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Billionaire Bloomberg Declares War on Public Schools - Passing Period #52
This Week: Michael Bloomberg, billionaire former NYC mayor and presidential candidate who nobody wanted to hear from, announced this week that he will be spending $750 million to promote charter scho…
Published on 4 years ago
#83 - Examining Educational Technology and Equity w/ Ken Shelton!
The pandemic hastened what was already a rapidly-evolving relationship between schooling and technology. Although millions of students have now been assigned their own devices and logins for a litany…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
NH Goes Nazi, Puts Bounty on Teachers for Teaching Truthful History - Passing Period #51
This Week: The state of New Hampshire passed a so-called anti “CRT” law back in June, but just this month rolled out its mechanism by which people can report educators for teaching truthful history. …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
#82 - A Whole School Approach to Humanizing Schools w/ Michael Essien!
Despite knowing that the pre-pandemic approach to schooling wasn’t working for whole swaths of students, many school leaders are struggling to make good on all that “reimagine” talk that was swirling…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Survey Shows 34% of Whites Lie About Race on College Apps - Passing Period #50
This Week: A stunning set of survey results from intelligent.com shows that thirty four percent - more than one of every three - white college applicants has falsely claimed to be a person of color o…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
#81 - Ethnic Studies in K-12: The Growth and Controversy w/ Roxana Dueñas!
As ethnic studies becomes a high school graduation requirement in California and national battles over teaching about race and racism continue to rage, what does the road ahead look like for expandin…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Educators Need Relief, Not More Pressure - Passing Period #49
This Week: The LA Times drops a bombshell article highlighting the negative effects of the pandemic on test scores and grades, and a clickbait headline that LA’s students “need help now.” Surprise, s…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Yo...where the subs at?? - Passing Period #48
This Week: Jeff being on vacation means that we needed to order a sub for this week’s Passing Period! Manuel and the substitute (ahem…“guest teacher”) explore the recent wave of headlines regarding t…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Mental Health, Ethnic Studies For All, Free Tampons, The CA Liberal Education Apocalypse is Here! - Passing Period #47
This Week: CA Governor Gavin Newsom is flexing, fresh off the unsuccessful recall attempt. This week the gov signed a suite of bills into law that will bring nearly $124 billion in education spendin…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
#80 - Decolonizing Education w/ Carolyn Roberts!
Increasingly, educators are pointing to the need to decolonize the classroom and the school system in order to truly meet the needs of Indigenous, Black, and other marginalized students. Although the…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago