This week's Jam is going to take you deep into the heart of elementary and middle-school teachers, something near and dear to our cold hearts here in the Bunker. (You'll see why!) The brilliant and hilarious Meredith Essalat stopped by the Bunker to talk about her book The Overly Honest Teacher. And while she and Brad did take a detour through her life, they also took a deep-dive into what makes a classroom work, the structure of education, and the importance of learning how to communicate with parents and students.

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