This week, Ryan talks about a bill designed to promote student safety on social media platforms to encourage responsible social media use. Sarah talks about a new program to help improve the early childhood education workforce recruitment and retention with a focus on career growth and better compensation for teachers, aids, and other care givers. Tune in!

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Articles:

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/florida-senate-education-committee-tiktok-ban-schools/67-55da640f-e383-4e49-b228-6f31eb552403

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/02/02/hhs-launches-first-national-early-care-and-education-workforce-center.html

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Sarah talks about the benefits of getting students involved in their communities to impact their academic achievements, reduce absenteeism, and increase graduation rates. Ryan talks about the level of student representatives on their school boards and efforts to expand the voting rules for those students. Tune in!

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Articles:

https://www.greatschoolspartnership.org/resources/equitable-community-engagement/the-case-for-community-engagement/ https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/1/24/23569203/nyc-school-board-panel-for-educational-policy-student-power?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1674680210

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye) Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan talks about how students can benefit from adopting a growth mindset through personal finance courses. Sarah talks about a partnership to eradicate food insecurity at the university level by providing practical hunger free programming to students. Tune in!

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Articles:

https://www.edutopia.org/article/growth-mindset-personal-finance
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/paterson/sections/giving-back/articles/new-partnership-with-hunger-free-campus-to-fight-food-insecurity

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Sarah talks about how parent involvement can have a huge impact on student performance and improve teacher morale. Ryan talks about self-care practices that teachers use make their school day easier. Tune in!

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Articles: https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/pa-house-bill-would-make-it-easier-for-parents-to-attend-school-events-tuesday-morning-coffee/ https://twitter.com/edutopia/status/1611789515118592000

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye) Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan talks about complicated matters as to just how “optional” a test-optional college admissions process truly is. Sarah talks about an approach in prolonging phonics-based instruction with optional literacy training for educators to help students apply literacy concepts in all subjects. Tune in!
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Articles:

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/60002/colleges-that-ditched-test-scores-for-admissions-still-struggle-with-bias
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/us/reading-literacy-memphis-tennessee.html

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

Happy New Year! Welcome back to Big Ideas in Education. This week, Sarah talks about the importance of teaching artificial intelligence in schools and a program that transforms learning with technology. Ryan talks about ChatGPT, a cutting-edge technology that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to engage students in natural, human-like conversations. Tune in!

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Articles:
https://www.iste.org/areas-of-focus/AI-in-education

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

Happy Holidays! This week, Ryan talks about advocacy work to convince legislators and superintendents to ban the use of corporal punishment in Kentucky schools. Sarah talks about an initiative to provide food insecure families with meals and other resources during this holiday season. Tune in!

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Articles:

https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/local-news/helping-food-insecure-students-over-winter-break/
www.feedingsouthflorida.org
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/how-a-students-push-to-end-paddling-in-schools-became-a-yearslong-civics-lesson/2022/11

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Sarah talks about faculty development in online pedagogy, when preparing and presenting lessons that include video. Ryan talks about if educators intend to stay on the platform Twitter, noting if the connections that they have made on the platform are valuable or not. Tune in!

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Articles:

https://www.edsurge.com/amp/news/2022-11-25-press-play-isn-t-a-teaching-strategy-why-educators-need-new-methods-for-video

https://www.edweek.org/technology/stay-or-go-educators-weigh-their-future-on-twitter/2022/11

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan talks about how high expectations from teachers can bring positive student outcomes and great achievements. Sarah talks about team teaching to foster teacher collaboration, fill staffing gaps, and boost teacher moral retention. Tune in!
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Articles:
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/high-teacher-expectations-boost-long-term-student-outcomes/2022/11?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=soc&utm_campaign=edit
https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/in-one-giant-classroom-four-teachers-manage-135-kids-and-love-it/

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Sarah talks about insight and wisdom from veteran teachers reflecting on experiences as former educators. Ryan talks about the importance of metacognition in building students’ writing skills to get students to engage more effectively in the writing process. Tune in!

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Articles:

https://www.edutopia.org/article/making-metacognition-part-of-student-writing
www.edutopia.org
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-11-pieces-of-advice-veteran-teachers-would-tell-their-first-year-selves/2022/11