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AI and DEI: Oklahoma Bans DEI in Schools, and Stanford Study Says AI Doesn’t Increase Cheating - Passing Period #113
This Week: It’s alphabet soup this week! The State of OK bans DEI in schools, using the 14th Amendment and made up ideas about promoting one race as superior to another, and pronoun mandates. And a n…
Published on 2 years ago
#111 - Justice, Hope, and Teaching Fiercely w/ Kass and Cornelius Minor!
There is so much work to be done to create the type of joyous and just schools that our students deserve, and each day seems to bring yet another trauma or challenge to contend with. To help us unpac…
Published on 2 years ago
Christianity and Big Oil Intrude on Science Textbooks, and Silencing Teachers on Palestine - Passing Period #112
This Week: Oh Texas… sigh. Will we ever get good news about education coming out of the Lone Star State? Today is not that day. The TX Board of Ed approves new science textbooks, but only after clear…
Published on 2 years ago
Christianity and Big Oil Intrude On Science Textbooks, and Silencing Teachers on Palestine - Passing Period #112
This Week: Oh Texas… sigh. Will we ever get good news about education coming out of the Lone Star State? Today is not that day. The TX Board of Ed approves new science textbooks, but only after clear…
Published on 2 years ago
The Growing Importance of College, and CA Now Requires Teaching Kids to Recognize Fake News - Passing Period #111
This Week: By 2031 nearly 3 in 4 jobs will require some postsecondary education. What does this mean for public education? And a new law in CA makes it one of a handful of states requiring teachers t…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
#110 - The Palestinian Experience in U.S. Schools Today w/ Dr. Sawsan Jaber!
The crisis is ongoing and our students are seeing the horrific videos of death and destruction in Gaza. To address this issue with care and provide some much needed perspective, we invited teacher ex…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
#109 - School leadership in today’s climate w/ UCLA’s Dr. Tonikiaa Orange!
Being a school administrator has never been easy, but today’s education climate has made the work of many school leaders downright unsustainable. With ongoing narratives of so-called learning loss, a…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
How We Talk About Palestine and Israel in School, and a New Law Requiring Cursive Instruction in CA - Passing Period #110
This Week: We got some great feedback from the audience after our last episode about Palestine, Israel, and the manufactured controversy around ethnic studies. In particular today we’re responding to…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Palestine, Israel, the Manufactured Controversy Around Ethnic Studies, and Where We Go From Here - Passing Period #109
This Week: As graphic images and stories of the march towards ethnic cleansing in Palestine and Israel saturate the largely one-sided American media landscape, we dig into the weaponization of accusa…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
#108 - Dope teaching and doctoral work w/ LaMar Timmons-Long!
Brooklyn’s in the house!! This week we talk to high school English teacher, NYU doctoral student, and NCTE diversity committee member LaMar Timmons-Long about how he cultivates a vibrant classroom ex…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago