Teachers: LuAnn Fox (high school English); Elaine Jardon (middle school math); Jason Steliga (high school science)
This week, Besty DeVos is back. The Secretary of Education gave the commencement address recently at Bethune-Cookman University and boy, did it get ugly. Then, we talk chronic absenteeism, what federal DOE officials have called a “hidden crisis” in American education. But it’s not just the stereotypical trouble-making skippers that miss a lot of class. Finally, we tackle a new Pediatrics study that says bullying is down...way down. So why doesn’t it feel like it to our teachers?
Watch excruciating video of Betsy DeVos’s Bethune-Cookman commencement address.
Read some eyebrow-raising federal stats about chronic absences.=
This Pediatrics study says bullying in American schools is dropping precipitously.
Kids These Days:
Luann: Students taking Advanced Placement tests aren’t supposed to talk, text, or tweet about the exams on test day. But they do.
Jason: Chance the Rapper was in town. His students’ heads exploded.
Elaine: Even though she’s still on maternity leave, her students are grade-grubbing at the end of the semester. Ah, the satisfaction of being able to delete on their emails...
Music used in this episode is Inspiring Corporate and Scottish Indie by Scott Holmes; all have been edited.