We discuss the Grade-Level Expectations Trap – https://go.shr.lc/3dEB3EI via @Shareaholic Should we be teaching to where students are? Or should we be teaching students based on curriculum and grade-level established expectations? https://www.educationnext.org/grade-level-expectations-trap-how-lockstep-math-lessons-leave-students-behind/ We also interview Former Obama Education...
For as long as public schools have been around, controversy has swirled around whether or not to close schools. Many districts, up until the 1980s, rarely closed schools, as is demonstrated by this disgruntled Baby…
We discuss David Lopilato’s article in Bethesda Beat: “Let’s Reconsider How We Do High School”: https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/opinion-lets-reconsider-how-we-do-high-school/ What should systems do with regard to standardized testing, antiquated grading systems, and school rankings? Diane Ravitch is a Research...
Should Principals Teach Classes? With the COVID19 pandemic changing everything about our traditional school model, it is time we begin thinking about how we will reconfigure teaching, leading, and learning once we return (and yes,…
Using the Valerie Strauss WAPO piece, we discuss the ins and outs of what a return to school will look like while still in the thick of the COVID19 outbreak: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/schools-reopen-fall-coronavirus/2020/04/26/d60e2f62-85b3-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html We also invite Andy Hargreaves...
The dudes discuss the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on schools, families, and communities across the country, chat about the extent to which smarter teachers = smarter students (based on an EducationNext piece by By Eric...
The gang is recording remotely this time due to the ongoing pandemic / COVID 19 issue. The dudes discuss the short and long term impacts of the pandemic on our schools and communities: Assuming that...
Peter, Robby, and Casey begin the show with a dive into presidential politics through a recent Chalkbeat article: The 2020 Cheat Sheet: http://projects.chalkbeat.org/primary-2020/index.html#/candidates How do the current presidential candidates measure up in terms of educational policy...
We may not have been a podcast for a decade, but we have been discussing what’s hot and impactful in education for the better part of a decade. Follow along memory lane with us as...
The gang discuss the recent NAEP results and to what extent they actually matter.