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#97 - Federal Funding and the Legacy of Inequity w/ Dr. Abdul-Khaliq!
Making sense of school funding formulas can be tricky, especially when considering the multiple categories of spending that have been set up to try t…
3 years, 5 months ago
This Mfer Right Here - Passing Period #84
This Week: This one didn’t get much attention in the national headlines, but it should have. Jeronimo Yanez, the racist, murdering, hateful cop who m…
3 years, 5 months ago
#96 - Advancing Kindergarten Dopeness w/ Tayo Enna!!
Our show may or may not be guilty of spending way too little time on issues related to early childhood education. Well, that ends today! Super-dope k…
3 years, 6 months ago
Midterm Election Implications for Education - Passing Period #83
This Week: We’re sure you heard about the election last week, and we’re sure you didn’t hear much about the many ways in which this election had big …
3 years, 6 months ago
#95 - Exploring Community Schools with Emily Grijalva!
Among the litany of education buzzwords that aren’t always understood is the increasingly popular term “community school.” When folks say that their …
3 years, 6 months ago
NAEP scores, halloween candy, and the OGs of racism get told to stop policing Black hair in school - Passing Period #82
This Week: From the cradle of American racism, aka Great Britain, comes a story about schools getting their wrists slapped for having policies that o…
3 years, 6 months ago
#94 - History Standards, Reconstruction, and Teaching the Truth with Mimi Eisen!
At a time of heightened attacks on curriculum and increased efforts to obscure and whitewash the past, our teaching of history and the social science…
3 years, 7 months ago
Progress, and lots of room to improve in how CA districts serve LGBTQ+ youth - Passing Period #81
This Week: Equality California Institute released a new report card for the state this week detailing how districts who responded to their statewide …
3 years, 7 months ago
Transforming School Environments with Green Space - Passing Period #80
This Week: The LAUSD School Board approved a resolution recently aiming to have every school in the district have at least 30% green spce by 2035. Fo…
3 years, 7 months ago
Nothing Dystopian to See Here - Passing Period #79
This Week: In a totally-normal-definitely-not-dystopian move, Texas officials approve a “1836 Project” pamphlet to be distributed at their DMVs to ed…
3 years, 8 months ago