The Middle Men

Brian and Derrick try to hold down the fort since Brad is sick. We talk quotes, technology, and allergies.

Brad, Brian, and Derrick talk to Bart Schneider, middle school electives teacher. Bart is well known in our community for a drama program he began that started with 36 and now involves more than 140 students in every performance.

Brad, Brian, and Derrick talk about state testing. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Brad, Brian and Derrick talk about the joys, struggles, and uniqueness of each quarter.

Brad, Brian, and Derrick discuss how technology has changed over our years of teaching.

Brad, Brian, and Derrick discuss non-traditional public school routes students take to learn.

Brian and Brad interview Mark Morello, music teacher of 29 years of one of the largest middle school music programs in California.

Brad, Brian, and Derrick discusses the history of male teachers and how we got here.

Links to our research:

1. PBS: Only a Teacher

2. MIT: The Feminization of Teaching in America

3. Center for Evaluation and Education Policy: The Status of Male Teachers in Public Education Today

4. The Atlantic: The U.S. Teaching Population is Getting Bigger, and More Female

Brad, Brian, and Derrick enter the fishbowl. They answer a series of both teacher related and unrelated questions.

Brad, Brian, and Derrick discuss the proxy war that schools and educators have become.