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Diane Tavenner is CEO and a co-founder of Summit Public Schools and the author of Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life.

Class Disrupted Podcast

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E20: Does Banning Things Actually Keep Children Safe in Schools?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Class Disrupted Podcast

Omicron, Schools & Ted Lasso: What the Comedy Can Teach Us About Crisis Response

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E8: 3 Big Education Wishes for 2022

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

Why Is There More Physical Violence in Schools This Year?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

Why Is This Teacher Shortage Different (and How Did We Get Here?)

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

Where Are Students Learning This Year?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

Standards and Curriculum Aren't the Same

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E3: Who Decides What Gets Taught?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E2: What Schools Should Teach

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Class Disrupted Podcast

Podcast: Back-to-School COVID-19 Shopping

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

When the Teacher Becomes the Student: What I Learned From Making ‘Class Disrupted’

Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 10: We Should Have Fixed Inequity in Education Yesterday. Now the Pandemic Has Made Redesigning the System Exponentially More Urgent

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 9: Should School Be Year-Round?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 8: The Faulty Promise of Tests

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 7: Straight A’s for All? What’s the Purpose of a Grade?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 6: Help! My Child and I Are Overwhelmed!

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 5: My Kid’s Able to Finish Schoolwork in 3 Hours. So What Is He Doing for the 6 in School?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 4: Why Are We Doing School?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 3: Why Can’t Sal Khan Just Teach Everyone?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 2: Why Is My Child Doing So Many Worksheets Right Now?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 1: Why Doesn’t Every Student Have a Device and the Internet? How One Texas District Is Leading the Way for Virtual Learning

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Pandemic

LISTEN: Introducing the Class Disrupted Podcast, a Weekly Pandemic Education Conversation Hosted by Author Michael Horn & Summit Public Schools’ Diane Tavenner

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

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Book Excerpt: School Leader Diane Tavenner on Helping Students to Engage in Class and Teachers Finding That ‘Sweet Spot’ Between Kids Failing to Learn and Learning to Fail

Diane Tavenner

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Articles by Diane Tavenner

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E20: Does Banning Things Actually Keep Children Safe in Schools?

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E19: Are Older Students Fixed in Their Abilities?

Class Disrupted Podcast: 30 Years After the 1st Charter School

Class Disrupted Podcast: What America Can Learn From Germany

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E16: Rethinking College for All

Benefits of Meritocracy Amid Problems with Exam Schools

Benefits of Meritocracy Amid Problems with Exam Schools

What Does Education Have to Do with Meritocracy?

Is America Facing a Teacher Shortage? Inside the Numbers That Say Yes — and No

Class Disrupted S3 E11: What is Driving Parent Frustration with Schools?

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E10: The Unworkable Burden On Schools

Omicron, Schools & Ted Lasso: What the Comedy Can Teach Us About Crisis Response

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E8: 3 Big Education Wishes for 2022

Why Is There More Physical Violence in Schools This Year?

Why Is This Teacher Shortage Different (and How Did We Get Here?)

Where Are Students Learning This Year?

Standards and Curriculum Aren't the Same

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E3: Who Decides What Gets Taught?

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E2: What Schools Should Teach

Podcast: Back-to-School COVID-19 Shopping

When the Teacher Becomes the Student: What I Learned From Making ‘Class Disrupted’

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 10: We Should Have Fixed Inequity in Education Yesterday. Now the Pandemic Has Made Redesigning the System Exponentially More Urgent

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 9: Should School Be Year-Round?

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 8: The Faulty Promise of Tests

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 7: Straight A’s for All? What’s the Purpose of a Grade?

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 6: Help! My Child and I Are Overwhelmed!

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 5: My Kid’s Able to Finish Schoolwork in 3 Hours. So What Is He Doing for the 6 in School?

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 4: Why Are We Doing School?

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 3: Why Can’t Sal Khan Just Teach Everyone?

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 2: Why Is My Child Doing So Many Worksheets Right Now?

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Podcast Episode 1: Why Doesn’t Every Student Have a Device and the Internet? How One Texas District Is Leading the Way for Virtual Learning

LISTEN: Introducing the Class Disrupted Podcast, a Weekly Pandemic Education Conversation Hosted by Author Michael Horn & Summit Public Schools’ Diane Tavenner

Book Excerpt: School Leader Diane Tavenner on Helping Students to Engage in Class and Teachers Finding That ‘Sweet Spot’ Between Kids Failing to Learn and Learning to Fail

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