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The Benefits of Black Teachers and Chicago Reverses Course on Per Pupil Funding - Passing Period #123
This Week: The interwebs were all ablaze with discussion about the news from AERA that two scholars’ research has shown that Black students, particularly boys from low income backgrounds, are less li…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Data Shows Benefits of Reading Banned Books, and Learning Loss = $31 Trillion - Passing Period #122
This Week: Finally, we get some data from a new study out of North Carolina showing the many benefits for students who read “disturbing” banned books. It’s about time! The data shows kids are more em…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Is Erasing School Attendance Zones the Path to Liberation, or the New Tool to Undermine Public Education? - Passing Period #121
This Week: We begin with what can only be described as a hit piece that came out this week in the NY Post that cited Manuel as a great purveyor of the neo marxist conspiracy that is CRT, which is, ap…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Childhood in Gaza, Black Hair in TX Schools, and the Right Wing Chilling Effect on Teachers- Passing Period #120
This Week: We begin with a moment of reflection on the children of Palestine, particularly in Gaza, where American weapons are being used to steal the childhood of a generation of children. Then, we …
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
“Surprising” Data about Emergency Credentialed Teachers and Teacher Mental Health - Passing Period #119
This Week: New data from NJ and MA shows that teachers who entered the profession through alternative certification programs, particularly following shortages in recent years, show similar gains in t…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Double Dose of Dartmouth - Unionized Athletes and Bringing Back the SAT - Passing Period #118
This Week: Jeff’s alma mater, the Big Green, hit the headlines twice this week with big news about the NLRB recognizing their men’s basketball team as employees -- the first ruling of its kind that m…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
$2B CA Settlement To Address Learning Loss Is A Good Thing, Right? - Passing Period #117
This Week: A massive legal settlement coming as the result of litigation that began back in 2020 commits the state of CA to spending $2 billion on addressing learning loss among its most marginalized…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Fewer Cops in Schools… For Now - Passing Period #116
This Week: New federal data shows that our nation’s schools have seen a modest decline in the presence of police, for now at least. In the aftermath of the 2020 uprisings and the movement to defund t…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Sending Homeless Students “Home” in CA - Passing Period #115
This Week: We begin discussing Manuel’s experience as a mentor teacher this year, and the importance of that role in a new teacher’s development. Then, a new study out of UCLA shows a sharp increase …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
New Years Ed News Roundup: Harvard Pres, AI, Cops Banning Books, and Ed Dept Resignation Over Gaza - Passing Period #114
This Week: Happy New Year to the AOTA family. Manuel and Jeff are back in the studio post winter break and doing a roundup of lots of headlines since we’ve last been with you. We got the insanity co…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago