The Great Education Reset

All the small annoyances can really add up to a heavy load. This week, I'll share some of mine!

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This week, we wrap up our conversation about late work by brainstorming ways to implement a professionalism standard into public schools.

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Round two of discussing late work with our guest.

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Today we begin a series talking about the importance of instilling the skill of timeliness and meeting deadlines in students. Should it part of the grade? Should it not? We have a special guest joini…

Several states have moved away from minimum instructional day requirements to hours instead. This gives districts some flexibility like trying 4 day school weeks. Join in the conversation!

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Today we discuss how parents affect education by what happens outside of the school building.

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It is back to school time! Today we briefly go over what my summer and the back to school routine looks like and how we can make it batter!

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Part 2 of teacher accountability. We move on to some conclusions and a brief outline of how we can support teachers by having healthy accountability and self-improvement.

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We aim to strike a nerve with teachers and admin on this one. While it's nice to not "feel" micromanaged, to be a team, we all need to pull our weight. This means some teachers might need a little mo…

July 1st usually marks when states' new laws go into effect. This is also true for new laws relating to education. Today we look at new laws going on the books in Tennessee for this year and what the…

This past week in Tennessee, some people questioned if the state knew who exactly was receiving school vouchers for the upcoming year and other questions, like how many and in what districts, etc. Th…

It may seem small, but the schedule format used at a school affects a lot more than most people think about. This episode I mention some pros and cons of both and what my preference is.

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It seems like we keep lowering behavior standards and academic standards in education all of the time to either appease a group of people or inflate our district's and/or school's success. How low is…

Social media went crazy when someone posted that Chick-Fil-A was giving free food for report cards with all A's and B's. Why? Listen to find out!

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YouScience is great! But are districts and schools listening?

Here is the link to look at the PDF of the report.

https://www.youscience.com/resources/press/2025-pgrr-press-release/

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Are students coming out of K-12 with the skills needed to be successful in the workplace and/or post-secondary schooling?

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Hey everybody! Trying something new this week. I'm taking a look at a few current stories from education in the news and an update on a past episode. I hope you enjoy it and thanks for listening.

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Teacher merit based pay is the new talking point in education. Since education likes acronyms, let's call it MBP. We look at this idea making a comeback and what it might mean for teachers.

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In part 2 of socially promoting students, we'll talk about more unexpected outcomes of this educational practice and other ways to handle it going forward.

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Did you know about 100 years ago, more than 50% of students repeated at least one grade before they were 13 years old? Socially promoting students isn't a new practice but it is far more common, acce…