Dr. Michael T Conner
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Welcome to Voices for Excellence, hosted by Dr. Michael Conners, where we explore the dynamic world of education, leadership, and innovation. This podcast offers in-depth conversations with thought leaders, educators, and industry experts, providing listeners with actionable insights and strategies to drive excellence in their fields. Season 3 continues our journey with a focus on cutting-edge topics like diversity in education, equality and inclusion, the impact of AI in the classroom, and transformative leadership strategies. Each episode is designed to inspire educators, leaders, and professionals committed to fostering positive change and achieving outstanding results. Across all seasons…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It translates K-12 AI and innovation into operating questions about leadership, teacher capacity, ethics, and the design of learning.
Voices for Excellence treats district leadership as operating work, with Dr. Michael Conner asking school leaders and education-technology figures how ambitious ideas survive contact with classrooms.
Innovator cards gave teachers cover to experiment, if you like your school reform with actual classrooms attached.
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A leadership-focused education conversation about redesigning school around student learning, flexibility, and real-world pathways.
Michael J. Barnes comes through as a superintendent focused on redesigning school around students, with innovation centers, a career technical consortium, a Portrait of a Graduate, and a more customized school day.
A serious conversation about intentional leadership, relevance, and iterative school redesign.
This episode takes a clear-eyed look at intentionality in K-12 leadership, asking how schools can stay responsive while moving through AI, changing standards, and shifting industry needs. Dr.
A clear case for treating AI literacy as a year-round priority.
Voices for Excellence treats National AI Literacy Day as part of a wider push for AI literacy across subjects, with Dr. Michael Conner giving Erin Moat room to make the case for English language arts, science, and computer science alike.
A practical case for school leadership, digital citizenship, and responsible AI use in classrooms.
The conversation ties school leadership to ethical AI, with the central point that leaders need to set expectations before the tools show up. It stays grounded in education leadership and makes a steady case for digital citizenship, evaluative thinking, and responsible classroom…
AI matters here when school leaders make it safe for teachers to experiment and change practice.
The episode keeps its focus on how AI in education only starts to matter when school leaders make room for teachers to try, stumble, and try again.
Classroom practice, school change, and AI with purpose.
Media literacy, tested against real feeds.
Business stories with practical connective tissue.
Edtech talk with classroom sense and snacks.
Free classroom tech, tested by a teacher.
Classroom tech, explained teacher to teacher.
Leadership changes the operating model.
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