Dr. Tim Slekar
Democracy: In Action!
Thank goodness it’s Busted Pencils Friday! First off, some trivia. The submarine revolutionized how humans thought of and engaged with big waters. When did the United States first use a submarine for military purposes? The answer will leave you… shell-shocked. Every day on Busted Pencils, we highlight a moment of democracy in action. That term […]
Weekly Best of Busted Pencils for Jul 6
Happy Saturday! It’s time to catch up on this week’s best segments of BustED Pencils so you’re ready for Monday! This week, we dove into how some states are using their independence from the federal government with regards to education to rush headlong into Christian Nationalism- yeah, we’re looking at you Ohio, Louisiana, and Texas. […]
Are great teachers born that way? We don’t think so.
Let’s get real here: great teachers aren’t spawned fully formed. People- learners seeking to become leaders- become great teachers through hard work, continuous learning, and community investments. So what is the existing infrastructure for people who want to teach to become high-quality educators? And don’t worry, we’re also talking Democracy in Action, continuing to honor […]
Educated Educators: Democracy Warriors
The Supreme Court’s decision today on Presidential Immunity has shaken up our understanding of democracy. Dr. Tim and Dr. Johnny are here to break it down and talk about what it means for the future of public education. Our touchstone today is Timothy Snyder’s pamphlet, On Tyranny, 20 lessons to guide us in protecting democracy. […]
ACUE: Educating Educators
Higher Education has a lot of secrets, but this one is pretty shocking: for a long time, educators at the collegiate level have not received formal training in how to teach. So thank goodness for ACUE– the Association for College and University Educators- which has now trained over 40,000 American educators to be effective teachers […]
Here’s A Radical Idea: Let’s Fund Public Education
On the Busting Board today is Arizona’s ESA program- vouchers by a new name- exposed in this recent CNN article. Beth Lewis, contributor to the CNN article, seasoned educator, mom, Executive Director of Save Our Schools (SOS) Arizona, and first time Pencil Buster is here to break it down. What’s so bad about these voucher […]
The End of Education? It Doesn’t Exist!
Dr. Tim and Dr. Johnny both have their PhDs in education, they’re both experts in their field, and they recognize how much they still have to learn. Tim’s joining us today live from the National Higher Education Teaching Conference. Today, we’re celebrating and honoring excellent teaching and learning at all levels. We’re also reflecting on […]
Rethinking Pencils-
Busted Pencils is excited to rekindle our relationship with Rethinking Schools, a Milwaukee-based social justice education advocacy and publication group. Special guest Cierra Kaler-Jones, executive director of Rethinking Schools, is with us to bust pencils today! Rethinking Schools got their start with challenging corporate text books that further diminished marginalized perspectives. Now, they work at […]
Testing Education: What Have All Those Tests Done to Education?
Kathy Greeley, 40+ year career educator and author of Testing Education, is here to bust some #2, standardized-testing-ready pencils. Over the past decades, America has instituted dozens of standardized tests and policies designed to raise standards. As much as those tests and those standards were designed to measure and increase learning, they’ve done incredible harm […]
Lost Dog – If found please educate (Hour 1)
Little baby Josephine had herself an adventure on Saturday, running away from Maggie. Have you ever lost a dog? What did you do to get the dog back? Educated Educators talking Education – Dr Tim Slekar from BustED Pencils joins Maggie, talking Biden’s Education Achievements. Record amounts of investing in Education Education are directly helping […]
