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A special news feature from Family Life focusing on the challenges Christians face in our public schools, with Dr. Ralph Kerr of the Teaching and Learning Institute in Houghton, NY. https://whyrun.org/

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Issues in Education Ep.57: Teacher Burnout & What to Do About It? 07.02.2022 6:35

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the “Teaching & Learning Institute” in Houghton, NY talks about effective ways to recruit and retain quality teachers in our public schools.

Issues in Education Ep.56: The Bus Driver Shortage & School Nurses Dispensing the COVID Shot? 31.01.2022 6:51

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the Teaching and Learning Institute discusses a plethora of policy issues impacting our public schools this week.

Issues in Education Ep.55: Reading, Writing & Arithmetic 17.01.2022 6:52

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the “Teaching and Learning Institute” takes us back to school with the fundamentals of learning on this week’s edition of “Issues in Education.”

Issues in Education Ep.54: Snow Days, Zoom School & Teacher Shortages 10.01.2022 6:23

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the “Teaching & Learning Institute” in Houghton, NY offers his “take” on the pressing issues facing our schools and what he thinks is the single, biggest challenge to public education in 2022.

Issues in Education Ep.53: School Choice, Zoom School & Edu. Challenges for 2022 20.12.2021 6:49

In our last “Issues in Education” of 2021, Dr. Ralph Kerr at the Teaching & Learning Institute chimes in on the important policy issues impacting our public schools.

Issues in Education Ep.52: Mask Protests, School Threats & Bus Driver Shortages 13.12.2021 6:28

Dr. Ralph Kerr with the Teaching & Learning Institute is looking out for people of faith in the public school setting.

Issues in Education Ep.51: Masks in Pa. and the Test to Stay Option in NY 06.12.2021 6:59

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the “Teaching & Learning Institute” discusses the latest issues in education.

Issues in Education Ep.50: Bringing Down the Masks in PA and Remote Again 22.11.2021 6:22

Dr. Ralph Kerr with the Teaching & Learning Institute in Houghton, NY discusses a recent ruling to end mandatory masks in schools in December. This comes as some schools have returned to remote learning.

Issues in Education 19.11.2021 6:07

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the Teaching & Learning Institute talks mask rules in school, the substitute teacher shortage and why Christians need to get involved in public education.

Issues in Education Ep.49: Should Schools Serve as Vax Sites? 08.11.2021 6:37

Dr. Ralph Kerr with the Teaching & Learning Institute in Houghton, NY says schools should NOT be used as vax sites for kids.

Issues in Education Ep.48: Serving on the Local School Board 01.11.2021 6:52

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the “Teaching & Learning Institute” in Houghton, NY is imploring people of faith to step up and serve on their local school board.

Issues in Education Ep.47: Parental Involvement in Education 25.10.2021 6:28

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the Teaching & Learning Institute is discussing the Virginia Governor’s race and why education is such a “hot button” issue for voters there and across the country.

Issues in Education Ep.46: NY Vax Rule for Teachers & Pa.’s Effort to Make School More ‘Transparent’ 04.10.2021 6:22

This week on “Issues in Education,” Dr. Ralph Kerr discusses NYC’s vax rule” for teachers, the drop in SUNY enrollment and efforts in Pa. to make schools more transparent.

Issues in Education Ep.45: School Bus Drivers, Face-masks and College Kids 20.09.2021 6:41

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the “Teaching & Learning” Institute in Houghton, NY is watching out for Christians in the public school.

Issues in Education Ep.44: Zoom school or in-person learning? 13.09.2021 6:32

This week, Dr. Ralph Kerr discusses whether “Zoom school” will replace in-person learning this fall as COVID cases rise.

Issues in Education Ep.43 28.06.2021 6:16

This week on our final “Issues in Education” segment of summer, Dr. Ralph Kerr with the “Teaching & Learning Institute” talks about what public education will look like for the fall of 2021.

Issues in Education Ep.42 14.06.2021 6:55

Mask Rule in School & a Closer Look at Critical Race Theory– Dr. Ralph Kerr at “The Teaching & Learning Institute” in Houghton, NY “chimes in” on the “hot-button” issues impacting our public schools.

Issues in Education Ep.41 24.05.2021 6:39

This week Dr. Ralph Kerr with the Teaching and Learning Institute “hones in” on some key topics impacting our kids in the classroom, including school budgets, bus drivers, and COVID learning slide.

Issues in Education Ep.40 10.05.2021 6:35

Teachers Unions, Face Masks in School, Vaccines and State Testing– Dr. Ralph Kerr at the Teaching & Learning Institute weighs in on some “hot-button” topics.

Issues in Education Ep.39 26.04.2021 6:13

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the Teaching and Learning Institute discuss “Critical Race Theory,” what is it and why it could be dangerous.

Issues in Education Ep.38 29.03.2021 7:02

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the Teaching & Learning Institute discusses the long-term impact of the learning loss caused by the COVID pandemic.

Issues in Education Ep.37 15.03.2021 6:32

Dr. Kerr discusses the impact of the 1.9 Trillion Dollar American Rescue plan on schools, whether high schoolers should be allowed to repeat grades, in-person graduations this spring and the Dr. Seuss controversy.

Issues in Education Ep.36 01.03.2021 6:08

Dr. Ralph Kerr is founder and CEO of the Teaching & Learning Institute in Houghton, NY. This week on Issues in Education we discuss standardized testing, summer school and whether things will be back to normal “at” school in the fall.

Issues in Education Ep.35 15.02.2021 6:38

Dr. Ralph Kerr with the Teaching and Learning Institute in Houghton, NY thinks the transgender movement is ruining high school girls sports.

Issues in Education Ep.34 01.02.2021 6:14

Dr. Ralph Kerr with the “Teaching & Learning Institute” talks about the dangers inherent in bringing back high-risk winter sports in NY.