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“Surprising” Data about Emergency Credentialed Teachers and Teacher Mental Health - Passing Period #119
This Week: New data from NJ and MA shows that teachers who entered the profession through alternative certification programs, particularly following …
2 years, 3 months ago
Double Dose of Dartmouth - Unionized Athletes and Bringing Back the SAT - Passing Period #118
This Week: Jeff’s alma mater, the Big Green, hit the headlines twice this week with big news about the NLRB recognizing their men’s basketball team a…
2 years, 3 months ago
$2B CA Settlement To Address Learning Loss Is A Good Thing, Right? - Passing Period #117
This Week: A massive legal settlement coming as the result of litigation that began back in 2020 commits the state of CA to spending $2 billion on ad…
2 years, 3 months ago
Fewer Cops in Schools… For Now - Passing Period #116
This Week: New federal data shows that our nation’s schools have seen a modest decline in the presence of police, for now at least. In the aftermath …
2 years, 4 months ago
Sending Homeless Students “Home” in CA - Passing Period #115
This Week: We begin discussing Manuel’s experience as a mentor teacher this year, and the importance of that role in a new teacher’s development. The…
2 years, 4 months ago
New Years Ed News Roundup: Harvard Pres, AI, Cops Banning Books, and Ed Dept Resignation Over Gaza - Passing Period #114
This Week: Happy New Year to the AOTA family. Manuel and Jeff are back in the studio post winter break and doing a roundup of lots of headlines since…
2 years, 4 months ago
AI and DEI: Oklahoma Bans DEI in Schools, and Stanford Study Says AI Doesn’t Increase Cheating - Passing Period #113
This Week: It’s alphabet soup this week! The State of OK bans DEI in schools, using the 14th Amendment and made up ideas about promoting one race as …
2 years, 5 months ago
#111 - Justice, Hope, and Teaching Fiercely w/ Kass and Cornelius Minor!
There is so much work to be done to create the type of joyous and just schools that our students deserve, and each day seems to bring yet another tra…
2 years, 5 months ago
Christianity and Big Oil Intrude on Science Textbooks, and Silencing Teachers on Palestine - Passing Period #112
This Week: Oh Texas… sigh. Will we ever get good news about education coming out of the Lone Star State? Today is not that day. The TX Board of Ed ap…
2 years, 5 months ago
Christianity and Big Oil Intrude On Science Textbooks, and Silencing Teachers on Palestine - Passing Period #112
This Week: Oh Texas… sigh. Will we ever get good news about education coming out of the Lone Star State? Today is not that day. The TX Board of Ed ap…
2 years, 5 months ago