An inside look at the Cape Girardeau Police Department, along with special guests and updates on criminal activity throughout the city. This is a view from the men and women that serve the city day in and day out.
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There are one million new books published each year. With so many books and so little time, where do you begin to find your next must-read? There’s the New York Times Bestseller list, the Goodreads app, the Cape Library’s Staff picks shelf and now Martin’s Must-Reads.Every Wednesday at 6:42 and 8:42 a.m., and Sunday at 8:18 a.m., Betty Martin recommends a must read based on her own personal biases for historical fiction, quirky characters and overall well-turned phrases. Her list includes WW ...
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This is the weekly sermon of First Baptist Church of Cape Girardeau, Missouri as presented by pastor Tyler Tankersley and guests.
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So we probably met at a con, The Nerd News Network based out of Cape Girardeau, MO hosted by Danny & Blake! We have approximate knowledge of many things and intend to share it with the masses. Our specialties include comics, MCU/DCEU, anime/manga, video games, and tv shows (and probably other things). Honestly, we have no idea what we’re doing, but we’re pretty good at it! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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An Imperfect Leader: Leadership in (After) Action is a series of conversations with leaders who look back at decisions they made and ask themselves: What happened? What got overlooked? What did you learn about relationships or what new relationships were formed? What frustrated you? What could you have done differently? And in the end, what was something good that came out of the experience – because it is through our mistakes where our greatest learning takes place. I’m Dr. Peter Stiepleman ...
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SEASON 1: On Nov. 8, 1992, Angela "Mischelle" Lawless was murdered on the exit ramp of the interstate near her home in rural Missouri. Less than two years later, an 18-year-old man named Josh Kezer was convicted of the crime. Kezer was exonerated in 2009. This podcast examines the investigation of the murder, and whether law enforcement intentionally convicted an innocent man while protecting the state's star witness from suspicion. This podcast is hosted by a veteran journalist and is based ...
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In Cape (Girardeau), They're Leading Like a Buffalo
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In this episode of An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast, we're thrilled to welcome Dr. Howard Benyon, Superintendent of Cape Girardeau Public Schools in Missouri, and Dr. Brice Beck, Deputy Superintendent. These inspiring leaders share insights on: ✅ Making fearless, student-first decisions, especially when it comes to go…
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Martin's Must-Reads: "The Princess of Las Vegas"
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“I’m going to tell you what happened in Las Vegas, and I’m going to tell you everything as best I can, but my best is hampered by the fact this all occurred when I was doing two shows a night, channeling a dead princess, sleeping until lunchtime, popping a bit too much Adderal and Valium (yes both), and periodically - like that princess - purging o…
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Beyond the Label: Kurt Schneider Transforms Education for Every Learner
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📣 Tune in to the latest episode of An Imperfect Leader 🎧 featuring Kurt A Schneider of TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 in Highland Park, Illinois. Dr. Schneider shares his insights on leading systemic transformation in education, emphasizing the importance of equity and inclusion for ALL learners. Here are three key takeaways from our convers…
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Unpacking the Science of Reading (and More!) with Kim Marshall and The Marshall Memo
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Join us for this week's episode of An Imperfect Leader featuring Kim Marshall, author and creator of The Marshall Memo. Kim has spent over 20 years curating the best research and ideas in education and distilling them into easily digestible summaries that have empowered countless educators. In this conversation, we discuss: The five levels of engag…
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“This book is nothing like the history textbooks I grew up with. It’s visual, it’s handwritten, it jumps around in time. It’s an attempt at a new way of seeing history - placing movements and events and people from across time in conversation with one another in a way that, I hope, offers some insight into who we are as a country, and who we have t…
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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store'
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“Forty-seven years before construction workers discovered the skeleton in the old farmer’s well on Chicken Hill, a Jewish theater manager in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, named Moshe Ludlow had a vision about Moses. Moshe had this vision on a Monday morning in February as he was cleaning out the remnants of a Chick Webb one-night stand at his tiny All-A…
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Leading with Purpose: A Superintendent's Journey on the Wind River Reservation
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Jamie Almanzán and I are thrilled to announce today's guest on An Imperfect Leader is Superintendent Deb Smith of Fort Washakie Schools in Fremont District 21 on the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. A proud member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and descendant of the NORTHERN ARAPAHO TRIBE INC, Deb has been recognized for her leadership, including be…
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“From then on whenever he heard the song he thought of the death of Munson. It was the Jackson 5 after all who put Ray Carney back in the game following four years on the straight and narrow. The straight and narrow - it described a philosophy and a territory, a neighborhood with borders and local customs.”…
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The Call to Courage: Shelley Berman Navigates Divisive Forces in Public Education
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Jamie Almanzán and I are thrilled to announce our guest, Dr. Shelley Berman, a veteran superintendent with over 28 years of experience across Massachusetts, Kentucky, and Oregon. He’s also the co-author of The Call to Courage, a timely book co-written with Dr. Luvelle Brown, Superintendent of Ithaca. In this episode, Shelley delves into the growing…
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Over the course of twenty-three chapters Bryson explains the mysteries of the human body. The chapters are also riddled with information about the medical geniuses who discovered how the body works, how they tried to solve medical issues and some of the unique patients who helped with their discoveries.…
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From Hartford to Hawaii: Dr. Christina Kishimoto's Voice 4 Equity in Leadership
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In this episode of An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast, Jamie Almanzán (of The Equity Collaborative) and I took a journey with Dr. Christina Kishimoto, who shared her remarkable leadership experiences from Connecticut to Arizona to Hawaii to Voice4Equity LLC. We dove into the unique challenges of leading Hawaii’s only st…
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Managed and Private Property Deer Hunting
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Listen in as we talk about the rules and regulations of the Cape Girardeau managed and private property deer hunting.By rnewtons
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“They were in the orchard. Hands bound behind their backs with rope, they were all kneeling in a neat row facing the river, first the men, then the women. At the end of the row was a girl."By Betty Martin
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Leading with Love: Dr. Luvelle Brown on Equity, Courage, and Compassion in Education
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Welcome to Season Three of An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast. We’re beginning this season with something truly special—we have a co-host! Jamie Almanzán, a partner and equity coach at The Equity Collaborative, will be joining me this season. Jamie brings a wealth of experience in equity work and leadership coaching, an…
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If you’ve ever wanted to become better friends with bees, then you must read Honey and Venom by Andrew Cote.By Betty Martin
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Breaking the Rules: A Ruckus Maker's Guide to Leadership with Danny Bauer
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INTRO: In this episode of An Imperfect Leader, we have a very special guest. The Chief Ruckus Maker of Better Leaders Better Schools, Danny Bauer, is here. You might be asking yourself what makes a Ruckus Maker. I assure you, I ask Danny that in the episode. Let me set the stage a little bit about why today is exciting. Danny describes himself as: …
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“It is so easy to overestimate the importance of one defining moment and underestimate the value of making small improvements on a daily basis. Too often, we convince ourselves that massive success requires massive action. Meanwhile, improving by 1 percent isn’t particularly notable - sometimes it isn’t even noticeable - but it can be far more mean…
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Leading with Compassion and Purpose: A Conversation with Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez
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Intro: Hartford, Connecticut was the location of my very first hockey game. The Hartford Whalers vs the NY Rangers. And what a scene it was. During the second period, there was an obvious offense because both benches cleared and both teams were absolutely brawling! I find myself in Hartford at least once a year and so every year, I revisit, in my m…
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“He could have some one out there, “ the man said, pulling back the front window curtains a tentative inch. “Watching the house right now.” He was careful not to step directly in front of the glass as he peeked outside. He ran his fingers nervously through his thick, dark hair. His handsome features were undercut by the fear in his eyes. He wasn’t …
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Jennifer Cheatham Leads Evaluation Revelations & Discipline Transformations
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Hello, Imperfect Leaders! INTRO: Evaluations. In every single profession, employees are evaluated. They are evaluated by their direct supervisors or evaluated by a board of directors. Often they are evaluated by the people they lead in the form of a survey (often referred to as a 360 survey). Plus, there are informal evaluations conducted by the co…
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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Underground Library'
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“It is estimated that over half a million people used the London Underground stations as shelters during the war, many on a regular basis. The stations were up to the task, becoming underground communities with provisions and services.”By Betty Martin
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From Finance to the Front Lines: Leading in Kentucky with Matt Robbins
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INTRO: In this episode, Matt Robbins is my guest. Matt is the Superintendent of the Daviess County Public Schools in Daviess County, Kentucky. What’s different about Matt is that he didn’t follow a traditional route to the superintendency. His background is in finance. In this episode, we talk a little about how his past experiences help him in his…
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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Lenny MarksGets Away with Murder'
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“Lenny Marks seldom found herself unprepared. Lessons for her grade five students were religiously compiled a fortnight in advance, her tax return would be ready to submit no later than the fifteenth of July every year and her home fire escape plan was reviewed and updated each summer. She found tremendous peace in this level of organization, which…
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Hattie Tate is Building Bridges of Hope in Oakland
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Hello Imperfect Leaders! It's summer!! And for leaders, that means reflection. And it means planning for the coming year. It is for that reason that this week's episode is an encore episode specifically picked with your upcoming year in mind. As Labor Day approaches, Season 3 will kick off. And I am so excited about THAT because Jamie Almanzán fro…
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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Don't Make Me Pull Over!'
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Richard Raytay’s book “Don’t Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip” is a great read for any of you listeners who had a similar childhood. It is a mix of memoir, history lesson and travelogue.
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Andrew Dolloff Turned Mascot Mayhem into a Culture of Courage
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Hello Imperfect Leaders! It's summer!! And for leaders, that means reflection. And it means planning for the coming year. It is for that reason that this week's episode is an encore episode specifically picked with your upcoming year in mind. As Labor Day approaches, Season 3 will kick off. And I am so excited about THAT because Jamie Almanzán fr…
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Martin's Must-Reads: 'A Song to Drown Rivers'
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“They say that when I was born, all the wild geese flew down from the sky, and the fish swam beneath the waves, having forgotten how to swim. Even the lotus flowers in our gardens quivered and turned their heads away, so ashamed they were of their own diminished allure in my presence. I have always found such stories to be laughably exaggerated, bu…
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Hello Imperfect Leaders! It's summer!! And for leaders, that means reflection. And it means planning for the coming year. It is for that reason that this week's episode is an encore episode specifically picked with your upcoming year in mind. As Labor Day approaches, Season 3 will kick off. And I am so excited about THAT because Jamie Almanzán f…
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“In Malaysia, our grandparents love us by not speaking. More specifically, they do not speak about their lives from 1941-1945, the period when the Japanese Imperial Army invaded Malaysia, tossed the British colonizers out, and turned a quiet nation into one that was at war with itself.”By Betty Martin
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Dr. Avis Williams is Leading New Orleans Through Change
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Hello Imperfect Leaders! It's summer!! And for leaders, that means reflection. And it means planning for the coming year. It is for that reason that this week's episode is an encore episode specifically picked with your upcoming year in mind. As Labor Day approaches, Season 3 will kick off. And I am so excited about THAT because Jamie Almanzán f…
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“It’s all about the men,” Gwyn said. “Did I tell you I tried to join a Vietnam vets talk therapy session in Dallas? It’s always the same thing. ‘You don’t belong. You’re a woman. There were no women in Vietnam.’”By Betty Martin
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All Aboard the Energy Bus: Dr. Jim Van Allan's Road Trip to School Leadership!
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INTRO: Hop on the Energy Bus for our latest podcast episode! This week, we're thrilled to have Dr. Jim Van Allan, a nationally recognized speaker and co-author of The Energy Bus for Schools, take the wheel. Jim shares his expertise on school leadership, student engagement, and the power of positivity in education. In this episode, discover how Jim'…
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“Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. That’s her routine. I stand on a grimy square of sidewalk near the busy intersection of 16th and K Streets, scanning the approaching pedestrians. My new client will arrive in seven minutes. I don’t need to meet her today. ”By Betty Martin
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Redefining School Leadership: A Conversation with Dr. Peter Dillon
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INTRO: Welcome to today's episode of An Imperfect Leader, where we sit down with Dr. Peter Dillon, a superintendent in Western Massachusetts. Peter shares his experiences working in a rural region serving, at one time, two school districts and the lessons he learned along the way. In this episode, he shares insights on leading multiple districts, t…
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Dr. Melvin Brown on Weighted Grades, Systemic Change, and Serving as a Lead Learner
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INTRO: In my third year as a superintendent, the AVID classes at one of my high schools invited me to the school library at 7:30 in the morning. That is EARLY for high school students accustomed to starting school at almost 9 o’clock, so it had to be important. Over donuts and juice, it was the students who led an activity called Philosophical Chai…
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We sit down and talk with Corporal Hellmann about his role along with fraud tips on how to protect yourself from becoming a victim.By rnewtons
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Access Assured: A Conversation with Brenda Harrington
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INTRO: As many of you know, I serve on the Board of Directors for Be the Change Volunteers. We build schools, teacher housing, and bathrooms all over the world (currently in Peru, Malawi, India, Rwanda, Puerto Rico, and Papua New Guinea). It’s an incredible experience – if you ever want to join a build, please let me know – and one thing we try to …
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Because Kids Need Us to Reclaim the Narrative with Dr. Scott Menzel
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INTRO: When I was a superintendent, we created a geometry and construction class. Kids would take geometry on A days and then apply those principles to building a tiny home on B days. And I loved asking a student who was out there working on the home in the dead of winter why it was important to be out there working when it was so cold outside. “To…
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Dr. Richard Labbe and The Courageous Choice to Cancel the Football Season
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INTRO: I almost called this episode: You’re the Villain in this Story because of the absolutely horrific story my guest shared with me in this week’s episode. Holy cow, you’re going to want to listen to this entire episode! Sometimes as school leaders, you are forced to make difficult decisions. Whether or not to non-renew an employee can be really…
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Natalie Nichols Shows Us How Leadership Coaching Creates Futures Without Boundaries
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INTRO: When I first became a superintendent, I learned about Positive Coaching. Positive Coaching is a framework for winning kids with sport by building relationships with children first and foremost. The way I saw it, Positive Coaching emphasized the aspect of doing something together and learning how to be a team. It wasn’t about winning at all c…
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Merle Horowitz Reminds Us to Empathize, Sympathize, and Energize
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In this week’s An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast, we dive into another authentic story of someone navigating the complexities of leadership. I'm your host, Peter Stiepleman, and today, we have the honor of welcoming a remarkable leader, Merle Horowitz. Today, we’ll explore Merle's journey through a lens of empathy, res…
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Listen in as we sit down with Sgt. Brad Neels and discuss the traffic division here at Cape PD.By rnewtons
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Understanding Trauma: Insights from Dan Joseph
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INTRO: Before listening to this episode, I want to make sure that you know that this episode deals with trauma. If you have experienced trauma in your past, you might want to find the right time to listen to this episode. And remember, if you or someone you know needs the suicide or crisis lifeline, you can dial 988 from any phone. For me, the expe…
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INTRO: Hello Imperfect Leaders! In this episode, Esusu co-founder, Samir Goel, talks about empowering individuals to build credit and access financial opportunities previously out of reach. 💡 Samir shares invaluable insights gleaned from his partner, Wemimo Abbey and mentor Jeff Weiner (emphasizing the crucial role of compassion and transparency). …
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Infiltrating Perspectives: Danielle Nuhfer Unveils Leadership Insights Using a Teacher's Lens
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INTRO: I told my guest that this podcast has almost exclusively been reserved for district leaders and education-adjacent leaders. While that is true, I think it’s important to live something I say whenever I describe the hierarchy of a school district - and that’s that there are leaders at every level. I believe it’s through our teachers that we c…
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Mission & Purpose: Insights from John McGlothlin
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INTRO: I was interested to see how ChatGPT might create an intro for me. I gave it some information and it spat out: “Welcome to a journey that transcends the conventional boundaries of education. Imagine a school where purpose is not just a buzzword but the very essence that breathes life into every corridor, classroom, and curriculum.” Yeesh. I a…
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Challenges to Triumph with: Dr. Monique Darrisaw-Akil
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Dr. Monique Darrisaw-Akil, the Superintendent of the Uniondale School District, is my guest. One simply had to read the following excerpt from the Long Island Herald to know why had to talk with Dr. Akil: “Residents throughout Uniondale will tell you — this community, once grappling with educational challenges that seemed insurmountable, has underg…
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INTRO: About a year ago, at about the one-year anniversary of Justice Ginsburg’s death, I was asked by my family to be a part a school naming committee in Philadelphia. There was a school there considering her name for the new name, and I was to represent Justice Ginsburg. In the end, the school community didn’t choose to name the school Ruth Bader…
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INTRO: This week, we feature James Sturm, co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies. In this our conversation, we explore the dynamic interplay between the power of language and the power of images in shaping a district's narrative. Join us as we delve into strategies for effectively communication of vision and values. In the second half, James …
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The Heart of Leadership: Mike Erwin and Building Relationships that Matter
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INTRO: In just a few weeks, I will be traveling with a small group of amazing volunteers from all over the United States and Australia to Omo Village in Papua New Guinea. I serve on the Board of Directors for Be the Change Volunteers, an organization committed to building schools all over the world for communities interested in providing opportunit…
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