A French teacher talks about the personal and the policy aspects of teaching in France.  What is his teaching like? How does he feel about the job? What is happening with the pandemic?

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Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein that alternates weekly and airs on Even weeks.

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Hear Bay Area high school educators explain how they are making distance learning actually work.  How do they work with families; ensure technology; engage the students?  What’s different about the curriculum?  Do they actually meet with the students or do they just give them assignments?  Is there anything “fun” about this?

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The Covid 19 shut-down of schools has led to many difficulties for both teachers and families.  Nevertheless, teachers struggle on.  Two Oakland teachers talk about how they made distance learning work with elementary students in East Oakland.

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Revered Oakland labor and community leader, Clarence Thomas, talks about the threat to Oakland’s essence brought by the billionaire Trump-supporting Fisher family.  They are looking to get hold of the two most valuable pieces of Oakland’s public property, & they are getting help from Oakland politicians, including Democrats

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