Latest Publicschooling Podcast Episodes
EP 46 - The “Where’s everyone going” Edition
Education on the Rocks - November 09, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutesOn past episodes, George and I have talked about how happy most people are with their schools on the local level. Students and parents love their teachers and feel like their schools are headed in the right direction, but that love shifts when they talk about the state of the public school system...
EP 45 - The “It’s more than just the facts” Edition
Education on the Rocks - September 28, 2022 10:10 - 37 minutesOff air, George and I have often reminisced about the countless high school teachers who told us in no uncertain terms This will be the most important class of your lives. While we’re sure…if we could remember anything from any of those classes…that we would have ended up in vans down by the rive...
S4E1 - The "Dude, 'are your tots soggy?!'' Edition
Education on the Rocks - September 02, 2022 14:03 - 35 minutesWhile George and I remember tasting the paste as we muddled our way through arts and crafts in kindergarten, most people’s school culinary memories are of sitting on benches in crowded cafeterias, trading PB&Js for chocolate pudding, partaking in real or imagined food fights, and, of course, doin...
EP 44 - The "Dude, 'are your tots soggy?!'' Edition
Education on the Rocks - September 02, 2022 14:03 - 35 minutesWhile George and I remember tasting the paste as we muddled our way through arts and crafts in kindergarten, most people’s school culinary memories are of sitting on benches in crowded cafeterias, trading PB&Js for chocolate pudding, partaking in real or imagined food fights, and, of course, doin...
S3E35 – The “School’s Out For Summer,” or is it? Edition (Season 3 Finale)
Education on the Rocks - June 16, 2022 09:35 - 34 minutesWith Memorial Day behind us and mid-June upon us, students across the country at various levels of education are donning their gowns, decorating their caps, and heading to the biggest arenas on their campuses to graduate. So, for those of you who just graduated or are about to graduate, George an...
Season 3, Episode 35 – The “School’s Out For Summer,” or is it? Edition (Season 3 Finale)
Education on the Rocks - June 16, 2022 09:35 - 34 minutesWith Memorial Day behind us and mid-June upon us, students across the country at various levels of education are donning their gowns, decorating their caps, and heading to the biggest arenas on their campuses to graduate. So, for those of you who just graduated or are about to graduate, George an...
EP 43 – The “School’s Out For Summer,” or is it? Edition (Season 3 Finale)
Education on the Rocks - June 16, 2022 09:35 - 34 minutesWith Memorial Day behind us and mid-June upon us, students across the country at various levels of education are donning their gowns, decorating their caps, and heading to the biggest arenas on their campuses to graduate. So, for those of you who just graduated or are about to graduate, George an...
S3E34 - The “do we really need a G.A.T.E.” edition
Education on the Rocks - April 27, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutesIf, like George and I, you are a product of the American public school system, at one point or another you’ve probably heard of GATE or TAG. While these programs are administered in different ways in different places, they all have one thing in common: they’re tasked with identifying and serving ...
EP 42 - The “do we really need a G.A.T.E.” edition
Education on the Rocks - April 27, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutesIf, like George and I, you are a product of the American public school system, at one point or another you’ve probably heard of GATE or TAG. While these programs are administered in different ways in different places, they all have one thing in common: they’re tasked with identifying and serving ...
The “No More Math Class” Edition
Education on the Rocks - April 12, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutesAs we’re coming out of spring break and into the home stretch of academic years across the country for students, teachers, administrators and parents from pre-K to BA, we thought it would be a good time for a thought experiment. Since the enlightenment in Europe in the 18th century, knowledge has...
EP 41 - The “No More Math Class” Edition
Education on the Rocks - April 12, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutesAs we’re coming out of spring break and into the home stretch of academic years across the country for students, teachers, administrators and parents from pre-K to BA, we thought it would be a good time for a thought experiment. Since the enlightenment in Europe in the 18th century, knowledge has...
EP 40 - The “Is it the cool sub?” Edition
Education on the Rocks - March 10, 2022 17:00 - 32 minutesThree seasons into Education on the Rocks, we realized that we haven’t spent a moment talking about what happens when teachers aren’t in the classroom. Regardless of our educational experiences, we’ve all spent periods of entire days with substitute teachers. Often these teachers were nameless, t...
S3E32 - The “Is it the cool sub?” Edition
Education on the Rocks - March 10, 2022 17:00 - 32 minutesThree seasons into Education on the Rocks, we realized that we haven’t spent a moment talking about what happens when teachers aren’t in the classroom. Regardless of our educational experiences, we’ve all spent periods of entire days with substitute teachers. Often these teachers were nameless, t...
Season 3, Episode 31 – The Crickets Edition
Education on the Rocks - February 01, 2022 11:00 - 38 minutesFor years, the American public and politicians have decried the state of education in the United States. Endless reform efforts and enhanced accountability measures have stressed our public education system to the breaking point. Each week, over a glass of whiskey, our hosts tackle the education ...
EP 39 – The Crickets Edition
Education on the Rocks - February 01, 2022 11:00 - 38 minutesFor years, the American public and politicians have decried the state of education in the United States. Endless reform efforts and enhanced accountability measures have stressed our public education system to the breaking point. Each week, over a glass of whiskey, our hosts tackle the education ...
EP 30 - The Holdin’ Out For A Hero Edition
Education on the Rocks - January 13, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutesToday, George and I are sitting down to record our 30th episode, and we wanted to thank all of you who listen in as we muse on the nuances of education, education policy, and what it means to be part of the American school system. As we rang in yet another new year in the shadow of Covid, the O...
EP 38 - The Holdin’ Out For A Hero Edition
Education on the Rocks - January 13, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutesToday, George and I are sitting down to record our 30th episode, and we wanted to thank all of you who listen in as we muse on the nuances of education, education policy, and what it means to be part of the American school system. As we rang in yet another new year in the shadow of Covid, the O...
EP 37 - The “Give Me A Break” Edition
Education on the Rocks - November 25, 2021 13:23 - 43 minutesBack in the day, George and I spent many nights in our acid-washed jeans with our bleached bangs dancing in our rooms…by ourselves…and one of the songs we loved was “Vacation” by The Go-Go’s. In fact, vacations were “all we ever wanted,” we dreamed about having that “time to get away.” I know, ...
EP 36 – The “Words, Words, Words” Edition
Education on the Rocks - November 10, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutesWhether in digital or paper form, books have always been a major part of what drives education in the United States. Whether those books are novels or entire curriculums marketed to state assemblies for adoption, books and education are often commingled with politics. Historically, we’ve seen dis...
EOTR - Season 3, Episode 28 – The “Words, Words, Words” Edition
Education on the Rocks - November 10, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutesWhether in digital or paper form, books have always been a major part of what drives education in the United States. Whether those books are novels or entire curriculums marketed to state assemblies for adoption, books and education are often commingled with politics. Historically, we’ve seen dis...
EP 35 - The “One Stop Shop” Edition
Education on the Rocks - October 14, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutesAs children of the ‘80’s, George and I were barraged with images of the shopping mall in movies and on the 5 TV channels we got - the mall was the place to go to see and be seen, and to find everything you needed, all under one massive roof. So, the mall offered a place to socialize, to find the ...
EP 34 - The “Am I a Freshman or Not?” Edition
Education on the Rocks - September 30, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutesSometime between elementary and high school in the United States, all of us went to middle school. Or did we? Some of you are probably thinking that you went to junior high or that you moved from a lower to an upper school. Or, like my co-host, you found the years so trying that you’ve erased the...
EP 33 - The Attendance Bells Ring Again Edition
Education on the Rocks - September 21, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutesWith Labor Day behind us, schools around the country are welcoming students back to their campuses. Over the past two seasons, we’ve spent a lot of time talking through what it means to be a part of the American public education system during a pandemic, but today we’re going to share the in’s an...
EP 32 - Teaching Teachers to Teach
Education on the Rocks - May 28, 2021 08:15 - 43 minutesOver the past year-plus, we’ve talked a lot about the challenges our school systems face and how our students are learning and will continue to learn in classrooms both remote and in person. At the heart of all these discussions are the professionals who work with young people across the country....
EP 31 - The “Always Innovate” Episode
Education on the Rocks - May 11, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutesAs spring rushes quickly towards summer, students across the country are trying to figure out what to do with summer months that are likely to be a bit freer than last year, but far from normal. To meet students’ needs, schools are in the process of designing summer opportunities to enrich studen...
EP 30 - The “We’ve Got to See Our Way through this” Episode
Education on the Rocks - April 27, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutesOver the past year, George and I have spent a lot of time discussing how schools and students’ learning have been affected by the pandemic. Today we’re going to think about our schools not so much as places where students learn academic skills and earn grades, but as places that will be vital to ...
EP 29 - Want a Diploma - First, We’ve Got to Get You Vaccinated
Education on the Rocks - April 13, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutesWith the relatively widespread availability of the COVID vaccine in the United States, more and more colleges and universities are making plans to open up in the fall. After having shuttered in-person education for the entirety of the 2020-2021 academic year, college administrators are trying to ...
EP 28 - College Apps and Admissions in the Post-COVID Landscape
Education on the Rocks - March 30, 2021 08:15 - 39 minutesAlmost exactly a year ago, George and I launched this podcast in hopes of talking through, as much for ourselves as for our audience, the myriad factors that shape what public education looks like in the United States. At the time, we were just getting used to platforms like Zoom, platforms that ...
EP 27 - Remember when THAT happened
Education on the Rocks - March 09, 2021 09:05 - 37 minutesBelieve it or not, George and I haven’t always been educational professionals. In fact, we’re both products of the American public school system. While I grew up in the Oregon system and George in California, we both started and ended our K-12 experiences in public schools. Today, we’re going to ...
EP 26 - Don't Know Much Biology
Education on the Rocks - March 02, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutesWhen we hear people talking about schools, it’s often in the vein of what “kids these days DON’T know” rather than what they do. And it feels like we don’t hear about schools succeeding - we only hear about failure, and that failure is talked about in what teachers aren’t teaching and what studen...
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