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EP 25 - Can We Please get out of our Silos
Education on the Rocks - February 16, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutesEnglish. Math. History. Science. A second language. PE. And an elective. For many of us, this is what our middle and high school schedules looked like year in and year out. And we never asked any questions about it. If you’re like us, many of our teachers taught and thought about their courses in...
EP 23 - The “First” Day Of School
Education on the Rocks - February 02, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutesIn his inaugural address, President Biden talked about “teach[ing] our students in safe schools,” and while making schools safer places for children to learn and grow has been a priority in the United States for decades, the new president’s words loom very large at a time when many public schools...
EP 22 - The SAT is changing...again
Education on the Rocks - January 26, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutesThis past week, the College Board, the company that owns the SAT, announced major changes to the test that they say have been accelerated due to the coronavirus pandemic. While many of us think of the SAT and the ACT as impacting students in their final two years of high school, testing culture i...
EP 21 - College and the Life After In The Time of Covid
Education on the Rocks - January 19, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutesAfter a short hiatus, The Education On The Rocks starts off with an interview with a college student fresh out of the university. Jon’s guest today is Katie Bullock, his daughter and BFA Theater graduate. What was it like studying in college while the Covid pandemic raged all over the world and h...
EP 20 - Putting the Brakes on During Winter Break
Education on the Rocks - December 15, 2020 09:00 - 41 minutesUp here in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, the snow is starting to fall and schools across the country are getting ready to shut their virtual doors for winter break. Whether students, teachers, and administrators are wrapping up final exams or coming back in January to prepare to wrap up...
Ep 19 - Where Are You Applying
Education on the Rocks - December 08, 2020 09:00 - 35 minutesThis is the time of year when seniors across the country are filling out college applications and applying for scholarships, and teachers and counselors are writing recommendations. However, just like everything else over the past 9 months, this year is anything but business as usual. The coronav...
EP 18 - So you’re done with school - now what?
Education on the Rocks - November 24, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutesAs schools head into the Thanksgiving holiday, we are seeing coronavirus numbers spike across the country. While there are a lot of questions to be answered about how the holiday season will affect schools’ abilities to open up in 2021, today we’re going to focus on a trend that we’re seeing at e...
EP 17 - Is Learning Fun? Should it be Fun?
Education on the Rocks - November 17, 2020 09:05 - 36 minutesThose of us who are products of the 1980’s or 80’s pop culture have fond...or not so fond recollections of the teachers in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or Fast Times at Ridgemont High who make learning a gauntlet of boredom and fear. For many of us and our students, those satires, while intended to h...
EP 16 - Teaching in COVID
Education on the Rocks - November 10, 2020 09:05 - 41 minutesOver the course of the pandemic, we’ve discussed the difficulties that our students and their families are facing, and while those challenges have implications that can affect not only this academic year but also stretch far into the future, we have yet to focus on what it’s like to teach student...
EP 15 - It wasn’t me! Who funds and who decides what’s best for our schools
Education on the Rocks - November 03, 2020 09:05 - 37 minutesIt’s Election Day in the United States and regardless of the outcomes of national races for the presidency and Congress, public education in our country needs more support than ever. To address the pandemic’s effect on our nation’s children, teachers, and schools, our leaders need to think both i...
EP 14 - The Ins And OUTs Of Being A Student During The Pandemic
Education on the Rocks - October 27, 2020 09:05 - 42 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 13 - The Importance of Mentorship in our Academic Lives
Education on the Rocks - October 20, 2020 08:05 - 31 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 12 - Zoom Fatigue Inside Higher Education
Education on the Rocks - October 13, 2020 08:05 - 31 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 11 - How Did the Pandemic Change & Affect Teachers and the Teaching Process with Matt Killpack
Education on the Rocks - October 06, 2020 08:05 - 33 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 10 - Parenting Students through COVID
Education on the Rocks - September 29, 2020 08:00 - 29 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 9 - School's in, Who's Left Out?
Education on the Rocks - September 22, 2020 09:50 - 27 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 8 - Reflections on a Career in Teaching and Preparing for a PhD during COVID-19
Education on the Rocks - July 02, 2020 07:15 - 1 hourFor 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 7 - To Test or Not to Test
Education on the Rocks - June 04, 2020 07:00 - 51 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 6 - The American School System Post-Pandemic - A New World Order
Education on the Rocks - May 19, 2020 07:00 - 53 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 5 - The Myth of Rigor in the American Public School System
Education on the Rocks - May 05, 2020 07:05 - 52 minutesSince the start of the pandemic, kids have been studying home and we are afraid that they are falling behind. But is it like that? Let’s talk about rigor. It’s not just a myth. It does exist. Our kids aren’t given a free pass and they do learn outside the classroom. Are the skills they learn now,...
EP 4 - The American School System We Need
Education on the Rocks - April 28, 2020 07:00 - 51 minutesWe have developed our own school system and it works for us. But I don’t see us very often comparing ourselves to other nations and their school systems. They say: what works for them, might not work for you. So with this in mind, let’s see some of the school modules and systems that have been bu...
EP 3 - Distance Learning in the Time of the Coronavirus
Education on the Rocks - April 21, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutesOnline learning courses have been put to place but people are still concerned. For decades, teachers have been working toward closing the cap on equity, but now it feels like the progress is moving backward. How will everyone continue when the restrictions will be lifted? How does pandemic affec...
EP 2 - Public Schools as Social Service Providers
Education on the Rocks - April 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourThe goal of a school has always been to educate our children and guide them. Now, when the pandemic is spreading all across the world, schools are asked and expected to provide more than just education to it's community. Health, food, equipment – thousands of kids need these essentials every day ...
EP 1 - Public Schools Face the Pandemic
Education on the Rocks - April 02, 2020 17:34 - 51 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 ...
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