Busted Pencils

Dr Tim Slekar – Host

Dr Johnny Lupinacci – Cohost

Tim is joined by Mitchell Robinson, Associate Professor of Music Education at Michigan State University.  He’s also a candidate for State Board of Education in Michigan.  We discuss the impact of traumatic events, and the importance of teaching them in a sober, unyielding light.

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Dr Tim Slekar – Host

Dr Johnny Lupinacci – Cohost

Tim and Evan discuss student debt cancellation, Teacher Appreciation day, and how the recent SCOTUS leak regarding the end of Roe v. Wade is awfully relevant to education.  We also take your calls-

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Dr Tim Slekar – Host

Dr Johnny Lupinacci – Cohost

Tim and Johnny talk about an emerging desire, from citizens and constituents, to ‘fix’ public schools.  We discuss what might be ‘broken’ and how it might be ‘fixed’.  We also take some of your calls, discussing what it means to serve’, literally, a quality experience to our children, and how the hyper competitive nature of education today can take it’s toll.

Thanks for tuning into Busted Pencils!  Today we discuss the importance of School administration at the city and state level

Dr Tim Slekar – Host

Dr Johnny Lupinacci – Cohost

Guest – Patricia McGuire, President of Trinity Washington University

Today we discuss an encroaching void – book banning, allegations of abuse, and restrictions on what educators are ‘allowed’ to discuss in the classroom – And what we must do to protect this crucial freedom.

Thanks for tuning into Busted Pencils!  Today we discuss the importance of School administration at the city and state level

Dr Tim Slekar – Host

Dr Johnny Lupinacci – Cohost

Guest – Tim Slekar

With Johnny Lupinacci off fighting the good fight, EBone joins Tim Slekar to discuss a contentious topic- Voucher school programs VS Public School –

Tim’s challenge for the hour- convince him why Voucher School programs are a scourge on the education system as a whole.  Tim may be confident in his abilities, but the listeners take him to school.

Tim isn’t a bad faith actor, he just plays one on the radio!

Thanks for tuning into Busted Pencils!  Today we discuss the importance of School administration at the city and state level

Dr Tim Slekar – Host

Dr Johnny Lupinacci – Cohost

Guest – Mitchell Robinson

Thanks for tuning into Busted Pencils!  Today we discuss the importance of School administration at the city and state level

Dr Tim Slekar – Host

Dr Johnny Lupinacci – Cohost

Guest – Principal Dana Suppa

Thanks for tuning into Busted Pencils!  Today we discuss School Leadership: What’s possible, and what’s at stake?

Dr Tim Slekar – Host

Dr Johnny Lupinacci — Cohost

Guest- Walking Man Jesse Rogers

Dr Tim Slekar – Host

Dr Johnny Lupinacci — Cohost

Guest- Linda McKee of AAQEP

Today Tim and Evan break down the surface level of controversy around the Milwaukee legislature voting to begin the process of disbanding the entire Milwaukee school district.  Linda McKee joins us in the first half hour to discuss the implications of this unsettling move, and we discuss what this will be like for people on the ground in the second half.

Dr Tim Slekar – Host

Dr Johnny Lupinacci — Cohost

Today Tim and Evan break down the surface level of controversy and misinformation on the mask mandate being lifted and what it means for schools, book banning and burning in districts all over the country, Oppressor culture, and how it’s all a bad cover.  We also take your calls!