Busted Pencils

Ryan Walters is the superintendent of public schools in Oklahoma. Ryan is worried that there are too many people from New York and Los Angeles who are itching to move to Oklahoma and start spreading WOKE. In order to combat this, Ryan has mandated that teachers applying for jobs in Oklahoma from New York and California will now have to take a special test to make sure that they aren’t liberals. That’s how you create diversity of thought. This is dumb.

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Today on BustED Pencils Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci welcome journalist Jeffrey Young onto the show! Jeffrey has long covered the intersection between technology and education, but he’s finally taking a great leap forward into the future by starting his own podcast about AI and education. That’s why Tim asked him to be here today and be his new best friend (Tim loves A.I.). Why did Jeff get into this line of work? What’s so fascinating about technology in the first place? And why should YOU check out his new podcast HERE?! You’ll find out on today’s episode of BustED Pencils as Tim makes a new A.I. friend!

Check out Jeff’s new podcast Learning Curve.

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Producer Jakob has had enough. This week he’s sending Drs. Johnny Lupinacci and Tim Slekar back to school, whether they like it or not. But that’s got his noggin’ joggin’. What’s it like to be a teacher when it’s time to go back to school? Your host Producer Jakob asks Tim and Johnny to share some back to school stories, their thoughts on the move from teaching secondary school to teaching at university, and their go-to icebreaking activities for the first day of class on THIS exciting episode of the Producer’s Choice Show!

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Dr. Tim Slekar and Producer Jakob are on the bleeding edge of technology; literally for Jakob and metaphorically for Tim. While Jakob’s nose keeps gushing blood throughout the episode, Tim talks about a boring anti-AI professional development session that he recently had to sit through. Is AI all it’s cracked up to be, or is it all smoke and mirrors? Should schools close their eyes to AI or take part in shaping the way it’s implemented? Are we all just machines that mimic the behaviors we’re taught are appropriate? It’s a philosophical episode of BustED Pencils!

Speaking of boring meetings, Johnny was stuck in one this week so he couldn’t be here.

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Homeroom has been a staple of BustED Pencils for years and years. It’s a name that invokes those precious memories we all hold in our brains of the times that we had homerooms of our own to attend back in our school days. But are all homerooms the same? Do students today still go to them? Was homeroom in the 1980s different from homeroom in the 2010s? Today Dr. Tim Slekar and his caretaker Producer Jakob compare their respective homeroom experiences to see what changed and what stayed the same over the decades. And how about you, dear listener? Do you remember your homeroom?

Happy late birthday to Johnny’s daughter!

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This week Dr. Johnny Lupinacci interviews his friend Dr. Tim Slekar about Tim’s recent high honor. Tim was called upon to serve the great state of Pennsylvania by participating in a panel on higher education in the beautiful city of Harrisburg. What did Tim talk about? What plans does he have to improve education? Will BustED Pencils do a live show in Pennsylvania called BustED Pencilsvania? Find out this week on BustED Pencils!

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It’s the second ever BustED Pencils Go To Hollywood today as Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci guest on the Producer’s Choice Show to list their top 3 teachers from television. Host Producer Jakob breaks protocol and actually brings a list of his own, adding to the tension and setting the stage for a competition for the ages! Who is your favorite TV teacher of all time? Contact us to let us know after listening to THIS exciting episode of the Producer’s Choice Show!

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Tonight on Busted Pencils, we’re talking about what it really takes to rebuild public education for the future—especially in rural America. Our guest, Cory Kulig, is the superintendent of the Eleva-Strum School District in Western Wisconsin and one of the visionary co-founders of LIFToFFS, a groundbreaking initiative that’s uniting educators, communities, and service agencies to reimagine what’s possible for students, teachers, and entire hometowns. From bold experimentation to AI-powered learning tools, LIFToFFS is proving that rural schools can lead the way in preparing future-ready learners. Cory, welcome to the show.

Tim couldn’t be here for this episode but he still wanted to participate in some small way. So Producer Jakob (me) allowed him to send in that description. Usually Jakob (me) likes to write these himself, but he (me) figured he (I) could make an exception in this case for Tim’s sake.

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It’s that time of year once again. The leaves are changing colors, the pumpkins are plopping out of the ground, and Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci are about to head back to school. Post your classroom decorations, prepare your lesson plans, and get ready to see those smiling faces head back on into schools all across this great country of ours, because school’s (almost) back in session!

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Drs. Tim Slekar and Johnny Lupinacci might be doctors, sure, but it turns out that they aren’t experts in everything. In fact, when it comes to science, they’re only tied for the 2nd most knowledgeable people on this show. This week they’re joined by top science expert Ethan Siegel to discuss those burning science-based questions that have been wafting around the show for the last few months. How do we confront a troubling trend of doubt in science among the public? What impact do our increasingly energy consuming lifestyles have on the environment? Find out on this episode chock-full of weird science with Ethan Siegel!

Click here to check out Ethan’s book; The Grand Cosmic Story: An Illustrated Timeline 13.8 Billion Years and Beyond.

Click here to read Ethan’s article on what he calls “vibe physics”.

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