#88 - Is it time to de-track our schools? Featuring Dr. Eric Toshalis!!

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English - March 26, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
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Advanced. Honors. GATE. Remedial. Foundational. Students have been “tracked,” or sorted and grouped by perceived ability level, into categories such as these for years. While some argue that tracking helps schools and teachers design instruction to meet the needs of students of varying ability levels, the data suggests that tracking has long resulted in racial inequities and de facto segregation within our school system. Dr. Eric Toshalis of KnowledgeWorks (who also happens to have been the O.G. teacher-mentor for both Manuel and Jeff back during their student-teacher days!) joins us this week to share his expertise around the great tracking debate. But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including the difficulty districts are having in spending American Rescue Plan funds before the deadline and a new report slamming the quality of education offered in Los Angeles’ juvenile detention facilities.

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AGENDA

0:00 - Welcome!

10:00 - Districts struggle to spend relief money

28:06 - Review slams juvenile court schools

44:23 - De-tracking w/ Dr. Eric Toshalis!

1:26:09 -UCLA guarantees four years of student housing

DO-NOW STORIES:

One year after Congress appropriated over $122 billion for K-12, many school districts are struggling to spend it

Los Angeles County Probation Oversight Commission: Education Report

Report finds schools in L.A. County's youth justice system lacking

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