Education Talk Radio

"Reclaiming Authentic Social Studies for the Next Generation" A visit with Equity Award Winning Educator Micah Miner abut his article in the Summer issue of "Equity & Access" Journal of the same title  Learn more about Micah here

BUILDING ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR SCHOOLS .Te Thebeau is VP of Product Exeperience at Xello, the  K-12 online program that engages every student in building the skills, knowledge, and plans for future success — regardless of background, ability, or pathway. And they do it with accessibility in mind  so EVERY student can easily use the system.

Our guest is Marc Schectman  is the President of  Tutors Help Teachers ,a nonprofit corporation with the goal of providing free tutoring three times every week, for students from underserved schools .

NASSP presents Elizabeth Brown of Ocala FL and Michael Semlak ( both current principals and both founding members of the Principals Recovery Network )are our guests today. Of course, the kids come first, but school violence ,particularly gun violence,affects everyone and leaders need help in order to effectivelvely lead after such occurences . Tragic these days, but true.

MOVING MORE KIDS OF COLOR INTO AP .. A CHAT WITH THE AUTHOR OF 'THE KID ACROSS THE HALL'.  .Author and Educator Reid Saaris is the founder of Equal Opportunity Schools, a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that students of all backgrounds have opportunities to succeed at the highest levels and is currently running for Washington  State Superintendent.   

Lance Rougeux  the Senior VP of Curriculum, Instruction  & Student Engagement at Discovery is my guest. Many people see the industry  as the place where the salesperson comes from, but companies in education are on top of what's going on and design products and services to meet the needs  in American schools.  As kids change. as society changes , so does the industry's work where many folks are former educators.  Lance will tell us how Discovery manages the process and whats on the agenda for school year 23-24

IS AMERICAN EDUCATION FUNDING STILL UNEQUAL: A NEW REPORT.Adam Tyner National Research Director at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, author of the report, is our guest

EDUCATING HOMELESS CHILDREN...Talk about Equity...Varsity Tutors presents  soon-to-be Doctor Desiree Viramontes , of Round Rock Texas ISD who is the coordinator of their Families in Transition program  for the district. She is an amazing, caring educator making sure that kids in a homeless situation are getting an equitable education..    

WHY HISTORY MATTERS: The voices of Social Studies Teacher in these bizarre times. Author of  "Why History Matters",Patrick Riccards of  Driving Force Insitute is our guest

FROM TEXTHELP: A GUIDE TO THE FUTURE: a 2023 back to school conference for you with Texthelp's Ryan Graham, always a great guest..Link in and register at https://text.help/9O5Gn3

CoSN'S NEW DIGITAL EQUITY DASHBOARD 2023  :CoSN’s Digital Equity Dashboard is an innovative and practical tool designed to help school districts and communities leverage national data to close digital equity gaps. Updating us today is Lucy Gray, Project Director for the Digital Equity at CoSN, and Tom Ryan, Past CoSN Chair and Co-Founder of K-12 Strategic Technology Advisory Group.To learn more about how school districts and communities can effectively employ the dashboard, explore CoSN’s informative video tutorials at cosn.org/dedashboard..For more information on CoSN’s digital equity work, visit cosn.org/digitalequity.

A VISIT WITH THE COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATORS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, Dr Brigid Bright, CASE Director of Communications and Membership and  CASE President Kindal Mason are my guests......getting this new school year off to the right start for special ed administration and teachers.

DESIGNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT WORK FOR ALL CHILDREN,  Melissa Turnbaugh , Partner for National Education at the architectural firm PBK's school division  is our guest. Schools and classrooms need to be designed differently these days to truly engage students all day long. School architecture is part of effective learning and teaching

BUILDING EQUITY FOR ..AND EMPOWERING, EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS  The title says it all. Our guest Nora. G. Reyes has founded Bilingual Education Empowerment Partners, to  recognize the importance of providing students with bilingual resources and tools that multitask and maximize learning.  and creating products for 3rd to 5th students that are Bilingual.

ALL ABOUT LIGHTING LITERACY FIRES and a new  district wide reading program done in student homes  at 'ALLDISTRICTREADS.org.Learn about it from founder Gary Anderson