Busted Pencils

Where are they hiding? Tim and Johnny discuss the woeful state of educator recruitment today, from the barriers to entry, to the rocks on the road to a successful education system.

Today Tim and Johnny are joined by Joanne Rizzotto and Hallie Schmeling, founders of Educators Amplified – a podcast presenting real stories from experts in education who are driven to share what‘s really going on in our public schools. The fully leaded crew joins forces with EA to regulate, empower, and transform together!

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Educated Educators, Talking Education.

Tim and Johnny once again speak with Alan Collinge about the latest developments on President Biden’s historic student debt cancellation plan, what stands in it’s way, and why it’s not YOUR fault.

Johnny and Tim are joined by Alan Collinge, a student loan activist and founder of www.studentloanjustice.org. We discuss the recent injunction putting a pause to President Biden’s historic action cancelling a substantial portion of student debt for Americans. We also take your calls!

Tim and Johnny are once again joined by John Warner, a writer/editor/speaker/consultant with more than twenty years of experience teaching college-level writing to discuss this year’s ‘nation’s report card’ and how it relates to student’s experience during – and after – the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are busting pencils!

The third installment of a series about a radical program designed to fast-track aspiring teachers who may not have the means to attain ‘ordinary’ certifications. Today Tim is joined by Heather Fracker, a Tennessee native who’s currently in her second year with the program.

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Today Tim and Johnny are joined by John Warnner, writer/editor/speaker/consultant with more than twenty years of experience teaching college-level writing and author of a new book, ‘What Is School For?’.

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Educated Educators talking Education

We expand on the last topic we discussed – a program that utilizes registered apprenticeships to get more teachers in school, doing the work. From discounted and subsidized tuition costs to financial support, we discuss this radical method of coaxing people into one of the most important jobs in modern society – teachers.

We’re joined by Jermaine Purdie, an 8th grade Teacher at ELA and a Resident currently participating in the program.

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Educated Educators – Talking Education!

Tim and Johnny are joined by Prentice Chandler, Dean and professor for Eriksson College of Education at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN. We discuss the widely discussed teacher shortage and how we’re working to fix it. Join us and get educated!

What qualifies as useful data? Johnny and Tim discuss the myriad of ways that data can be used to present evidence in support of – or with the intent to refute – a given notion.

We also consider this in the context of last week’s show, regarding the National Assessment of Educational Progress – also known as the nation’s report card – and a recent dip in testing scores being attributed to teaching and learning challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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