Ed's Not Dead Podcast - Not Your Average Education Podcast

Dec 18, 2017

Show Notes:

During today's show, we discuss the following topics during our first segment:

• From the New York Times (linked below), the way schools are evaluated may be changing. We discuss how a new study shifts how we look at "underperforming" schools.
• This study suggests that policy makers and education leaders may...

Dec 4, 2017

Show Notes:

During today's show, we discuss the following topics during our first segment:

• From the Washington Post piece on private school enrollment (below), how are private schools contributing to school segregation?
• To what extent are private schools necessary for a high-functioning education system?

In our second...

Nov 13, 2017

Show Notes:

During today's show, we discuss the following topics during our first segment:

• Clandestine meeting between Randi Weingarten (President of TFA) and Steve Bannon, former top advisor to President Trump.
• Reed College, a private liberal arts school in Oregon, is experiencing ongoing and persistent student...

Oct 30, 2017

Show Notes:

During today's show, we discuss what some Kansas education policy makers are planning on doing with their public schools (hint: it's probably not a good idea). From the Lawrence Journal-World, we discuss the idea of no longer adhering to age-level grading, the impacts it may have, and why it actually might...

Oct 16, 2017

Show Notes:

During today's show, we discuss how Florida is in the process of "resegregating" their schools and what that means for closing the opportunity gaps across the nation. Using Moriah Balingit's article from the Washington Post (linked here) we discuss why it is happening, and what we should be thinking about in...