This Boardhawk Podcast episode’s guest, Alex Medler is a member of the Boulder Valley School District Board of Education. He is also executive director of the National Network for District Authorizing, a nonprofit that helps state-level initiatives and school districts strengthen how they authorize and oversee charter schools.
Boardhawk published a piece by Medler last week on BVSD’s year-old bell-to-bell cellphone free initiative, and why other districts should muster the political courage to do the same.
We asked Medler on to discuss this issue, which is gaining momentum across the country (DPS is just forming a community committee to study the issue and make recommendations).
We also wanted to hear his provocative thoughts, as a long time charter school advocate and “ed reformer” on how his perspective has changed after two years as a school board member. He has strong opinions about where reformers, and the foundations that fund them, have gone astray.
