{"podcast":{"title":"Educator Forever","slug":"educator-forever-5757634","podcast_index_feed_id":5757634,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/educator-forever/","website_url":"https://www.educatorforever.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f98cff81-814f-4db9-831d-948efbea3314/0gwq5twynNevqt8P48netGb-.jpg","author":"Lily Jones, Teacher Advocate","episode_count":188,"summary":"There’s a lot that needs to change in education. But there are inspiring movements going on too! At Educator Forever, we believe teachers need to be at the forefront of education reform and be empowered to create career pathways that work for them. Do you ever think about leaving the classroom but have absolutely no idea what else you could do? You may not realize it yet, but you have acquired highly valuable skills throughout your teaching journey, and there is unlimited potential for you to use them. Tune in each week to hear about career opportunities that will help you achieve the income, impact, and freedom you’ve always dreamed of. The best part? You can do all of this without having to leave the world of education entirely. In addition to showing you the many ways you can expand your impact beyond the classroom, we’ll introduce you to inspiring leaders in education. Want to learn about new research? Looking to get familiar with innovative approaches to teaching and learning? We’ve got you covered. Your host, Lily Jones, is a former kindergarten and first-grade teacher who transitioned out of the classroom to work in curriculum design, writing content for ed tech companies a…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/educator-forever-5757634"},"episode":{"title":"182. From Classroom to Congress with Will Staton","slug":"182-from-classroom-to-congress-with-will-staton","published_at":"2026-04-22T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/educator-forever-5757634/182-from-classroom-to-congress-with-will-staton","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/educator-forever-5757634","url":"https://www.educatorforever.com/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ae25c303-9156-4538-bc63-8fafad88d7dd.mp3","summary":"Will Staton began his career as a high school history teacher, and has worked as a teacher, Dean and administrator in Memphis, New York City and Washington, DC. Most recently, Will worked as an independent nonprofit consultant. Now he is now running for Congress as an independent in central New York, where he lives in Syracuse with his wife and two daughters. In our talk, Will and I discuss his journey from education to politics, and how he wants to improve the public school system. If you care about our education system, you’ll want to tune in. For all links and resources mentioned in this episode, head to the show notes: https://www.educatorforever.com/episode182 .","meta_description":"Will Staton began his career as a high school history teacher, and has worked as a teacher, Dean and administrator in Memphis, New York City and Washingto…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1761,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/educator-forever-5757634/episodes/182-from-classroom-to-congress-with-will-staton/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/educator-forever-5757634/182-from-classroom-to-congress-with-will-staton.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}