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Normalizing the Not Normal: Vaccine Denial, Dismantling Public Ed, and Armed Drones in Schools
This Week: Jeff got a letter published in EdWeek this month, challenging the publication of right wing opinion pieces that are racist, and overtly hostile to the institution of public school. This br…
Published on 1 day, 7 hours ago
Mpls School Shooting, Ten Commandments in TX Schools, and the Fallout from Mahmoud Begins
This Week: Here we are again. Another tragic school shooting, and the tone deaf, empty gestures of thoughts and prayers is all we’re left with from those in power. We can, and most, do better. Meanwh…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
The BOY Episode - Starting the School Year with Resilience and Trepidation
This Week: As the school year begins across many parts of America, we welcome back our long time friend of the show and middle school literacy coach extraordinaire Genevieve DeBose. With some fascina…
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The War on Ethnic Studies Continues, and Takes a Detour Through Palestine
This Week: Despite deep “blue” California being poised to implement the first-in-the-nation, state-wide ethnic studies graduation requirement, the insidious efforts from within to undermine, co-opt, …
Published on 1 month ago
Adulting 101, and do Experienced Teachers Continue to Get Better?
This Week: Sometimes research tells us something new, and sometimes it confirms what we thought we already knew. A new study from the Fordham Institute does both, showing that contrary to some popula…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Happy Fascist Friday!
This Week: Holy shit. Normally we don’t curse around these parts, but damn. It’s an abject mess of theocracy, authoritarianism, and outright attacks on rights, freedoms, and the nation’s public schoo…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
The Kids Aint Reading… Does It Matter?
Data from both the US and UK shows that reading for pleasure is on the decline for kids of all ages, and adults too. For the youngest children, time reading with a loving adult is also on the decline…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
What’s the Purpose of High School?
This Week: A fascinating piece in Chalkbeat breaks down some of the pros and cons of states adopting varied graduation pathways to a HS diploma. In a world where AI can do your homework, where it see…
Published on 3 months ago
College Board Says “No Racism Here” as it Ends Racial Identification for Key Scholarship Program
This Week: The College Board casts its lot with the most regressive, racist actors in our society by stripping race from consideration in its National Recognition Program. The likely outcome of this …
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Should We Bring Back the Zero? Equitable Grading Today, and Trump Takes Two Ls This Week
This Week: Coming out of the pandemic, schools across the country implemented versions of more equitable grading practices. Today, as the immediate effects of the pandemic are behind us, new question…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago