dr. Lisa Williams, Children as Creators, Innovators, Problem-Solvers
Dr. Lisa Williams is a national expert on topics of equity and access in public education. She has served as Chief Equity Officer for the Fairfax County Schools as well as Executive Director for Equity and Cultural Proficiency in the Baltimore County Schools. In total, she has worked on issues of equity and access in public institutions for over 15 years. She has provided guidance for school boards, public and private schools as well as school systems and non-profits in the areas of rac...
22 Mar 2025
Stefan Redding Lallinger, Integrating Our Schools
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Vanessa Lopez, The Purpose of School
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8 Feb 2025
Dr. Kaleb Rashad, Authentic Learning
Dr. Kaleb Rashad is the Co-Founder & Creative Director at the Center for Love & Justice located within the High Tech High Graduate School of Education (HTH GSE). Kaleb works with community leaders in the US/Canada, Spain, and Hong Kong to create new schools and redesign existing schools focused on advancing equity through anti-racist project-based learning. As an instructor at the GSE, Kaleb teaches courses on creativity, innovation and community-based liberatory design. Prior to his ...
23 Jan 2025
Dr. Simone Gibson, Centering Reading
Dr. Simone Gibson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Morgan State University, a Historically Black University located in Baltimore, MD. Additionally, she holds the position of Co-Director for the Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity (Mile). As a literacy specialist, Dr. Gibson concentrates her research and training efforts on preparing both pre-service and in-service teachers to implement culturally humble practices in literacy instruction that are grou...
23 Jan 2025
Shane Safir, Street Data
Shane Safir has worked at every level of the education system, from the classroom to the boardroom, for 25 years. In 2003, after teaching in San Francisco and Oakland and organizing in the community to launch a new school, Safir became the founding co-principal of June Jordan School for Equity (JJSE), an innovative national model identified by leading scholar Linda Darling-Hammond as "supporting the success of low-income students of color." Since 2008, Safir has provided equity-centere...
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