Teachers Talk (with Matt Brady)

I was super eager to catch up with long-time educator Matt Brady about screens at school. We dive deep into phone bans and also school-issued tech.

Meet Matt Brady:

Matt Brady is a Physics and Chemistry teacher in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Came in through lateral entry after spending 10 years writing about comic books and pop culture for various outlets. Prior to that, he was in graduate school for a PhD in Physiology & Pharmacology; prior to that, earned a Master’s in Marine Biology, and prior to that, earned a B.S. in Biology.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Matt's Substack, Teacher Teacher
• The one about school shootings
• School Tech: Know Your Rights (with Julie Liddell)
• Phone Free Schools Movement (my interview with co-founder Kim Whitman)
• 7 questions to ask your school destrict about devices

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