For this third part of The Takeaway, I talk with Joe Feldman, author of Grading for Equity. We discuss how grading practices impact the opportunity gaps that our students of color and our english language...
For this next part of The Takeaway, part of the Pandemic Pass series, I bring in the incredible Rick Wormeli. This is Part 1 of 2 on this topic. Rick is the foremost voice on...
This episode, I brought on Phyllis Fagell, author of Middle School Matters (linked below), and a school counselor herself, to talk about the mental health crisis facing our kids and families mid-pandemic and how we...
The dudes discuss the passing of the controversial education figure Richard Elmore who once said: “I do not believe in the institutional structure of public schooling anymore”. Is this to be believed? https://t.co/ioIk5ltc58 This is intertwined...
Part 3 of Episode 4 I speak with Dr. Josh Starr – CEO of PDK Int’l (https://kappanonline.org/) and a former superintendent who will give us the granular, on the ground look at how he sees...
For part 2 of Episode 4, I meet with one of our local state delegates, Jheanelle Wilkins. Jheanelle and I talk about how the state should respond – what legislation should be pursued next, the...
How exactly do we get out of this mess? Part 1 of Episode 4 of Pandemic Pass is w/ Congressman Bobby Scott – Chair of the Ed and Labor committee in the HoR. The 30,000...
This is part 2 of episode 3 – Siddons chats with Dr. Umut Ozek, Principal Researcher with the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research Program at the American Institutes for Research. You can find...
This is part 1 of Ep 3, with Leslie Boggs, President of the National Chapter of the PTA. Leslie Boggs is the 56th president of National PTA, the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer child advocacy...
For episode 2 of Pandemic Pass, I talk to three college students and a high school student about their experiences – Adriana Quinonez, Lupe Lazaro, and Alexia Ferraro all of whom are freshmen at Gettysburg...