END brings on THE Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers to discuss the state of public education: How current politics and economics impacts teachers and students, and the threat to American democracy posed...
To what extent is Khan Academy replacing or supplanting regular classroom instruction? What are the upsides and downsides of the increasing use of services such as Khan Academy on student learning and the teaching force...
The gang’s back for Season 3! Check out our season premiere episode where we discuss the legacy of Robby’s dad, Dr. Alan Dodd, and spend a whole bootload of time discussing the Kim Brooks NY...
Suevon Lee Article and Peggy Brookins Interview Part 1: We discuss Suevon Lee’s (@suevlee) recent piece about teacher shortages in Hawaii: Are solutions for the persistent Hawaii teacher shortage a model for the nation? Part 2: The dudes...
Only two episodes left for season 2! Tune in today! Today’s episode focuses on a recent Propublica piece: How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-teach-for-america-evolved-into-an-arm-of-the-charter-school-movement – the gang discusses the...
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The gang discusses content versus skills – where is the middle ground? As we move away from Common Core, what does this balance look like in schools? We use the Forbes article entitled “The Biggest...
How to Make Math Teachers Mad (213)
- April 29, 2019
- Tagged as: detracking, ipromise, lebron, math, ohio
LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It’s Showing Promise. The inaugural class of third and fourth graders at the school has posted extraordinary results on its first set of test scores....
We discuss @TweenTeacher’s @Edutopia piece (https://www.edutopia.org/article/decluttering-your-classroom) on decluttering one’s classroom, how to reflect upon one’s cluttered space, and the best ways in which your classroom can be decluttered.
* We discuss new policy proposals from the burgeoning 2020 presidential campaign field including Kamala Harris’ plan to boost teacher pay from the federal level. How will it work? How will it be paid for?...