About this episode

The episode discusses five lessons learned from change initiatives in education.

Five Change Lessons March 17, 2026 Sponsor Spot 1: I’d like to thank Kaleidoscope Adventures for sponsoring today’s show. Lots of companies can help you organize class trips, but Kaleidoscope helps you organize adventures – because isn’t that what student trips should be? Kaleidscope is a full-service tour company offering a range of adventure opportunities and they excel at customizing trips based on your unique context, needs, and goals. Kaleidoscope offers exceptional travel experiences for students (and their group leaders). Thinking about student travel? Reach out to Kaleidoscope using the link in the show notes. Show Intro Friends/School leaders, When students practice math over the summer, math scores go up. So, what’s your summer math plan this year? Whether you have no summer math program, or are curious about what a research based program looks like. Check out Summer Pops for free. Get your FREE workbook samples today at Summer Pops Workbooks.com . The link is in the show notes. Celebrations: Colleagues and the kindness of strangers Key Points Part 1 I invest so much of my time helping people avoid making big mistakes in change initiatives that it is super-frustrating…

People in this episode

Host: Frederick Buskey

Topics covered

• change initiatives
• professional development
• teacher capacity
• summer math programs
• observations

Keywords

• change lessons
• teacher training
• flywheel model
• math scores
• student travel

Sponsors

Kaleidoscope Adventures

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Summer Pops

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