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Feature Interview: Dr. Lois Weiner. Director, Urban Education and Teacher Unionism Policy Project New Jersey City University

Activist of the Week: Andy Waity, Madison Teachers Inc.

What Would Matt Damon’s Mom say about “status quo” teachers?

The Schools Our Children Deserve: Michelle Gunderson of the Chicago Teachers Union.

Trending News and finally—A Moment of Zinn.

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Feature Interview: Paula Wick and Michelle Slekar (My better half) talk about the “Nurtured Heart Approach” with “intense” children as an alternative to traditional discipline.

Activist of the Week: Tammy HoltanArnold.

What Would Matt Damon’s Mom say about “zero tolerance” discipline?

The Schools Our Children Deserve: Emily Kaplan is an elementary teacher and blogger featured at Defending the Early Years.

Of course there’s Trending News and a Moment of Zinn

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Feature Interview: Ruth Conniff (Editor and Chief of The Progressive) gives us a behind the scenes look at what went on at the Democratic and Republican Conventions concerning public education. Big Question: What’s a Progressive to do?

Activist of the Week: Dr. Andre Perry from The Hechinger Report.

What Would Matt Damon’s Mom say about “Cops or Counselors in Classrooms?”

The Schools Our Children Deserve:  Paul Thomas of The Becoming Radical Blog.

Don’t forget Trending News and of course A Moment of Zinn,

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Feature Interview: Ken Zeichner reminds us how the Every Student Succeeds Act promotes “fast track” teacher education and then details how teacher education 3.0 might be the only way to save professional teacher education at the college and university level.

Trending News: Another Relay Graduate School of Education opens its doors.

#WWMDMS about fast track teacher education?

Monique Redeaux-Smith on the Schools Our Children Deserve.

And of course A Moment of Zinn.

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Feature Interview: Punk Rocker and Kick Ass Educator, Martin Atkins!

Activist of the Week: DJ Hostettler of Unintimidated

Trending News: Releasing well adjusted humans back into society.

WWMDMS?: What about those “well adjusted humans?”

Moment of Zinn: Inspiring words.

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Feature Interview: Dr. Andre Perry

Founding Dean of Urban Education at Davenport University, Grand Rapids, MI; Writer for Hechinger 

Andre joins us to discuss the racist assumptions behind the push to teach “grit” to minority students.

Fully Leaded Education News:  Opt Out Bullying   Special Activist of the Week/WWMDMS: Howard Zinn! Matt Damon’s Mom, Nancy, gives us an inside look at their special relationship.  He was a social revolutionary and critical historian.  Was he a wonderful human being?  Absolutely!   —Moment of Zinn—

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Get ready to “Bang Your Head!” In this episode of BustED Pencils, Jed and Tim spend time with American history teacher Mr. Andrew Larson. What’s so cool about Mr. Larson? He decided to combine American History and Rock and Roll into a high school course. What’s he going to teach? Listen and find out. Don’t forget to bring your lighter for the encore.

Our Activist of the Week is a public school advocate, a founder of the Network for Public Education, and the author/creator of the blog—Living in Dialogue. Welcome to the show Anthony Cody.

What would Matt Damon’s Mom say about teaching exclusively. Listen to find out.

Also, don’t forget trending news and of course a Moment of Zinn.

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