ConversationED: Recent Episodes
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Science Teacher Glen Upton and I talk about Rosalind Franklin, the woman who is rarely talked about but who helped discover the structure of the DNA molecule. This is part of our Genetics I course. For more info on these courses go to www.ConversationED.com/Courses
As testing gets more and more prolific, moms are taking a stand. We talk with two mothers and their kids about what it was like to opt out of the state test. We also talk to Cindy Hamilton, Cofounder of Opt Out Orlando, about what it's been like leading this movement.
We're racing to the top of a heaping pile of bad education policy perpetuated by President Obama, Arne Duncan, Bill Gates and Jeb Bush. It's a bipartisan effort to profit off of education.
Part 3 of our History of School Reform series focuses on No Child Left Behind and its consequences for students, teachers and ultimately, our schools.
We're talking about the 80's people! President Reagan tried to reform education too as his education commissioner published A Nation at Risk. The more things change the more they stay the same...
We take you back in time to see where all the testing and education reform madness started. Pay attention!