Larry Ferlazzo has been a leading voice in education for quite some time. With a weekly advice column for Education Week, 13 different books on education (and a 14th in the works!) as well as his own blog on teaching, Larry has again and again offered guidance and shared his perspective with educators in myriad ways as an award-winning classroom teacher who always centers that classroom perspective in his work.

However, this school year was Larry’s final school year in the public school classroom! Fortunately, in his first official week of retirement he was willing to hop on The Broken Copier to share more about his journey, what it is like to be at the classroom finish line, and his perspective on education in this current moment—include some wisdom for those of us still in the classroom.

Thanks, as always, to:

Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

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