Who designed our modern schooling system and what were their intentions? Ira David Socol is an educational provocateur, author of Designed to Fail: A History of Education in the United States, and our newest Pencil Buster! As Dr. Johnny often says, schooling too often gets in the way of education. We need to find ways […]

Guest: Ira David Socol

Jan 4, 2025

45:34

Let’s welcome our newest Pencil Buster, Brian Brandt! Brian is President of the Wisconsin Hockey Coaches Association (WHCA), head coach of Wausau West’s hockey program, and a tech ed high school teacher. My goodness, that’s one educated educator, and he knows how to talk education! Because coaching sports is about so much more than training […]

Jan 3, 2025

22:57

Happy New Year, Pencil Busters! We are so grateful to share this new year with you all. Today, we’re not quite making resolutions. We’re making predictions. What will 2025 bring us? And what will we bring to 2025? From vouchers to AI to teachers in politics, we make our best predictions for the new year. […]

Jan 1, 2025

25:15

Pencil Busters, 2024 has been a wild ride! Join us for this very special Homeroom, as we take a look back at the standout moments of this past year. From the lows to the highs and the laughs to the cries, 2024 gave us a lot worth remembering. From all of us at BustED Pencils: […]

Dec 30, 2024

29:59

As AI grows, we’ve wrestled on this show with what it IS. Is it just one new technology- however revolutionary- like a calculator? Or is it a major human-culture-shifting phenomenon? Anshul Sonak, our newest Pencil Buster, joining us representing Intel’s Digital Readiness Program, argues that AI is the “new electricity.” It will revolutionize how we […]

Guest: Anshul Sonak

Dec 23, 2024

24:33