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Weekly Best of Busted Pencils for Aug 31

August 31, 2024

Catch up on this week’s best segments! First, an impromptu lesson on the electoral college spurred by a question from a caller. Then, what’s the deal with all these referenda? The Wisconsin Public Education Network is here to answer questions and help us think about better ways to fund our schools. And for another way […]

[Doing it for] The Cause

August 28, 2024

Teacher Hallie of Educators Amplified joins us to catch up on trending educational news and debate the merits of Grow Your Own Teacher programs. Hallie appreciates that GYO programs can absolutely help bridge necessary teacher shortages… but it does nothing to prevent the further exodus. We’ve got some trending news to tackle today. SCOTUS blocked […]

Weekly Best of Busted Pencils for Aug 10

August 10, 2024

Another week, another pack of pencils busted! Catch up on some of the best segments from this week. We talk with Nancy Carlsson-Paige about Tim Walz’s designation of Trump/Vance as “weird” and how sometimes you have to respond to a bully with their own language. Then catch our discussion with Educators Amplified on the excitement […]

Summer Days, Drifting Away…

July 24, 2024

Teacher Hallie and Teacher Joanna of Educators Amplified join Dr. Tim and Dr. Johnny for a Wednesday when we’re ALL feeling amplified. President Biden has chosen nation over self and ended his re-election campaign, opting to pass the torch to the next generation, and sparking a groundswell of energy for the democratic process. Hallie and […]

Ban Vending Machine Bullets, Not Books (Hour 1)

July 11, 2024

This should come as no surprise to anyone, but bullets are now available in vending machines. Yes, the same things you get your chips, your soda, even your headphones when you’re at the airport, now you can get bullets and this is not a joke, at all. Then we welcome Hallie Schmeling from Grass Roots […]

Emotions Are Complicated-Let’s Talk About Them!

May 29, 2024

Today we’re jamming with Teacher Hallie and Teacher Joanna of Educators’ Amplified, so you know it’s gonna be great! Dr. Johnny and our guests dig deeper into conversations about the importance of finding, feeling, and being able to regulate our emotions. Specifically, we’re looking at the neuroscience of those big negative feelings that tend to […]

Mindfulness or Mindless Compliance?

May 22, 2024

Tim and Johnny are joined by teacher Hailee fresh out of a union meeting and fired up to talk fully leaded education. Are we teaching children mindfulness techniques in order to help them grow as people or as one more desperate effort for behavior management in the classroom? One helps us as a society, one […]

A sad state of affairs

April 18, 2023

Tim Slekar is joined by Teacher Hallie to speak plainly about the state of classroom life for both teachers and learners – the game has changed, and it’s time to take stock of our situation.

Two forces for good put their heads together

November 29, 2022

Today Tim and Johnny are joined by Joanne Rizzotto and Hallie Schmeling, founders of Educators Amplified – a podcast presenting real stories from experts in education who are driven to share what‘s really going on in our public schools. The fully leaded crew joins forces with EA to regulate, empower, and transform together! Visit EducatorsAmplified.podbean.com […]

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