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Chaos in SFUSD - Equity, Wokeness, and Divisive Racial Politics - Passing Period #60
This Week: It’s America in 2022, and while right wing folk are literally threatening to kill kids of school board members across the country, we find ourselves in a media frenzy over the recall of th…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Teacher Eval & Accountability: Will We Repeat the Sins of the Past? - Passing Period #59
This Week: A fascinating article in The Progressive got Manuel and Jeff talking about some of our predictions of what’s to come once we have fresh, new state test scores this spring. The learning los…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
#85 - The Faith-Based Case for Educational Justice ft. Zakiya Jackson!
Although most policy organizations and education leaders who advocate for educational justice maintain a secular voice and vision, there are those for whom building an equitable, humanizing public sc…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Get ‘Em and Keep ‘Em: Solutions to the Teacher Shortage - Passing Period #58
This Week: The Learning Policy Institute released a new report this week outlining the impacts of the teacher shortage on districts across California during the pandemic, how they’re responding, and …
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Florida, and the Battle for the Soul of Public Education - Passing Period #57
This Week: The Florida State Senate passes a bill that requires teaching that ensures white, and white adjacent folk, cannot be made to feel “discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psycholo…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
#84 - Schooling for Democracy w/ Dr. Annamarie Francois!
To educators like UCLA’s Dr. Annamarie Francois, schools aren’t just sites for reading and math, but instead are the moral, political, and social centers of our democracy. As the Executive Director o…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor - Passing Period #56
This Week: With the COVID infection graph approaching an upward, vertical line, schools across the country open after the holidays, and the great experiment with the lives and health of the nation’s …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Holiday Break News Roundup - Passing Period #55
This Week: If you understood the assignment, you’re on break right now, spending time with loved ones, not checking work email, silencing your alerts, and just relaxing. And, we got you covered with …
Published on 4 years ago
Omicron, TikTok, and School. Good Grief. - Passing Period #54
This Week: Winter break is here, at least for some of us, and not a moment too soon. As the omicron variant rages across the globe, and in many parts of America too, schools are closing or on high a…
Published on 4 years ago
Students Act Out… But Didn’t We Know This Was Coming? - Passing Period #53
This Week: As the holiday season is here, the US Surgeon General releases an Advisory on Protecting Youth Mental Health, and the LA Times drops an article detailing a rise in “threats, fights, and mi…
Published on 4 years ago