Lutheran Education Podcast

Introducing the Lutheran Education Podcast, brought to you by Lutheran Special Education Ministries. In this podcast we’ll explore trends, issues and events surrounding Lutheran education. In each episode we’ll invite educational experts to shed light on topics that support educators, administrators and staff.

Lutheran Education Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Richard Schumacher, with 81 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Richard Schumacher hosts Lutheran Education Podcast, a education show with 81 episodes published.

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  Episode #81

  Episode 81: Episode 81: Donna Lucas talks about a career that's taken her across all corners of the country

  May 27, 202652 min

  Donna Lucas, Principal at Abiding Savior Lutheran School in Lake Forest, CA, is the recipient of the 2026 Charles A. Winterstein Administrator of the Year. She joins the podcast to discuss the various stops across the country that she’s made throughout her career. Through those roles she’s embraced diversity and has learned that people from all corners of the country are still all pretty much the same. However, how she communicated and learned from colleagues changed depending on the amount of Lutheran schools there were in the areas she served. She also talks about how she went from teaching to eventually joining the administrative side of education.

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  Episode #80

  Episode 80: Episode 80: Justin Fierro and Brooke Weise discuss their school's approach to special education

  Apr 29, 20261h 9m

  Justin Fierro, Principal, and Brooke Weise, Director of Student Services at Immanuel Lutheran School in Giddings, TX, join Dr. Tracie Salgado to talk about their school’s partnership with LSEM and their unique approach to supporting their students with learning differences.

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  Episode #79

  Episode 79: Episode 79: Brian Broderick talks about the state of non public school education in Michigan

  Apr 14, 20261h 3m

  Brian Broderick, Executive Director of the Michigan Association of Non-Public schools and President/CEO of LSEM, Stacy McGhee, talk about education across the state of Michigan and MANS involvement with legislative matters in regards to being able to participate in funding and aid to non-public schools. In this conversation, Broderick, McGhee and Richard Schumacher talk about the wide range of efforts and value that MANS brings to non-public schools and LSEM.

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  Episode #78

  Episode 78: Episode 78: Travis Grulke returns for a conversation on the state of Lutheran education

  Mar 31, 202644 min

  Travis Grulke, the district education executive at the Michigan District LCMS and assistant to the president, makes another appearance on the podcast. Travis and Richard talk about some important topics and current events in Lutheran education as well as happenings in education across the country and within the political climate. They also chat about slowing down some of technology and AI that students have access to.

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  Episode #77

  Episode 77: Episode 77: LSEM's Richard Schumacher talks about the benefits of partnering with LSEM

  Mar 17, 202633 min

  Richard Schumacher, Senior Director of Operations at Lutheran Special Education Ministries, hosts a solo podcast about LSEM – including stories from the beginnings back in 1873 when it was founded as the Lutheran School for the Deaf to where it is today serving students with various learning disabilities within their own Christian schools across the country. Schumacher talks about the value and benefits of partnering with LSEM and its flexibility in working with schools both large or small — a mission that enables LSEM to reach and serve any student within a Christian setting.

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