Jethro D. Jones interviews Jamie Candee (CEO of Edmentum) about bridging the gap between K-12 education and career readiness. They discuss how AI is reshaping the job market, why "durable skills" matter more than ever, and how schools can expose students to career paths early through career exploration tools, workplace internships, and real-world partnerships (like Edmentum's MajorClarity platform and Roadtrip Nation videos). Candee shares personal stories — including her son Milo's journey exploring baseball-adjacent careers — to illustrate how students can find purpose beyond the traditional "doctor, lawyer, teacher" track. The conversation also covers practical advice for principals looking to build career-connected learning pathways in their own schools.

That "humble" leader everyone trusts? They might be running on fear, not virtue — and it's costing them more than they know. In this episode of The Humility Advantage, based on the book The Humility Advantage by J. Alexander, we expose the mask that gets cultural applause instead of scrutiny: false modesty. It looks like humility on the surface, but underneath, it's self-doubt in disguise — and it quietly erodes credibility, confuses teams, and drives leaders straight into burnout. You'll hear the study proving people trust you less when you fake-deflect praise instead of owning your wins. You'll learn what neuroscience says happens in your brain the moment you shrink yourself to avoid exposure — and why it's treated as a literal threat. And you'll hear how Satya Nadella turned Microsoft's culture around by modeling the opposite of self-erasure.Then, we walk through a 5-step, evidence-based playbook for closing the gap between the leader you perform and the leader you actually are. This isn't about being modest. It's about being real. Tune in, and start leading like it.

In this episode, Craig Randall talks with Laura Godard, an upper school math teacher at The John Cooper School, about how Building Thinking Classrooms changed the way her students engage with math. Laura shares how visible workspaces, random groups, and carefully designed tasks encourage students to think more deeply, teach one another, ask better questions, and take greater ownership of their learning. She also explains how collaborative problem-solving helps her give more timely feedback while keeping students actively engaged.

It's the first week of school, the handbook says doors open at 8:00, and a mom is standing outside a locked door at 8:04 wondering if your school means what it prints. In this episode, John talks about the side of integrity that never makes it onto a banner in the front hallway: doing exactly what you said, exactly when you said you'd do it. From faculty meetings that actually start at 3:30 to fundraising dollars that go where you promised they'd go, John walks through why the small, unglamorous promises you keep, or don't, are quietly building or breaking trust with your parents, teachers, and donors. He's upfront that integrity shows up in the big, costly decisions too, that's not in question, but this episode is about the promises nobody's watching for. John also flips the conversation around. Starting on time only earns you the right to be worth showing up for. He shares what it looks like to run a faculty meeting your staff actually wants to attend, not just tolerate, and why that's the same muscle as keeping your word. LINKS AND RESOURCES Work with John If you want help building the kind of trust that grows enrollment and advancement in your school, reach out at elementaryadvancement.com If this episode was helpful, subscribe and share it with another Catholic school leader in your network. Thank you for the integrity you bring to your building every day, especially in the moments nobody's watching.

Technology promises to make learning faster, easier, and more personalized. But what happens when convenience begins to replace the experiences students need to grow? David Cicero talks with Jonathan Strecker, Head of School at Valley School of Ligonier and author of Emergence, about the difference between achievement and development, why struggle and even boredom matter, and how AI can support learning without doing the learning for students. The conversation explores Strecker’s five dimensions of human development—intellectual, social, emotional, ethical, and physical—and what schools should consider as technology becomes increasingly capable of removing friction from students’ lives.