All Episodes

Summer Growth Matters: Preventing Learning Loss and Building Life Skills

We Intervene for Academics, So Why Not Behavior?

How Does a Child Reach 8th Grade Still Struggling? Retention, Social Promotion, and the Support Students Deserve

Passing, But Not Prepared: The Truth About Grades

If Not Traditional Grading… Then What?: Making Sense of Fair Grading

Grading or Gatekeeping? What Are We Really Measuring in Schools?

From At-Risk to At-Promise: How Words Shape Student Outcomes

Gifted but Disengaged: The Truth Behind ‘Unmotivated’ Students

Beyond Bootstraps: What We’ve Been Told vs. What Is True

Intelligence-Led Literacy: Exploring Social and Environmental Determinants and Life Trajectories. A Conversation with Demetrius Paschel

Before the Interview: Why Third Grade Reading Is a Justice Issue

Literacy Is Liberation: Why Third Grade Changes Everything

A Parent's Letter: Respecting Identity in Christian Schools

Until He Can Speak for Himself: A Mother’s Advocacy Journey

Communication vs. Understanding: When Advocacy Becomes Necessary

Interview with Dr. Yanique Rolingson- Educator and Author

Let the Child Speak

When Discipline Replaces Development

Why the Advocate Podcast Exists!

The Advocate Podcast: Trailer