Teacher Besties' Podcast Teacher Besties
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Episode 17- Teacher Magic
On the agenda...testing, wrapping up the school year, later start times, and ladies in STEM.
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Episode 16 - No (Teacher) Haters
On this week's episode we check back in after the refreshing time off that is spring break to discuss what happens when Kelley comes across a dusty pile of unused (but fabulously diverse) books and why people need to stop hating on teachers. Plus, news on a scandal in the Detroit Public Schools (not another thing for DPS!) and a landmark case in California regarding teacher tenure.
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Episode 15 - Namaste
On this week’s episode we discuss Kelley’s experience with a Teaching Tolerance professional development session, interrogation tactics that are used against students, as well as the controversy of using Namaste in reducing stress in elementary students.
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Episode 14 - Sex Ed Edition
On this week's episode we discuss the state of sex ed in U.S. classrooms and how porn is influencing high school students, a bill in Mississippi that proposes grading parents, and an update on the Detroit Public Schools. Plus, we talk Donors Choose, Crash Course, Doodle 4 Google, and more.
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Episode 13 - Private Photos, Private School
On this week's episode, we discuss the resignation of a South Carolina teacher whose private photos were stolen and shared on the Internet as well as the recent New Yorker article about AltSchool, a private school with a tech start up feel. Plus, Kelley celebrates diversity week at her school.
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Episode 12 - Lunch Lessons
On this week's episode we discuss a delightful video of a Japanese elementary school lunch time, a new court ruling which is allowing the release of the school data of 6.2 million students, and the prospects of getting a student teacher. Plus, Kelley shares her experience while teaching Serial, the podcast, as a listening and critical thinking exercise and Jamie mourns the loss of the 25 hours she spent calibrating AP presentations.
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