Episodes

Hey, it’s Anne here to introduce today’s episode all about social promotion, you know that practice where schools promote student…

Happy 2022! Let's hope this year makes up for the last two! It's always good to be hopeful. And on that note, I hope public educa…

I'll be honest, in 35 years of teaching, this has been the hardest year so far. And that's not just because I'm old and kind of w…

The very first episode we produced remains one of our most popular. Why teachers quit should be something every would-be teacher …

Critical Race Theory (CRT) has become the latest way to demonize public schools. I admit when I first heard CRT I thought it was …

My husfriend and I just got back from a trip to Hawaii. It was his birthday gift to me. Nice huh! We had to jump through a few ho…

What makes an effective teacher effective? That's a pretty subjective question, isn't it? I'm beginning to believe that so much o…

This school year is FINALLY ending (thank god for small favors) and we are packing up our minimally used classrooms. For many tea…

The National Center for Education Statistics reported that in the 2017-18 school year there were 3.3 million full and part-time t…

Here's how the school year progressed. It started as "We won't likely be returning to campus this year." Then it changed to "I d…

In 2005 then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to make changes to California's teacher tenure, increasing the time to achieve…

We are rapidly approaching the end of our 3rd quarter and it looks like a pretty done deal that after spring break, we will be go…

It should have been expected that the attack on the Capitol last month (has it been that long already?😳) would prompt controversi…

So it's Winter Break and we've had a little time to collect ourselves and get refreshed for round two of Online Learning. I wish.…

So the election is over (or is at least supposed to be over...) and Biden has a lot of work to do to help put the country back to…

Hello Faithful Listeners! So, yeah, this episode is a bit late, (or a bit early if you want to pretend last week didn’t happen). …

Our guest co-host, fellow co-worker and single parent, Angel, joins us today to share her unique (or not so unique, depending on …

I think distance learning is finally getting to us. We're tired. We're punchy, We talk about alcohol more than usual. Today we g…

We are feeling swamped with back to school Covid Style. Planning lessons for 2 1/2 hour synchronous classes and 150 minutes of we…

There's no more waiting for it to arrive. It's here! School has started and teachers are in a frenzy to get on board the Distanc…

Today we get into ways teachers can save money on travel (once travel is a "thing" again!) Never too soon to start planning! We d…

(My sound engineering still sucks, as you'll hear in the beginning. I need a tutor! Any volunteers? See how transparent I am!) In…

We are a bit concerned about what August might entail as pediatricians and the president push to reopen schools, but at whose exp…

In Episode 007 you'll hear: Discussion about what we think this next school year will be like Two new education laws that were p…