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Bumps in teacher prep program enrollment could mean good news…maybe? - Passing Period #95
This Week: Manuel heads to Sacramento to hang out with all the most brilliant educators in CA working on teacher diversity, and a new piece in The 74 cites federal data showing, surprisingly, a bump …
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Community College Exodus- Passing Period #94
This Week: College enrollment overall has been on the decline for several years now, but with enrollment down nearly 40% in the nation’s community colleges, big questions arise - where are the studen…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 100!! - An educator’s view from Florida w/ Lorena Germán
Those of us educators and advocates outside of the state of Florida have been looking at the repressive and dangerous actions of the state government in shock. As the Republican leadership in Florida…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
LAUSD strike yields new contract, and the Texas war on marginalized communities in school continues - Passing Period #93
This Week: After a three day strike, with SEUI and UTLA joining forces to demand sharp raises in pay and benefits for LAUSD’s lowest paid workers, an agreement was announced with a historic 30% raise…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
#99 - Equity gaps in extracurricular education w/ Dr. Charli Kemp!!
Equity gaps in education aren’t limited to the confines of the traditional school day. Out-of-school and extracurricular enrichment experiences deliver thousands more hours of learning to kids from w…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
3 year pandemic anniversary and LGBTQ families deciding to not attend college in states with repressive laws - Passing Period #92
This Week: Three years ago the educational world came to a virtual standstill as COVID 19 would close school house doors, and reshape the experience of a generation. And, a story from NBC News profil…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
AOTA goes international! And a remedy for the teen mental health crisis? - Passing Period #91
This Week: Jeff interrupts his tropical galavanting to check in with the All of the Above family across a 15-hour time difference. That’s dedication! Amid a backdrop of tropical waves, he and Manuel …
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
BHM Shenanigans, and 230,000 Missing Kids from American Schools - Passing Period #90
This Week: Sometimes you just gotta trust the youth. Hundreds of kids at a Tuscaloosa, AL high school walk out in protest after their school administration allegedly told them to not include any cont…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
#98 - Truly Terrific Teaching Today with CA Teacher of the Year Jason Torres-Rangel!
Here at All of the Above we loooove teachers, especially super-dope ones. We’re also, perhaps, a tad bit partial to California. That being the case, it should come as no surprise to our AOTA Family t…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
And everybody knows about Ron Desantis, goddam! - Passing Period #89
This Week: We weren’t expecting much, but the College Board’s insulting capitulation to white supremacist fascism this week with their release of the newly white washed AP African American Studies cu…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago