Leadership That Can Shift: Building Education for What Comes Next
In this episode of Voices for Excellence, host Dr. Michael Conner, CEO and founder of the Agile Evolutionary Group, is joined by Brian K. Roberson II, education leader, leadership consultant and school board trustee.
What Changes When We Stop Defining Students by Their Scores?
In an episode of Voices for Excellence, host Dr. Michael Conner, CEO and founder of Agile Evolutionary Group, was joined by Dr. Mark King, Vice President of Education at Arts for Learning Maryland and author of The Middle School Master, and Melinda Cook, Head of Assessment Strategies at Riverside Insights.
Preparing Education for a Future That Is Already Arriving
In an episode of Voices for Excellence, host Dr. Michael Conner, CEO and founder of Agile Evolutionary Group, was joined by Roxanna Villasenor, former superintendent and CEO of Universal Leadership and Associates, to explore how education must evolve for Generation Alpha, Generation Beta and the increasingly digital world they are entering.
Building Schools That Belong to the Community
In an episode of Voices for Excellence, host Dr. Michael Conner, CEO and founder of Agile Evolutionary Group, was joined by Jody Bloyer, Deputy Superintendent of Racine Public Schools in Wisconsin, to explore what education must look like in the years after COVID-19.
Dr. Michael T. Conner Named to National AI Literacy Day 2027 Advisory Board
Dr. Michael T. Conner, CEO and Founder of the Agile Evolutionary Group, has been appointed to the Advisory Board for National AI Literacy Day 2027. National AI Literacy Day, taking place March 5, 2027, is a national movement dedicated to empowering young people and their communities with the skills to be critical consumers of AI, […]
Building Stronger Schools Through Trust, Access and Community Partnership
In an episode of Voices for Excellence, host Dr. Michael Conner spoke with Dr. Brenda Garcia Castro, assistant principal at Century Community Charter School and adjunct professor at Pepperdine University, about the role of trust, family engagement and community partnership in creating stronger educational systems.
Rethinking Education in the Age of AI
In an episode of Voices for Excellence, host Dr. Michael Conner spoke with Kunal Dalal, CEO of AI Parentology, about how artificial intelligence, micro schools and changing family expectations are reshaping education.
Building Systems That Outlast Us
In this episode of Voices for Excellence, Dr. Michael Conner, CEO and founder of Agile Evolutionary Group, speaks with Dr. Tonia Causey-Bush, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services for Banning Unified School District, about instructional leadership, the Portrait of a Learner, AI, and what it takes to prepare students for the 22nd century. The episode explores how education systems can respond to post-COVID learner needs, strengthen instructional coherence, and build sustainable models that continue long after individual leaders move on.
AI, Ethics, and the Future of Learning
In this episode of Voices for Excellence, Dr. Michael Conner, CEO and founder of Agile Evolutionary Group, speaks with AI strategist and ethics expert Rebecca Bultsma about what it takes to prepare education systems for an AI-driven future. Their conversation explores strategy, ethics, classroom practice, emerging technology, and the bigger challenge facing leaders now: how to redesign learning for Generation Alpha and Generation Beta without losing the human purpose of education.
Building Learning Organizations for the Future
In a recent episode of Voices for Excellence, Dr. Michael Conner sat down with educational leader and superintendent Glenn Robbins to explore one of the most pressing questions facing schools today: how do we prepare learners for a future that is changing faster than education systems were ever designed to handle? The conversation moved far beyond technology trends and leadership buzzwords. At its core, it was a discuss
