Hallie Schmeling
It’s A Six Page Book For Kids… (Hour 1)
It’s Friday, so the weekend starts here. Remember Foxconn? Remember how they said they were gonna create 13,000 jobs, but didn’t, well Foxconn is still getting tax breaks and we want to know…what happens when they reach the cap of those tax breaks? Also, Greg gives an update on how his birthday went. Then, Hallie […]
Hey, How Are You?
They’re educated educators. They’re amplified. That’s right- we’ve got BustED Pencils and Educators Amplified, back in the saddle! We are mere days away from the end of this electoral season. Here in beautifully purple, swing-state Wisconsin, tensions run high. Teacher Hallie and Teacher Joanna of Educators Amplified urge us to take care in these moments. […]
Weekly Best of Busted Pencils for Aug 31
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
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
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…
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)
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!
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?
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
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.
