A battlecry from US school staffers in the covid-19 pandemic. This podcast is for all who are curious about school "reopening" and its discontents. Hosted by Jake, a leftist 8th grade teacher fighting for safer schools in Providence, Rhode Island, this show demands SAFE SCHOOLS NOW. We're here to discuss and produce radical change in RI and elsewhere. Join us in the fight.
in this ep we enter into a spiritual death struggle with the standardized test known as RICAS. Jake and Stephanie discuss PARCC, ESSA, Rogue Island's "star rating" system, paragraph formats, competition's effect on education, alfie kohn (again), the opt-out movement, and livejournal. We ask the age-old question: Has anyone here read a book??? DISCLAIMER: Audio clips of esteemed political leaders are edited for comedic effect.
Stephanie and Jake drop in to address the latest RI education gossip. We talk teacher vaccines, the unjust transfer of PPSD sub and hero Enrique Sanchez, and play a game of Dictator of Rhode Island (Department of Education), inspired by local icon legend Moira Walsh. We discuss abolishing grades, engaging parents, ventilation, the "Beyond Six Feet" guidance (link below), the Paulo Freire literacy method, the quandaries of staffing and distance learning, and what the heck NIOSH is. COVID-19 Indoor Safety Guideline (indoor-covid-safety.herokuapp.com)
In our first episode, Stephanie Meuse, an RI teacher and safe reopening activist, joins Jake to provide an overview of the effed-up Rhode Island 20-21 school reopening. We discuss: organizing in the summer of 2020, the state of our classrooms, political suppression, Emily Oster, and more! Join us as we affirm ourselves and take to task the cast of clowns pushing the "schools are safe" narrative.
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