Talk Out of School Leonie Haimson, Daniel Alicea

Daniel interviewed Ben Morgenroth, candidate for the upcoming TRS Pension Board election. He is an AP Calculus math teacher at Brooklyn High School, CUNY adjunct, and a former investment fund risk analyst. We discuss the TRS election scheduled to be conducted electronically by NYC schools, on May 8th — and now, according to a recent DOE memo, also on May 9th.
We discussed the controversy about how the DOE intends to conduct the election seemingly in violation of Admin code 13-507.

We shared a startling update about the ongoing Illuminated privacy breach of student and teacher data. Also, listen to an excerpt of Chancellor David Banks’ press conference this week where he previewed his upcoming congressional testimony dealing with hate in our schools.

Leonie shares a news update about the budget negotiations over mayoral control, school funding and compliance with the new class size law.

Daniel shares his interview with educator, motivational speaker and rapper, Brandon Brown, also known as "Griot B", to talk about "School Yard Rap." Brown also discusses his inspiration, the importance of representation, and the impact the program can have on students.

Daniel interviews PEP member Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez and Leonie Haimson, co-host and Executive Director of Class Size Matters about the their takeaways about findings, recommendations, and impact of the newly released NYSED report on mayoral control.

Leonie interviews Carol Burris, executive director of Network for Public Education and Julian Vasquez Heilig, education scholar at Western Michigan University, about the real truth behind on charter schools and the evolution of the Democratic party on this issue.

Daniel shared a news updates in first segment. He also shared his interview with Hanan Harchol.

Hanan Harchol is a New York based filmmaker, animator, artist, classical guitarist, and teacher. Harchol recently released his first dramatic feature film, entitled ABOUT A TEACHER.   It is a semi-autobiographical narrative, which he wrote, directed, and produced, based on his experience teaching filmmaking to inner-city public high school students.

After a brief recap of local education news, NYU researcher Flor Khan, parent Alina Lewis, and teacher Martina Meijer discuss the problems with the most commonly adopted new reading curriculum in NYC schools, called HMH Into Reading.