We discuss current debates over integration that are emerging nation-wide through the battle for integration in New York City's District 3. We also examine the new NYC Chancellor's response to protests over integration, and discuss what it means for NYC schools, what it means about parents in the fight for integraiton, and what the future may hold as our schools become more diverse.

Both national and state governments decry the American educational system compared to others; therefore, we take a long hard look at the American educational system in an international context to understand the differences between the U.S. and the rest of the world. We focus on schooling structure, school investment, school performance, and the connection between education and the labor market.

We discuss why students have aversions to math, where they come from, and what teachers can do to break down these barriers.

We discuss what has and has not changed policywise and discursively since the Parkland shooting and March for Our Lives. After this discussion, our crew tries to unpack the way forward and what teachers can do.

We discuss what teachers can and should do over the summer. With such a draining job during the school year, sometimes teachers don't use their summer in a way that recharges them for the upcoming school year. We want to share our tried and true practices for optimizing that summer time for your health and work!

We discuss the process for end of year reflections for teachers, and how they impact the sustainability of the teaching profession. With the focus on teacher evaluations and students' academic performance, it can be difficult for teachers to find time to look inward. We probe different frameworks to make these reflections as easy as possible and to prepare teachers for continued success.

We discuss effective ways to end the school year with an emphasis on celebrating student accomplishments. We then discuss how to set up students and their families to carry those good feelings through the summer.

We discuss group work in classrooms while trying to highlight best practices that we have seen throughout the city, including heterogeneous and homogeneous groupings. The podcast contains multiple interviews with CPET coaches offering their unique takes. Each take provides a different framework for approaching group work during classwork for the most effective results.

We discuss the relationship between education and technology in the 21st century with a focus the ways technology manifests in classrooms. We then discuss possible strategies for best preparing students for the 21st century.

We discuss the prevalence of school shootings over the last two decades, the commonalities, and why schools have often been sites. We then discuss student responses to the latest shootings, policy debates over action, and how teachers can continue forward in this chaotic climate.