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A Measure of Intelligence: One Mother's Reckoning with the IQ Test w/ Dr. Pepper Stetler
Episode 158
Today we are joined by Dr. Pepper Stetler. Pepper’s recently released book, A Measure of Intelligence: One Mother’s Reckoning with the IQ Test docume…
1 year, 8 months ago
Meritocracy, Anxiety, & the Chinese College Entrance Exam w/ Zachary Howlett
Episode 157
I was not familiar at all with China’s national college exam, the gaokao, until reading about it in Susan Blum’s book, Schoolishness, and talking wit…
1 year, 8 months ago
2024 Title IX Update w/ the ACLU
It’s not every day that you get an email from ACLU. If you aren’t aware, since being co-founded in part by Hellen Keller in New York City in 1920, th…
1 year, 9 months ago
How Grades Harm Students & What We Can Do About It w/ Joshua Eyler
Episode 156
If education had a Hippocratic Oath - First, do no harm - grades and grading would be among the first practices on the chopping block.
And in the con…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Fantasy Economy w/ Neil Kraus
Episode 155
Stop me if you’ve heard these before:
American public schools are failing,
American students are falling behind their global peers,
The future of Americ…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Solutionary Way w/ Zoe Weil
Episode 154
A “solutionary” has multiple definitions, one of which reads, “A person who identifies inhumane, unjust, and/or unsustainable societal systems and th…
1 year, 10 months ago
Pedagogical Documentation w/ Angela Stockman
Episode 153
Today we are joined by Angela Stockman. Angela is a veteran secondary English/Language Arts teacher, author, and professional learning facilitator. S…
1 year, 10 months ago
Back to School Special: Teaching Love & Learning Freedom w/ Dr. Carla Shalaby
Many of you are already working to get your classrooms ready and will be welcoming students for the first day in the next couple of weeks, if you hav…
1 year, 11 months ago
Schoolishness w/ Dr. Susan Blum
Episode 152
My guest today is Dr. Susan Blum. Susan Blum is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of I L…
1 year, 11 months ago
151: Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations w/ Nawal Qarooni
Episode 151
Today we are joined by Nawal Qarooni. Nawal is an educator, writer, and adjunct professor based in Jersey City, who founded and operates NQC Literacy…
2 years ago