This week on the Learning Can’t Wait podcast host Hayley Spira-Bauer sits down with Jessica Sie, Chief Academic Officer at Zeta Charter School.

In this inspiring episode, Jessica describes her passion for breaking down systemic and structural barriers to education. We learn how Jessica defines innovative work and why she believes some of the most exciting ideas to transform education might be coming from different sectors entirely. Finally, Jessica shares her philosophy around teacher professional development and why she always grounds her work in its core mission, vision, and values.

Join us every Tuesday at fullmindlearning.com/podcast. Next week, we begin our Rural Education mini series! Speaking with teachers, superintendents, non-profit leaders, and governmental advocacy groups, the Learning Can’t Wait podcast will dig deep into the current state of rural education and how we can best set rural students up for success.

To kick off the series, we’ll speak with Melissa Harris, Taylor McCabe-Juhnk, and Allen Pratt to dispel myths about rural America.

Book recommendations for this week’s episode include:

Mindset by Carol Dweck

Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

Power of Moments by Chip & Daniel Heath

Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammonds

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