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Ep. 50: The NYC Chancellor Push for Integration and Anti-Bias Training

6/27/2018

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In our season finale, we discuss current debates over integration that are emerging nationwide through the battle for integration in New York City's District 3. We also examine the new NYC Chancellor's response to protests over integration, and discuss what it means for NYC schools, what it means for parents in the fight for integraiton, and what the future may hold as our schools become more diverse.

Featuring Matt Kautz with:
Dr. Roberta Lenger Kang
G. Faith Little
Brian Veprek

Additional resources:
  •  Grass-Roots Drive to Integrate New York Schools
  • How to integrate Manhattan middle schools?
  • School segregation didn't go away. It just evolved.
  • The Resegregation of Jefferson County
  • We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. This is how well your district does.
  • A month on the job, NYC schools chief sparks controversy with 'white Manhattan parents angrily rant' tweet
  • As historians and NYC educators, here's what we hope teachers hear in the city's new anti-bias training
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Ep. 49: Understanding American Education Within an International Context

6/20/2018

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Both national and state governments decry the American educational system compared to others; therefore, we take a long, hard look at the American system in an international context in order to understand the differences between the U.S. and the rest of the world. We focus on schooling structure, school investment, school performance, and the connection between education and the labor market.

Featuring Matt Kautz with:
Dr. Roberta Lenger Kang
Brian Veprek

Additional resources:
  • US academic achievement lags that of many other countries
  • American Schools vs. the World
  • What American Can Learn from Smart Schools in Other Countries
  • International Context: Are US Schools Behind the World?
  • 6 Reasons Why Singapore Math Might Just Be the Better Way
  • America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries' High School Dropouts
  • International Comparisons of Achievement
  • What international test scores reveal about American education
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Ep. 48: Fighting Math Phobia

6/13/2018

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We discuss why students have aversions to math, where they come from, and what teachers can do to break down these barriers.

Featuring Matt Kautz with:
Dr. Greg Benoit

Gabor Salopek

Additional resources:
  • How I Beat Math Phobia - and Became a Better Entrepreneur
  • How to Overcome Math Anxiety
  • Escape from Math Phobia
  • Here's an approach to math phobia that could add up: Tackle the fear head on
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Ep. 47: Revisiting the Gun Debate

6/6/2018

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We discuss what has and has not changed policy-wise and discursively since the Parkland shooting and March for Our Lives. After this discussion, our crew tries to unpack the way forward and what teachers can do.

Featuring Matt Kautz with:
Dr. Roberta Lenger Kang
Brian Veprek

Additional resources:
  • A 30-Year Database of School Shootings - and What Hidden Lessons Might Be Found in the Stats
  • Gun control debate shifts to hardening schools after Texas shooting
  • Texas shooting suspect's choice of guns complicates debate over assault rifles
  • Something has changed in the gun debate in Texas
  • Anti-Gun Backlash From School Shooting? Probably Not in Texas
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Ep. 46: A Teacher's Summer

5/30/2018

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We discuss what teachers can and should do over the summer. With such a draining job during the school year, sometimes teachers don't use their summer in a way that recharges them for the upcoming school year. We want to share our tried and true practices for optimizing that summer time for your health and work!

Featuring Matt Kautz with
Dr. Cristina Romeo Compton

Additional resources:
  • Top 7 Ways Educators Are Spending Their Summer Vacation
  • 10 Ways for Teachers to Grow Over the Summer
  • The Making of a 21st Century Educator: 5 Ways to be a Better Teacher in Today's Classroom
  • A Look a the Incredible Benefits of Trying New Things
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Ep. 45: End of Year Reflections: Workshopping Your Core Values

5/23/2018

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We discuss the process for end of year reflections for teachers, and how they impact the sustainability of the teaching profession. With the focus on teacher evaluations and students' academic performance, it can be difficult for teachers to find time to look inward. We probe different frameworks to make these reflections as easy as possible and to prepare teachers for continued success.

Featuring Matt Kautz with:

Chloe Dawson
Roberta Lenger Kang
G. Faith Little

Additional resources:
  • End of Marking Period Reflection - FREE DOWNLOAD
  • Reflection and Achievement Goals - FREE DOWNLOAD
  • Data Reflections - FREE DOWNLOAD
  • Reflecting on a Year of Learning
  • End of School Year Reflections
  • 5 Reflections for Teachers Heading into Summer Break
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Ep. 44: Celebrate Good Times: Wrapping up the school year

5/16/2018

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We discuss effective ways to end the school year with an emphasis on celebrating student accomplishments. We then discuss how to set up students and their families to carry those good feelings through the summer. 

​Featuring Matt Kautz with:
Courtney Brown
G. Faith Little
Brian Veprek

Additional resources:
  • Tips to wrap up the school year
  • Wrapping Up the School Year: 5 Reflective End-of-Year Activities
  • 8 Digital Ways to Wrap Up the School Year​
  • Planning a Productive Summer for You and Your Students
  • Top 12 Summer Tips for Top Teachers
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Ep. 43: Classroom Groupings: How do we do it?

5/9/2018

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Through interviews with our coaches, we discuss group work in classrooms and highlight best practices that we have seen throughout the city, including heterogeneous and homogeneous groupings. Each coach provides insight into a different framework for approaching group work during classwork for the most effective results. 

Featuring Matt Kautz with:
Courtney Brown
Dr. Cristina Romeo Compton
Brian Veprek

Additional resources:
  • Grouping Students for Instruction
  • Student Learning Groups: Homogeneous or Heterogeneous?
  • How to Use Flexible Grouping in the Classroom
  • 15 Quick and Creative Ways to Group and Partner Students
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Ep. 42: Technological Ed

5/2/2018

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We discuss the relationship between education and technology in the 21st century with a focus the ways technology manifests in classrooms. We then discuss possible strategies for best preparing students for the 21st century.

Featuring Matt Kautz with:
Dr. Roberta Lenger Kang
G. Faith Little
Brian Veprek

Additional resources:
  • Technology in Education: An Overview
  • What Is on the Horizon for Education Technology?
  • Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning
  • Here's how technology is shaping the future of education
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Ep. 41: School Shootings and the Guns in Schools Debate

4/25/2018

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We discuss the prevalence of school shootings over the last two decades, the commonalities, and why schools have often been sites. We then discuss student responses to the latest shootings, policy debates over action, and how teachers can continue forward in this chaotic climate.

Featuring Matt Kautz with:
Denise Daniels
Nick Tanchuk

Additional resources:
  • School Shootings Since Columbine: By the Numbers
  • Scarred by school shootings
  • What do most of America's mass shootings have in common? White, male culprits
  • These Researchers Have Been Trying to Stop School Shootings for 20 Years
  • Another School Shooting - But Who's Counting?
  • After Sandy Hook we said never again. And then we let 1,640 mass shootings happen.
  • The Gun-Control Debate After Parkland
  • Since Parkland school shooting, gun control debate spreads to state capitols
  • After Parkland, gun control is on the table for some conservatives
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