The Authority Podcast — Expert Insights and Fresh Ideas for Education Leaders

In today's bonus episode, we're sharing a panel discussion I hosted for #SameHere Schools Month, focused on mental health awareness in education. All sessions from #SameHere Schools, originally recor…

Carlo Mahfouz is a Renaissance man. An intrapreneur and product development executive in the healthcare ed-tech space with a deep understanding of technology, he works developing products to help imp…

Today, we're pleased to share an episode originally recorded for Big Ideas in Small Windows with host Mike Gaskell.

In Mike's interview with best-selling education author Todd Whitaker (1.5 million b…

Dr. Jennifer Forristal, founder and CEO of The Umbrella Project, joins The Authority to discuss her book, The Umbrella Effect, available from Lioncrest Publishing. 

Ross and Jennifer discuss:

• In life,…

Justin Baeder is Director of The Principal Center, where he helps leaders in K-12 organizations build capacity for instructional leadership, and Heather Bell-Williams is an experienced teacher, schoo…

Michelle Blanchet and Brian Deters are our guests on this episode, discussing their timely book Preventing Polarization: 50 Strategies for Teaching Kids About Empathy, Responsibility, and Political R…

Today, we're bringing you an episode with The Authority host Ross Romano on the other side of the microphone. He was recently interviewed on Higher Ed Storytelling University, right here on the Be Po…

Scott McLeod, Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado - Denver, is the guest on this episode of The Authority. His book, co-authored with Jayson W. Richardson and Justin Bat…

Andrea DeWitt joins The Authority to discuss her new book, Name, Claim & Reframe: Your Path to a Well-Lived Life, which was named the Top Motivational Book of 2023 by NBC’s Today Show.

Ross and Andrea…

In this episode, we're sharing an interview from The Cybertraps Podcast, available here on the Be Podcast Network. 

You'll hear from Gregg Behr, co-author of When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister…

AJ Crabill joins The Authority for a timely episode focused on school boards and district leadership. His book is Great on Their Behalf: Why School Boards Fail, How Yours Can Become Effective.

Ross…

Daniel Bauer is the Chief Ruckus Maker at Better Leaders Better Schools (BLBS). On this episode, we talk about his book, Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader, co-published by Corwi…

In this episode, we’re bringing you a conversation from Tell Me This, part of the Be Podcast Network. 

In this combined episode, which was originally published in two parts on the Tell Me This feed, …

Elizabeth Jorgensen returns as a guest for this episode along with her mom and co-author Nancy to discuss the middle-grade and young adult biography, Gwen Jorgensen: USA’s First Olympic Gold Medal Tr…

Dr. Chris Jones has been an educator in Massachusetts for 22 years. He is author of the book SEEing to Lead and also hosts the SEEing to Lead podcast, right here on the Be Podcast Network. In this e…

Today, we welcome the three co-authors of Teaching for Racial Equity: Becoming Interrupters, published by Stenhouse. The book was named as one of three winners in the Best Book for Educators category…

Welcome to a can’t-miss conversation with Principal Baruti Kafele, author of seven best-selling books, including the topic of today’s episode: The Equity & Social Justice Education 50.

The discussion…

We’re thrilled to welcome international best-selling author and business leader Mark Miller as our guest for this episode of The Authority. 

Mark is Vice President of High Performance Leadership for C…

In today’s special episode, we welcome all four co-authors of the book Five Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership, published by ASCD. The book was named as one of three winners in the Best B…