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This Week: It looks like there will be two new additions coming to the CA high school curriculum in the coming years.  The state legislature is close to passing a new bill which would mandate teaching about menstrual health, which is, shockingly, currently not part of the state’s comprehensive sexed curriculum.  And since nearly 80% of students say they learn more about frog’s bodies than their own, this can't come too soon!  And, this week the state passed a new requirement for personal finance to be taught as a possible alternative to traditional economics, which will begin in the 2026-27 school year. The course will cover topics like financing college, personal savings, credit, and investing. But, as with most ed policy, the proof will be in the pudding. Manuel and Jeff discuss!   



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This Week: As we conclude AAPI Heritage Month, today we dig into some new data from AP-NORC showing that a massive majority (71%) support the teaching of honest history about racism, slavery and segregation in our K-12 public schools. A similar super majority supports the teaching of AAPI culture and history in the US as well. This data flies in the face of some of the stereotypes and myths that we are led to believe are true, and is an affirming retort to the use of some members of the AAPI community to present a brown face on a white supremacist agenda to suppress the teaching of truthful history. Manuel and Jeff discuss!  

 

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From the CRT hysteria to the current targeting of university DEI efforts, we’ve seen an escalating right wing attack on public education in this country. Often under the guise of “parental rights,” these attacks have targeted teachers, LGBTQ+ students, books, curriculum, SEL, and equity-mined programming. Dr. Heather Harding, the executive director of Campaign for our Shared Future, joins us this week to share her experience in organizing opposition to this rising tide of racist and anti-equity attacks on public education. The Campaign for Our Shared Future is a time bound, nonpartisan campaign to defend and promote K12 public education amid political attacks. But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including a heated exchange in Congress concerning Ethnic Studies and new data on low rates of college degree attainment.



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AGENDA

0:00 - Welcome!

6:41 - Ethnic Studies under attack yet again

25:27 - New data on low rates of degree attainment

43:48 - Dr. Heather Harding on Organizing the Resistance

1:16:27 - College encampments earn important victories



DO-NOW STORIES:

Berkeley superintendent, GOP congressman tussle over ‘liberated’ ethnic studies

Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium Website 

40% of 2013 HS grads who started on a degree or credential didn’t finish

NCES Report: A First Look at the 2021 Postsecondary Enrollment, Completion, and Financial Aid Outcomes of Fall 2009 Ninth-Graders



SEMINAR:

The Campaign for Our Shared Future



CLASS DISMISSED:

Meet Students at 4 Colleges Where Gaza Protests Win Concessions, Incl. Considering Israel Divestment



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This Week: The Shenandoah County Schools have gone completely off the white supremacist ledge this week, as the school board voted 5 to 1 to reinstate -- yes you heard that right -- reinstate the names of confederate warmongers on two of their schools that were renamed early in the period of the racial reckoning following the murder of George Floyd. The school board made this vote despite majority opposition from the community, and as a bold statement of their commitment to uplifting one of the most despicable chapters of American history, chattel slavery. To date, this is the first known instance of a school system that changed school names from confederate warmongers reversing course. Tragically, in this era of rising white supremacy, it may not be the last. Manuel and Jeff discuss. 



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It seems like everywhere we turn right now there are bold statements being made about AI in education. Some claim it must be embraced and that it will take our profession to new heights of learning and achievement. Others claim it’s undermining the most basic elements of ethics and academic integrity. To help us unpack the promise, dangers, and unknowns of AI, we sit down with Priten Shah, the CEO of Pedagogy.Cloud and author of the book AI & The Future of Education! Is the robot apocalypse coming for your favorite teacher, or will AI help us deliver the high-quality education that every child deserves? But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including a conservative group’s plan to charge tuition for undocumented children in K-12 and a new bill in Tennessee allowing teachers to carry firearms at school.

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AGENDA

0:00 - Welcome!

7:52 - Tuition plot for undocumented children

23:28 - Armed teachers in Tennessee 

34:58 - Priten Shah on A.I. in Education

1:09:43 - Students defund LAUSD police



DO-NOW STORIES:

Think tank with ties to Trump lays out plan to deny free education to undocumented students

Gov. Bill Lee says he’ll sign bill to let some Tennessee teachers and staff carry guns in schools



SEMINAR:

Priten Shah website

AI & The Future Of Education



CLASS DISMISSED:

How Students Led a Historic $25M Divestment from LA School Police



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This Week: As student activism comes to life on college campuses across the nation and around the world in protest of institutional complicity in the genocide and apartheid in Palestine, colleges crack down with violent police responses, suspensions, and even cancellation of graduation ceremonies at USC. Meanwhile, the youth are definitely leading the way. And, Manuel and Jeff discuss the age old question many educators grapple with -- should I leave the classroom and become an administrator? Or not? 

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