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Spotlight 4 Success
Hosted by American Book Company · EN
We're shining a light on education success stories and talking about current trends and topics of importance to the education community. Join us in conversation!
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Relationships That Raise Scores
Apr 2800:04:20Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA conference hallway can be louder than a classroom, but it can also reveal what great school leadership sounds like. From the NCASA conference in Wilmington, North Carolina, we sit down with Saida, principal of East Lawn Elementary, to talk about what actually holds a school together when the job gets hard and the needs keep coming.Website: spotlight4success.com
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When Recognition Becomes Instant
Apr 2700:05:13Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA student prevents a fight before it starts, and a principal turns it into a moment the whole class will remember. That’s the kind of fast, specific recognition that can shift school culture, and it’s the heart of our conversation from the NCASA conference in Wilmington, North Carolina with Dean Cook, Sales Manager at Presentation Solutions. Website: spotlight4success.com
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Leading Through Educational Technology
Apr 2200:04:28Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailEducational leadership can feel like a mystery from the outside, so we wanted to make it concrete. We talk with Jessica, a vice president in a statewide education technology organization, about what her role looks like day to day, what she’s learning on the board, and how she’ll step into the president role next. Along the way, we get into why consistent communication like newsletters matters for keeping schools informed about edtech trends and what’s changing across a state.Website: spotlight4success.com
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3D Printing In Elementary Schools
Apr 2200:05:32Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailYou can feel it in the hallway conversations at KAST: schools are not asking whether technology belongs in the classroom anymore. The real question is how to make it matter. From Louisville, Kentucky, I sit down with digital learning coaches Erica and Sandy to unpack what it takes to support teachers when devices, apps, and expectations keep changing. Website: spotlight4success.com
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Why K-12 Districts Choose Byte Speed PCs
Apr 2100:03:10Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA school device rollout can look perfect on paper and still fail in the real world if support is slow, warranties are short, and deployment is a slog. That’s why we sat down with Garrett, an account manager at Byte Speed, to talk about what actually makes K-12 IT feel smooth for districts, teachers, and students. Byte Speed has been working with Kentucky schools for decades, and Garrett shares what they listen for when they meet districts at conferences: the everyday pain points behind “we need computing solutions.” Website: spotlight4success.com
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The Tiny Box That Ends HDMI Chaos
Apr 2100:04:04Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA classroom should not feel like a different tech puzzle every time you walk into a new room, yet that’s the reality in many schools with a mix of projectors, older monitors, and newer interactive flat panels. From the KAST conference in Louisville, Kentucky, we sit down with Andrew, AirTame’s Education East territory manager, to talk about a simple idea with big impact: make screen sharing consistent so teachers can spend less time troubleshooting and more time teaching.Website: spotlight4success.com
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How Schools Can Stretch Their Chromebooks
Apr 2000:05:45Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailChromebooks are everywhere in K 12, but keeping them working is the part no one advertises. From the CAST Conference in Louisville 2026, we sit down with Kendal Shomura from Vivacity Tech to talk about what it really takes to keep devices in students’ hands without burning out your IT team or blowing up your budget.Website: spotlight4success.com
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The Water Walkers
Apr 800:11:56Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWater is the quiet thing we all depend on, until someone treats it like it’s sacred and suddenly you can’t stop paying attention. From the floor of the NCRA conference in Winston-Salem, we talk with author and educator Carol Tremboth about the Native Water Walkers and why their prayerful, relentless miles around the Great Lakes belong in every conversation about clean water, environmental stewardship, and Indigenous activism. Carol shares how her books bring readers to the shoreline, where sacred words, tobacco offerings, and community connection turn “water protection” into something you can feel.Website: spotlight4success.com
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What If Student Choice Is The Missing Link In Literacy Growth
Apr 800:05:53Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailReading growth doesn’t always come from a brand-new curriculum. Sometimes it comes from one small shift: letting students have real choice in what they read. From the floor of the NCRA conference in North Carolina, we sit down with Emmie and Shantale, ECU ambassadors and graduate students focused on reading and literacy instruction, to talk about what’s working right now with real learners. Website: spotlight4success.com
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Turning Letters Into Friends With Letterland
Apr 700:06:16Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailLetters can be surprisingly hard for young kids. They’re just shapes until a child can link each squiggle to a sound, then blend those sounds into real words. From the NCRA conference in North Carolina, we sit down with Vicki Norris, a trainer at Letterland International, to talk about a character-based approach to phonics that helps children make that leap with less struggle and more joy.Website: spotlight4success.com
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