The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast with Daniel Bauer Podcast
1) Raise Thinkers, Embrace Humanity, Teach for Tomorrow with Anna Rita Pergolizzi-Wentworth
🎯 The Ruckus Report Quick take: Most schools are stuck in the past. But Anna Rita Pergolizzi-Wentworth is building a future-fluent model that fuses AI, global citizenship, and joy — and it's working....Show More
2) Reclaiming Black Educational Power with Dr. Karida L. Brown
🖊 The Ruckus Report Quick take: What if the most powerful classrooms in American history operated under segregation? Dr. Karida L. Brown reframes our understanding of Black education during Jim Crow ...Show More
3) Stop Asking "What Do I Do?" and Start Asking "Who Am I?" — with Dr. Chad Dumas
📣 The Ruckus Report Quick take: Most leaders ask the wrong question. They obsess over what to do next instead of who they're becoming. In this episode, Dr. Chad Dumas unpacks how self-awareness, non-...Show More
4) Ted Dintersmith on Redefining Math and Purpose in School
🧨 The Ruckus Report Quick take: What if everything you believed about math education was wrong? In this episode, Ted Dintersmith, bestselling author of Aftermath and What School Could Be, pulls back ...Show More
5) Why School Start Times, Sleep, and Saying Less Matter More Than Your ACT Score
🎯 The Ruckus Report Quick take: What if the most disruptive thing you could do as a school leader isn’t another program — but rethinking when school starts? In this candid and funny conversation, Dan...Show More
6) 3 AI Principles Ruckus Makers Use to Future-Proof Their Leadership with Danny Bauer
🎯 The Ruckus Report Quick take: Most principals fear AI. Ruckus Makers see it as fuel for innovation. In this solo episode, Danny shares 3 foundational AI principles that will redefine school leaders...Show More
7) Simon Strong Provides Half a Semester of Learning in One Hour
🎯 The Ruckus Report Quick take: What if you could deliver six weeks of learning in a single hour? Simon Strong did exactly that — and the results are challenging everything we think we know about tea...Show More
8) How This Principal United Two Enemy High Schools
🎯 The Ruckus Report Quick take: What happens when two rival schools — with decades of “us vs. them” history — are forced to become one? Derek Cantrell didn’t just merge Alleghany and Covington into a...Show More
9) Student Turns Classroom Idea Into $40,000 Business (Principal Reveals How) with Jeremy Quals
Quick take: What happens when a leader ditches ego, prioritizes relationships, and treats students like real-world innovators? Jeremy Quals proves you can turn around struggling schools and create one...Show More
10) From NYC's Toughest Schools to California's Top Charter: A Principal's Journey
The Ruckus Report. Quick take: What if the secret to becoming a more effective school leader was … leaving school? Joe Clausi, known as the Traveling Principal, shares how stepping out of the building...Show More