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The Importance of Leadership and Management

I recently had the chance to sit down with George Couros to talk about the intersection of leadership and management on "The Innovator's...

The Heart and Soul of Reading

Have you ever been around a person who shares their passion for a topic in such an authentic way that you can't help getting excited? My...

Introducing the World Booktalk Champion (Results Video)

When Jenn LaGarde and I started the #30SecondBooktalk challenge three years ago, we had one goal: to help get kids excited about books...

The World Booktalk Championship is Back!

If passion is the spark that ignites creativity, then get your fire extinguishers ready! This year’s podcast is a whole new level of...

Do You Have What It Takes To Be The Next World Booktalk Champion???

Quick quiz: When you read a great book, do you find yourself unable to contain your excitement? Do your “booktalks” inspire the masses to...

Diamonds in the Rough

What a year! The latest episode of UnearthED really got us thinking. Take 10 minutes to hear what we saw as some of the “diamonds in the...

One Thing I didn't Realize about Poverty

He had hardly spoken the words, and I knew in that moment what he had just shared contained more truth than I had heard the entire week....

World Book Talk Championship

We packed 16 book talks, creative commentary, and some student-created commercials into a podcast that's less than 15 minutes. Check out...

What if we had a Literacy Olympics?!

This Sunday our family stopped by our local public library to return some books that my kids had checked out. As I approached the...

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