Alec Patton talks to Liz Chu, Executive Director of the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University, about the new book she co-authored, The Learning Hive: Leading Collective Innovation to Transform Education Systems.

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Referenced in this episode:

• The Learning Hive: Leading Collective Innovation to Transform Systems

(Teachers College Press 2025) by Elizabeth Chu, Andrea Clay, Ayeola Kinlaw, and Meghan Snyder

• An Innovative New Vision of Leadership and Governance in Education: Learning Hives Show What's Possible

(Teachers College Press blog)

• The CARPE network

• Partners in School Innovation

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In this episode, Alec Patton talks to math teachers Sunny Chan and Sandy Tu, and improvement coach Amanda Meyer, about Fremont High School's remarkable success at improving ninth-grade on track.

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Resources mentioned in the episode:

• The Gradebook Review protocol used in the Breakthrough Success Collaborative was adapted from High Tech High Graduate School of Education's CARE Network.

• The Gradebook Audit protocol mentioned in the episode was co-developed between educators in Oakland Unified and the Breakthrough Success Community

• To learn more about the Breakthrough Success Community and how to join, visit https://www.btsc.coredistricts.org/

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Alec Patton talks to teacher High School teacher Karen Shaffran and student Alegria Vargas about how their class created a socially conscious cosmetics business, featuring products made from plants grown hydroponically in a storage room!

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