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40 Years of Undocumented Student Rights in Schools - Passing Period #70
This Week: 40 years ago this week, the US Supreme Court handed down one of the most important immigrant rights decisions in its history in Plyler v. …
3 years, 11 months ago
Universal Pre-K, Universally Good… Right? - Passing Period #69
This Week: It seems obviously simple. Give kids universal access to free pre-k and we will see positive outcomes. But some fascinating new data from …
3 years, 11 months ago
Uvalde, the insanity of Ted Cruz, and the real story of the 2021-22 school year - Passing Period #68
This Week: Manuel and Jeff reflect on the tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX and how to process the continued incidents of mass shooting…
3 years, 11 months ago
AOTA Live from Education Evolving’s Student Centered Learning for Equity Conference - Passing Period #67
This Week: All of the Above is coming to your live, on the road from Jeff’s hometown of St. Paul, MN, at Education Evolving’s Student Centered Learni…
3 years, 11 months ago
School Board Battlegrounds Lead to Mass Exodus - Passing Period #66
This Week: You’ve seen the crazy headlines - white folks up in arms over the “demonic” work of CRT in schools, a white mom suing her school district …
4 years ago
#91 - Recruitment and retention of educators of color w/ Mikisha Nation and James Barnett!
We’ve heard the rhetoric for years that educator diversity is important not only for students of color, but also for white students. This week we tak…
4 years ago
Is the Court Coming for Public Schools? - Passing Period #65
This Week: the whole nation is abuzz with the news that the Supreme Court is planning to overturn Roe v. Wade, as it should be. But this is just step…
4 years ago
#90 - A Joyous and Just Education for All w/ NTOY Juliana Urtubey!
The double-whammy of teaching amid a pandemic and being publicly slandered for alleged “indoctrination” and “grooming” has made this an especially to…
4 years, 1 month ago
Happy Confederate Heritage Month… Wait, WTF?!?!??! - Passing Period #64
This Week: Manuel and Jeff keep tabs on the right wing effort to turn America’s public schools into an Orwell novel, with discussion of some truly as…
4 years, 1 month ago
#89 - Law Professor Yvette Butler and the Never-Ending CRT Panic!
The way folks are out here talking about “CRT,” you’d think it was the actual, literal devil. Well, we found one of the most unique individuals in a…
4 years, 1 month ago