Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
The Weaponization of Data: Preparing for the June 2022 Narrative - Passing Period #63
This Week: The LA Times let everyone know that “nearly half of LAUSD students are chronically absent” this year. And, if you didn’t read the article …
4 years, 1 month ago
#88 - Is it time to de-track our schools? Featuring Dr. Eric Toshalis!!
Advanced. Honors. GATE. Remedial. Foundational. Students have been “tracked,” or sorted and grouped by perceived ability level, into categories such …
4 years, 1 month ago
What We Wish We’d Gotten, And A Word of Advice To Newbies - Passing Period #62
This Week: Mauel and Jeff take a step back from the headlines and major policy issues of the world to reflect on two important questions. What is on…
4 years, 2 months ago
#87 - Pilot Schools and Innovation w/ Dr. Cynthia Gonzalez!!
All that talk about “reimagining school” seems like a distant memory to a lot of us, but many folks are hard at work implementing innovative school d…
4 years, 2 months ago
A Bad Week for White Nationalist Bigots Who Hate Education - Passing Period #61
This Week: Normally we love to get into deep, critical conversations about the wrongs of the world of education and how to right them. This week, we’…
4 years, 2 months ago
#86 - Liz Kleinrock on Antibias and Antiracist Work in Schools!
The partisan push to ban books, curriculum, and pedagogy that helps students interrogate oppression continues rage. How can educators teach children …
4 years, 2 months ago
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…
4 years, 3 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, n…
4 years, 3 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 fo…
4 years, 3 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…
4 years, 3 months ago