In our race to cover state content standards and prepare students for high-stakes tests, many educators are overlooking a powerful strategy for transforming students’ futures and making serious strides toward equity. Policy analyst and author Julia Freeland Fisher preaches the game-changing impact of expanding students’ social networks.Julia Freeland Fisher is the director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute. Her team educates policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation, aiming to transform monolithic, factory-model education systems into student-centered designs that enable each student to realize his or her fullest potential. Julia is also the author of Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks, along with a great collection of blog posts and this AMAZING PLAYBOOK for implementing the ideas we discuss in the episode. We cover a lot of territory including:2:54 How Bear McCreary became one of the top composers of our time5:20 Young Julia’s 1st-hand experience with “opportunity gaps”6:53 Two types of social capital: getting by vs. getting ahead9:01 WHAT you know vs. WHO you know10:25 Breaking out of the school’s embryonic community11:28 The inequity of inherited social networks13:13 How “enrichment spending” exacerbates inequity14:18 Research on the link between social capital and economic mobility15:25 How schools can tap into community capital18:23 Existing models for schools to engage networks21:32 Overcoming “Byzantine” school schedules24:54 How schools can track and systemize social capital26:15 What gets measured gets done27:38 A challenge to affluent people who care about equity29:30 Whose job is this?30:44 A simple first step for school leaders31:52 The “low-hanging fruit”- Internship programs33:20 Models/programs for school-wide implementation34:51 Connecting with our WHY and overcoming teacher burnout Here are some programs and tools Julia discusses in the interview:Big Picture Learning NetworkImBlazeEducuriousCommunityShareThe Forest SchoolSocial Capital BuildersConnected FuturesCareer Launch

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