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Tracking in Education (Homogeneous Grouping)
180 Days Education
12/14/17 • 46 min
Episode 8 explores the history of tracking and some of the benefits and drawbacks of tracking students. We will also get a few teachers perspectives on the idea of ability grouping, and hear from Lizzy Barnes, the Math District Supervisor for San Francisco Public Schools on their policy of no-tracking in mathematics. This controversial move has led to a change in the math curriculum with no students in SFUSD taking algebra until 9th grade.
Take a listen, and if you want to find out more about tracking in general and/or SFUSD's efforts and successes, here are some links:
1) NCTM's white paper on Tracking and Dismantling it.
2) Research on Tracking and its impact on equity
3) Edweek article on Tracking Issues
The Art & Expertise of Education - Research, TeacherEd & Politics with Tabitha Dell’Angelo
180 Days Education
05/06/21 • 59 min
Tabitha shares her arts-based research approach as a way of communicating findings, through plays and comics. She launched the Urban Education Program at The College of New Jersey, which is focused on recognizing and responding to conditions that contribute to inequalities in schools. Through first-hand experience, she talks through teacher education and preparing pre-service teachers for the reality of teaching, particularly in high-needs urban districts. She shares her ideas on what areas of education need to be completely overhauled, and her journey to running for her local School Board. Tabitha’s experience of the political process—the stress of running for the first time, the vulnerability of going door-to-door to ask strangers(potential voters) for money, trying to be bipartisan in a very partisan time—offers us a behind the scenes look into processes that guide what teachers in a district’s classrooms can do.
To learn more about Tabitha and for full show notes with links to the resources mentioned in the episode, please visit 180days.education/podcast.You can also connect with us on social or subscribe to our newsletter at the bottom of our site at https://www.180days.education/
12/16/21 • 71 min
Karen and Tim speak to Dr. Greg Hessee. Greg shares perspectives on the current state of AP courses and the issues around access to AP opportunities for all students, not just a select few. Selection and placement into AP courses has been historically racist, and Greg discusses initiatives and ways to make access to AP courses more equitable and prevalent in schools and how to help schools and districts build a more robust AP program. He is currently a teacher at the same school as Tim, Colegio Nueva Granada in Bogota, Columbia, where he is also the Advanced Placement (AP) coordinator. Greg is an English teacher as well as the AP coordinator, was formerly the Program Director of the Colorado Legacy Schools Initiative, and has been a teacher and school leader in urban schools throughout the U.S., including New York, Austin, and Denver.
To learn more and for full show notes with links to resources mentioned, please visit https://www.180days.education/post/podcast-season-3-episode-2.
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Secondary Approaches -Systemic Educational Change with Mary Davis and Denise Thornton
180 Days Education
07/08/21 • 48 min
To learn more and for full show notes with links to resources mentioned, please visit https://www.180days.education/podcast.
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School Choice
180 Days Education
10/05/17 • 31 min
This episode explores the different types of school choice, funding options behind school choice, and who decides who really controls the decision on what school your student can go to.
School choice is more than just picking a school and taking the public fund money and going to that school. Each state has different rules governing school choice, and there are different ways to fund school choice. Below are several links to relevant articles and resources that will provide you with more insight and information.
1) EdChoice - great resource that defines school choice, describes the different types of school choice, and related funding
2) NCSLvouchers - state-by-state comparison of school voucher law
3) NCSLschoolchoice - searchable by type of school choice and by state, showing all the different types of school choice options with description (interactive)
4) Brookings - a good article on how states could expand the private-school choice programs
5) Education Commission of the States - another good side-by-side comparison of the states and their school choice options. Great if you are curious about what the options are in your state
6) Center for Education Reform - nice concise article with definitions of the type of school choice and what they mean, some historical information and data on school choice.
7) Interesting editorial about students with disabilities laws and how school choice impacts students with disabilities.
(again - our sound issues are just about resolved, so hopefully this will be the last episode with any sound concerns!!)
04/29/22 • 51 min
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Links to Resources Mentioned in this episode:
- Nubeja Allen
- Twitter: Nubeja Allen
- Franklin Township Board of Education
- CLR - Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching
- Karim Ani
- Dear Citizen Math (book)
- Citizen Math
- Learning for Justice
- Jo Boaler
- Mathematical Mindsets
- John Hattie
- Danielson Group
- Principles to Action
- IXL
- Imagine Math
- Discovering Math Series
- Interactive Math Program
- enVision Math
- 3-Act math Tasks
- McGraw-Hill
The Homework Dilemma
180 Days Education
11/03/17 • 26 min
This episode explores the origination of homework and discusses different ways to look at the purpose of homework. We ponder such questions as "should you grade homework?" and "what's your end goal for assigning homework?" Not sure we get to any definitive answers but we touch on a lot of topics related to the purposes of homework, grading, alternative ways of thinking about homework, and intersperse a lot of our own personal experiences and strategies with homework.
Below are several of the links we found while doing our own research on homework that might be helpful if you want to explore some of the research and insights behind homework and it's purpose.
- Article from American Psychological Association summarizing homework research: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/03/homework.aspx
- Article from Alfie Kohn (noted education researcher) “Does Homework Improve Learning?”: http://www.alfiekohn.org/homework-improve-learning/
- Edutopia article on homework research trends: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/research-trends-is-homework-effective-youki-terada
- Educational Leadership article on motivating students to do homework: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb06/vol63/num05/If-They%27d-Only-Do-Their-Work!.aspx
- Doctoral dissertation from East Tennessee State on parent/teacher perceptions regarding homework: http://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3283/
- ASCD article on the purpose of homework http://inservice.ascd.org/whats-the-purpose-of-homework/
- A history of homework https://www.quora.com/When-did-schools-start-implementing-homework-as-a-regular-activity-in-education
- NEA article on homework - should we assign it? https://www.quora.com/When-did-schools-start-implementing-homework-as-a-regular-activity-in-education
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The Anatomy of Digital Resources with Dr. Steve Sullivan
180 Days Education
04/08/21 • 46 min
Dr. Sullivan is also a digital author for McGraw-Hill Education. He shares his experiences as a professor and curriculum developer, around creating content for anatomy and physiology courses, and how this has evolved over the years.
He talks about the digital tools and resources that he has used and helped develop over a decade, and how his experiences teaching online for years have made it easy for him to transition and support students and other educators during this time of Covid and distance learning. He shares strategies and provides some great insight into the impact of Covid both on his own instruction, but particularly on the struggles and challenges facing community college students.
To learn more about Dr. Sullivan and for full show notes, including links to all the resources mentioned in the episode, please visit 180days.education.
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Creating Equitable Mathematics Achievement with Dr. Pamela Seda
180 Days Education
03/25/21 • 58 min
Karen worked with Pam last summer on an Equity in Education Webinar, in partnership with Casio Education and TODOS Math for All, where Dr. Seda shared her “ICUCAREr” framework and talked about making mathematics a more equitable experience for all students to be successful, and thought it would be beneficial for you to have Dr. Seda join us and share more about her framework and her diverse teaching experiences that support equity in education.
The 7 parts of her I.C.U.C.A.R.E framework represent the seven principles for equity pedagogy:
- Include others as experts
- (be) Critically Conscious
- Understand your students well
- (use) Culturally relevant curricula
- Assess, Active and build on prior knowledge
- Release control
- Expect more
Dr. Seda explores each of the 7 principles in-depth with us and shares both examples and stories of how these principles promote the learning and teaching of mathematics from an equitable approach.
Some of the themes that emerged in our conversation were understanding your students, allowing students to be ‘experts’, and building an environment so that students are free to learn on their own and discover mathematics.
To learn more about Dr. Seda and for full show notes, including links to all the resources mentioned in the episode please visit 180days.education
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STEM Education
180 Days Education
09/16/17 • 28 min
For those of you interested in more information about STEM, we've provided some helpful links with more information and resources that will give you a better understanding of STEM.
First, a basic descriptions of STEM:
S - Science
T - Technology
E - Engineering
M - Mathematics
There is also other acronyms, such as STREAM, STEAM, where R represents reading and A represents art. The idea behind all of these is that students should be learning in a 'real-world', connected way, where these subjects are integrated and students engage in problem-solving learning that requires the use of all these content areas. It's in integrative and applied approach, so that students are learning the skills they need to go into scientific, engineering, mathematics, and technology fields and be competent problem-solvers.
The purpose of STEM (and any other acronyms) is, according to the U.S. Department of education:
"In a world that’s becoming increasingly complex, where success is driven not only by what you know, but by what you can do with what you know, it’s more important than ever for our youth to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to solve tough problems, gather and evaluate evidence, and make sense of information. These are the types of skills that students learn by studying science, technology, engineering, and math—subjects collectively known as STEM." (from https://www.ed.gov/stem)
Below are some links to articles and information about STEM that we used to help start the conversation.
- U.S. Government - purpose and description of STEM https://www.ed.gov/stem There are many links within this page to more resources and supports for Teachers and schools
- From LiveScience - a nice description of STEM, some of the education policy behind the STEM initiative and what STEM looks like at the varying grade levels https://www.livescience.com/43296-what-is-stem-education.html
- From Teach.com, an overview of STEM and a listing of several STEM initiatives and links to resources https://teach.com/what/teachers-know/stem-education/
- The STEM Coalition - an advocacy group http://www.stemedcoalition.org/
- Information from NACME with an engineering focus on STEM http://www.nacme.org/information
- National Science Foundation - resources and information all related to STEM https://nsf.gov/nsb/sei/edTool
Hopefully these links will give you a good start towards both understanding STEM and finding supports for STEM teaching/learning.
Thanks for listening and be sure to tune in for future podcasts. Don't forget to send us feedback and suggestions for future topics. We are still just beginning this journey, still working on sound issues (hopefully by Ep 5 we will have this ironed out!!), and still exploring this podcast universe - bear with us!!
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How many episodes does 180 Days Education have?
180 Days Education currently has 31 episodes available.
What topics does 180 Days Education cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts and Education.
What is the most popular episode on 180 Days Education?
The episode title 'AP Programs: Making Access for All Students A Priority with Dr. Greg Hessee' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on 180 Days Education?
The average episode length on 180 Days Education is 49 minutes.
How often are episodes of 180 Days Education released?
Episodes of 180 Days Education are typically released every 14 days, 18 hours.
When was the first episode of 180 Days Education?
The first episode of 180 Days Education was released on Aug 17, 2017.
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