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The End of Education As We Know It… Or Not - Passing Period #139
This Week: It was a rough week y'all. You know it. We know it. The forces of hate and oppression are out here. Trump is going to get rid of the US Dept of Education, vouchers will be had for all, and…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Rich Kids Buy Their Way Into USC and Black and Brown Educators Plan to Leave LA Schools - Passing Period #138
This Week: Despite the right-wing hysteria that would have you believe wokeness and DEI are undermining the quality of America’s colleges, it turns out that it’s unqualified rich kids who are buying …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
#115 - College Uncovered w/ Kirk Carapezza of GBH News!
Encampments raided, college presidents sacked, student loan forgiveness struck down, DEI programs abolished, and free speech battles raging–what in the world is going on across our nation’s college c…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Novels Are Disappearing From School… Should We Bring Them Back? - Passing Period #137
This Week: Amidst a culture of short attention spans, TikTok videos, 30 second sound bites, and 24 hour news cycles, it’s perhaps not surprising that the novel is going by the wayside in English clas…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Teacher Strikes Work, and New Efforts to Fix Math Identity - Passing Period #136
This Week: A fascinating new study of teacher strikes across America over the last two decades shows that strikes work to a) improve educator wages, b) improve working conditions like class sizes and…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Another School Shooting in America, and Menstrual Ed (almost) Comes to CA - Passing Period #135
This Week: It happened again. Another mass shooting at a school in America, this time in Winder, GA. Another young, disaffected, white, male carries out a rageful act of violence, killing 4 people an…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Turns Out America’s Schools Are Safer Than Ever - Passing Period #134
This Week: As Kamala picks a former teacher for VP in Coach Walz, there could be… could be, some signs that the right wing fever is breaking in local school board elections in Florida. Maybe. Turns o…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Gov. Newsome Urges Schools to Ban Cell Phones in Class Now - Passing Period #133
This Week: California’s governor wrote a letter to school leaders this week, urging urgent action on banning cell phones from the classroom. Citing ample data showing that increased use of cell phone…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
TItle IX Changes Are Here… Sort Of. And Bold Ideas for Addressing Chronic Absenteeism - Passing Period #132
This Week: New guidelines for Title IX implementation and enforcement went live on August first, at least for about half of the country. The US Dept of Education’s plan to undo some of the damage tha…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Give Em Cash And The School Calendar - Passing Period #131
This Week: Sometimes research tells us something new. And sometimes it confirms what we already thought was true. That’s the case this week, as a new study from UCLA and Penn provides evidence of the…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago