Part I: We End at the Beginning—Who We Are and Why We Decided to Start This Podcast

Part II: How Big Is the Mess? The Incredible Truth About the Lack of Data about the Shortage

Part III: The Man Who Studied the Size of the Mess-An Interview with Dr. Paul Bruno

Part I: Teacher Pay Is Bizarre!-The Oppressive and Misunderstood History of Teacher Pay

Part II: Take This Mess and Shove It!–A Discussion with a New Teacher Who Chose to Leave the Profession

Part III: More Angles on the Topic-A Conversation About Teacher Pay with Dr. Paul Bruno

Part IV: Real Talk—An Interview with Another Teacher Who Chose to Leave the Profession

Part I: 8 years, 50 grand, & Your Soul-The High Cost of Becoming a Teacher

Part II: Take This Mess and Shove It!–”Induction” is a Dirty Word

Part III: Real Talk–Candid Conversations about The Teacher Pay and Preparation Mess

Part I: Stuffing the Mess Into a Can–Outsourcing Teacher Expertise to Canned Curriculum

Part II: The High Cost of Fighting Back–The Brave Story of an ESL Teacher Who Fought Hard Against Harmful Canned Content

Part III: Real Talk–Candid Conversations About the Canned Curriculum Mess

Part I: Reading Instruction in the US is a MESS!—A Frank Talk with Jess and Trina

Part II: Amanda's Story

Part III: Heart Wrenching First Hand Accounts–The Reality Struggling Readers Face in the U.S. Public Education System

Part IV: We Love This Rebel Warrior–An Interview with Janet Nasir

Part V: “The Right to Read”—a Reaction Episode with Amanda, Janet, Jess, and Trina

Part I: It's SO Much Worse Than You Think–The Jaw Dropping Truth about How Unsafe and Chaotic K-12 Schools Have Become

Part II: Teaching in Turbulent Times–Our Reaction to the SNL Skit “Y’all Won"

More Episodes Coming Soon!

Part I: Exclusive Inclusivity? Bad Ideas Abound in K-12 Educational DEI Frameworks

Part II: Introduction to the DEI Mess Continued—Red States vs. Blue States: No One is Doing it Right

Part III: Real Talk–Candid Conversations about the Intersection of Racial and Gender Equity Issues in K-12 Education

Part IV: Title IX? What’s That? The Unbelievable Truth Behind the Child Sexual Abuse Coverups in K-12

Part V. An Interview with a Sexual Violence Whistleblower: Former Teacher Genevieve Mage, and Her Gutwrenching True Story

Part VI: Racial Equity Work In K-12: How Virtue Signaling and the “Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations” Corrupts the Work

Part VII: Income Inequality—Poor Kids Don’t Get a Student Union

Part VIII: Muslim Joy in K-12 Schools—The Long Road To Fight for Inclusion in an Exclusive DEI Framework

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Part I: The Belly of the Beast–Intro to the Special Education Mess, A Comprehensive Discussion of the Terms, Challenges, and Insights

Part II: How Did We Make This Mess?-A Brief Overview of the Complexities and History of the Special Education Mess

Part III: Real Talk–A Discussion with Manuwella Allen, Why She Left Sped After 20 Years

Part IV: Real Talk-A Discussion with Elyse Dorflinger, A Transitional Kindergarten Teacher Who Had to Fight a Hard Won Battle to Acquire Support for Her Autistic Son

Part V: The BIG Missing Piece—Why We All Lose Out When Neurodivergent Students Are Missed

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Part I: Big Money, High Stakes—Why Standardized Testing Benefits Corporations but Not Students

Part II: Piling on the Pressure—How Assessments Contribute to Mental Health Issues

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Part I: Real Talk-Candid Talk About Prep Time and the Myth that Teachers Have a lot of Time Off

Part II: Screaming Into the Abyss-Trying to Rally the Troops Around Students of Concern

Part III: Dying Early Deaths-The Physical and Psychologial Toll of the Mess on Teacher Health

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Part I: Death by a Thousand Cuts-What Teaching May Look Like in the Coming Decades

Part II: Sycophants and the Cult of Personality-How K-12 Leadership Cuts Teachers out of the Real Work

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Part I. Why Must We Leave it to Lead It? The Novel Idea of Creating Space for Teacher Leadership Over Our Own Profession

Part II. You Made this Mess Now Clean it Up--Forcing Congress to Fix K-12 Schooling

Part III. The Angels are In the Details-Candid Conversations with Teachers About The Solution Framework

Episodes Coming Soon!