You might be saying to yourself “No way! Absolutely not!” But I’m here to tell you that it is possible! Not 50%, not 60%, not even 75%, but a 100% standardized test pass-rate in math, and 71% pass-rate in reading, up from 40%. What’s more amazing is that this was all done in one school year! How you say? Well I’m glad you asked! Today’s Guest: Ms. …

What you’re going to need is a piece of paper, Evernote, notes app, or whatever it is you use to take notes, because you’re going to want every bit of this information! If you’ve ever stepped foot inside the classroom, you are very aware that building relationships with students is important. However, a successful relationship with your students ca…

Mastering the art of classroom management and student engagement to become an effective teacher entails a lot of trial and error. But what if a lot of that can be avoided? What if you can get the information ahead of time and avoid the mistakes others have made to keep from repeating history? What exactly can you do right now to take your teaching …

You know how you get into your classroom at the beginning of the year, and all of your students are right at the level they need to be? Everyone’s on grade-level, student engagement is a breeze, and of course everyone loves to read, right?! Right… That’s in a perfect world, and we are far from a perfect world. In actually, when we get into the clas…

In this episode, educator-entrepreneur Matt Halpern helps us to understand how he runs a profitable business that allows him to operate in his purpose. As a full-time entrepreneur, Matt walks us through his process to market himself as the product, land contracts and even turn them into recurring speaking/presentation opportunities. He also offers …

In this episode, Atlanta entrepreneur Alexis Lee walks us through her process of being a calculated risk-taker. She was working full time, raising her daughter as a single mother and still managed to operate several thriving businesses that allowed her to operate in her purpose and eventually become a full time entrepreneur. Now, she collects check…

In this episode we talk with school psychologist turned entrepreneur, Dr. Byron McClure, founder and creator of Lessons for SEL. His venture into entrepreneurship was the result of a huge gap in the literature and across products where youth of color were not represented. So he did something about it - he decided to design his own SEL (Social-Emoti…

In this episode I am speaking with Dr. Stephanie Boyce of The FRESH Classroom. She explains how she built her education consulting business and how she strategically balances being a wife, mother and entrepreneur. Dr. Stephanie R. Boyce is an edupreneur driven by her passion to reshape the educational landscape by making culturally responsive teach…

Teach Hustle Inspire Radio presents “Build On The Side”. A show to help you learn the habits and skills needed to build a profitable business business as an educator, even if you’re working full time. On this show, we get into the tips, ideas, opportunities and strategies of those that have successfully generated extra income as educators, and how …

Introducing Black Girl vs. Startup. Host, Erica Buddington, talks about maneuvering the startup world as a woman of color. We hear about the trajectory of her company Langston League and their journey to changing the plan, clout, scale, and staying true to their why.

Bessie and Langston get to know one another a little better. Bessie reflects on life...

Bessie gets a surprise at work...

Bessie and Langston get errrr....acquainted. Bessie's mother remembers...

Bessie reminisces an old flame, and sends a text to a fool, while sitting home idly.

Bessie and Langston meet for the first time....formally.