Just Schools
Hosted by Jon Eckert and Dr Jon Eckert · Jon Eckert, Baylor’s Center For School Leadership
5.0from 30 ratings
- 104
- Episodes
- 11
- Transcribed
- 30
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Just Schools
Jon Eckert, Executive Director, Baylor Center for School Leadership interviews leading experts, both educators and parents, who have evidence and experience that kids can become more of who they were created to be. The Joy Over Happiness podcast, showcases inspiring stories of joy through adversity, belonging, and curiosity. In just 20-30 minutes per episode, we offer actionable tips and uplifting messages to empower everyone to continue doing the critical work that shows kids that joy is better than happiness.
- Publisher
- Jon Eckert, Baylor’s Center For School Leadership
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Nov 2022
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
11 of 104 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
We Were Not Meant for Death: Kathryn Haines
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Grief and Joy: Lisa Arrington
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
"A-muse" = Anti-think: Jake Baskin
Inside a recent episode
We Were Not Meant for Death: Kathryn Haines
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So she just started showing up and sitting in the office. And I remember that the lady at the front desk said, I don't have time for this. My mom said, I do. And just sat there and waited and she brought a book with her. And I, but I didn't know that until, oh my gosh, maybe like 10 years ago, because she didn't want me to know what she was doing behind the scenes. And we talked about the reason why is she found a great psychiatrist in Chicago. And he said, you have to let her fail and you can't work harder than she does. And so she gave me the appearance of failing, even though she was kind of navigating behind the scenes, the things that would be detrimental, the things that would, you know, not allow me to get into college or she was navigating those things. […]
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- Kathryn Haines
- Lisa Arrington
- Jake Baskin
- Grace Eckert
- Matt Burchett
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 25 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 5 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100
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- Quality
- 22
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 82
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Who hosts Just Schools?
Jon Eckert and Dr Jon Eckert host the show. Published by Jon Eckert, Baylor’s Center For School Leadership.
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