Matt and Matt talk with Alicia Biggs, computer science teacher at Lewiston Public Schools. She talks about what computer science is and what it isn't, and how she shifted from teaching other subjects to computer science. It's not as difficult as you might think! Follow her at @CSforLPS on Twitter!

Matt and Matt talk with Jen Dorman, the 2015 Maine Teacher of the Year, at the 2019 EducateMaine Symposium. She talks about the TeachToLead program, teacher leadership, chronic absenteeism in schools and an idea to help support and improve the rates of attendance.

Matt and Matt talk with Rachel Knight, the Founder and CEO of Destination Occupation at the Educate Maine Symposium 2019. She discusses what the site is about, the importance of career goals (at any age!), and how they help people all over the state. Follow her on Twitter @do207jobs.

Matt and Matt talk with Rebecca Parker and Jessica Donovan about apprenticeships at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn. This interview was conducted at the EducateMaine 2019 Symposium. It's a great discussion of how the apprenticeship program works, how it can be done in other areas, and takeaways from the experience. Enjoy!

Matt and Matt interview Maine Representative Denise Tepler of Topsham, and discuss a whole bunch of things. First, how legislators have to trust other legislators to get them the right information, and how that actually works. Then Rep. Tepler talks about teacher salaries before getting into a whole lot of knowledge about how bills actually wind their way through the legislature (it's WAY more involved than we thought). We wrap up with a talk about what legislators do in their "off" time (spoiler: it's not eating bon-bons on the lake).

Matt and Matt return with an interview with Maine Senator Eloise Vitelli! She discusses her background, how she approaches the legislative process, and much much more! Let us know what you think at @MaineEdMatters on Twitter, and look for us on Facebook at Maine Education Matters!

It’s a solo show as Matt @DrewetteCard previews and reviews the public hearing for rule changes to Chapter 180 (PEPG). Most of the focus was on the Student Growth component and how the committee makeup has changed (#LD92).

Matt interviews Stephanie Canter and Christian Hartjes of Newsela about how they can integrate the new social studies standards and science standards into what they do, how Maine educators are using the standards, and how Newsela can support educators and learners, along with other assorted usual nonsense.

Matt and Matt review the list of bill titles that was recently released. Yes, bill titles. There is so much nonsense in this episode, but it's one of our favorites. We even get into non-education-related bills (looking at you, vulgar license plates and wreckers). We hope you enjoy it as much as we liked talking about it.

Matt and Matt take some time to talk about the bills related to curriculum (spoiler alert: not many, but we talk for almost 16 minutes anyway - no real surprise).

Around the 16 minute mark, we start talking nonsense about all the task forces that have been set up for the fall. There are.... a LOT!

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