Season 3
Jan. 8, 2024
047 Mastery Learning: What are teachers Really Grading?
The current grading system used in education has been in place for over a century, but it is becoming increasingly clear that it needs reform. In this episode, Jen and Anne discuss the current system's flaws, such as grade i…
Dec. 9, 2023
045 Ed News This Week: To Out or Not To Out: Coming to a School Near You & Move over Covid, The Chronic Absenteeism Epidemic
This week, Anne shares updates and opinions on the ongoing battle of whether to tell or not to tell on Trans kids. Is this trust-busting practice worth fighting about? And she sheds light on the growing academically deadly p…
Dec. 9, 2023
044 EdNews This Week: Chess Goes to Class, Grad Requirements Revamp & Teaching Credential Sans Degree
In this episode of EdNews This Week, Anne announces that she and co-host Jen will be featured guests on another podcast called Behind the Mic , out September 1st on the Education Podcast Network . This week's three news stor…
July 11, 2023
043 The Teacher Workload: Teachers Get Less for More
The Teacher Workload: Teachers Get Less for More In this episode, Anne, Jen, and their special guest Maria delve into the multifaceted nature of the teacher workload, shedding light on the fact that the profession entails mu…
July 3, 2023
042 Ed News This Week: New Discipline Rules; Congress hears about mental health, A ChatGPT for Students
Welcome to another edition of Ed News This Week. This week I’ll share why LAUnifed School District teachers (and a lot of us other teachers) are not happy about mandated discipline changes, What Congress has heard about ment…
June 26, 2023
041 Summer Planning to Make Fall a Breeze
Ah, summer vacation! The time when teachers can finally break free from the clutches of students, exams, and endless lesson planning. It's a time to kick back, relax, and forget about school... Or is it? Many teachers count …
June 20, 2023
040 Ed News this Week: Mastery learning Ok'd Across US, The Carnegie Unit to Retire, US Ed Funding Summarized
In this episode of "Transparency in Teaching," host Anne discusses three news stories related to education—the first shares how mastery learning has now been approved in all 50 states in the US. The second story explores why…
June 5, 2023
039 Ed News This Week: Book Banning District Gets Hand Slap, Taxpayers Fund Private School, & Struggling Third Graders to Be Held Back
It's Anne here with a mini-episode of Transparency and Teaching Podcast, the News Edition. We used to start our episodes with education news, but you know, uh, we got so long-winded as we talked about the main topics that we…
April 5, 2023
038 Retaining Third Graders Who Can't Read: Right or Wrong?
A recent article in “The 74” caught my attention this week. It discussed how Tennessee and Michigan are currently debating removing the statute requiring third graders who are reading below grade level to be retained. With s…
March 18, 2023
037 Why Student Teaching Needs a Revamp: Exploring the Challenges and Solutions for Effective Teacher Training
I don't think you'll find too many current student teachers who disagree that student teaching needs a revamp. Most teacher candidates spend at least 14 weeks student teaching consisting of 8 hours a day, teaching, lesson pl…
March 1, 2023
036 Is it Time to Stop Saying the Pledge of Allegiance?
Welcome to Season 3 of Transparency in Teaching. Anne, here! Thought it might be nice to start off with a little true story that spurred the topic of this episode: Is it time to stop saying the Pledge of Allegiance? I asked …