Anette has a great discussion with her friends, the Reverend Charles Foster Johnson and Dr. Charles Luke, leaders of Pastors for Texas Children, a board Anette is honored to serve on. Charlie and Charles pay close attention to all bills and intents focused on the children of Texas, and spend a good amount of time advocating with legislators for good policy for the future of Texas. Lots to learn from these education leaders! Thanks for all the hard work, and thanks for the conversation, gents!

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How does one keep up with the rapidly moving bills and issues surrounding education in Texas? Learn how Anette does her best to stay on top of things from the Texas Panhandle, and it's not always easy. There are some great resources out there, so be sure and find them on social media, at their websites, and sign up to stay informed!

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Anette shares the Amarillo College Aspen Prize Top Ten event. Amarillo College was awarded the Rising Star Award, at spot five. When Anette started serving on the AC Board, AC ranked at over 900. Lots of hard work by the Amarillo College Team and six years later, it's quite an honor to now rank at #5 out of all the community colleges in the nation!

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A three-legged stool represents sturdy support of #txed public schools. Raise Your Hand Texashas sent this six-foot three-legged stool around the state, starting at the Capitol in Austin and ending in Amarillo. Skylar Gallop, Regional Advocacy Director in the Panhandle for RYHT explains the purpose of this symbol, and hosts a press conference in Amarillo, Texas.

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When you have a podcast, and it's Mother's Day, what's more natural than asking your boys to be the guests? I'm fortunate to have three wonderful sons, and on this episode you'll hear their opinions on part of their education journey, and the importance of education not just in their life, but in the larger society, as they see it. I hope you enjoy this have as much as I did! Thanks to Walker, Darwin, and Everett! Darwin produces this podcast (most of the time!), and does a great job through his business, First Class Reels.

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Anette visits with fellow Advisory Board Member of the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, Nicole Lynn Lewis. Nicole is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Generation Hope, a nonprofit organization that surrounds motivated teen parents and their children with the mentors, emotional support, and financial resources that they need to thrive in college and kindergarten, thereby driving a two-generation solution to poverty. Read her recently released book, Pregnant Girl!

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Anette takes her listeners along on a trip to the State Capitol in Austin, Texas to advocate for community colleges and public ed. The team includes Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart, President of Amarillo College, fellow AC Regent Jay Barrett, principal of the new AmTech campus, and Amarillo ISD Superintendent Doug Loomis.

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Anette visits with her friend, Dr. Aaron Pan, Executive Director of the Museum of Texas Tech University and Associate Professor in Practice, Museum of Texas Tech University. With a focus on lifelong learning, Aaron discusses areas of interest from paleobotany to kleptoparasitic bees, and all things museum-related as well.

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Anette and her friend, Maria Xenidou, of the Impact Learning podcast, take the opportunity to talk education with one of their teachers, Seth Godin. Seth asks great questions about what is school for, and talks about the difference between education and learning. Everyone involved in education should listen to this, and, especially those setting up our systems of education, including legislators. Seth is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, speaker, AND teacher. Thank you, Seth and Maria, for talking education today!

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After 25 years as an elected official, Anette is running for another term on the Amarillo College Board of Regents. Her friend, Maria Xenidou, wanted to interview her about the role and why she wanted to serve again. A fellow podcaster who hosts Impact Learning, Maria and Anette connected about education during Anette's Podcasting Fellowship course where Maria was one of her amazing coaches. Learn about governance, board service, and community colleges, and be sure to take part in our democracy by voting! This election is May 1st. To learn more about Maria, listen to Episode #34.

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Anette re-releases her most popular podcast to date, a discussion on the history of pandemics with her husband, J. Taylor Carlisle, infectious disease expert. It's worth listening to again, in case you've already heard it.

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Anette visits with Chandra Kring Villanueva on school finance in Texas, focusing on the recently released paper on HB3. As complicated as it is, Chandra knows her school finance, and helps explain it here. As Program Director of the Economic Opportunity Team, Chandra oversees Every Texan's work on education, workforce development and job quality.

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While Jeff Webster's love of music may have brought him to Texas, we are fortunate he chose to stay and share his expertise on data analysis as Director of Research for the Trellis Company. Anette and Jeff have interacted on a number of projects over the years. and you'll get to hear about those and lots more of the work Jeff leads. There are loads of great resources on the Trellis Foundation website. Jeff has overseen numerous studies on college affordability, student debt burden, and student success.

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One of the last recordings Anette made before the pandemic shutdown, Bret Boyer shares his passion and knowledge of music in an interview in Austin. With a degree in jazz guitar and years of experience both playing and teaching, Bret Boyer understands the importance of the arts in education. Bret tries to adapt his lessons to fit the student's personal interests, to better engage them. Anette shares the challenges that some of the varying approaches Bret uses challenge her in a way that mirrors the challenges many of our youth face on a daily basis in our schools.

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Anette visits with long-time friend and educational leader, Jay Barrett, soon become the principal of the new AmTech Career Academy in Amarillo ISD. Jay is an enthusiastic leader for other educators as well as for students, and he and Anette both serve on the boards of Amarillo College and the Community College of Texas Trustees together.

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Anette visits with her good friend, Patrick Miller, Amarillo ISD educator and fellow Amarillo College Regent, about his role as president of the local chapter of the NAACP board.

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Anette visits with her friend and equity champion, Jim Larimore. While Jim has traveled from coast to coast, and beyond, in his work, he now hails from Iowa City, where it's even colder than the Texas Panhandle during the Blue Norther that just hit! Jim Larimore is Chief Officer for Equity in Learning at Riiid (pronounced “rid”) Labs, where he leads strategy, programs and partnerships to leverage Riiid’s strengths in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to close gaps in educational opportunity, achievement and student success.

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Excited to highlight the great work of Leadership Women, where Anette serves as board chair, she talks with her friend, Linda Crompton, who is the President and CEO. She and Linda talk about the excellent programming of Leadership Women, and the pivots the organization had to implement because of COVID, and managed to do so successfully

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