In this episode, I explore with special guest John Marheineke how he supports students as they work to meet his expectations as a teacher. His insight and experience provide valuable lessons for all teachers, regardless of subject, experience

Expectations and the System of Tracking

Oct 15th, 2021 17m 49s

In this episode, I explore how expectations schools, administrators, counselors and teachers hold of students of color and low income students contributes to the tracking of these students into a vocational track that despite, the intelligence

STOP Running from the truth: Teachers and Race in the Classroom

Oct 6th, 2021 14m 32s

In this episode I examine how schools, administrators and teachers can deny the role that race plays in the classroom and how far too many educators refuse to confront their own implicit biases. In doing so, they fail their students and leave

Pulling back the veil: Revealing the truth to your students

Sep 26th, 2021 14m 19s

One of the things that plagues too many social studies classrooms is an unwillingness to be brutally honest with our students about America's ugly past and its shameful present. Too many teachers have a sanitized curriculum. Have the courage

Episode #3: What does respect and transparency look like in the classroom??

Sep 19th, 2021 14m 26s

In this episode, I reveal how, this past week in my US History classes, I was very honest and transparent with my students about how my personal life was impacting my teaching and how they, as teenagers, deserved better from me as their teacher

Effective Teaching: Respect Your Students

Sep 11th, 2021 17m 39s

In this episode, after thanking the many people who took the time to listen to my first podcast and clarifying some of the mistakes I made on the first podcast, I will examine the notion of classroom management and turn it on its head by arguin

First Podcast on How to be an effective teacher

Sep 5th, 2021 10m

On my very first podcast of how to be an effective teacher, I give an overview of my teaching experience, what the episodes will be like and what my listeners can expect from me moving forward. I also provide my first tip while also making my

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