Ed's (Not) Dead Podcast - The All Things Education Podcast

MLK day has come and gone. But what can we do to make it more than just a day out of the year? As we consider the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ed's (Not) Dead this week brings you our very first equity series... From Episode 106 with Curtis Linton of Curious Schools - how do we define equity in schools? How does greater student autonomy = greater equity, and the difference between multicu...

Show Notes: The LA Teacher Strike: what is happening and why in the second largest school district in the nation. Why They're Broke:   https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article223799285.html Strike Overview:  https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-edu-los-angeles-teachers-strike-reasons-20190109-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/teacher-strike-laus...

Show Notes: Today's episode focuses on a big ole' round up of education in the news including: Finland's digital-based curriculum impedes learning, researcher finds * Is #EdTech as glorious a solution as it has been promoted? What are the downsides to technology in the classroom? The Students Suing for a Constitutional Right to Education * Should we enshrine public education into the US Constituti...

Show Notes : During today's interview segment, we chat with Andrew Marcinek, former (and first) Chief Open Education Adviser for the US Department of Education, and current Chief Information Officer at Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts.  In his role at the Department of Education, Andrew focused on accelerating the adoption of open education policies within the Department and across th...

Show Notes: During this episode's Teacher Tips segment, the gang discusses tips and tricks for how to check for student understanding throughout and at the end of each lesson, why it's important, and how to most effectively implement strategies. Resource mentioned: 52 Ways to Check for Understanding    

Show Notes: During Episode 4's interview with Joe Feldman (of Crescendo Ed Group ), we discuss the history of grading, why it hasn't changed, and how current grading policies widen opportunity gaps for students of color. Assessing students is incredibly important, most teachers detest grading, but the purposes of grading have gone far afield from the foundations of a solid education experience. Jo...

Show Notes: During the first segment of Episode 4, the crew discusses a recent piece by Valerie Strauss entitled: Linda Darling-Hammond VS Diane Ravitch and Carol Burris (https://wapo.st/2ziklcc) Darling-Hammond's side takes exception in this piece that there is room for charters in America. She takes up "the issues of choice in public education from a different perspective from the one that has b...

During this episode's Teacher Tips, the gang discusses the ways in which teachers and school staff can maximize Parent Teacher Conferences for all involved. Listen in for some useful information from the folks who've been there, done that, for many years! While you're at it, check out our newest blog on this very subject: "Making the Most of Parent Teacher Conferences"  

Show Notes: During today's interview, we discuss gamification and standards based grading with Mr. Andrew Kozlowsky, high school social studies teacher from Maryland (@MrKoz31). In his fifth year of teaching, Andrew has transformed his classroom from what was always a welcoming, rigorous social studies class, to one that is gamified: where students are motivate to learn by using video game design...

Show Notes: During today's main segment, we discuss: * The Lost Generation of Millennials - how does the financial insecurity of our times impact schools, the teacher workforce, and teacher retention? Business Insider: The 'lost generation' of millennials born in the 1980s may never be as rich as their parents Chalkbeat:  Voices: Get with it: Millennials are the future of teaching * Dear Betsy  -...

During today's Teacher Tips, the boys discuss Project Based Learning - what it is, how it works, and why it's important for all content areas to consider working on right away!   What is it?  Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, pr...

During Part 2 of our second episode interview segments, we talk with Elena Aguilar, founder and president of Bright Morning Consulting. During our interview with Elena Aguilar, we dig deeper into supporting the social/emotional needs of teachers and how to systematically prevent burnout in our educators at all levels of schooling. We also discuss the framework she created for this type of support...

During our interview with Dr. Matt Mingle, Superintendent of Warren Township schools in New Jersey, we discuss how he has taken great strides at building and supporting the social and emotional help of all students in his district through the " Whole Child Tenets " (from ASCD). Additionally, we discuss with Dr. Mingle how that transfers to supporting his teachers in maintaining their own social an...

Show Notes: During today's main episode release, we discuss David Geurin's (@DavidGeurin) piece about why some educators burn out while others grow to be more passionate.  We all agree on the six points posited by Geurin, but must one be outwardly passionate in order to be an effective educator? We end the main episode with a wonderful AARP quiz on how much sugar we eat, and more importantly a bet...

Episode Notes: During our first edition of Teacher Tips, Robby, Peter, and Casey share their "go to" ideas for starting the school year on the right foot: * How to pronounce your student's names correctly from the start. * How to preemptively and proactively communicate with families. * Why it's important to think critically about one's routines and classroom structures, no matter one's grade leve...

Show Notes: During today's show, we discuss how the push for grit and growth mindset in schools  could   lead to deficit thinking in teachers and communities. We reference the article: "Grit and Growth Mindset: Deficit Thinking? Examining the cultural narrative around these ideologies" by Rick Wormeli: http://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/DiversityandSocialEquity/DivDet/TabId/185/ArtMID/791/ArticleID...

Show Notes: During the first part of our final episode of season 1, we interview Dr. Johann Neem, author of the new book "Democracy's Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America." Dr. Neem  is a senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and a professor of history at Western Washington University. He is the author of Creating a Nation of Joiners: D...

Show Notes: During Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson, we discuss the following:  How does one implement differentiated instruction? Where to start? What does differentiation look like when implemented with fidelity? Are there limits to differentiation?

Show Notes: During today's show (a two-parter!), we talk with the legendary, the one and only, Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson about all things differentiation. During Part 1, we focus on the "big picture" of differentiated instruction:   Inspiration for beginning research on differentiation... Maintaining high expectations for all... Improving belief systems in teachers...

Show Notes: During Part 2 of the MD PTA Diversity Conference, we feature the most important voices in our line of work: student advocates! With each of our student-guests, we discuss the gun control debate, the grassroots advocacy they are working on, and their future plans! Matt Post (@mattlpost) - Sherwood HS; 2017-2018 MCPS Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) Nate Tinbite (@MCRSGA a...

Show Notes: During Part 1 of the MD PTA Diversity Conference, we feature a number of amazing guests to discuss how to engage more diverse viewpoints and families within a school's Parent-Teacher Association. What is the vision for the MD PTA Diversity Conference? How do we address the issues of racially, linguistically diverse children and their needs - how do we talk about those issues and make i...

Show Notes: During today's show, we discuss the following:  Restructuring middle and high schools as they currently stand (departmentalization; interdisciplinary teams) How has departmentalization impacted student achievement in secondary schools? We end the episode  with another outstanding, engaging and rigorous quiz administered by Casey - awards given to all! What do you know about the history...

During this super special episode extra of Ed's (Not) Dead, we endeavor upon an excellent interview with the principal and assistant principal of Minnetonka High School; Mr. Jeffrey Erickson and Mr. Robb Virgin (respectively). Jeffrey and Robb have developed an effective and proactive way to support students throughout the school year, known as "Minnetonka Academic Success Time" or "MAST."  During...

Show Notes: During today's show, we discuss a number of education stories from the news of the past two weeks.  Nationwide Teacher Walkouts The deaths of two major figures in education history: Linda Brown Thompson (of Brown v. Board) and Johan van Hulst, a principal in Amsterdam who saved the lives of over 600 children from the Nazis. We end this episode  with another outstanding, engaging and ri...

Welcome to a very special Ed's (Not) Dead short, where we will be focusing on the March 14th "MARCH FOR OUR LIVES" protest. We felt that it was an important enough event and potentially a watershed moment in not only addressing school shootings but also in student activism, that we wanted to hear what participants had to say about it, without adult commentary or interference. We were fortunate eno...