Columbus Teachers on Strike

09/01/22 • 53 min

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This week, Katie and Chelsea explore a story that is close to home. Teachers in Columbus City Schools recently kicked off their academic year with a general strike after the Columbus Education Association (the teachers union in the central Ohio district) announced there had been no bargaining agreement reached for the 2022-2023 school year. Columbus isn't the only city where teachers are picketing for wage increases, better working conditions, smaller class sizes, and more; teachers around the world are warning their districts of impending strike actions. Join us for this special episode as we explore teacher strikes, the deteriorating conditions that lead to them, and the roles that we all play in supporting our public school teachers.

Sources:

NBC4 Columbus - Ohio senator plans bill as teachers strike without benefits by: Natalie Fahmy

CNN - The Columbus teachers' union and school board reached a 'conceptual agreement,' ending a strike By Eric Bradner and Chris Boyette, CNN

CEA Ohio - CEA blasts District’s decision to strip homeless youth advocates of union status

CEA Ohio - An open letter to the Columbus City Schools Board and Superintendent from Project Connect’s Vulnerable Youth Staff

The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus Education Association teachers union votes to strike by Megan Henry

CEA Ohio - CEA Votes to Authorize 10-day Strike Notice

10tv - Columbus teachers’ strike enters day 2, remote classes begin Wednesday

The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus City Schools clarifies attendance procedures after day of confusion by Monroe Trombly, Michael Lee, Sheridan Hendrix, Céilí Doyle and Megan Henry

CNN - Ohio teachers say they won't end their strike without improvements to miserable classroom environment By Eric Bradner, CNN

U.S. News - Kent Teachers on Strike, Delaying First Day of School by Associated Press

Echo -Pilot - Greencastle-Antrim teacher strike is an option amid contract talks by Shawn Hardy

Inside Higher ED - School Starts With a Strike at American University by Liam Knox

CBC - CUPE sets Ontario education strike votes for end of September, says it doesn't guarantee walkout by Allison Jones

Central Illinois Proud - PPS Board of Education president calls teacher union’s talk of strike, ‘premature, irresponsible’ by: Mike Smith, Demetrios Sanders

Education International - Teacher strike in Norway!

The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philly school bus drivers, maintenance workers vote to authorize a strike by Kristen A. Graham

CNN - Why NASA wants to return to the moon before sending humans to Mars by Ashley Strickland, CNN

CNN - Artemis I launch scrubbed after engine issue by Aditi Sangal, Ashley Strickland, Elise Hammond and Maureen Chowdhury, CNN

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Sources:

NBC4 Columbus - Ohio senator plans bill as teachers strike without benefits by: Natalie Fahmy

CNN - The Columbus teachers' union and school board reached a 'conceptual agreement,' ending a strike By Eric Bradner and Chris Boyette, CNN

CEA Ohio - CEA blasts District’s decision to strip homeless youth advocates of union status

CEA Ohio - An open letter to the Columbus City Schools Board and Superintendent from Project Connect’s Vulnerable Youth Staff

The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus Education Association teachers union votes to strike by Megan Henry

CEA Ohio - CEA Votes to Authorize 10-day Strike Notice

10tv - Columbus teachers’ strike enters day 2, remote classes begin Wednesday

The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus City Schools clarifies attendance procedures after day of confusion by Monroe Trombly, Michael Lee, Sheridan Hendrix, Céilí Doyle and Megan Henry

CNN - Ohio teachers say they won't end their strike without improvements to miserable classroom environment By Eric Bradner, CNN

U.S. News - Kent Teachers on Strike, Delaying First Day of School by Associated Press

Echo -Pilot - Greencastle-Antrim teacher strike is an option amid contract talks by Shawn Hardy

Inside Higher ED - School Starts With a Strike at American University by Liam Knox

CBC - CUPE sets Ontario education strike votes for end of September, says it doesn't guarantee walkout by Allison Jones

Central Illinois Proud - PPS Board of Education president calls teacher union’s talk of strike, ‘premature, irresponsible’ by: Mike Smith, Demetrios Sanders

Education International - Teacher strike in Norway!

The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philly school bus drivers, maintenance workers vote to authorize a strike by Kristen A. Graham

CNN - Why NASA wants to return to the moon before sending humans to Mars by Ashley Strickland, CNN

CNN - Artemis I launch scrubbed after engine issue by Aditi Sangal, Ashley Strickland, Elise Hammond and Maureen Chowdhury, CNN

Jacques Ze Whipper

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Against the Assault of Laughter

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Educators use humor as a vital tool for building community in classrooms, helping students retain information, and creating a positive learning environment. All that aside, who doesn't enjoy a good laugh? There's something of a growing interest in scholarship surrounding the use of humor in classrooms, and this week your hosts are taking a look at what makes us laugh. What kinds of humor might best serve students of all backgrounds? How do you use humor to reach students who might otherwise be out of touch? How comfortable are you as an educator with expressing your sarcastic side? We're tackling all of these questions on 16:1.

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Sources:

“A Review of Humor in Educational Settings: Four Decades of Research” (Communication Education, January 2011)

The Art Newspaper - Hannah Gadsby: taking down art history's misogyny through comedy by Ben Luke

MasterClass - How to Use Humor to Teach: 4 Tips for Using Humor to Educate

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For-Profit Colleges & Student Loans

In 2010, the Government Accountability Office published a report detailing the results of "undercover tests" at 15 for-profit colleges conducted in order to discern whether these schools might be engaging in fraudulent or deceptive marketing and admissions practices. For-profit schools derive much of their revenue (and profits!) from federal funding sources, leaning on the availability of grants and loans to entice many of their students. The results were shocking. The GAO found "4 colleges encouraged fraudulent practices and that all 15 made deceptive or otherwise questionable statements to GAO’s undercover applicants."

Fast forward to 2022, and for-profit colleges are in the news again as the Biden administration attempts to crack down on colleges and universities after years of relaxed rules enabled by the Trump presidency. A mere 26% of students who complete degree programs at for-profit institutions do so in six or fewer years. 68% of students in private colleges and 62% in public colleges obtain degrees within that same time period.

Along with renewed attention to for-profit schools comes a fresh round of student loan forgiveness proposals. This week, Katie and Chelsea are bringing you up to speed on the proposal, who would benefit from it, and why the conversation around loan forgiveness deserves more nuance than it currently receives.

Sources:

CNN - Biden administration cancels another $3.9 billion in student loan debt for former for-profit college students By Katie Lobosco

The Best Schools - Guide to For-Profit Colleges: How to Avoid Predatory Schools BY TBS Staff

US News -The Real Cost of For-Profit Colleges By Emma Kerr and Sarah Wood

The Columbus Dispatch - What Ohioans need to know about student debt relief plan by Nolan Simmons

The New York Times - They Have Debt but No Degree. Could Loan Forgiveness Send Them Back to School?

Brookings - The for-profit college system is broken and the Biden administration needs to fix it by Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Most Perfect Statue

Higher ED Dive - 4 questions for-profit colleges face in 2022 by Natalie Schwartz

Wikipedia - David by Michaelangelo