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The "Absentee" Lesson
Podcast |
No Wrong Answers
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Education
K-12
Teaching
Categories Via RSS |
Education
K-12
Kids & Family
News & Politics
Publication Date |
May 16, 2017
Episode Duration |
00:37:00
Betsy DeVos is back in the news and this time it was really ugly. Plus, new data tell us just how much students miss school. Finally, bullying is down but for a lot of teachers it doesn't feel like it...why this disconnect?
Betsy DeVos is back in the news and this time it was really ugly. Plus, new data tell us just how much students miss school. Finally, bullying is down but for a lot of teachers it doesn't feel like it...why this disconnect?
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Teachers: LuAnn Fox (high school English); Elaine Jardon (middle school math); Jason Steliga (high school science)

This week, Besty DeVos is back. The Secretary of Education gave the commencement address recently at Bethune-Cookman University and boy, did it get ugly. Then, we talk chronic absenteeism, what federal DOE officials have called a “hidden crisis” in American education. But it’s not just the stereotypical trouble-making skippers that miss a lot of class. Finally, we tackle a new Pediatrics study that says bullying is down...way down. So why doesn’t it feel like it to our teachers?

Kids These Days:

  • Luann: Students taking Advanced Placement tests aren’t supposed to talk, text, or tweet about the exams on test day. But they do.

  • Jason: Chance the Rapper was in town. His students’ heads exploded.

  • Elaine: Even though she’s still on maternity leave, her students are grade-grubbing at the end of the semester. Ah, the satisfaction of being able to delete on their emails...

 

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Music used in this episode is Inspiring Corporate and Scottish Indie by Scott Holmes; all have been edited.

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