The RocketPD Podcast: Real Talk with Educators

Episode 10: Courageous Conversations & How to Build a ‘Culture of Love’ (w/Dr. Luvelle Brown)

Dr. Luvelle Brown is an author, educator, former superintendent of the year and AASA Effie A. Jones Jones Humanitarian Award winner. As a school leader, he has emerged as a champion for change in the area of school culture and a leading advocate for student inclusion.  In this episode of the RocketPD podcast, Dr. Brown confronts the inflammatory, often hurtful rhetoric that public school leaders and educators are forced to endure and talks about what it takes to create a truly inclusive learning environment where students and teachers feel supported and encouraged to do their best work.
Host Corey Murray
Guest Dr. Luvelle Brown
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
The ‘Call to Courage’: standing up to intolerance & injustice in K-12 schools https://rocketpd.com/cohorts/a-call-to-courage-standing-up-to-intolerance-in-k-12-schools-with-drs-luvelle-brown-shelley-berman/
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Episode 11: Individualizing Instruction: Meeting Every Learner’s Needs (w/Robert Barnett)

Robert Barnett is the co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project and author of the book, Meeting Every Learner's Needs, Redesigning Instruction So All Students Can Succeed. On this episode of the Rocket PD Podcast, Corey asks Robert about his journey as a classroom teacher, the challenges of one-size-fits-all instruction, and how the community he's building through Modern Classrooms aims to change the status quo. Robert and Corey talk about ways that simple tools like video, self-paced lessons, and mastery checks can be used to individualize learning. And they ask - and just maybe answer - the question: Is it possible to meet every learner's needs? Stick around to find out.
Host
Corey Murray
Guest
Robert Barnett
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Modern Classroom Project https://www.modernclassrooms.org/
Meet Every Learner's Needs https://www.meeteverylearnersneeds.org/
Fall 2025 Cohort - Individualizing Instruction - Register Today https://rocketpd.com/cohorts/redesigning-instruction-a-three-step-process-to-meet-every-learners-needs/?
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