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#114 - Fighting Back Against the Attacks on Public Education w/ Dr. Heather Harding!
From the CRT hysteria to the current targeting of university DEI efforts, we’ve seen an escalating right wing attack on public education in this coun…
2 years ago
The Confederacy is Back in Style in Virginia - Passing Period #126
This Week: The Shenandoah County Schools have gone completely off the white supremacist ledge this week, as the school board voted 5 to 1 to reinstat…
2 years ago
#113 - The Promise and Dangers of A.I. in Education with Priten Shah!
It seems like everywhere we turn right now there are bold statements being made about AI in education. Some claim it must be embraced and that it wil…
2 years ago
Campus Uprisings and the Age Old Question: to Become an Administrator, or Not to Become an Administrator? - Passing Period #125
This Week: As student activism comes to life on college campuses across the nation and around the world in protest of institutional complicity in the…
2 years ago
USC and Ronny D, Leading the Way In White Supremacist Nonsense This Week - Passing Period #124
This Week: This week has been a doozy in education. The University of Southern California chose its valedictorian, a hijab wearing south Asian woman …
2 years, 1 month ago
#112 - The Way Forward for PLCs with Dr. Anthony Muhammad!
There’s no shortage of ideas in education where the concept looks one way and the actual reality looks…different. This is especially true when it com…
2 years, 1 month ago
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, particul…
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 2 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 th…
2 years, 2 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 th…
2 years, 2 months ago