Season 2
#032 Is Your Child's School Successful? How do you know?
What comes to mind when someone says, "Oh, that's a really good school?" Is it students all sitting in their seats, diligently ta…
Rebroadcast of Episode 028 Is it Time to Stop Promoting Social Promot…
When initially released, the audio volume was sooooo low that listeners had to turn the sound way up even to hear it and then got…
031 Teachers MIA? The Where, the Why, and What to Do to Solve the Tea…
Don't be surprised if you find someone named "TBA" teaching your child's class. There will apparently be A LOT of TBAs in charge …
030 Back to School Blues (and what to do about them)
Hey, it’s Anne. Welcome to another episode of Transparency in Teaching. As summer vacation is ending, I was wondering if you are …
027 You're Not the Boss of Me...or Are You? Parent Power's influence …
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…
024 When Did Public Schools become Public Enemy #1?
Critical Race Theory (CRT) has become the latest way to demonize public schools. I admit when I first heard CRT I thought it was …
(Rebroadcast) Tricks for Cost-Free Travel (or almost free) – With Jac…
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…
023 What Makes an Effective Teacher Effective?
What makes an effective teacher effective? That's a pretty subjective question, isn't it? I'm beginning to believe that so much o…
022 New Teachers, This One's for You!
This school year is FINALLY ending (thank god for small favors) and we are packing up our minimally used classrooms. For many tea…
021 What does a Teaching Credential Really Prove?
The National Center for Education Statistics reported that in the 2017-18 school year there were 3.3 million full and part-time t…
Minimum Day #4 : Back in the Classroom
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…
020. Tackling Teacher Tenure
In 2005 then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to make changes to California's teacher tenure, increasing the time to achieve…
019 Going Back to School (for real this time)
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…
016 Bye Bye Betsy - Who Will Be Biden's Pick for Secretary of Educati…
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…
015 The Value of Teacher Evaluations
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). …
014 Minimum Day #3 with Angel
Our guest co-host, fellow co-worker and single parent, Angel, joins us today to share her unique (or not so unique, depending on …