Kwa NateKo episodes:

• April 09, 2025@kwa | Teacher’s Journal: What matters to parents. Summer scenarios.

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  "It just is so interesting to me that things keep coming back to that because as an educator, although I keep getting reminded that I'm never really thinking in that way, like, is the point, do I get their kid? I'm always thinking is. I'm thinking the point is to educate their kids. So I don't know if it's. We have more contact with parents in this role in a different way. It's smaller. It's. It's a limited."

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• April 07, 2025@kwa | Next Read: The switch up (and why writing style matters even in historical nonfiction)

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  "I think of it like as an in between but it's known for its, its writing style. The point which is another kind of literary ish publication and literary hub but between. But if I read this book and I look at Black Fortunes, I think Black Forces was. The writing was far superior. Now back now Black Fortunes did have the, it did have the advantage of telling the story of six different black millionaires."

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• April 07, 2025@kwa | Teacher’s Journal: Why math matters. Law and stacked learning. AI in k-12 education. Volunteer tutoring.

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  "Students would see this math in the real world in a way that's very relevant to them. The issue with doing that with a lesson is very hard to put a lesson together that incorporates that. There's a lot of moving parts and people I don't think realize how difficult that actually is and how much effort that takes. But, but if I, what I think I want to do is start a series on here is really just as much for me as it is for anybod else listening."

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• April 06, 2025@kwa | CLEP Exams for College Credits

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  "I think if you also prefer to take the AP test. The problem I think sometimes with, with, with the rap against standardized test is that if you're studying for a state, a standardized test, you're really studying the test. You're not really learning."

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• April 06, 2025@kwa | Next Reads

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  "And despite me being educated in finance, despite me having worked part time for a small accounting company, including helping with taxes for both individuals and small businesses, despite me being somebody who's good with numbers and a math teacher, I couldn't really help her on it. And I was like, this is not good. So I need to re educate myself on taxes. But I'm going to put that back in the Pile and return to something like that later."

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• April 06, 2025@kwa | The American Private School by Lawrence R. Samuel

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  "And compared to what I see now, there were some shifts like when things happen nationally, they do affect private schools in some sense, like economic downturns of war more locally, like a teacher strike. Like that certainly shifted a large scale teacher strike. They talked about one in New York City that shifted more kids to private schools, at least temporarily. And I think the biggest lingering one was when the Brown versus the Board of Education decision happened."

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• April 05, 2025@kwa | Next Two Reads?

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  "All right, finished that book on world religions. I'm not gonna have another world religion book I read next, though I do have some down the pipeline I'll get to. But there were a trio of books on education I had. I went through one already. It's because it was a quick read. It was. What was it? It was high performing schools in high poverty areas. And I read it, but I only got a limited amount out of it."

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• April 05, 2025@kwa | Teacher’s Journal: The regardless path, supplementary education, and national initiatives.

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  "And my thought is like if there's a supplementary education piece that provides the foundation that is more attuned to the individual students for a general academic setting and kind of raises the ability to have a higher ceiling no matter where they end up. But what if you can stack the sort of things they needed for the standardized test that will give them the opportunity to pursue any particular path."

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• April 05, 2025@kwa | 12 Major World Religions by Jason Boyer

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  "But I just need to get this out before I move on to the other other things I need to do today. I would just say I think it's certainly worth the read. I think it serves as a great foundation for anybody who is interested in learning about religions in general. Certainly if you are seeking to potentially practice a religion and you want to get a feel for what."

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• April 04, 2025@kwa | Ask me anything

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  "Ask me anything. Truly anything. Nothing is too shallow, too deep, too silly, too serious or too in between. Just ask me anything."

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