From Silos to Systems: Building Collaborative Cultures in Public Education -Barnett Berry

PODCAST Season 7 EPISODE 2

Barnett Berry

Author

The Future of Public Education 

Introduction of Guest BIO – 

Barnett Berry serves in variety of research and consultative roles to advance school redesign and the teaching profession, currently working with school districts, states, and philanthropies focus reinventing public education. Berry is Senior Research Fellow at the Learning Policy Institute as well as a senior advisor to several organizations: RedesignEd, 2Revolutions, and the Center for Reimagining Education at the University of Kansas. 

Barnett has been a high school teacher, social scientist, professor of education, and senior leader at state education agency. His work with the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, spurred his founding of the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) in 1999, a non-profit the led for 20 years to advance a bold brand of teacher leadership essential for an effective and equitable system of public education. In 2021, Berry was honored by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards with the James A. Kelly Award for Advancing Accomplished Teaching.  His latest book is The Future of Public Education: One District's Journey to Transform Schools and Systems (2026)

Interview

Agents of Change: Leaders/Innovators.

• 30,000 Ft. View – Why so we, as a society invest in education?
• What drew you to education as a practice?

·       1.     Why has school transformation been so difficult? What are the major obstacles?

·       2.     What did you learn from AUHSD and school and system transformation? 

·       3.     The book has a lot to say about the teaching profession. What are some key takeaways? 

·       4.     The book suggests that the district is far from perfect— and has to make major shifts in order to take the next leap forward. 

·       5.     What are you working on next? 

• What are the biggest challenges to you?
• What would you like decision makers to know?”

Podcast/ website/ book shoutouts

The Future of Public Education

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