Flip the System US

Michael Soskil is an author, an international keynote speaker, and has spent the past 22 years in various teaching roles. He is a Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, a recipient of the US Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, and in 2016 was announced as one of the top ten teachers in the world and a finalist for the Global Teacher Prize.

Section I Public Education as the Foundation of Democratic Society 1. An American Education System with Integrity 2. Engendering Student Civic Engagement: A Los Angeles Student Focus Group 3. Regaining the Democratic Heart of Education 4. Teaching for Democracy: The Role of Student Autonomy and Agency Section II An Equitable System for All 5. Systems that Promote Equitable Outcomes 6. Beyond Privilege: Using Student Perspectives to Create a More Equitable System 7. The Day After: Education and Equity after the Global Pandemic 8. Closing the Rural Opportunity Gap 9. Market Forces and Erosion of Education as a Public Good: Widening Equity Gaps Section III Healthy Students, Healthy Schools, and Healthy Communities 10. Educating the Whole Child 11. Flipping the System: A Primer for the Classroom Teacher 12. Refugee and Immigrant Education: Strengthening Our Communities 13. Impact of Trauma on the Foundational Identities of Our Children Section IV Elevating Teacher Expertise into Education Decisions 14. Teaching is a Political Profession: Stepping into the Arena 15. Lessons for the United States from International Education Systems 16. A Case Study in Distributed Leadership: Sanger Unified School District 17. #RedforEd and the Struggle for Our Schools 18. Education Union Renewal: The Key to Flipping the System Section V Supporting Teachers in a Flipped System 19. Addressing the Shortage: Recruiting our Next Generation of Teachers 20. Supporting Teachers from Historically Marginalized Communities 21. Democratized Professional Learning: The Edcamp Model 22. Pockets of Innovation: Transformational Professional Learning and Development