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Latest episodes
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1 h 11
It’s Getting Hot In Here…and Schools Don’t Have Trees
This Week: A new data set from orgs that study the impacts of heat and lack of canopy coverage on school campuses sheds light (no pun intended) on the extent of a long-standing pro…
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1 h 02
The Zero Grade Makes A Comeback. About Time? Or Ughhhhhh?
This Week: Remember Betsy Devos? Remember how she used her power back in 2020 to make it easier for predatory men to get away with sexual harassment and assault on college campuses…
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60 min
Practicing Democracy: Students Take to the Streets in France
This Week: Nearly 2000 high schools across France are closed amidst a wave of student protest that has taken over the nation. Demanding change to dilapidated conditions of school f…
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1 h 08
The Impossible Choice: That Nikole Hannah-Jones Article Everyone Is Talking About
This Week: Few things have gotten more people in America to have a (hopefully) substantive conversation about the core issue of segregation in American public education than has th…
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1 h 05
Plastics Propaganda in School, and Black Boy Retention Continues
This Week: Who knew the plastics industry was infiltrating K-12 science curricula with lessons that help kids do things like pretending to be an employee of Dow Chemical and buildi…
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1 h 08
NYC, LA Lead the Way on AI Pushback in Schools
This Week: It has been a busy few weeks of stories in education, so we begin with a lightning round of headlines covering everything from a hero teacher saving 900 students in Nepa…
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20 min
So Much for the Promise of Virtual Tutoring
Today on AOTA Shorts: Varsity Tutors for Schools, one of the nation’s largest virtual tutoring providers, has abruptly closed up shop. Citing a lack of evidence of effectiveness, i…
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20 min
Still Separate and Unequal. What Now?
Today on AOTA Shorts: A group of families and education advocates in Massachusetts join a growing number of lawsuits challenging school segregation across the country. Since the la…
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19 min
Judge Dismisses Trump Admin Suit Alleging Antisemitism at Harvard
Today on AOTA Shorts: Citing a lack of evidence showing any systemic pattern of antisemitism, a federal judge dismissed a Trump admin lawsuit against Harvard University. This is th…
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59 min
Black Student Achievement on the Rise in LA and Texas A&M Faculty Sue Over Fascist Policy
This Week: Turns out if you invest resources equitably to meet the needs of students and communities who have been systematically underserved, you do see results. Shocker. In Los A…
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1 h 13
Hot Mess Roundup: Sex Robots in Class, Tuskegee Dress Code, and a New ASU Major In Being a Social Media Influe…
This Week: There’s a lot going on… and it’s a hot mess. Tuskegee University, one of the pillars of HBCUs in America, announces a new dress code that prevents students from wearing…
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1 h 08
Is Bloom’s Due for An Upgrade In the Age of AI?
This Week: A superintendent in Massachusetts has put out a fascinating take on a revision to the ubiquitous Bloom’s Taxonomy, the helpful tool which has defined orders of thinking…
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1 h 11
Be Yourself: The NFL-ification of Classroom Posters in Michigan Schools
This Week: The Romeo Community School District in Michigan has issued educators a list of 32 phrases that are pre approved for us on classroom posters. The phrases are, perhaps exc…
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20 min
Company Housing for Teachers - Good Look, or Nah?
Today on AOTA Shorts: The price of housing has grown so astronomical in some parts of the country, like much of California, that districts are turning to a strategy of building the…
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24 min
America 250… What Would We Do If School Were in Session Today?
Today on AOTA Shorts: As America turns 250 years old, the cold ripple effect of the right wing ascension in American politics is being felt in classrooms across the country, with m…
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20 min
The (Many) High Costs of Summer Camp
Today on AOTA Shorts: For those in the AOTA family with kids, this comes as no surprise, but the process of finding good summer care for children can be cumbersome to navigate, unn…
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1 h 08
Most Americans Support Educating Undocumented Kids And CA Community Colleges Quietly Go More and More Online
This Week: In what can only be understood as a shocker, new survey data shows the vast majority of Americans of nearly all demographic groups support undocumented students having a…
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1 h 11
UC System Debates Bringing Back the SAT Amidst Growing Math Skills Crisis
This Week: The UC system mulls joining a number of elite universities around the country that have brought back the SAT/ACT testing requirements that went by the wayside during the…
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21 min
What Makes A Good Teacher? Surprisingly, Dems and Repubs Agree
Today on AOTA Shorts: Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on much these days. Except, apparently, what it means to be a good teacher. Researchers at Arizona State and CSU East Ba…
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19 min
Florida Unleashes Conservative History Curriculum Focused On “FACTs”
Today on AOTA Shorts: Gov. Ron Desantis is at it again, ensuring his state continues to lead the way on the most draconian and fascist education policies on the books. Florida has…