In these highly tense and polarized times of geopolitical and domestic turmoil, and with the presidential election a few months away, you better believe we’ve wanted to do an episode for you on civics education.  And while it’s our first on the topic, it won’t be our last. Safe spaces, trigger warnings, viewpoint diversity or lack thereof, performance activism, and teacher bias, these are just some of the areas we get into with our guest today, Jon Zajdel, a civics teacher who lives this everyday firsthand.

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 Jon Zajdel is a secondary social studies teacher and swim coach in Fairfield County. Jon primarily teaches Advanced Placement American Government and Politics and civics. Zajdel has also taught the middle and elementary levels. Jon earned his MAT in secondary education from Sacred Heart University and his  BA in political science from Ithaca College. Jon is an AFT union member and his views are his alone and not representative of his district affiliation.