https://simplecast.com 16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning 16:1 is a podcast about education, teaching, and learning. Join veteran educators for discussions about the classroom, educational psychology, policy, technology, and more. New episodes drop every other week during the school year. Moonbeam Multimedia en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:45:00 +0000 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:46:08 +0000 https://www.sixteentoone.com/ 16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/cd47b006-54b4-4c73-94a9-506d26b862d7/7aa77fe1-ffc0-4cbc-b2f0-78d8874bd139/3000x3000/3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://www.sixteentoone.com/ episodic 16:1 is a podcast about education, teaching, and learning. Join veteran educators for discussions about the classroom, educational psychology, policy, technology, and more. New episodes drop every other week during the school year. Chelsea Adams, Katie Day false https://feeds.simplecast.com/kaELDhNf high school, classroom, research, middle school, teaching, learning, education, educating, curriculum, university, student, teacher, school Moonbeam Multimedia hello@sixteentoone.com 73a1be4d-5de6-40b3-82b6-b1a711f3d6fc Education and American Identity: Mortimer Adler and The Paideia Proposal We’re approaching America’s 250th birthday, and we are asking ourselves tough questions about schooling and democracy through the lens of the influential works of Mortimer Adler, a philosopher, educational reformer & theorist, and advocate for holistic liberal arts education. Adler saw philosophic thinking as a universal responsibility, one that every citizen must undertake in order to uphold healthy democracy and promote civic stability. Adler’s work, often linked with contemporaries like Robert Maynard Hutchins at the University of Chicago, sought to overhaul America’s K-12 and higher education systems by replacing vocational and elective programming with a structured liberal arts approach built on the “Great Books.” In 1982, The Paideia Proposal was published by Adler and fiercely debated by his contemporaries, who sometimes struggled to connect the dots between the practical realities of the American education system and Adler’s blueprints for a more engaged citizenry. Just a few months away from 250, America is feeling like a place where Adler’s most salient questions and challenges have taken on a renewed urgency. How does a nation prepare its citizens for the responsibility of self-governance?

00:25 Intro

03:10 America 250 & Democratic Fragility

06:50 Citizenship, Seminars, & Celebrating Intellectual Diversity

10:00 Engaging Educational Communities for Active Citizenship

12:45 Mortimer Adler: Everyman Philosopher

17:20 Anchored in Aristotle: Adler’s Greek Intellectual Roots

22:00 Education is for Lifelong Learning

27:15 A Guide to Democratic Classroom Teaching: Lectures, Coaching, & Socratic Inquiry

33:45 Reactions from Contemporaries & Enduring Questions

46:45 What We Learned

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:45:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ We’re approaching America’s 250th birthday, and we are asking ourselves tough questions about schooling and democracy through the lens of the influential works of Mortimer Adler, a philosopher, educational reformer & theorist, and advocate for holistic liberal arts education. Adler saw philosophic thinking as a universal responsibility, one that every citizen must undertake in order to uphold healthy democracy and promote civic stability. Adler’s work, often linked with contemporaries like Robert Maynard Hutchins at the University of Chicago, sought to overhaul America’s K-12 and higher education systems by replacing vocational and elective programming with a structured liberal arts approach built on the “Great Books.” In 1982, The Paideia Proposal was published by Adler and fiercely debated by his contemporaries, who sometimes struggled to connect the dots between the practical realities of the American education system and Adler’s blueprints for a more engaged citizenry. Just a few months away from 250, America is feeling like a place where Adler’s most salient questions and challenges have taken on a renewed urgency. How does a nation prepare its citizens for the responsibility of self-governance?

00:25 Intro

03:10 America 250 & Democratic Fragility

06:50 Citizenship, Seminars, & Celebrating Intellectual Diversity

10:00 Engaging Educational Communities for Active Citizenship

12:45 Mortimer Adler: Everyman Philosopher

17:20 Anchored in Aristotle: Adler’s Greek Intellectual Roots

22:00 Education is for Lifelong Learning

27:15 A Guide to Democratic Classroom Teaching: Lectures, Coaching, & Socratic Inquiry

33:45 Reactions from Contemporaries & Enduring Questions

46:45 What We Learned

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Education and American Identity: Mortimer Adler and The Paideia Proposal Moonbeam Multimedia 00:49:42 As we face a period of deep national uncertainty, we examine the influential works of Mortimer Adler, who believed that democracy cannot exist in the absence of education that promotes active citizenship. As we face a period of deep national uncertainty, we examine the influential works of Mortimer Adler, who believed that democracy cannot exist in the absence of education that promotes active citizenship. false full 149 3 277b7d7e-e55f-4a02-9581-34d22b6e22e4 Education & Career Pathways in U.S. Correctional Facilities This episode confronts a complexity of the U.S. justice system: education within prisons. What does educational opportunity look like for incarcerated individuals? The sheer scale of incarceration in the United States and devolved, state-by-state control has led to a patchwork system of educational resources that ends up being sometimes at odds with its own rehabilitative goals. Join us for a look at the challenges and systemic failures of correctional schooling and the quiet efforts to address them, which often aim to reduce recidivism and even the bottom line for taxpayers.

00:20 Intro & Announcements

00:00 The Scale of Incarceration in the U.S.

03:30 Federal vs. State Prison Education: Repeatable Process or Patchwork Promises?

12:00 Policy Levers for Improvement & States that Excel (Ohio, California)

18:30 Pell Grant Access

25:00 Incentives, Recidivism, and Privatization

31:00 Teaching in Prison: Qualifications and Challenges

37:00 What We Learned (Mariel Boatlift)

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 2 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This episode confronts a complexity of the U.S. justice system: education within prisons. What does educational opportunity look like for incarcerated individuals? The sheer scale of incarceration in the United States and devolved, state-by-state control has led to a patchwork system of educational resources that ends up being sometimes at odds with its own rehabilitative goals. Join us for a look at the challenges and systemic failures of correctional schooling and the quiet efforts to address them, which often aim to reduce recidivism and even the bottom line for taxpayers.

00:20 Intro & Announcements

00:00 The Scale of Incarceration in the U.S.

03:30 Federal vs. State Prison Education: Repeatable Process or Patchwork Promises?

12:00 Policy Levers for Improvement & States that Excel (Ohio, California)

18:30 Pell Grant Access

25:00 Incentives, Recidivism, and Privatization

31:00 Teaching in Prison: Qualifications and Challenges

37:00 What We Learned (Mariel Boatlift)

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Education & Career Pathways in U.S. Correctional Facilities Moonbeam Multimedia 00:38:12 A high-level exploration of education, credentialing programs, & vocational training within U.S. correctional facilities. A high-level exploration of education, credentialing programs, & vocational training within U.S. correctional facilities. false full 148 3 52cb0a4e-4578-4c69-a123-351c4b815526 Take Ten Did your high school experience feel a little like a relic from another era? Beneath the daily routines of bells and benchmarks is a history of deliberate choices (made by a small number of voices), evolving philosophies, and healthy controversy that evolved through a period of rapid social change. This week, the hosts examine the origins of the American high school system as we know it, prompting critical inquiries into the emergence and evolution of the course and assessment structure that dictates the rhythms of adolescence in the United States. We review the landmark report of the Committee of Ten, an 1892 working group of National Education Association of the United States Committee on Secondary School Studies, which was convened in order to create a framework of educational standards to bring order to the patchwork chaos of secondary schooling in the U.S. left in the wake of the Civil War. We discuss the initial goals of the secondary school system and to what extent original intentions are still serving our students today. The episode also interrogates the notion of a singular “best” teaching or assessment method.

00:15 Intro & Recap of Holocaust Education Museum Exhibit (Cincinnati) and Guided Virtual Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau

06:50 An Academic Conference with Enormous Power Over American High Schools

10:15 The Report of the Committee of Ten: The Most Important Education Document Ever Issued?

12:00 The Formalizing of Education as a Profession 

14:50 The National Education Association: Convener of Educational Change

16:00 Horace Mann, Common Schooling, & the Evolution of Standards 

19:30 Who Decides What is “Best”? And Better Questions

25:50 Ten After Ten: Retrospective Look & Influence of the Report

30:20 The End of Differentiation & Discussion Questions

40:00 What We Learned

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

 

Sources & Further Reading:

Report of the Committee of Ten on Secondary School Studies : with the reports of the conferences arranged by the Committee

United States. Bureau of Education. Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... With Accompanying Papers. Washington: G.P.O., 18701928.

Education Reform in Antebellum America | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

The History of NEA

Ten Years' Influence of the Report of the Committee of Ten

Episode 60 - Where No Mann Has Gone Before - 16:1 - An Education Podcast

Episode 40 - A More Perfect Union? - 16:1 - An Education Podcast

NEA Leadership on Teach for America

Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

The Carnegie Unit

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Did your high school experience feel a little like a relic from another era? Beneath the daily routines of bells and benchmarks is a history of deliberate choices (made by a small number of voices), evolving philosophies, and healthy controversy that evolved through a period of rapid social change. This week, the hosts examine the origins of the American high school system as we know it, prompting critical inquiries into the emergence and evolution of the course and assessment structure that dictates the rhythms of adolescence in the United States. We review the landmark report of the Committee of Ten, an 1892 working group of National Education Association of the United States Committee on Secondary School Studies, which was convened in order to create a framework of educational standards to bring order to the patchwork chaos of secondary schooling in the U.S. left in the wake of the Civil War. We discuss the initial goals of the secondary school system and to what extent original intentions are still serving our students today. The episode also interrogates the notion of a singular “best” teaching or assessment method.

00:15 Intro & Recap of Holocaust Education Museum Exhibit (Cincinnati) and Guided Virtual Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau

06:50 An Academic Conference with Enormous Power Over American High Schools

10:15 The Report of the Committee of Ten: The Most Important Education Document Ever Issued?

12:00 The Formalizing of Education as a Profession 

14:50 The National Education Association: Convener of Educational Change

16:00 Horace Mann, Common Schooling, & the Evolution of Standards 

19:30 Who Decides What is “Best”? And Better Questions

25:50 Ten After Ten: Retrospective Look & Influence of the Report

30:20 The End of Differentiation & Discussion Questions

40:00 What We Learned

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

 

Sources & Further Reading:

Report of the Committee of Ten on Secondary School Studies : with the reports of the conferences arranged by the Committee

United States. Bureau of Education. Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... With Accompanying Papers. Washington: G.P.O., 18701928.

Education Reform in Antebellum America | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

The History of NEA

Ten Years' Influence of the Report of the Committee of Ten

Episode 60 - Where No Mann Has Gone Before - 16:1 - An Education Podcast

Episode 40 - A More Perfect Union? - 16:1 - An Education Podcast

NEA Leadership on Teach for America

Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

The Carnegie Unit

]]> Take Ten Moonbeam Multimedia 00:43:09 Explores the origins of the American secondary system, from post-Civil War chaos to the influential 1892 Committee of Ten report. Learn how standardization emerged, what goals shaped early high school systems, and whether those intentions still serve students today. Explores the origins of the American secondary system, from post-Civil War chaos to the influential 1892 Committee of Ten report. Learn how standardization emerged, what goals shaped early high school systems, and whether those intentions still serve students today. false full 147 3 bb4af58d-506d-46b2-b3db-1a4d7f611d26 Dual‑Language Learning: Practice, Policy, & Philanthropy We’re pleased to welcome guest Dr. Maggie Marcus to the podcast. Dr. Marcus joins us for a conversation on bilingual learners, two-way immersion programs, and navigating the needs of English learners from a policy level at a time of increased scrutiny on language learning in relation to civic identity. Dr. Marcus is the Executive Director of the Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation, which is dedicated to improving educational outcomes for English Learners. 

02:30 The Joy of Teaching Aligned to Talent: Dual Language Learning

10:30 Professional Pathways for Language Learners

16:30 Two-Way Immersion Programming: Research & Praxis

22:00 Century Foundation Report: Community Demand for Bilingual Educational Opportunity

27:30 English Learners & Pandemic Recovery Trends 

31:00 What We Learned

Sources & Further Reading:

Is Your Child Classified as an English Learner? - PIQE

What Families Want: New Data on Public Demand for Bilingual Education

Pandemic Response to Pandemic Recovery: Helping English Learners Succeed This Fall and Beyond

Quadrinity Check-In | Hoffman Institute

Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation

Music by John Williams | GRAMMY® Award Winner | Disney+

Mayor Mamdani Declares Local State of Emergency, Snow Day for NYC Public Schools to Keep New Yorkers Safe

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 5 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ We’re pleased to welcome guest Dr. Maggie Marcus to the podcast. Dr. Marcus joins us for a conversation on bilingual learners, two-way immersion programs, and navigating the needs of English learners from a policy level at a time of increased scrutiny on language learning in relation to civic identity. Dr. Marcus is the Executive Director of the Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation, which is dedicated to improving educational outcomes for English Learners. 

02:30 The Joy of Teaching Aligned to Talent: Dual Language Learning

10:30 Professional Pathways for Language Learners

16:30 Two-Way Immersion Programming: Research & Praxis

22:00 Century Foundation Report: Community Demand for Bilingual Educational Opportunity

27:30 English Learners & Pandemic Recovery Trends 

31:00 What We Learned

Sources & Further Reading:

Is Your Child Classified as an English Learner? - PIQE

What Families Want: New Data on Public Demand for Bilingual Education

Pandemic Response to Pandemic Recovery: Helping English Learners Succeed This Fall and Beyond

Quadrinity Check-In | Hoffman Institute

Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation

Music by John Williams | GRAMMY® Award Winner | Disney+

Mayor Mamdani Declares Local State of Emergency, Snow Day for NYC Public Schools to Keep New Yorkers Safe

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Dual‑Language Learning: Practice, Policy, & Philanthropy Moonbeam Multimedia 00:37:25 We're joined by guest Dr. Maggie Marcus for a discussion on bilingual learners, two-way immersion programs, and the evolving needs of English learners. We're joined by guest Dr. Maggie Marcus for a discussion on bilingual learners, two-way immersion programs, and the evolving needs of English learners. false full 146 3 9259c08b-23f8-4b47-8d74-de42eea07b25 Palaces and Partnerships: The Carnegie Library Learn about the remarkable partnerships that produced more than 2,500 Carnegie‑funded libraries across the United States and the complex, negotiated process that made these institutions enduring pillars of public knowledge. Drawing on contemporary scholarship, the conversation illuminates how local communities, librarians, and decision makers harnessed Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropic energy to shape America’s public library system.

00:30 Intro

03:00 Andrew Carnegie: Immigrant to Titan of American Industry

11:30 Carnegie Libraries Spread Across the Country

24:40 Library Design and Enduring Legacy

30:00 Carnegie’s Vision of Citizenship & the Gospel of Wealth

39:45 What We Learned This Week

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Learn about the remarkable partnerships that produced more than 2,500 Carnegie‑funded libraries across the United States and the complex, negotiated process that made these institutions enduring pillars of public knowledge. Drawing on contemporary scholarship, the conversation illuminates how local communities, librarians, and decision makers harnessed Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropic energy to shape America’s public library system.

00:30 Intro

03:00 Andrew Carnegie: Immigrant to Titan of American Industry

11:30 Carnegie Libraries Spread Across the Country

24:40 Library Design and Enduring Legacy

30:00 Carnegie’s Vision of Citizenship & the Gospel of Wealth

39:45 What We Learned This Week

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Palaces and Partnerships: The Carnegie Library Moonbeam Multimedia 00:45:13 Explore Andrew Carnegie’s pioneering public library network and the lasting legacy of cooperative social infrastructure. Explore Andrew Carnegie’s pioneering public library network and the lasting legacy of cooperative social infrastructure. false full 145 3 8d2e4fe6-d09e-425a-b692-c860ec2c6331 Writing the Textbook for Emergency Care Writing the Textbook for Emergency Care

What does it look like when a community builds critical infrastructure before established institutions recognize the need? In this episode, we examine a short-lived but transformative ambulance program that helped define modern emergency medical response at a time when most U.S. emergency calls were handled by minimally trained personnel. At the intersection of medical research, workforce development, and community trust, this effort, known as the Freedom House Ambulance Service, reframed first responders as field clinicians and demonstrated how on-the-job education can function as public health infrastructure. Learn about the researchers and educators who helped shape early resuscitation science, the culture of embedded learning that accelerated community care, and the institutional shifts that rippled across the country in the wake of the program’s success.

00:30 Intro + Ohio’s changing kindergarten enrollment cutoffs; school & family impact

06:00 Freedom House Ambulance Service: Community-driven transformation in Pittsburgh’s Hill District

13:20 Learning under fire: education and training in the field

17:05 Writing the textbook for emergency medical care

18:30 Building effective learning community in a crisis context

23:20 Rules, restrictions, and mavericks; pushing boundaries to further medical research

25:50 Education as public infrastructure, not credentialing pipeline; the relative value of expertise

27:00 The structure of schools & workplaces for community empowerment

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

Sources & Further Reading:

Freedom House Ambulance Service - Wikipedia

Nancy Caroline - Wikipedia

Peter Safar - Wikipedia

Emergency Medical Services - Wikipedia

America's First Paramedics Were Black. Their Achievements Were Overlooked for Decades

Freedom House Ambulance: The FIRST Responders | America's First EMT Service

How to see Dublin’s secret painting | The Doyle Collection

Freedom House Ambulance Service – EMS Museum

About Us - Freedom House Doc

These Trailblazing Black Paramedics Are the Reason You Don't Have to Ride a Hearse or a Police Van to the Hospital

Send Freedom House! | Pitt Med | University of Pittsburgh

Nancy Caroline Award | Safar Center for Resuscitation Research

The Jewish Woman who Revolutionized Emergency Medicine | Aish

Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton | National Gallery of Ireland

'There's no telescope this large ever built. It's not like we have a precedent for how to do these things,' Giant Magellan Telescope engineers on why they used the Unreal Engine to build an unprecedented telescope simulator | TechRadar

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Writing the Textbook for Emergency Care

What does it look like when a community builds critical infrastructure before established institutions recognize the need? In this episode, we examine a short-lived but transformative ambulance program that helped define modern emergency medical response at a time when most U.S. emergency calls were handled by minimally trained personnel. At the intersection of medical research, workforce development, and community trust, this effort, known as the Freedom House Ambulance Service, reframed first responders as field clinicians and demonstrated how on-the-job education can function as public health infrastructure. Learn about the researchers and educators who helped shape early resuscitation science, the culture of embedded learning that accelerated community care, and the institutional shifts that rippled across the country in the wake of the program’s success.

00:30 Intro + Ohio’s changing kindergarten enrollment cutoffs; school & family impact

06:00 Freedom House Ambulance Service: Community-driven transformation in Pittsburgh’s Hill District

13:20 Learning under fire: education and training in the field

17:05 Writing the textbook for emergency medical care

18:30 Building effective learning community in a crisis context

23:20 Rules, restrictions, and mavericks; pushing boundaries to further medical research

25:50 Education as public infrastructure, not credentialing pipeline; the relative value of expertise

27:00 The structure of schools & workplaces for community empowerment

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

Sources & Further Reading:

Freedom House Ambulance Service - Wikipedia

Nancy Caroline - Wikipedia

Peter Safar - Wikipedia

Emergency Medical Services - Wikipedia

America's First Paramedics Were Black. Their Achievements Were Overlooked for Decades

Freedom House Ambulance: The FIRST Responders | America's First EMT Service

How to see Dublin’s secret painting | The Doyle Collection

Freedom House Ambulance Service – EMS Museum

About Us - Freedom House Doc

These Trailblazing Black Paramedics Are the Reason You Don't Have to Ride a Hearse or a Police Van to the Hospital

Send Freedom House! | Pitt Med | University of Pittsburgh

Nancy Caroline Award | Safar Center for Resuscitation Research

The Jewish Woman who Revolutionized Emergency Medicine | Aish

Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton | National Gallery of Ireland

'There's no telescope this large ever built. It's not like we have a precedent for how to do these things,' Giant Magellan Telescope engineers on why they used the Unreal Engine to build an unprecedented telescope simulator | TechRadar

]]> Writing the Textbook for Emergency Care Moonbeam Multimedia 00:35:55 How a community-built ambulance program helped write the playbook for modern emergency care. Discussions: education as public infrastructure, field-based learning, and the origins of paramedic medicine. How a community-built ambulance program helped write the playbook for modern emergency care. Discussions: education as public infrastructure, field-based learning, and the origins of paramedic medicine. false full 144 3 e41f0af2-bca8-4695-9b5e-f3d3c18922bf Voices in Teaching: Tina Heinecke-Kurtz We’re back to kick off our “third” season (and sixth year!) with learning strategist, National Board certified science educator, and special education teacher Tina Heineke-Kurtz. Tina is a delightful and adventurous human being with a strong passion for inclusive education, and her career in teaching and advocacy has touched the lives of countless students. We spoke with Tina about life in Oconomowoc, co-teaching in an inclusive classroom, and the challenges of meeting the needs of all learners. Welcome back, listeners, and enjoy the chaos of a gaggle of Midwesterners.

00:00 Ice Fishing with the Stomach Bomb

08:40 Teaching Journey and Career Path

13:20 Middle School and Mentorship

21:00 Co-Teaching In Inclusive Classrooms

27:40 COVID and Social/Emotional Displacement

34:40 Making Chicken Soup

37:20 Inclusive Practices and Stakeholder Perspectives

47:00 Professional Development and Personal Growth

49:20 MARBLES, MARBLES, MARBLES!

56:50 The One Who Cared

1:00:00 What We Learned

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ We’re back to kick off our “third” season (and sixth year!) with learning strategist, National Board certified science educator, and special education teacher Tina Heineke-Kurtz. Tina is a delightful and adventurous human being with a strong passion for inclusive education, and her career in teaching and advocacy has touched the lives of countless students. We spoke with Tina about life in Oconomowoc, co-teaching in an inclusive classroom, and the challenges of meeting the needs of all learners. Welcome back, listeners, and enjoy the chaos of a gaggle of Midwesterners.

00:00 Ice Fishing with the Stomach Bomb

08:40 Teaching Journey and Career Path

13:20 Middle School and Mentorship

21:00 Co-Teaching In Inclusive Classrooms

27:40 COVID and Social/Emotional Displacement

34:40 Making Chicken Soup

37:20 Inclusive Practices and Stakeholder Perspectives

47:00 Professional Development and Personal Growth

49:20 MARBLES, MARBLES, MARBLES!

56:50 The One Who Cared

1:00:00 What We Learned

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Voices in Teaching: Tina Heinecke-Kurtz Moonbeam Multimedia 01:04:26 Learning strategist, National Board certified science educator, and special education teacher Tina Heineke-Kurtz talks inclusive classrooms. Learning strategist, National Board certified science educator, and special education teacher Tina Heineke-Kurtz talks inclusive classrooms. false full 143 3 15f32727-0ef2-4f3e-967b-dc6318e7e7f8 Voices in Teaching: Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, TN Teacher of the Year 2025-26 In the final episode of this season of 16:1, special guest Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, 2025–2026 Tennessee Teacher of the Year, joins us for an honest, grounded look at the teaching profession. Dr. De La Cruz’s nonlinear path into mathematics education has become a core part of her teaching identity, and she speaks candidly about trying new things, building community, and deepening connections between classroom learning and community impact. We also discuss graduation pressures, funding incentives, local workforce expectations, teacher retention, professional development, and the evolving realities of AI in the high school classroom.

16:1 returns January 2026 with a new season. Happy holidays!

00:30 Wrap up thoughts on teaching 1984

06:40 Dr. Brandi De La Cruz: An indirect path to the math classroom

11:20 Learning to connect with students through lived experience

20:00 Local industry and applied learning connections

24:00 Why teaching is worth choosing

27:30 Metrics, misaligned incentives, and honest accountability

36:30 Finding your people in your school

43:15 What makes for meaningful professional development?

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ In the final episode of this season of 16:1, special guest Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, 2025–2026 Tennessee Teacher of the Year, joins us for an honest, grounded look at the teaching profession. Dr. De La Cruz’s nonlinear path into mathematics education has become a core part of her teaching identity, and she speaks candidly about trying new things, building community, and deepening connections between classroom learning and community impact. We also discuss graduation pressures, funding incentives, local workforce expectations, teacher retention, professional development, and the evolving realities of AI in the high school classroom.

16:1 returns January 2026 with a new season. Happy holidays!

00:30 Wrap up thoughts on teaching 1984

06:40 Dr. Brandi De La Cruz: An indirect path to the math classroom

11:20 Learning to connect with students through lived experience

20:00 Local industry and applied learning connections

24:00 Why teaching is worth choosing

27:30 Metrics, misaligned incentives, and honest accountability

36:30 Finding your people in your school

43:15 What makes for meaningful professional development?

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Voices in Teaching: Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, TN Teacher of the Year 2025-26 Moonbeam Multimedia 00:52:30 Special guest Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, 2025–2026 Tennessee Teacher of the Year, joins us for an honest, grounded look at the teaching profession. Special guest Dr. Brandi De La Cruz, 2025–2026 Tennessee Teacher of the Year, joins us for an honest, grounded look at the teaching profession. false full 142 2 ecc813c4-89f4-4263-af3f-fde4652bc8e5 Mother of the Movement This week, we’re looking through our history to ground ourselves in a turbulent present. Tune in for our discussion of Septima Poinsette Clark, the Charleston-born educator and activist Martin Luther King Jr. once called “the mother of the movement.” Her story bridges the segregated classrooms of the early 20th century and the civil rights movement’s front lines. Through the establishment of hundreds of citizenship schools across the U.S., she helped thousands of Black Americans gain the literacy skills necessary to vote, transforming communities. We also consider her complex legacy as a woman who challenged not only racism but also sexism within social movements that she helped to shape.


02:24 Septima Poinsette Clark: Family History & Educational Empowerment

06:00 Teaching in segregated South Carolina and the fight for equal pay

09:00 Adult Literacy & Citizenship

12:20 Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, and the Politics of Reconstruction

14:00 Workshops at the Highlander Folk School

16:00 Citizenship Schools and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

21:40 Septima Poinsette’s Civil Rights Activism: Legacy and Lessons

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, we’re looking through our history to ground ourselves in a turbulent present. Tune in for our discussion of Septima Poinsette Clark, the Charleston-born educator and activist Martin Luther King Jr. once called “the mother of the movement.” Her story bridges the segregated classrooms of the early 20th century and the civil rights movement’s front lines. Through the establishment of hundreds of citizenship schools across the U.S., she helped thousands of Black Americans gain the literacy skills necessary to vote, transforming communities. We also consider her complex legacy as a woman who challenged not only racism but also sexism within social movements that she helped to shape.


02:24 Septima Poinsette Clark: Family History & Educational Empowerment

06:00 Teaching in segregated South Carolina and the fight for equal pay

09:00 Adult Literacy & Citizenship

12:20 Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, and the Politics of Reconstruction

14:00 Workshops at the Highlander Folk School

16:00 Citizenship Schools and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

21:40 Septima Poinsette’s Civil Rights Activism: Legacy and Lessons

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Mother of the Movement Moonbeam Multimedia 00:29:00 Our discussion of Septima Poinsette Clark, the Charleston-born educator and ciivil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. once called “the mother of the movement.” Our discussion of Septima Poinsette Clark, the Charleston-born educator and ciivil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. once called “the mother of the movement.” false full 141 2 3d1d7ff2-3d06-42c1-8a08-d3c01775da5c '84 in '25 Two English teachers and a technologist come together for a lively discussion on George Orwell’s 1984 and teaching the text to high school students in the U.S. in 2025. Tackles complex topics (propaganda, surveillance, freedom of expression). Good for educators who are thinking of teaching the novel in their classrooms.

02:00 Framing & historical context, George Orwell

06:50 Making sense of Winston Smith

10:00 Misogyny and modernity 

13:00 Memory, individuality, and the alteration of history

18:55 What is war in Oceania?

24:45 Newspeak, language, and narrative control

33:00 Art and entertainment in totalitarian Oceania

40:45 Student engagement with 1984

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]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Two English teachers and a technologist come together for a lively discussion on George Orwell’s 1984 and teaching the text to high school students in the U.S. in 2025. Tackles complex topics (propaganda, surveillance, freedom of expression). Good for educators who are thinking of teaching the novel in their classrooms.

02:00 Framing & historical context, George Orwell

06:50 Making sense of Winston Smith

10:00 Misogyny and modernity 

13:00 Memory, individuality, and the alteration of history

18:55 What is war in Oceania?

24:45 Newspeak, language, and narrative control

33:00 Art and entertainment in totalitarian Oceania

40:45 Student engagement with 1984

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> '84 in '25 Moonbeam Multimedia 00:49:40 Two English teachers and a technologist come together for a lively discussion on George Orwell’s 1984 and teaching the text to high school students in the U.S. in 2025. Two English teachers and a technologist come together for a lively discussion on George Orwell’s 1984 and teaching the text to high school students in the U.S. in 2025. false full 140 2 6690a089-b6c1-48f7-9f67-2a779d162242 When Books Are Battlegrounds This week, we’re covering one of the most explosive education controversies in American history, the 1974 Kanawha County, WV “Textbook Wars.” What began as a school board vote over new reading materials in West Virginia eventually escalated into boycotts, firebombings, and a national debate over who decides what children learn. From the cultural divides rooted in West Virginia’s founding to echoes of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial and the rise of outside agitators, this episode traces how faith and identity can collide in America’s public school classrooms.

02:10 Setting the stage: The Civil War and West Virginia’s history of division

04:15 The Scopes trial: How America’s first classroom media circus reshaped public discourse

08:44 Labor and identity: Kanawha County’s legacy of protest and class tension

09:40 Alice Moore & the textbook controversy

23:30 Outside influence: How extremist groups amplified local outrage

25:55 Aftermath & legacy: What this fight tells us about freedom, pluralism, and fear in public education

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, we’re covering one of the most explosive education controversies in American history, the 1974 Kanawha County, WV “Textbook Wars.” What began as a school board vote over new reading materials in West Virginia eventually escalated into boycotts, firebombings, and a national debate over who decides what children learn. From the cultural divides rooted in West Virginia’s founding to echoes of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial and the rise of outside agitators, this episode traces how faith and identity can collide in America’s public school classrooms.

02:10 Setting the stage: The Civil War and West Virginia’s history of division

04:15 The Scopes trial: How America’s first classroom media circus reshaped public discourse

08:44 Labor and identity: Kanawha County’s legacy of protest and class tension

09:40 Alice Moore & the textbook controversy

23:30 Outside influence: How extremist groups amplified local outrage

25:55 Aftermath & legacy: What this fight tells us about freedom, pluralism, and fear in public education

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> When Books Are Battlegrounds Moonbeam Multimedia 00:43:57 Discussion of one of the most explosive education controversies in American history, the 1974 Kanawha County, WV “Textbook Wars.” Discussion of one of the most explosive education controversies in American history, the 1974 Kanawha County, WV “Textbook Wars.” false full 139 2 45d6a49b-0cc8-49e9-a658-6ffbb6d9923d The Stories Our Students Carry The Stories Our Students Carry

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Culturally responsive teaching begins with the recognition that learning doesn't happen in a vacuum. Teachers must carefully navigate curricular needs while building a foundation of trust and respect with students, each of whom carries unique stories and experiences into the classroom. In this episode, we explore the work of scholars who study those intersections: between school and family, the individual and their culture, classroom lessons and the many other concerns crowding a young learner’s mind.

00:00 Intro + Announcements

03:30 The US Education System: A Pressure Cooker

05:00 Revisiting Social Learning Theory; Lev Vygotsky, Albert Bandura

06:30 Dr Luis C Moll & Funds of Knowledge

08:30 Research Contributions from Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Dr. Geneva Gay; culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy

11:20 Culturally responsive pedagogy and practical applications in rural classrooms

18:20 Culturally responsive teaching with varied student populations

21:30 Discussion Questions

31:10 What we learned

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 2 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ The Stories Our Students Carry

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Culturally responsive teaching begins with the recognition that learning doesn't happen in a vacuum. Teachers must carefully navigate curricular needs while building a foundation of trust and respect with students, each of whom carries unique stories and experiences into the classroom. In this episode, we explore the work of scholars who study those intersections: between school and family, the individual and their culture, classroom lessons and the many other concerns crowding a young learner’s mind.

00:00 Intro + Announcements

03:30 The US Education System: A Pressure Cooker

05:00 Revisiting Social Learning Theory; Lev Vygotsky, Albert Bandura

06:30 Dr Luis C Moll & Funds of Knowledge

08:30 Research Contributions from Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Dr. Geneva Gay; culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy

11:20 Culturally responsive pedagogy and practical applications in rural classrooms

18:20 Culturally responsive teaching with varied student populations

21:30 Discussion Questions

31:10 What we learned

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> The Stories Our Students Carry Moonbeam Multimedia 00:35:38 Culturally responsive teaching begins with the recognition that learning doesn't happen in a vacuum. Discover scholars who study the intersections between school and family, individual and community, classroom lessons and the many other concerns crowding a young learner’s mind. Culturally responsive teaching begins with the recognition that learning doesn't happen in a vacuum. Discover scholars who study the intersections between school and family, individual and community, classroom lessons and the many other concerns crowding a young learner’s mind. false full 138 2 5460b76e-2dd9-4c60-b2c8-453c85f89cc8 Artificial Intelligence and the Classroom: Embracing, Regulating, or Rejecting? Artificial Intelligence and the Classroom: Embracing, Regulating, or Rejecting?

This week, our co-hosts (one a teacher, one a technologist) revisit ongoing discussions about the role of artificial intelligence in schools and classrooms with a focus on how institutions of higher education are addressing AI tools at a policy level.  From Ohio State University's push for AI fluency to staunch opposition from other institutions over academic integrity concerns, we examine the varied approaches schools are adopting. The hosts also explore the personal impacts of these technologies within classrooms and the ethical considerations raised (think privacy, mental health, and the development of critical thinking skills in young learners) as AI expands its reach into academia and the workplace.

00:00 - Intro & Announcements

03:00 - 2025 AI Use Trends and Examples, Higher Education; Some Schools Enthusiastically Embrace AI Tools

09:00 - Skeptical Embrace: AI in College Admissions, Student Services, and Campus Safety

15:00 - Chat Tools and Mental Health Concerns

17:00 - Some Schools Reject AI Over Academic Integrity Concerns

20:00 Teacher Perspectives on AI: From Higher Ed Policy to Classroom Practice

30:00 Classroom Activities Using AI; The Educator's Role in AI Use Policy Discussions Discussions

37:20 What We Learned

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Artificial Intelligence and the Classroom: Embracing, Regulating, or Rejecting?

This week, our co-hosts (one a teacher, one a technologist) revisit ongoing discussions about the role of artificial intelligence in schools and classrooms with a focus on how institutions of higher education are addressing AI tools at a policy level.  From Ohio State University's push for AI fluency to staunch opposition from other institutions over academic integrity concerns, we examine the varied approaches schools are adopting. The hosts also explore the personal impacts of these technologies within classrooms and the ethical considerations raised (think privacy, mental health, and the development of critical thinking skills in young learners) as AI expands its reach into academia and the workplace.

00:00 - Intro & Announcements

03:00 - 2025 AI Use Trends and Examples, Higher Education; Some Schools Enthusiastically Embrace AI Tools

09:00 - Skeptical Embrace: AI in College Admissions, Student Services, and Campus Safety

15:00 - Chat Tools and Mental Health Concerns

17:00 - Some Schools Reject AI Over Academic Integrity Concerns

20:00 Teacher Perspectives on AI: From Higher Ed Policy to Classroom Practice

30:00 Classroom Activities Using AI; The Educator's Role in AI Use Policy Discussions Discussions

37:20 What We Learned

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Artificial Intelligence and the Classroom: Embracing, Regulating, or Rejecting? Moonbeam Multimedia 00:43:55 Our contribution to ongoing discussions about the role of artificial intelligence in schools and classrooms with a focus on higher education AI use policies and concerns about academic integrity. Our contribution to ongoing discussions about the role of artificial intelligence in schools and classrooms with a focus on higher education AI use policies and concerns about academic integrity. false full 137 2 5f6e20c6-e7c1-44ec-9c00-825400b9f167 The Pack Horse Library Project We’re back after the summer break with new episodes of 16:1! New episodes will now be released on a seasonal schedule. Thanks for subscribing and supporting the show as we evolve! 

In the first episode of this season, we’re exploring Appalachian regional history and a story of community resilience in some of the country's remotest regions. You’ll hear how the pack horse librarians, women who traveled by horseback or mule over rough territory, traversed dozens of miles each day to deliver books to Kentucky families with few connections to neighbors and very limited access to public libraries. In the wake of Wall Street’s crash in 1929, pack horse librarians delivered books, mail, and other goods to fuel curiosities and help people gain critical new skills that put them back to work.

Thanks for listening, and welcome back to 16:1!

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> Thu, 4 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ We’re back after the summer break with new episodes of 16:1! New episodes will now be released on a seasonal schedule. Thanks for subscribing and supporting the show as we evolve! 

In the first episode of this season, we’re exploring Appalachian regional history and a story of community resilience in some of the country's remotest regions. You’ll hear how the pack horse librarians, women who traveled by horseback or mule over rough territory, traversed dozens of miles each day to deliver books to Kentucky families with few connections to neighbors and very limited access to public libraries. In the wake of Wall Street’s crash in 1929, pack horse librarians delivered books, mail, and other goods to fuel curiosities and help people gain critical new skills that put them back to work.

Thanks for listening, and welcome back to 16:1!

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website.

]]> The Pack Horse Library Project Moonbeam Multimedia 00:26:24 Learn about Kentucky's pack horse librarians, women who traveled by horseback or mule over rough territory to deliver books to families with few connections to neighbors and very limited access to public libraries. Learn about Kentucky's pack horse librarians, women who traveled by horseback or mule over rough territory to deliver books to families with few connections to neighbors and very limited access to public libraries. false full 136 2 df141bef-e1fe-4ca4-a13f-2810c5952da3 Year in Review: Volume IV In our final episode of the 2024-25 season, we reflect upon our year of learning and how our philosophies of education continue to evolve. We return to perennial questions: What's the purpose of education? Who gets to learn, and how? How do we best learn? What’s worth unlearning? And, where are we headed? From redefining student success to shifting attitudes on academic freedoms and institutional values, we’ve covered a lot of ground over the past year. We’ll revisit insights from guests on school leadership, student travel, pedagogy, rural education, and student-led local journalism. We’ll also grapple with what’s next for American schools and universities amidst so much uncertainty and turbulence. Thanks for listening, and we’ll be back in September of 2025!

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at https://sixteentoone.com/archives

]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ In our final episode of the 2024-25 season, we reflect upon our year of learning and how our philosophies of education continue to evolve. We return to perennial questions: What's the purpose of education? Who gets to learn, and how? How do we best learn? What’s worth unlearning? And, where are we headed? From redefining student success to shifting attitudes on academic freedoms and institutional values, we’ve covered a lot of ground over the past year. We’ll revisit insights from guests on school leadership, student travel, pedagogy, rural education, and student-led local journalism. We’ll also grapple with what’s next for American schools and universities amidst so much uncertainty and turbulence. Thanks for listening, and we’ll be back in September of 2025!

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at https://sixteentoone.com/archives

]]> Year in Review: Volume IV Moonbeam Multimedia 00:28:54 Recap the past year in education, teaching, and learning. Recap the past year in education, teaching, and learning. false full 135 1 323ee0e0-5af1-44a5-b5c7-91b3910122b0 The Future of Community News: The Reporting Project at Denison University Something about the newsroom of The Reporting Project at Denison University in Granville, Ohio feels different. It’s energetic— humming, even when the lights are dimmed and the computer screens are turned off at the end of a long day of writing, collaborating, and crafting stories from the raw materials of community and change in rural Ohio. From Intel’s $20 billion arrival in the region to local election night coverage to the antics and attire of the Buckeye Lake Pirate Festival, The Reporting Project weaves human connection together with a liberal arts approach to narrative journalism.

In “the most egoless newsroom” around, a growing cohort of student journalists works alongside veterans of the craft—seasoned educators like Jack Shuler (founder of The Reporting Project and Director of Journalism at Denison) and Alan Miller (former Executive Editor and 37-year veteran of The Columbus Dispatch)— to shine a light on stories of deep significance to surrounding communities. In this episode, we are also joined by Julia Lerner (managing editor of The Reporting Project) and Caroline Zollinger (recent Denison graduate, editor, and reporter) to discuss how the revitalization of community news is fostering trust, awakening civic life, and driving a new generation of students toward curiosity and community engagement.

To learn more about The Reporting Project, visit thereportingproject.org. Please support your local news organizations!

Additional Notes & Resources:

The Reporting Project

The Observers Collaborative

Center for Community News | The University of Vermont

WCLT Radio

]]> Thu, 29 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Something about the newsroom of The Reporting Project at Denison University in Granville, Ohio feels different. It’s energetic— humming, even when the lights are dimmed and the computer screens are turned off at the end of a long day of writing, collaborating, and crafting stories from the raw materials of community and change in rural Ohio. From Intel’s $20 billion arrival in the region to local election night coverage to the antics and attire of the Buckeye Lake Pirate Festival, The Reporting Project weaves human connection together with a liberal arts approach to narrative journalism.

In “the most egoless newsroom” around, a growing cohort of student journalists works alongside veterans of the craft—seasoned educators like Jack Shuler (founder of The Reporting Project and Director of Journalism at Denison) and Alan Miller (former Executive Editor and 37-year veteran of The Columbus Dispatch)— to shine a light on stories of deep significance to surrounding communities. In this episode, we are also joined by Julia Lerner (managing editor of The Reporting Project) and Caroline Zollinger (recent Denison graduate, editor, and reporter) to discuss how the revitalization of community news is fostering trust, awakening civic life, and driving a new generation of students toward curiosity and community engagement.

To learn more about The Reporting Project, visit thereportingproject.org. Please support your local news organizations!

Additional Notes & Resources:

The Reporting Project

The Observers Collaborative

Center for Community News | The University of Vermont

WCLT Radio

]]> The Future of Community News: The Reporting Project at Denison University Moonbeam Multimedia 00:45:33 Explore how The Reporting Project at Denison University in Granville, Ohio is reviving local news through student-led journalism, elevating civic engagement and building local trust. Explore how The Reporting Project at Denison University in Granville, Ohio is reviving local news through student-led journalism, elevating civic engagement and building local trust. false full 134 1 898bb700-7f66-446b-87ee-1171651c89a0 The Evidence of Your Eyes and Ears This week we’re taking a break from the evolving civic situation in the U.S. to shine light on global stories in education that you may have missed.

Nepal’s National Teachers’ Strike Lifted: Teachers and Students in Nepal are resuming classes more than a month after teachers began demonstrating across the country in protests that included clashes with police over issues of teacher pay, sick leave, grading systems, and other issues. Negotiators had faced setbacks after several rounds of contentious negotiations with the country’s teacher unions. Educators have been turning up the pressure on the Nepalese government to enact legislation directed by the country’s 2015 Constitution that transfers control of the nation’s schools to regional and local authorities.

“AI tools are going to do to students’ critical thinking skills what social media has done to their attentive skills.”

AI in Global Classrooms: National Experiments in China and Estonia: Prompted by emerging policy statements on AI use in U.S. classrooms, we take a look at how other countries are faring as the pressure to adopt AI tools and lessons increases with the ubiquity of AI products. In China, AI in schools is almost old news; we’ll take a look at their aggressive stance on implementing the technology and compare it to that of Estonia, which has recently announced a partnership with OpenAI for the use of a custom version of ChatGPT for education within its public secondary schools.

Ashlie Crosson Named National Teacher of the Year: The Council of Chief State School Officers has announced the 2025 recipient of the National Teacher of the Year award. This year’s winner is Ashlie Crosson, an English teacher and media & journalism advisor at Mifflin County High School in Pennsylvania. Congrats, Ashlie!

Discussion Questions

High stakes make schools a precarious place to “move fast and break things,” but there are sometimes costs to falling behind. What is the appropriate pace of educational change?

When we worry about being “left behind” in the race to adopt artificial intelligence tools in our schools, have we considered the net impact of AI, or are we focused on individual benefits and risks? 

As we adopt more AI tools, do we risk learning becoming “artificial”?

What does it mean to “personalize” the educational experience?

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website and click on Archives.

]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week we’re taking a break from the evolving civic situation in the U.S. to shine light on global stories in education that you may have missed.

Nepal’s National Teachers’ Strike Lifted: Teachers and Students in Nepal are resuming classes more than a month after teachers began demonstrating across the country in protests that included clashes with police over issues of teacher pay, sick leave, grading systems, and other issues. Negotiators had faced setbacks after several rounds of contentious negotiations with the country’s teacher unions. Educators have been turning up the pressure on the Nepalese government to enact legislation directed by the country’s 2015 Constitution that transfers control of the nation’s schools to regional and local authorities.

“AI tools are going to do to students’ critical thinking skills what social media has done to their attentive skills.”

AI in Global Classrooms: National Experiments in China and Estonia: Prompted by emerging policy statements on AI use in U.S. classrooms, we take a look at how other countries are faring as the pressure to adopt AI tools and lessons increases with the ubiquity of AI products. In China, AI in schools is almost old news; we’ll take a look at their aggressive stance on implementing the technology and compare it to that of Estonia, which has recently announced a partnership with OpenAI for the use of a custom version of ChatGPT for education within its public secondary schools.

Ashlie Crosson Named National Teacher of the Year: The Council of Chief State School Officers has announced the 2025 recipient of the National Teacher of the Year award. This year’s winner is Ashlie Crosson, an English teacher and media & journalism advisor at Mifflin County High School in Pennsylvania. Congrats, Ashlie!

Discussion Questions

High stakes make schools a precarious place to “move fast and break things,” but there are sometimes costs to falling behind. What is the appropriate pace of educational change?

When we worry about being “left behind” in the race to adopt artificial intelligence tools in our schools, have we considered the net impact of AI, or are we focused on individual benefits and risks? 

As we adopt more AI tools, do we risk learning becoming “artificial”?

What does it mean to “personalize” the educational experience?

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website and click on Archives.

]]> The Evidence of Your Eyes and Ears Moonbeam Multimedia 00:25:26 Striking teachers in Nepal; AI in the classroom in China and Estonia; National Teacher of the Year Announced. Plus, critical questions about personalized learning, student agency, and the pace of educational change. Striking teachers in Nepal; AI in the classroom in China and Estonia; National Teacher of the Year Announced. Plus, critical questions about personalized learning, student agency, and the pace of educational change. false full 133 1 a7008f75-f534-4fe1-bed7-bc6bf191178b Seattle’s Search for School Equity feat. Vivian Van Gelder Our conversation this week is with Vivian Van Gelder, Director of Policy & Research at the Southeast Seattle Education Coalition, a nonprofit that unites more than 50 community organizations, schools, parents, and caregivers behind advocacy for equitable education policy. Vivian is the lead author of a report called Left to Chance: Student Outcomes in Seattle Public Schools, A forensic history. It’s a sweeping and detailed analysis of one public school district’s leadership and policy choices over more than three decades and how those choices have shaped the educational experience of tens of thousands of students attending more than 100 schools.

In her report, Vivian uncovers the story of how Seattle Public Schools embraced an experiment in local control, allowing parents and students to “vote with their feet” for support of their local schools. In theory, competition drives innovation; in practice, the story was more complicated, and it produced a fractured district with a hundred mini-systems that were unevenly funded, under-supported, and almost invisible to central leadership.

We think there’s a lot to be learned from this report and from researchers like Vivian who are doing the hard work of holding intractable social problems up to the light in a way that can spark progress and ignite momentum behind reform. We spend significant time discussing Seattle Public Schools in this episode, but Katie and I were struck by just how familiar some of these tensions are to what we’ve heard from educators in Appalachian Ohio, or to friends in suburban Maryland and rural Alaska and the Deep South. Vivian’s work addresses universal questions of values and organizational leadership in public schools, and we encourage you to read it (we will link to it in our show notes).

Thanks for listening to 16:1, and don’t forget to sign up for our email newsletter for the latest news, resources, workshop offerings, and episode announcements from Moonbeam Multimedia. For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Thu, 1 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Our conversation this week is with Vivian Van Gelder, Director of Policy & Research at the Southeast Seattle Education Coalition, a nonprofit that unites more than 50 community organizations, schools, parents, and caregivers behind advocacy for equitable education policy. Vivian is the lead author of a report called Left to Chance: Student Outcomes in Seattle Public Schools, A forensic history. It’s a sweeping and detailed analysis of one public school district’s leadership and policy choices over more than three decades and how those choices have shaped the educational experience of tens of thousands of students attending more than 100 schools.

In her report, Vivian uncovers the story of how Seattle Public Schools embraced an experiment in local control, allowing parents and students to “vote with their feet” for support of their local schools. In theory, competition drives innovation; in practice, the story was more complicated, and it produced a fractured district with a hundred mini-systems that were unevenly funded, under-supported, and almost invisible to central leadership.

We think there’s a lot to be learned from this report and from researchers like Vivian who are doing the hard work of holding intractable social problems up to the light in a way that can spark progress and ignite momentum behind reform. We spend significant time discussing Seattle Public Schools in this episode, but Katie and I were struck by just how familiar some of these tensions are to what we’ve heard from educators in Appalachian Ohio, or to friends in suburban Maryland and rural Alaska and the Deep South. Vivian’s work addresses universal questions of values and organizational leadership in public schools, and we encourage you to read it (we will link to it in our show notes).

Thanks for listening to 16:1, and don’t forget to sign up for our email newsletter for the latest news, resources, workshop offerings, and episode announcements from Moonbeam Multimedia. For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Seattle’s Search for School Equity feat. Vivian Van Gelder Moonbeam Multimedia 00:58:06 Discover how three decades of experimentation in autonomy and accountability in Seattle Public Schools have left students, parents, and communities searching for a shared vision of educational reform. Discover how three decades of experimentation in autonomy and accountability in Seattle Public Schools have left students, parents, and communities searching for a shared vision of educational reform. false full 132 1 3c56e4c8-ce65-42c1-9307-4d6936743908 The Politics and Price of Free Speech in American Schools Higher education in the U.S. faces an unprecedented storm of political and financial upheaval, highlighting critical tensions around free speech, academic freedom, and institutional integrity. Columbia University's initial compliance with demands from the Trump administration—banning protest masks, revising protest policies, and ceding departmental autonomy—signals a troubling shift away from protecting academic freedom, but capitulation isn’t the end of the story. Harvard University is resisting similar pressures, fiercely defending the right to independent scholarship against federal overreach under Title VI. Universities like Cornell, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Pennsylvania are grappling with massive financial disruptions impacting critical research and community programs.

In K-12 education, similar tensions emerge: the past few weeks have brought DHS/ICE interventions in LA schools alongside Maine's successful pushback against federal interference in childhood nutrition programs. Even internationally, students at Netzaberg Middle School in Germany experienced what they perceived as administrative retaliation for peaceful protest, underscoring global stakes in educational autonomy.

In lighter news, this week we are also catching up on Ohio’s pending legislation around school cell phone use and the unresolved struggle over digital boundaries and mental health. Jonathan Haidt’s recent conversations on The Ezra Klein Show highlight the ongoing challenge of balancing protective measures without regressing into outdated moral frameworks. For all of this and more, check out the latest episode. Thanks for listening.

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Higher education in the U.S. faces an unprecedented storm of political and financial upheaval, highlighting critical tensions around free speech, academic freedom, and institutional integrity. Columbia University's initial compliance with demands from the Trump administration—banning protest masks, revising protest policies, and ceding departmental autonomy—signals a troubling shift away from protecting academic freedom, but capitulation isn’t the end of the story. Harvard University is resisting similar pressures, fiercely defending the right to independent scholarship against federal overreach under Title VI. Universities like Cornell, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Pennsylvania are grappling with massive financial disruptions impacting critical research and community programs.

In K-12 education, similar tensions emerge: the past few weeks have brought DHS/ICE interventions in LA schools alongside Maine's successful pushback against federal interference in childhood nutrition programs. Even internationally, students at Netzaberg Middle School in Germany experienced what they perceived as administrative retaliation for peaceful protest, underscoring global stakes in educational autonomy.

In lighter news, this week we are also catching up on Ohio’s pending legislation around school cell phone use and the unresolved struggle over digital boundaries and mental health. Jonathan Haidt’s recent conversations on The Ezra Klein Show highlight the ongoing challenge of balancing protective measures without regressing into outdated moral frameworks. For all of this and more, check out the latest episode. Thanks for listening.

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> The Politics and Price of Free Speech in American Schools Moonbeam Multimedia 00:36:49 Understand how recent political interventions are reshaping free speech and institutional autonomy on campuses across America. Understand how recent political interventions are reshaping free speech and institutional autonomy on campuses across America. false full 131 1 05634449-0cde-42ab-bc38-156952e4f30e Fit and Grit: Rethinking How Colleges Define and Pursue Excellence This week, we’re reexamining old assumptions about merit and fit in higher education admissions with Emily Chase Coleman, co-founder and CEO of HAI Analytics, a company that helps colleges and universities use data to navigate challenges such as shrinking applicant pools, shifts in broader demographic trends, and rising costs. Learn how schools are rethinking what matters (beyond test scores and grades) and using new, data-driven methods to clarify institutional goals and support more equitable education outcomes. Emily draws on more than two decades of higher education leadership experience and holds a PhD in Social Psychology and Statistics from Cornell, which she brings to the challenge of bridging the gap between data science and institutional strategy. Join us for a reflection on the limits of traditional admissions approaches and the potential of predictive modeling, AI, and human judgment to reshape how colleges define and pursue student success.

]]> Thu, 3 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, we’re reexamining old assumptions about merit and fit in higher education admissions with Emily Chase Coleman, co-founder and CEO of HAI Analytics, a company that helps colleges and universities use data to navigate challenges such as shrinking applicant pools, shifts in broader demographic trends, and rising costs. Learn how schools are rethinking what matters (beyond test scores and grades) and using new, data-driven methods to clarify institutional goals and support more equitable education outcomes. Emily draws on more than two decades of higher education leadership experience and holds a PhD in Social Psychology and Statistics from Cornell, which she brings to the challenge of bridging the gap between data science and institutional strategy. Join us for a reflection on the limits of traditional admissions approaches and the potential of predictive modeling, AI, and human judgment to reshape how colleges define and pursue student success.

]]> Fit and Grit: Rethinking How Colleges Define and Pursue Excellence Moonbeam Multimedia 00:34:53 Tackling outdated assumptions about merit and fit in higher education admissions with Emily Chase Coleman, co-founder and CEO of HAI Analytics. Tackling outdated assumptions about merit and fit in higher education admissions with Emily Chase Coleman, co-founder and CEO of HAI Analytics. false full 130 1 46687dd9-cd9a-4696-a48a-60ad9c7707b1 Mass Firings & Campus Crackdowns: U.S. Academia Under Fire We’re rounding up and analyzing education news headlines this week on 16:1:

  • The U.S. Department of Education is now half its former self—with 1,300 staffers gone and lawsuits brewing over what critics call a systematic gutting of civil rights protections. We’re sorting through the challenges and exploring the fallout on public education.
  • Arrests of Palestinian student activists at Columbia have raised fresh questions about academic freedom and the future of the United States’ role in international scholarship. With visa crackdowns and a shaken reputation among U.S. universities, the stakes are higher than ever. Some European universities (like Aix Marseille) are offering safe haven to researchers leaving the U.S. due to concerns over academic freedom.
  • We also take a look at Title VI investigations targeting diversity programs and the pushback by parents, students, disability advocates, and more.
  • We’re revisiting the Science of Reading with updates on how the literacy movement continues to reshape classrooms nationwide.

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ We’re rounding up and analyzing education news headlines this week on 16:1:

  • The U.S. Department of Education is now half its former self—with 1,300 staffers gone and lawsuits brewing over what critics call a systematic gutting of civil rights protections. We’re sorting through the challenges and exploring the fallout on public education.
  • Arrests of Palestinian student activists at Columbia have raised fresh questions about academic freedom and the future of the United States’ role in international scholarship. With visa crackdowns and a shaken reputation among U.S. universities, the stakes are higher than ever. Some European universities (like Aix Marseille) are offering safe haven to researchers leaving the U.S. due to concerns over academic freedom.
  • We also take a look at Title VI investigations targeting diversity programs and the pushback by parents, students, disability advocates, and more.
  • We’re revisiting the Science of Reading with updates on how the literacy movement continues to reshape classrooms nationwide.

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Mass Firings & Campus Crackdowns: U.S. Academia Under Fire Moonbeam Multimedia 00:31:44 This week we are covering: the sweeping restructuring of the U.S. Department of Education amid mass firings, civil rights lawsuits, and Title VI investigations; the arrests of Palestinian student activists at Columbia University; Science of Reading updates. This week we are covering: the sweeping restructuring of the U.S. Department of Education amid mass firings, civil rights lawsuits, and Title VI investigations; the arrests of Palestinian student activists at Columbia University; Science of Reading updates. false full 129 1 e0800b74-91ea-4222-849b-9d408fc124e9 Degrees on Arrival: The Steamboat Ladies This episode features the story of how a group of more than 700 pioneering women in the UK smashed through barriers to higher education and claimed degrees from Trinity College Dublin. Denied their degrees at Oxford and Cambridge because of their gender despite successfully completing their exams, the “Steamboat ladies” made use of an early 1900s loophole to earn official recognition by making a trip across the Irish Sea. The episode also explores the broader suffrage movement at the turn of the century and profiles figures like Eleanor Rathbone and Margaret Hills, whose efforts paved the way for academic and professional equity for women attending universities in the UK and around the world.

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Thu, 6 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This episode features the story of how a group of more than 700 pioneering women in the UK smashed through barriers to higher education and claimed degrees from Trinity College Dublin. Denied their degrees at Oxford and Cambridge because of their gender despite successfully completing their exams, the “Steamboat ladies” made use of an early 1900s loophole to earn official recognition by making a trip across the Irish Sea. The episode also explores the broader suffrage movement at the turn of the century and profiles figures like Eleanor Rathbone and Margaret Hills, whose efforts paved the way for academic and professional equity for women attending universities in the UK and around the world.

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Degrees on Arrival: The Steamboat Ladies Moonbeam Multimedia 00:27:36 The incredible story of the Steamboat Ladies, a group of 700+ women denied degrees at Oxford and Cambridge due to their gender who found a loophole at Trinity College Dublin in the early 1900s. The incredible story of the Steamboat Ladies, a group of 700+ women denied degrees at Oxford and Cambridge due to their gender who found a loophole at Trinity College Dublin in the early 1900s. false full 128 1 d03cacb4-5c93-4b1b-ad83-46d6ce7939cb Senate Bills, Data Vaults, & Climate Classes This week’s news headline roundup covers the following stories:

  • Proposed Ohio Senate Bill 1 higher education legislation targets DEI initiatives, faculty rights, and funding, sparking fierce debates across campuses.
  • New research warns that leaning on generative artificial intelligence tools might be eroding our cognitive muscles, raising questions about AI tools in educational contexts.
  • A NY Climate Change Education Bill would embed age-appropriate climate change lessons in K-12 curricula.
  • Partially in response to recent data deletions, Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab steps in to preserve over 300,000 federal public datasets for future research.

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week’s news headline roundup covers the following stories:

  • Proposed Ohio Senate Bill 1 higher education legislation targets DEI initiatives, faculty rights, and funding, sparking fierce debates across campuses.
  • New research warns that leaning on generative artificial intelligence tools might be eroding our cognitive muscles, raising questions about AI tools in educational contexts.
  • A NY Climate Change Education Bill would embed age-appropriate climate change lessons in K-12 curricula.
  • Partially in response to recent data deletions, Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab steps in to preserve over 300,000 federal public datasets for future research.

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Senate Bills, Data Vaults, & Climate Classes Moonbeam Multimedia 00:28:22 New restrictions on academic freedom, climate education mandates, federal data vault initiatives, and evolving research on the impact of AI on critical thinking. New restrictions on academic freedom, climate education mandates, federal data vault initiatives, and evolving research on the impact of AI on critical thinking. false full 127 1 08970767-b69e-495e-84c5-28f3666bdaf4 Jerome Bruner: Shaping Education Through the Cognitive Revolution Explore the life and work of Jerome Bruner, a pioneering psychologist, multidisciplinarian, and educator who transformed the study of learning. 

  • Discover how Bruner’s early experiences, including his corrective surgery for cataracts and his upbringing in New York City, influenced his path in education and cognitive psychology.
  • Learn about Bruner’s role in moving psychology beyond rigid behaviorist frameworks, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of mental processes in learning. Explore Bruner’s belief that learners construct their own understanding through active discovery, and how this philosophy supports student-centered teaching methods.
  • Hear about practical implications of scaffolding and spiral curricula in the classroom.
  • Hear how Bruner’s work on narrative psychology informs our understanding of learning as a process of constructing and sharing stories.

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Thu, 6 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Explore the life and work of Jerome Bruner, a pioneering psychologist, multidisciplinarian, and educator who transformed the study of learning. 

  • Discover how Bruner’s early experiences, including his corrective surgery for cataracts and his upbringing in New York City, influenced his path in education and cognitive psychology.
  • Learn about Bruner’s role in moving psychology beyond rigid behaviorist frameworks, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of mental processes in learning. Explore Bruner’s belief that learners construct their own understanding through active discovery, and how this philosophy supports student-centered teaching methods.
  • Hear about practical implications of scaffolding and spiral curricula in the classroom.
  • Hear how Bruner’s work on narrative psychology informs our understanding of learning as a process of constructing and sharing stories.

For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Jerome Bruner: Shaping Education Through the Cognitive Revolution Moonbeam Multimedia 00:41:38 Explore Jerome Bruner's influence on education and cognitive psychology and his groundbreaking ideas in discovery learning, scaffolding, and narrative psychology. Explore Jerome Bruner's influence on education and cognitive psychology and his groundbreaking ideas in discovery learning, scaffolding, and narrative psychology. false full 126 1 2e1a04bf-20f9-44cf-bf81-783b81e8e3bb Data Privacy, App Bans, and Keeping up with the College-Bound This week in education news headlines, we cover:

  • Australia has banned teenagers under 16 from using social media apps, with a one-year grace period for platforms to implement age verification measures.
  • Disgraced college admissions advisor Rick Singer tries to stage a comeback with a new consulting venture.
  • To boost incoming class sizes in a difficult economy, institutions like the University of Providence adopt direct admissions to streamline enrollment and promote diversity.
  • A major data breach at K–12 software provider PowerSchool has affected numerous districts, emphasizing the growing need for robust cybersecurity and transparent safety protocols in schools.
  • Higher education faces shifts as Boston University suspends humanities PhD admissions due to budget pressures, while Purdue University introduces the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program to revitalize cross-disciplinary learning.

For a full list of show sources & additional resources, visit sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week in education news headlines, we cover:

  • Australia has banned teenagers under 16 from using social media apps, with a one-year grace period for platforms to implement age verification measures.
  • Disgraced college admissions advisor Rick Singer tries to stage a comeback with a new consulting venture.
  • To boost incoming class sizes in a difficult economy, institutions like the University of Providence adopt direct admissions to streamline enrollment and promote diversity.
  • A major data breach at K–12 software provider PowerSchool has affected numerous districts, emphasizing the growing need for robust cybersecurity and transparent safety protocols in schools.
  • Higher education faces shifts as Boston University suspends humanities PhD admissions due to budget pressures, while Purdue University introduces the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program to revitalize cross-disciplinary learning.

For a full list of show sources & additional resources, visit sixteentoone.com/archives.

]]> Data Privacy, App Bans, and Keeping up with the College-Bound Moonbeam Multimedia 00:37:45 Australia's social media ban for under-16s, Rick Singer's new venture, direct admissions trends, a major PowerSchool breach, and shifts in higher education and the liberal arts. Australia's social media ban for under-16s, Rick Singer's new venture, direct admissions trends, a major PowerSchool breach, and shifts in higher education and the liberal arts. false full 125 1 49310ed6-9f88-4fd7-8cf1-67b2605a15c7 Confronting Educational Censorship & Securing Academic Freedom: A Conversation with Jeremy C. Young of PEN America Confronting Educational Censorship & Securing Academic Freedom: A Conversation with Jeremy C. Young of PEN America

In our first episode of 2025, we’re talking with special guest Jeremy C. Young, the director of state and higher education policy at PEN America, a nonprofit organization that unites writers and their allies to defend the freedom of expression nationwide. He oversees PEN America’s state policy and advocacy work across all US free expression programs and directs the Freedom to Learn program fighting government censorship of colleges and universities. His commentary on issues of academic freedom, higher education, and American democracy appears frequently in media outlets, and he speaks regularly on these topics before national and international audiences. A historian by training, Young is the author of The Age of Charisma: Leaders, Followers, and Emotions in American Society, 1870-1940 (Cambridge University Press, 2017). He holds a BA in history and music from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and an MA and Ph.D. in U.S. history from Indiana University.

We spoke with Jeremy about censorship and academic freedom, educational gag orders, the primacy of local communities in political communication, the role of charisma in political persuasion, and more. Thanks for listening, and please rate, review, and subscribe to help us grow!

Sources & Resources:

PEN America

Jeremy C. Young - PEN America

Kanawha County Textbook War - Wikipedia

Keyishian v. Board of Regents | 385 U.S. 589 (1967) | Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center

Karen M. Dunak - NYU Press

]]> Thu, 9 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Confronting Educational Censorship & Securing Academic Freedom: A Conversation with Jeremy C. Young of PEN America

In our first episode of 2025, we’re talking with special guest Jeremy C. Young, the director of state and higher education policy at PEN America, a nonprofit organization that unites writers and their allies to defend the freedom of expression nationwide. He oversees PEN America’s state policy and advocacy work across all US free expression programs and directs the Freedom to Learn program fighting government censorship of colleges and universities. His commentary on issues of academic freedom, higher education, and American democracy appears frequently in media outlets, and he speaks regularly on these topics before national and international audiences. A historian by training, Young is the author of The Age of Charisma: Leaders, Followers, and Emotions in American Society, 1870-1940 (Cambridge University Press, 2017). He holds a BA in history and music from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and an MA and Ph.D. in U.S. history from Indiana University.

We spoke with Jeremy about censorship and academic freedom, educational gag orders, the primacy of local communities in political communication, the role of charisma in political persuasion, and more. Thanks for listening, and please rate, review, and subscribe to help us grow!

Sources & Resources:

PEN America

Jeremy C. Young - PEN America

Kanawha County Textbook War - Wikipedia

Keyishian v. Board of Regents | 385 U.S. 589 (1967) | Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center

Karen M. Dunak - NYU Press

]]> Confronting Educational Censorship & Securing Academic Freedom: A Conversation with Jeremy C. Young of PEN America Moonbeam Multimedia 00:48:03 A critical discussion of educational censorship and academic freedom with Jeremy C. Young of PEN America. Discover how local communities, charisma, and policy are shaping the conversation in higher education. A critical discussion of educational censorship and academic freedom with Jeremy C. Young of PEN America. Discover how local communities, charisma, and policy are shaping the conversation in higher education. false full 124 1 e2fac761-e3b3-4b4c-b53f-501606a8d0db Red Bricks, Revolution, and Renewal In our final episode of 2024, the 16:1 hosts share reflections and takeaways from the 2024 NCTE National Conference held in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was inspiring and energizing, featuring notable figures such as Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, comedienne Kate McKinnon, social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson, and beloved authors such as Jo Knowles. Though exhausting, the conference left us re-energized and brimming with ideas! Join us as we cover:

  • Nationwide initiatives to protect intellectual and academic freedom, combat book bans and censorship, and prioritize student mental health.
  • Classroom-focused discussions on the ethical and practical applications of artificial intelligence in education.
  • Innovative uses of games, podcasts, and other “new” media to create compelling and accessible learning experiences.
  • Solutions journalism as a tool to de-escalate political discourse and empower student journalists.

Thank you for listening to 16:1. Your ratings and reviews help us reach teachers and learners around the world, so please consider leaving a note for us in your favorite podcasting app. If there’s a story from your educational community that you would like us to cover in 2025, please write to hello@sixteentoone.com to get in touch with our editorial team. See you in the new year!

Sources & Resources:

The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science | Anderson's Bookshop Naperville

Bryan Stevenson | Equal Justice Initiative

The Supreme Court: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Great Molasses Flood - Wikipedia

How to Fight Book Bans: Proactive Tips for Educators - PEN America

K. A. Keener Headquarters (NCTE Presenter on Narrative & Gaming)

News Literacy Project

Solutions Journalism Network

USS Constitution Museum

]]> Thu, 5 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ In our final episode of 2024, the 16:1 hosts share reflections and takeaways from the 2024 NCTE National Conference held in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was inspiring and energizing, featuring notable figures such as Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, comedienne Kate McKinnon, social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson, and beloved authors such as Jo Knowles. Though exhausting, the conference left us re-energized and brimming with ideas! Join us as we cover:

  • Nationwide initiatives to protect intellectual and academic freedom, combat book bans and censorship, and prioritize student mental health.
  • Classroom-focused discussions on the ethical and practical applications of artificial intelligence in education.
  • Innovative uses of games, podcasts, and other “new” media to create compelling and accessible learning experiences.
  • Solutions journalism as a tool to de-escalate political discourse and empower student journalists.

Thank you for listening to 16:1. Your ratings and reviews help us reach teachers and learners around the world, so please consider leaving a note for us in your favorite podcasting app. If there’s a story from your educational community that you would like us to cover in 2025, please write to hello@sixteentoone.com to get in touch with our editorial team. See you in the new year!

Sources & Resources:

The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science | Anderson's Bookshop Naperville

Bryan Stevenson | Equal Justice Initiative

The Supreme Court: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Great Molasses Flood - Wikipedia

How to Fight Book Bans: Proactive Tips for Educators - PEN America

K. A. Keener Headquarters (NCTE Presenter on Narrative & Gaming)

News Literacy Project

Solutions Journalism Network

USS Constitution Museum

]]> Red Bricks, Revolution, and Renewal Moonbeam Multimedia 00:40:04 Reflections and takeaways on teaching and learning from the 2024 NCTE National Conference held in Boston. Reflections and takeaways on teaching and learning from the 2024 NCTE National Conference held in Boston. false full 123 1 0fa40f1d-7aa4-4f49-80cb-2955a9c93e85 Education at the Ballot Box: 2024 U.S. General Election Debrief What Could a Trump 2.0 Administration Mean for Teachers and Students Across the Country?

This week we’re taking a hard look at the potential implications of a second term for former President Donald Trump on education in the United States. From funding overhauls to student safety, we explore how changes at the federal level could impact teachers, students, and educational institutions nationwide. We discuss new proposals for universal school choice programs, changes to student loan repayment programs, potential rollbacks of consumer protections and regulations for for-profit colleges and universities, and likely changes to Title IX.

We are also updating listeners on the substantial cost of cultural and ideological conflicts in education; recent reporting from the Guardian estimates that U.S. taxpayers are bearing billions in costs due to schools combating misinformation and addressing attacks from various activist groups. Potential appointments for the Secretary of Education—figures who support book bans and restrictive educational policies—could further challenge freedom of expression and access to diverse educational materials.

Significant changes to the Department of Education are complex and require legislative action. While a president cannot unilaterally eliminate a federal department, there is room for executive actions that can alter how the department operates. We discuss the mechanisms through which federal education policies can change and what that means for schools across the country.

]]> Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ What Could a Trump 2.0 Administration Mean for Teachers and Students Across the Country?

This week we’re taking a hard look at the potential implications of a second term for former President Donald Trump on education in the United States. From funding overhauls to student safety, we explore how changes at the federal level could impact teachers, students, and educational institutions nationwide. We discuss new proposals for universal school choice programs, changes to student loan repayment programs, potential rollbacks of consumer protections and regulations for for-profit colleges and universities, and likely changes to Title IX.

We are also updating listeners on the substantial cost of cultural and ideological conflicts in education; recent reporting from the Guardian estimates that U.S. taxpayers are bearing billions in costs due to schools combating misinformation and addressing attacks from various activist groups. Potential appointments for the Secretary of Education—figures who support book bans and restrictive educational policies—could further challenge freedom of expression and access to diverse educational materials.

Significant changes to the Department of Education are complex and require legislative action. While a president cannot unilaterally eliminate a federal department, there is room for executive actions that can alter how the department operates. We discuss the mechanisms through which federal education policies can change and what that means for schools across the country.

]]> Education at the Ballot Box: 2024 U.S. General Election Debrief Moonbeam Multimedia 00:36:14 In this 2024 U.S. general election debrief, we cover potential changes to school choice, student loans, Title IX, and educational policies that could reshape learning for teachers and students nationwide. In this 2024 U.S. general election debrief, we cover potential changes to school choice, student loans, Title IX, and educational policies that could reshape learning for teachers and students nationwide. false full 122 1 dbc1dd7e-b7bc-4d9e-8bbb-3f48cd759e8d Voices in Teaching feat. 2020 Nebraska Teacher of the Year Megan Helberg Voices in Teaching: A Conversation with Educator Megan Helberg

This week we are very excited to kick off a new 16:1 series called Voices in Teaching, where we will interview educators who have been recognized for innovation and excellence in their craft. Our first featured educator is Megan Helberg, who hails from rural Loup County, Nebraska, where she taught 8th-12th grade English for 15 years. In 2020, Helberg received the prestigious honor of being named the Nebraska Teacher of the Year. 

Helberg is passionate about Holocaust and genocide education, having received a Fund for Teachers grant to visit Holocaust-related sites throughout Europe and to purchase Holocaust literature resources for her school. Megan was named a Museum Teacher Fellow for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in 2016 and now assists the USHMM as a mentor for incoming teacher fellows. Helberg was selected as a Lowell Milken Center Fellow in 2021, to The Olga Lengyel Institute (TOLI) summer seminar in 2022, and recently was selected to study at the highly-acclaimed institution, Yad Vashem. She is also the 2024 Anne Frank Educator of the Year.

Megan recently accepted a job with the Anne Frank Center (the Anne Frank House's official partner in the USA), where she now travels the world to share resources, educational opportunities, and peer-to-peer trainings centered on the Frank family, the Holocaust, and the lessons of history that are still highly relevant to today’s learners.

In this episode, we explore Megan's journey as an educator in the classroom and beyond, including the story of a heartwarming surprise meeting with Dr. Jill Biden at the White House. We also explore the challenges and rewards of teaching in a small, rural community and how teachers might foster a sense of belonging, community, and shared values among students. Megan’s innovative approaches to education, including the founding of a travel club that has taken students and community members around the world, exemplifies her belief in the power of experiences to broaden horizons and strengthen communal bonds.

Join us for an inspiring conversation that highlights the profound difference one dedicated teacher can make.

]]> Thu, 7 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Voices in Teaching: A Conversation with Educator Megan Helberg

This week we are very excited to kick off a new 16:1 series called Voices in Teaching, where we will interview educators who have been recognized for innovation and excellence in their craft. Our first featured educator is Megan Helberg, who hails from rural Loup County, Nebraska, where she taught 8th-12th grade English for 15 years. In 2020, Helberg received the prestigious honor of being named the Nebraska Teacher of the Year. 

Helberg is passionate about Holocaust and genocide education, having received a Fund for Teachers grant to visit Holocaust-related sites throughout Europe and to purchase Holocaust literature resources for her school. Megan was named a Museum Teacher Fellow for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in 2016 and now assists the USHMM as a mentor for incoming teacher fellows. Helberg was selected as a Lowell Milken Center Fellow in 2021, to The Olga Lengyel Institute (TOLI) summer seminar in 2022, and recently was selected to study at the highly-acclaimed institution, Yad Vashem. She is also the 2024 Anne Frank Educator of the Year.

Megan recently accepted a job with the Anne Frank Center (the Anne Frank House's official partner in the USA), where she now travels the world to share resources, educational opportunities, and peer-to-peer trainings centered on the Frank family, the Holocaust, and the lessons of history that are still highly relevant to today’s learners.

In this episode, we explore Megan's journey as an educator in the classroom and beyond, including the story of a heartwarming surprise meeting with Dr. Jill Biden at the White House. We also explore the challenges and rewards of teaching in a small, rural community and how teachers might foster a sense of belonging, community, and shared values among students. Megan’s innovative approaches to education, including the founding of a travel club that has taken students and community members around the world, exemplifies her belief in the power of experiences to broaden horizons and strengthen communal bonds.

Join us for an inspiring conversation that highlights the profound difference one dedicated teacher can make.

]]> Voices in Teaching feat. 2020 Nebraska Teacher of the Year Megan Helberg Moonbeam Multimedia 01:07:46 Discover how 2020 Nebraska Teacher of the Year Megan Helberg empowers rural students through innovative Holocaust education, travel, and community building initiatives. Discover how 2020 Nebraska Teacher of the Year Megan Helberg empowers rural students through innovative Holocaust education, travel, and community building initiatives. false full 121 1 8f10f976-5cf0-49aa-b6d9-d78d9e45053e Charter Closures, Elite College Admissions, and Smart Phone Bans - Edu News for October 2024 Charters Closures Leave Students Scrambling

New research from the National Center for Charter School Accountability and the Network for Public Education reveals troubling patterns in charter school longevity. Analyzing over 2 million Department of Education records, researchers found that 55% of charter schools fail by their 20th year, with a quarter closing within just five years of opening. These closures, often triggered by enrollment decline or mismanagement, create significant disruptions for millions of students annually—frequently with little to no warning.

Elite College Admissions Arms Race

The rise of premium college consulting services, like Jamie Beaton's Crimson Education, has sparked fresh debate about equity in elite college admissions. With consultants working with students as young as 11 to craft the perfect academic profile, and boasting acceptance rates 6-7 times higher than normal at prestigious institutions like Harvard and Yale, we're forced to question: Has college admissions become more about costly strategies than merit?

UK's Bold Moves Against Phones in Schools

UK educators and teachers' unions are pushing for national legislation to ban smartphones in schools. A proposed bill introduced by Labour MP Josh MacAlister would require students to store phones in locked boxes until the end of the school day. Early adopters of similar policies report decreased drama and increased physical activity among students. Even Eton College, Britain's most elite boarding school, is joining the movement, having announced a phone ban that started in September 2024. Their approach? Allow simple Nokia phones for calls and texts while prohibiting smart devices—a move aimed at prioritizing learning and reducing distractions.

Oklahoma's Ongoing Religious Education Controversy

A lawsuit filed with the Oklahoma Supreme Court on October 17th challenges State Superintendent Ryan Walters' plan to spend $3 million on leather-bound Bibles containing the Constitution and Declaration of Independence for public schools. Parents and teachers argue this mandate violates religious freedom by favoring a specific Protestant interpretation.

College Sports' New Era

The National Letter of Intent (NLI) system, a cornerstone of college athletic recruitment since 1964, has been eliminated as of October 2024. Athletes will now sign financial aid agreements that may include revenue-sharing contracts—a change following the 2021 Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) reforms. This shift could widen the gap between wealthy institutions and smaller programs, though its full impact remains to be seen.

Subscribe to 16:1 podcast for more in-depth analysis of education policy and reform. Listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast platform or stream it directly from our website.

Sources & Resources:

Stanton wins ALCS MVP as peers agree: 'This is what Big G lives for'

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet appears on the western horizon

The Guru Who Says He Can Get Your 11-Year-Old Into Harvard - WSJ

Signings of the times: Banished letters of intent, shrunk transfer window equals more college chaos | AP News

NCAA approves elimination of national letter of intent program - ESPN

New students at Eton, the poshest of Britain's elite private schools, will not be allowed smartphones - CBS News

More than 25% of charters shutter within 5 years - K-12 Dive

New Report Reveals Startling Rates of Charter School Failures - WJBF

Texas AFT :‘Doomed To Fail’: New Report Shows How Charter School Churn Harms Students They Purported to Help ‣ Texas AFT

Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official's classroom Bible mandate

Bibles that Oklahoma wants for schools match version backed by Trump | AP News

Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official’s classroom Bible mandate | CNN

Supreme Court of Oklahoma - Ryan Walters Case

Doomed to Fail - NCCSA

New students at Eton, the poshest of Britain's elite private schools, will not be allowed smartphones - CBS News

First school to ban smartphones adds to pressure on Starmer to protect children | The Independent

Mobile phones in schools - GOV.UK

Fight begins to make mobile-free schools law

Smartphones could be banned in schools in England under new law

]]> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Charters Closures Leave Students Scrambling

New research from the National Center for Charter School Accountability and the Network for Public Education reveals troubling patterns in charter school longevity. Analyzing over 2 million Department of Education records, researchers found that 55% of charter schools fail by their 20th year, with a quarter closing within just five years of opening. These closures, often triggered by enrollment decline or mismanagement, create significant disruptions for millions of students annually—frequently with little to no warning.

Elite College Admissions Arms Race

The rise of premium college consulting services, like Jamie Beaton's Crimson Education, has sparked fresh debate about equity in elite college admissions. With consultants working with students as young as 11 to craft the perfect academic profile, and boasting acceptance rates 6-7 times higher than normal at prestigious institutions like Harvard and Yale, we're forced to question: Has college admissions become more about costly strategies than merit?

UK's Bold Moves Against Phones in Schools

UK educators and teachers' unions are pushing for national legislation to ban smartphones in schools. A proposed bill introduced by Labour MP Josh MacAlister would require students to store phones in locked boxes until the end of the school day. Early adopters of similar policies report decreased drama and increased physical activity among students. Even Eton College, Britain's most elite boarding school, is joining the movement, having announced a phone ban that started in September 2024. Their approach? Allow simple Nokia phones for calls and texts while prohibiting smart devices—a move aimed at prioritizing learning and reducing distractions.

Oklahoma's Ongoing Religious Education Controversy

A lawsuit filed with the Oklahoma Supreme Court on October 17th challenges State Superintendent Ryan Walters' plan to spend $3 million on leather-bound Bibles containing the Constitution and Declaration of Independence for public schools. Parents and teachers argue this mandate violates religious freedom by favoring a specific Protestant interpretation.

College Sports' New Era

The National Letter of Intent (NLI) system, a cornerstone of college athletic recruitment since 1964, has been eliminated as of October 2024. Athletes will now sign financial aid agreements that may include revenue-sharing contracts—a change following the 2021 Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) reforms. This shift could widen the gap between wealthy institutions and smaller programs, though its full impact remains to be seen.

Subscribe to 16:1 podcast for more in-depth analysis of education policy and reform. Listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast platform or stream it directly from our website.

Sources & Resources:

Stanton wins ALCS MVP as peers agree: 'This is what Big G lives for'

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet appears on the western horizon

The Guru Who Says He Can Get Your 11-Year-Old Into Harvard - WSJ

Signings of the times: Banished letters of intent, shrunk transfer window equals more college chaos | AP News

NCAA approves elimination of national letter of intent program - ESPN

New students at Eton, the poshest of Britain's elite private schools, will not be allowed smartphones - CBS News

More than 25% of charters shutter within 5 years - K-12 Dive

New Report Reveals Startling Rates of Charter School Failures - WJBF

Texas AFT :‘Doomed To Fail’: New Report Shows How Charter School Churn Harms Students They Purported to Help ‣ Texas AFT

Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official's classroom Bible mandate

Bibles that Oklahoma wants for schools match version backed by Trump | AP News

Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official’s classroom Bible mandate | CNN

Supreme Court of Oklahoma - Ryan Walters Case

Doomed to Fail - NCCSA

New students at Eton, the poshest of Britain's elite private schools, will not be allowed smartphones - CBS News

First school to ban smartphones adds to pressure on Starmer to protect children | The Independent

Mobile phones in schools - GOV.UK

Fight begins to make mobile-free schools law

Smartphones could be banned in schools in England under new law

]]> Charter Closures, Elite College Admissions, and Smart Phone Bans - Edu News for October 2024 Moonbeam Multimedia 00:31:22 This week's education news headline roundup covers alarming charter school failure rates, elite college admissions consulting practices, UK's nationwide school phone ban proposal, and major changes to college sports recruitment. This week's education news headline roundup covers alarming charter school failure rates, elite college admissions consulting practices, UK's nationwide school phone ban proposal, and major changes to college sports recruitment. false full 120 1 b8ee3a86-2313-4836-9a96-99f461e4236b Confronting Misinformation: Lessons from the Classroom Confronting Misinformation: Lessons from the Classroom

Election season is upon the U.S., and with it comes a tidal wave of information—some enlightening, some misleading. In our latest episode, we explore the impact of misinformation and disinformation on schools and communities of learning.

As educators, part of our mission is to help our students become informed citizens. But what happens when the channels upon which we rely are flooded with false or misleading information, fantastical conspiracy theories, and threats to health and safety? How do we equip our students—and ourselves—to discern fact from fiction when misinformation spreads like wildfire?

Discover how false information is creating challenges in classrooms and administrative offices nationwide, explore essential questions everyone should consider when consuming media (and tools you can bring into your classroom), and learn about strategies and resources including Media Literacy Week and initiatives by the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA).

Sources & Resources:

Donate to Hurricane Helene Relief | American Red Cross

Here's how to help victims of Hurricane Helene

The Northern Lights - Discovering the Arctic.

What is Media Literacy Week?

Teaching Media Literacy in High School | Edutopia

NSPRA - From Distortion to Clarity Report

Media Literacy Now Policy Report 2024

Crash Course Media Literacy

Teenagers and Misinformation: Some Starting Points for Teaching Media Literacy - The New York Times

POSSE - IndieWeb

]]> Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Confronting Misinformation: Lessons from the Classroom

Election season is upon the U.S., and with it comes a tidal wave of information—some enlightening, some misleading. In our latest episode, we explore the impact of misinformation and disinformation on schools and communities of learning.

As educators, part of our mission is to help our students become informed citizens. But what happens when the channels upon which we rely are flooded with false or misleading information, fantastical conspiracy theories, and threats to health and safety? How do we equip our students—and ourselves—to discern fact from fiction when misinformation spreads like wildfire?

Discover how false information is creating challenges in classrooms and administrative offices nationwide, explore essential questions everyone should consider when consuming media (and tools you can bring into your classroom), and learn about strategies and resources including Media Literacy Week and initiatives by the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA).

Sources & Resources:

Donate to Hurricane Helene Relief | American Red Cross

Here's how to help victims of Hurricane Helene

The Northern Lights - Discovering the Arctic.

What is Media Literacy Week?

Teaching Media Literacy in High School | Edutopia

NSPRA - From Distortion to Clarity Report

Media Literacy Now Policy Report 2024

Crash Course Media Literacy

Teenagers and Misinformation: Some Starting Points for Teaching Media Literacy - The New York Times

POSSE - IndieWeb

]]> Confronting Misinformation: Lessons from the Classroom Moonbeam Multimedia 00:47:37 Explore the impact of misinformation and disinformation on schools and communities of learning; learn about strategies and tools to strengthen communication and slow the spread of false or misleading information. Explore the impact of misinformation and disinformation on schools and communities of learning; learn about strategies and tools to strengthen communication and slow the spread of false or misleading information. false full 119 1 a17b0555-3b22-41c9-b56b-602084ac05dc Scandals, Subpoenas, and Student Loan Shakeups - Edu News for September 2024 Scandals, Subpoenas, and Student Loan Shakeups - Edu News for September 2024

Here’s the 16:1 Education News Headline Roundup for September, 2024. Don’t forget to sign up for the 16:1 podcast email newsletter for the latest news, resources, workshop offerings, and more!

  • We start with a touch of chaos in Columbus, where the State Teacher Retirement System continues its rocky 2024 trajectory. A controversial board member is out, as is the executive director who was subject of a workplace misconduct allegation.
  • Columbus City Schools board members are facing mounting pressure to address leadership concerns after the leaking of a memo that encouraged district leadership to use “racial dynamics” to drive a wedge between the district’s unions.
  • A new Pro Publica report has just been released highlighting Ohio’s unprecedented foray into using public, taxpayer funding for the construction and renovation of private religious schools.
  • California may soon join a handful of other states in banning legacy college admissions at private educational institutions.
  • Student loan servicer Navient has been banned from providing services for federal student loans after reaching a $120 million settlement “years of failures and lawbreaking.”

Sources & Resources:

CFPB Bans Navient from Federal Student Loan Servicing

Here's which Navient student loan borrowers may qualify for relief under $120 million settlement

Navient banned from federal student loan servicing, will pay borrowers $100 million in compensation. - CBS News

Chaos-filled day at Ohio teachers' pension board leading to even more ethical concerns

Alleged ‘backdoor ties’ between retired teachers’ pension fund & investment firm

Ohio AG Yost files subpoenas in teachers pension scandal; investment firm responds

CCS - Investigation Report 06.04.24 | Download Free PDF | Communication

Columbus school board recordings show efforts to spin document leak

In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools

Takeaways from AP's report on churches starting schools in voucher states | AP News

California lawmakers vote to ban legacy admissions at universities like Stanford

Penalties Removed from California Bill to Ban Donor and Legacy Preferences in Private College Admissions

Big publishers think libraries are the enemy

Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over E-Book Copyright Infringement. Here's What to Know

Second Circuit Says Libraries Disincentivize Authors To Write Books By Lending Them For Free | Techdirt

The Boys in the Boat - The Book Loft

Major Publishers Sue Florida Over Banned School Library Books - The New York Times

2023 Bill Summaries - The Florida Senate

Penguin Random House, 5 Additional Publishers, & Authors Guild File Landmark Lawsuit Against State of Florida for Unconstitutional Book-Banning Provisions With House Bill 1069

Major publishers sue over law leading to book removals | The Capitolist

How to confirm your voter registration status | USAGov

]]> Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Scandals, Subpoenas, and Student Loan Shakeups - Edu News for September 2024

Here’s the 16:1 Education News Headline Roundup for September, 2024. Don’t forget to sign up for the 16:1 podcast email newsletter for the latest news, resources, workshop offerings, and more!

  • We start with a touch of chaos in Columbus, where the State Teacher Retirement System continues its rocky 2024 trajectory. A controversial board member is out, as is the executive director who was subject of a workplace misconduct allegation.
  • Columbus City Schools board members are facing mounting pressure to address leadership concerns after the leaking of a memo that encouraged district leadership to use “racial dynamics” to drive a wedge between the district’s unions.
  • A new Pro Publica report has just been released highlighting Ohio’s unprecedented foray into using public, taxpayer funding for the construction and renovation of private religious schools.
  • California may soon join a handful of other states in banning legacy college admissions at private educational institutions.
  • Student loan servicer Navient has been banned from providing services for federal student loans after reaching a $120 million settlement “years of failures and lawbreaking.”

Sources & Resources:

CFPB Bans Navient from Federal Student Loan Servicing

Here's which Navient student loan borrowers may qualify for relief under $120 million settlement

Navient banned from federal student loan servicing, will pay borrowers $100 million in compensation. - CBS News

Chaos-filled day at Ohio teachers' pension board leading to even more ethical concerns

Alleged ‘backdoor ties’ between retired teachers’ pension fund & investment firm

Ohio AG Yost files subpoenas in teachers pension scandal; investment firm responds

CCS - Investigation Report 06.04.24 | Download Free PDF | Communication

Columbus school board recordings show efforts to spin document leak

In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools

Takeaways from AP's report on churches starting schools in voucher states | AP News

California lawmakers vote to ban legacy admissions at universities like Stanford

Penalties Removed from California Bill to Ban Donor and Legacy Preferences in Private College Admissions

Big publishers think libraries are the enemy

Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over E-Book Copyright Infringement. Here's What to Know

Second Circuit Says Libraries Disincentivize Authors To Write Books By Lending Them For Free | Techdirt

The Boys in the Boat - The Book Loft

Major Publishers Sue Florida Over Banned School Library Books - The New York Times

2023 Bill Summaries - The Florida Senate

Penguin Random House, 5 Additional Publishers, & Authors Guild File Landmark Lawsuit Against State of Florida for Unconstitutional Book-Banning Provisions With House Bill 1069

Major publishers sue over law leading to book removals | The Capitolist

How to confirm your voter registration status | USAGov

]]> Scandals, Subpoenas, and Student Loan Shakeups - Edu News for September 2024 Moonbeam Multimedia 00:24:49 We discuss the latest news from Ohio’s embattled State Teachers Retirement System, the Columbus City Schools board, and Ohio’s taxpayer funding for private religious schools. California’s potential ban on legacy college admissions and the Navient student loan settlement round out the episode. We discuss the latest news from Ohio’s embattled State Teachers Retirement System, the Columbus City Schools board, and Ohio’s taxpayer funding for private religious schools. California’s potential ban on legacy college admissions and the Navient student loan settlement round out the episode. false full 118 1 cf1ef37d-ecfa-4ed1-a1b1-5cc68c41ab3a Student Well-Being: Why Mental Health Must Come First Student Well-Being: Why Mental Health Must Come First

[00:02:22]

Student well-being and strong mental health are essential for effective learning. This episode explores the growing mental health challenges faced by K-12 and college students globally. Rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues have surged, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent research from the U.S. Surgeon General notes a rise in mental health struggles among youth, including major depressive episodes and suicidal thoughts, compounded by increased screen time and social media use. In higher education, nearly 40% of students report conditions like anxiety or depression.

 [00:07:00]

We discuss key contributing factors to the student mental health crisis, including excessive academic pressure, economic uncertainty, political and environmental anxiety, and disrupted sleep patterns. Social media plays a significant role, as students grapple with the pressure to maintain curated online personas.

[00:15:45]

Our conversation also highlights helpful resources and organizations working to address these issues, such as HundreED’s Wellbeing in Schools project, Active Minds, and the Trevor Project. These organizations focus on integrating mental health support into education, providing vital resources, and advocating for policy change to improve student well-being.

[00:20:15]]

In the classroom, we explore trauma-informed teaching practices, mindfulness, peer support networks, and compassionate grading policies. Educators are finding new ways to balance preparing students for a tough world while creating a nurturing, supportive environment. Join us in this important conversation!

Sources & Resources:

Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory

Surgeon General Advisory Raises Alarm on Youth Mental Health

FAFSA - Wikipedia.

Well-Being Assessment - ACHA

REFERENCE GROUP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Fall 2023 - PILOT American College Health Association Well-Being Assessment

Environments to Support Wellbeing for All Students - Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education - NCBI Bookshelf

LET GO AND LET GROW: AN ASSESSMENT OF A SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTION ENCOURAGING INDEPENDENCE IN CHILDREN

The impact of income on mental health - The Lancet Public Health

HundrED Global Collection 2024

Education Innovations - HundrED

The Jed Foundation

News Articles & Press Releases from The Trevor Project

Matthew Shepard Foundation

Let Grow Mission and Values | We Believe in Childhood Independence

The Evidence - The Anxious Generation

ChezaCheza

MARIO Education

QIC: Quality Interactions & Creativity CIC

Community Programs - Active Minds

Learn – TWLOHA

Gamingbible - TikTok

The Uncensored Library

Protective Behaviours - 'Cause I Ain't Got a Pencil

Teens have less face time with their friends – and are lonelier than ever

]]> Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Student Well-Being: Why Mental Health Must Come First

[00:02:22]

Student well-being and strong mental health are essential for effective learning. This episode explores the growing mental health challenges faced by K-12 and college students globally. Rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues have surged, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent research from the U.S. Surgeon General notes a rise in mental health struggles among youth, including major depressive episodes and suicidal thoughts, compounded by increased screen time and social media use. In higher education, nearly 40% of students report conditions like anxiety or depression.

 [00:07:00]

We discuss key contributing factors to the student mental health crisis, including excessive academic pressure, economic uncertainty, political and environmental anxiety, and disrupted sleep patterns. Social media plays a significant role, as students grapple with the pressure to maintain curated online personas.

[00:15:45]

Our conversation also highlights helpful resources and organizations working to address these issues, such as HundreED’s Wellbeing in Schools project, Active Minds, and the Trevor Project. These organizations focus on integrating mental health support into education, providing vital resources, and advocating for policy change to improve student well-being.

[00:20:15]]

In the classroom, we explore trauma-informed teaching practices, mindfulness, peer support networks, and compassionate grading policies. Educators are finding new ways to balance preparing students for a tough world while creating a nurturing, supportive environment. Join us in this important conversation!

Sources & Resources:

Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory

Surgeon General Advisory Raises Alarm on Youth Mental Health

FAFSA - Wikipedia.

Well-Being Assessment - ACHA

REFERENCE GROUP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Fall 2023 - PILOT American College Health Association Well-Being Assessment

Environments to Support Wellbeing for All Students - Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education - NCBI Bookshelf

LET GO AND LET GROW: AN ASSESSMENT OF A SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTION ENCOURAGING INDEPENDENCE IN CHILDREN

The impact of income on mental health - The Lancet Public Health

HundrED Global Collection 2024

Education Innovations - HundrED

The Jed Foundation

News Articles & Press Releases from The Trevor Project

Matthew Shepard Foundation

Let Grow Mission and Values | We Believe in Childhood Independence

The Evidence - The Anxious Generation

ChezaCheza

MARIO Education

QIC: Quality Interactions & Creativity CIC

Community Programs - Active Minds

Learn – TWLOHA

Gamingbible - TikTok

The Uncensored Library

Protective Behaviours - 'Cause I Ain't Got a Pencil

Teens have less face time with their friends – and are lonelier than ever

]]> Student Well-Being: Why Mental Health Must Come First Moonbeam Multimedia 00:38:07 Explore the challenges to well-being and mental health facing K-12 and college communities, including rising rates of anxiety and depression, increasing academic pressure, social media, and economic uncertainty. Hear about organizations working to transform student well-being in schools. Explore the challenges to well-being and mental health facing K-12 and college communities, including rising rates of anxiety and depression, increasing academic pressure, social media, and economic uncertainty. Hear about organizations working to transform student well-being in schools. false full 117 1 6dff1868-ecb6-47ab-82c4-4d4427604730 Social Learning Theory Education News Headline Roundup [00:08:10]

Social Learning Theory: Bandura, Bobo, and Beyond [00:15:16]

Social Learning Theory (SLT) seeks to explain how we learn behaviors by observing and imitating others. This episode explores SLT's unique position between behaviorism, which focuses on observable behaviors, and cognitive psychology, which emphasizes internal processes like memory and perception.

We’ll discuss how Albert Bandura revolutionized psychology by developing new theories on aggression and modeled behaviors, challenging the dominant behaviorist views of the time. We’ll cover Bandura’s famous Bobo Doll experiment and its groundbreaking findings on observational learning, and we’ll also introduce you to other key figures in the development of SLT, like Julian Rotter, who developed the concept of locus of control, and Walter Mischel, known for the marshmallow test on delayed gratification. We’ll also tease apart the core concepts of SLT (modeling, self-efficacy, and vicarious reinforcement) to show how they work together to shape behavior. Finally, we’ll discuss the broader applications and criticisms of SLT in areas like education, media, and even advertising, where the power of observed behavior is leveraged in both positive and controversial ways.

Sources & Resources:

The rollout for the updated FAFSA application has been delayed again : NPR

After Botched Rollout, FAFSA Is Delayed for a Second Year - The New York Times

FAFSA Rollout Delayed Again: Here's What to Know | Paying for College | U.S. News

U.S. Department of Education Announces Schedule and New Process to Launch 2025-26 FAFSA Form

‘There’s nothing more important right now’: Cardona commits to fixing FAFSA disaster - POLITICO

Federal judges allow Iowa book ban to take effect this school year | AP News

Obama addresses healthcare website glitches - BBC News

Federal appeals court rules Iowa's book ban law can take effect

Sasse's spending, exit leave lingering questions at UF

University of Florida Pres. Kent Fuchs addresses Sasse allegations, plans for future

Sasse stepped down. Donors and top officials say he was forced out. - The Independent Florida Alligator

Ben Sasse Appears to Have Turned the University of Florida Into a Gravy Train for His Pals

Former UF President Ben Sasse defends spending after Gov. DeSantis raises concerns

Social cognitive theory | psychology | Britannica

Social learning | Secondary Keywords: Imitation, Observational Learning & Reinforcement | Britannica

Observational learning | Psychology, Behavior & Cognitive Processes | Britannica

Social learning theory - Wikipedia

Albert Bandura | Biography, Theory, Experiment, & Facts | Britannica

Albert Bandura, Leading Psychologist of Aggression, Dies at 95 - The New York Times

Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change - A. Bandura - APA PsycNet

Social learning and clinical psychology : Rotter, Julian B : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Julian Rotter - Wikipedia

Theories of Emeritus Professor Julian Rotter Still Relevant to Field of Clinical Psychology - UConn Today

Decision Making Individual Differences Inventory - Internal-External Scale

In Memoriam: Walter Mischel, Psychologist Who Developed Pioneering Marshmallow Test | Department of Psychology

Walter Mischel | Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, Cognitive Delay of Gratification | Britannica

How many users visit Wikipedia daily? - Quora.

The Bobo Doll Experiment - Psychestudy

Biological Mechanisms for Observational Learning - PMC

Albert Bandura's experiments on aggression modeling in children: A psychoanalytic critique - PMC

Remembrance For Walter Mischel, Psychologist Who Devised The Marshmallow Test

]]> Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education News Headline Roundup [00:08:10]

Social Learning Theory: Bandura, Bobo, and Beyond [00:15:16]

Social Learning Theory (SLT) seeks to explain how we learn behaviors by observing and imitating others. This episode explores SLT's unique position between behaviorism, which focuses on observable behaviors, and cognitive psychology, which emphasizes internal processes like memory and perception.

We’ll discuss how Albert Bandura revolutionized psychology by developing new theories on aggression and modeled behaviors, challenging the dominant behaviorist views of the time. We’ll cover Bandura’s famous Bobo Doll experiment and its groundbreaking findings on observational learning, and we’ll also introduce you to other key figures in the development of SLT, like Julian Rotter, who developed the concept of locus of control, and Walter Mischel, known for the marshmallow test on delayed gratification. We’ll also tease apart the core concepts of SLT (modeling, self-efficacy, and vicarious reinforcement) to show how they work together to shape behavior. Finally, we’ll discuss the broader applications and criticisms of SLT in areas like education, media, and even advertising, where the power of observed behavior is leveraged in both positive and controversial ways.

Sources & Resources:

The rollout for the updated FAFSA application has been delayed again : NPR

After Botched Rollout, FAFSA Is Delayed for a Second Year - The New York Times

FAFSA Rollout Delayed Again: Here's What to Know | Paying for College | U.S. News

U.S. Department of Education Announces Schedule and New Process to Launch 2025-26 FAFSA Form

‘There’s nothing more important right now’: Cardona commits to fixing FAFSA disaster - POLITICO

Federal judges allow Iowa book ban to take effect this school year | AP News

Obama addresses healthcare website glitches - BBC News

Federal appeals court rules Iowa's book ban law can take effect

Sasse's spending, exit leave lingering questions at UF

University of Florida Pres. Kent Fuchs addresses Sasse allegations, plans for future

Sasse stepped down. Donors and top officials say he was forced out. - The Independent Florida Alligator

Ben Sasse Appears to Have Turned the University of Florida Into a Gravy Train for His Pals

Former UF President Ben Sasse defends spending after Gov. DeSantis raises concerns

Social cognitive theory | psychology | Britannica

Social learning | Secondary Keywords: Imitation, Observational Learning & Reinforcement | Britannica

Observational learning | Psychology, Behavior & Cognitive Processes | Britannica

Social learning theory - Wikipedia

Albert Bandura | Biography, Theory, Experiment, & Facts | Britannica

Albert Bandura, Leading Psychologist of Aggression, Dies at 95 - The New York Times

Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change - A. Bandura - APA PsycNet

Social learning and clinical psychology : Rotter, Julian B : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Julian Rotter - Wikipedia

Theories of Emeritus Professor Julian Rotter Still Relevant to Field of Clinical Psychology - UConn Today

Decision Making Individual Differences Inventory - Internal-External Scale

In Memoriam: Walter Mischel, Psychologist Who Developed Pioneering Marshmallow Test | Department of Psychology

Walter Mischel | Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, Cognitive Delay of Gratification | Britannica

How many users visit Wikipedia daily? - Quora.

The Bobo Doll Experiment - Psychestudy

Biological Mechanisms for Observational Learning - PMC

Albert Bandura's experiments on aggression modeling in children: A psychoanalytic critique - PMC

Remembrance For Walter Mischel, Psychologist Who Devised The Marshmallow Test

]]> Social Learning Theory Moonbeam Multimedia 00:48:34 Discover how behaviors are learned through observation with Social Learning Theory; learn about Albert Bandura, the Bobo Doll experiment, and SLT's impact on education and media. Discover how behaviors are learned through observation with Social Learning Theory; learn about Albert Bandura, the Bobo Doll experiment, and SLT's impact on education and media. false full 116 1 dff975e5-23b3-427e-ac2c-2953cbad692c Ethics and the Educator Education News Headline Roundup
  • Last week brought news of a long-simmering conflict within OpenAI, a dominant player in the generative artificial intelligence space, over whether or not the company should release to the public a watermarking tool that would leave a secret trail of encoded breadcrumbs in textual output from ChatGPT.
  • Updates from ongoing literacy reform initiatives across the country:
  • Katie and guest educator Allyson discuss their state-mandated Science of Reading coursework after completing 10 modules that may have missed the mark of preparing teachers to tackle literacy challenges.

Ethics and the Educator

Teachers serve as ethical role models, and their personal philosophies deeply influence their day-to-day decisions and interactions with students. In this episode, we discuss how teacher education programs prepare (or fail to prepare) educators to approach these responsibilities with sensitivity and moral understanding. 

Contemporary challenges in teaching ethics are also examined, including the importance of age-appropriate content, the legal and policy constraints public school teachers face, and the necessity for cultural and ethical sensitivity in diverse classrooms. We discuss strategies for educators to recognize and mitigate their biases, promote respectful dialogue, and prepare students to navigate today's ethical and moral dilemmas, particularly in the digital age.

Finally, we consider the influence of parents and community members on classroom ethics and how educators can involve these parties constructively in the project of education. The episode concludes with a discussion of the value of formalized ethics lessons versus the ethical lessons naturally woven into everyday classroom experiences.

Discussion Questions:

  • How do your personal philosophies as educators shape your daily actions in the classroom?
  • In what ways do teacher education programs equip educators to handle ethical sensitivity and moral responsibility?
  • How has the role of the educator as a moral and ethical exemplar evolved throughout history?
  • Are formal ethics lessons more beneficial than the lessons students learn from everyday classroom interactions?
  • How can teachers effectively tailor ethics-related content to different age groups while keeping it engaging?

Sources & Resources:

OpenAI has the tech to watermark ChatGPT text—it just won’t release it | Ars Technica

There’s a Tool to Catch Students Cheating With ChatGPT. OpenAI Hasn’t Released It. - WSJ

Understanding the source of what we see and hear online | OpenAI

Massachusetts Literacy Reform Bill Dies, But State Spends $20 Million on Reading Education – Solondais

Literacy reform bill dies, but new reading program gets $20 million investment

Lost in a world of words: Key takeaways from Globe literacy investigation

Why It Is Called the Steeplechase and Why It Has Water Jumps. - Business Insider

]]> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education News Headline Roundup
  • Last week brought news of a long-simmering conflict within OpenAI, a dominant player in the generative artificial intelligence space, over whether or not the company should release to the public a watermarking tool that would leave a secret trail of encoded breadcrumbs in textual output from ChatGPT.
  • Updates from ongoing literacy reform initiatives across the country:
  • Katie and guest educator Allyson discuss their state-mandated Science of Reading coursework after completing 10 modules that may have missed the mark of preparing teachers to tackle literacy challenges.

Ethics and the Educator

Teachers serve as ethical role models, and their personal philosophies deeply influence their day-to-day decisions and interactions with students. In this episode, we discuss how teacher education programs prepare (or fail to prepare) educators to approach these responsibilities with sensitivity and moral understanding. 

Contemporary challenges in teaching ethics are also examined, including the importance of age-appropriate content, the legal and policy constraints public school teachers face, and the necessity for cultural and ethical sensitivity in diverse classrooms. We discuss strategies for educators to recognize and mitigate their biases, promote respectful dialogue, and prepare students to navigate today's ethical and moral dilemmas, particularly in the digital age.

Finally, we consider the influence of parents and community members on classroom ethics and how educators can involve these parties constructively in the project of education. The episode concludes with a discussion of the value of formalized ethics lessons versus the ethical lessons naturally woven into everyday classroom experiences.

Discussion Questions:

  • How do your personal philosophies as educators shape your daily actions in the classroom?
  • In what ways do teacher education programs equip educators to handle ethical sensitivity and moral responsibility?
  • How has the role of the educator as a moral and ethical exemplar evolved throughout history?
  • Are formal ethics lessons more beneficial than the lessons students learn from everyday classroom interactions?
  • How can teachers effectively tailor ethics-related content to different age groups while keeping it engaging?

Sources & Resources:

OpenAI has the tech to watermark ChatGPT text—it just won’t release it | Ars Technica

There’s a Tool to Catch Students Cheating With ChatGPT. OpenAI Hasn’t Released It. - WSJ

Understanding the source of what we see and hear online | OpenAI

Massachusetts Literacy Reform Bill Dies, But State Spends $20 Million on Reading Education – Solondais

Literacy reform bill dies, but new reading program gets $20 million investment

Lost in a world of words: Key takeaways from Globe literacy investigation

Why It Is Called the Steeplechase and Why It Has Water Jumps. - Business Insider

]]> Ethics and the Educator Moonbeam Multimedia 01:06:09 Ethics and the educator: explore how teachers exercise responsibilities as moral role models and employ effective strategies for fostering ethical sensitivity in the classroom. Ethics and the educator: explore how teachers exercise responsibilities as moral role models and employ effective strategies for fostering ethical sensitivity in the classroom. false full 115 1 98fca368-1a52-40fe-8a2e-dd56b32dcfe3 Schooling Without School: Free Schools, Democratic Schools, and the Unschooling Movement Education News Headline Roundup [00:05:22]

Schooling Without School: Free Schools, Democratic Schools, and the Unschooling Movement [00:13:00]

Alternative educational models, particularly self-directed learning approaches like free schooling and unschooling, have gained traction post-COVID-19. These models focus on tailored educational experiences, addressing individual student needs and interests, and often stem from diverse counter-cultural ideologies. Historical influences include Socrates, Plato, Rousseau, and Dewey, and significant figures discussed include A.S. Neill, founder of Summerhill School, and John Holt, advocate for homeschooling and unschooling. Both critiqued traditional schooling and promoted student autonomy, though their methods and reception are varied.

Free schooling is characterized by significant student autonomy, democratic governance, voluntary class attendance, and a focus on self-directed projects and experiential learning. Notable examples include Summerhill in the UK and Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts. Unschooling posits that children learn best through self-directed education without formal classes or curricula. It emphasizes student-led learning, everyday experiences as educational opportunities, and a non-compulsory structure. Parents act as facilitators rather than teachers.

This episode examines criticisms, such as potential academic gaps and socialization challenges, and discusses the suitability of these sometimes-radical student-led models for different learners, including those with disabilities. Socioeconomic factors affecting the feasibility of homeschooling and unschooling are also discussed. Post-COVID-19, remote work opportunities have increased the feasibility of these models, but socioeconomic status remains a significant determinant of access to resources and opportunities for self-directed learning.

Sources & Resources:

The ACT Test Is Evolving

ACT exam: Changes coming to college admissions test, will be significantly shorter and cheaper - ABC13 Houston

The SAT Has Changed: Here's What to Know

The ACT’s private equity takeover and the future of testing

During test-optional college admissions, exam-prep companies still thrived

University of Florida President Ben Sasse announces resignation

Board approves Sen. Ben Sasse to lead the University of Florida, despite outcry

University of Florida faculty passes symbolic vote against possible selection of Sen. Ben Sasse as president.

Ben Sasse, controversial University of Florida president, announces his resignation | PBS News

2U files for bankruptcy, but says students won’t notice - The Baltimore Banner

A look at 2U’s path to bankruptcy | Higher Ed Dive

OPM Watch: What Happens if Online Giant 2U Goes Under?

Unschooling Is the Parenting Trend That's Pissing Everyone Off

What to Know About Unschooling | K-12 Schools | U.S. News

Democratic Schools – Education Revolution

Democratic and Self-Directed Education

A Typical Summerhill Day

16:1 - Episode 14: Montessori Schools

What Is Montessori Education

What Is the Reggio Emilia Approach to Education?

A.S. Neill | Summerhill School, progressive education, libertarian education | Britannica

John Holt GWS

Developing Self-Directed Learners - PMC

Self-Directed Learning

Rethinking the globalisation of problem-based learning: how culture challenges self-directed learning

Sugata Mitra | Speaker | TED

John Holt (educator) - Wikipedia

Unschooling - Wikipedia

Sudbury Valley School

A. S. Neill - Wikipedia

Summerhill alumni: 'What we learnt at the school for scandal' | The Independent

Summerhill school: these days surprisingly strict | Teaching | The Guardian

Flavor Flav is soaking up his 1st Olympic experience cheering on the US water polo teams | AP News

The newest Olympic sports being played at the 2024 Paris Games - CBS News.

MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offline

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Schooling Without School: Free Schools, Democratic Schools, and the Unschooling Movement [00:13:00]

Alternative educational models, particularly self-directed learning approaches like free schooling and unschooling, have gained traction post-COVID-19. These models focus on tailored educational experiences, addressing individual student needs and interests, and often stem from diverse counter-cultural ideologies. Historical influences include Socrates, Plato, Rousseau, and Dewey, and significant figures discussed include A.S. Neill, founder of Summerhill School, and John Holt, advocate for homeschooling and unschooling. Both critiqued traditional schooling and promoted student autonomy, though their methods and reception are varied.

Free schooling is characterized by significant student autonomy, democratic governance, voluntary class attendance, and a focus on self-directed projects and experiential learning. Notable examples include Summerhill in the UK and Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts. Unschooling posits that children learn best through self-directed education without formal classes or curricula. It emphasizes student-led learning, everyday experiences as educational opportunities, and a non-compulsory structure. Parents act as facilitators rather than teachers.

This episode examines criticisms, such as potential academic gaps and socialization challenges, and discusses the suitability of these sometimes-radical student-led models for different learners, including those with disabilities. Socioeconomic factors affecting the feasibility of homeschooling and unschooling are also discussed. Post-COVID-19, remote work opportunities have increased the feasibility of these models, but socioeconomic status remains a significant determinant of access to resources and opportunities for self-directed learning.

Sources & Resources:

The ACT Test Is Evolving

ACT exam: Changes coming to college admissions test, will be significantly shorter and cheaper - ABC13 Houston

The SAT Has Changed: Here's What to Know

The ACT’s private equity takeover and the future of testing

During test-optional college admissions, exam-prep companies still thrived

University of Florida President Ben Sasse announces resignation

Board approves Sen. Ben Sasse to lead the University of Florida, despite outcry

University of Florida faculty passes symbolic vote against possible selection of Sen. Ben Sasse as president.

Ben Sasse, controversial University of Florida president, announces his resignation | PBS News

2U files for bankruptcy, but says students won’t notice - The Baltimore Banner

A look at 2U’s path to bankruptcy | Higher Ed Dive

OPM Watch: What Happens if Online Giant 2U Goes Under?

Unschooling Is the Parenting Trend That's Pissing Everyone Off

What to Know About Unschooling | K-12 Schools | U.S. News

Democratic Schools – Education Revolution

Democratic and Self-Directed Education

A Typical Summerhill Day

16:1 - Episode 14: Montessori Schools

What Is Montessori Education

What Is the Reggio Emilia Approach to Education?

A.S. Neill | Summerhill School, progressive education, libertarian education | Britannica

John Holt GWS

Developing Self-Directed Learners - PMC

Self-Directed Learning

Rethinking the globalisation of problem-based learning: how culture challenges self-directed learning

Sugata Mitra | Speaker | TED

John Holt (educator) - Wikipedia

Unschooling - Wikipedia

Sudbury Valley School

A. S. Neill - Wikipedia

Summerhill alumni: 'What we learnt at the school for scandal' | The Independent

Summerhill school: these days surprisingly strict | Teaching | The Guardian

Flavor Flav is soaking up his 1st Olympic experience cheering on the US water polo teams | AP News

The newest Olympic sports being played at the 2024 Paris Games - CBS News.

MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offline

]]> Schooling Without School: Free Schools, Democratic Schools, and the Unschooling Movement Moonbeam Multimedia 00:58:00 Free schooling, unschooling, democratic schools, and the self-directed learning models reshaping the lives of thousands of learners. Free schooling, unschooling, democratic schools, and the self-directed learning models reshaping the lives of thousands of learners. false full 114 1 2b81aadf-7908-484b-9081-d84c3429e56a Textbook Case: The Making and Marketing of Educational Resources Education News Headline Roundup [00:02:24]
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $1 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. This generous gift aims to cover tuition for a majority of students, addressing the financial barriers to medical education.
  • Dr. Elena Aydarova's recent work critiques Science of Reading reforms, arguing they often disguise motives of standardization, centralization, and privatization. Her analysis, based on advocacy efforts in Tennessee, reveals how these policies may perpetuate inequalities. The discussion highlights the tension between evidence-based teaching methods and the political agendas that influence educational policy. [Bonus content: A brief back and forth with Alfie Kohn, author of Punished by Rewards and many other titles!]

Textbook Case: The Making and Marketing of Educational Resources [00:13:45]

Textbooks are essential educational resources used to align with standards, provide structured learning, and support lesson planning. The process of creating a textbook begins with identifying a market for the resource and often involves multiple authors or contributors and extensive review. Major publishers such as Pearson and McGraw-Hill dominate the market. Marketing efforts include social media promotion, trade shows, and direct outreach to schools and (increasingly) students. The textbook adoption process for many schools involves evaluation by educators and curriculum coordinators to ensure curricular alignment and often incorporates review committees and pilot testing. Digital versions and supplementary resources such as video, audio, and online coursework are now standard as publishers scramble to appeal to tech-friendly classrooms.

Textbooks face criticism for being outdated, expensive, and potentially biased. They have the potential to promote standardization and test preparation over deep learning and critical thinking. Despite these issues, replacing textbooks is challenging due to the extensive effort required to update associated teaching materials, leading to prolonged use of flawed resources.

Discussion Questions [00:35:30]

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using textbooks versus original sources?

2. What does it mean to treat a textbook as an authoritative source of information? Are we equipping students to interrogate these educational materials and approach them with a critical lens?

3. Do textbooks contribute to over-standardization in education?

Sources & Resources:

Bloomberg Philanthropies Makes Medical School Free at Johns Hopkins Medical School

The Science of Reading (16:1)

Bloomberg's donation to Johns Hopkins gives medical students free tuition

What You See Is Not What You Get: Science of Reading Reforms As a Guise for Standardization, Centralization, and Privatization

How a textbook is made - Oxford University Press

The Schools Our Children Deserve - (Book) - Alfie Kohn

Cengage and McGraw-Hill Terminate Merger Agreement

Textbook publishers explore direct-to-student marketing and sales

About NCPC - National Capital Planning Commission

Paris Olympics by the numbers: Participating country stats and facts

]]> Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education News Headline Roundup [00:02:24]
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $1 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. This generous gift aims to cover tuition for a majority of students, addressing the financial barriers to medical education.
  • Dr. Elena Aydarova's recent work critiques Science of Reading reforms, arguing they often disguise motives of standardization, centralization, and privatization. Her analysis, based on advocacy efforts in Tennessee, reveals how these policies may perpetuate inequalities. The discussion highlights the tension between evidence-based teaching methods and the political agendas that influence educational policy. [Bonus content: A brief back and forth with Alfie Kohn, author of Punished by Rewards and many other titles!]

Textbook Case: The Making and Marketing of Educational Resources [00:13:45]

Textbooks are essential educational resources used to align with standards, provide structured learning, and support lesson planning. The process of creating a textbook begins with identifying a market for the resource and often involves multiple authors or contributors and extensive review. Major publishers such as Pearson and McGraw-Hill dominate the market. Marketing efforts include social media promotion, trade shows, and direct outreach to schools and (increasingly) students. The textbook adoption process for many schools involves evaluation by educators and curriculum coordinators to ensure curricular alignment and often incorporates review committees and pilot testing. Digital versions and supplementary resources such as video, audio, and online coursework are now standard as publishers scramble to appeal to tech-friendly classrooms.

Textbooks face criticism for being outdated, expensive, and potentially biased. They have the potential to promote standardization and test preparation over deep learning and critical thinking. Despite these issues, replacing textbooks is challenging due to the extensive effort required to update associated teaching materials, leading to prolonged use of flawed resources.

Discussion Questions [00:35:30]

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using textbooks versus original sources?

2. What does it mean to treat a textbook as an authoritative source of information? Are we equipping students to interrogate these educational materials and approach them with a critical lens?

3. Do textbooks contribute to over-standardization in education?

Sources & Resources:

Bloomberg Philanthropies Makes Medical School Free at Johns Hopkins Medical School

The Science of Reading (16:1)

Bloomberg's donation to Johns Hopkins gives medical students free tuition

What You See Is Not What You Get: Science of Reading Reforms As a Guise for Standardization, Centralization, and Privatization

How a textbook is made - Oxford University Press

The Schools Our Children Deserve - (Book) - Alfie Kohn

Cengage and McGraw-Hill Terminate Merger Agreement

Textbook publishers explore direct-to-student marketing and sales

About NCPC - National Capital Planning Commission

Paris Olympics by the numbers: Participating country stats and facts

]]> Textbook Case: The Making and Marketing of Educational Resources Moonbeam Multimedia 00:50:04 Textbooks have long been incorporated in classroom instructional practices, but should we revisit our use of these ubiquitous educational resources? Textbooks have long been incorporated in classroom instructional practices, but should we revisit our use of these ubiquitous educational resources? false full 113 1 42f53827-ecf0-42b9-b928-2fdaec7d20a4 Behaviorism in Education: The Legacy of B.F. Skinner Education News Headline Roundup

Behaviorism in Education: The Legacy of B.F. Skinner

In this episode, we investigate the life and work of B.F. Skinner, the pioneering psychologist who transformed our understanding of behaviorism and left deep marks on classrooms, schools, and methods of instruction. Discover how Skinner’s theories on behavior modification, reinforcement, and punishment continue to influence modern education and classroom management.

Highlights:

  • Early Life and Influences: Learn about Skinner's journey from aspiring writer to groundbreaking psychologist, influenced by the works of Ivan Pavlov and John B. Watson.
  • Operant Conditioning: Understand the principles of operant conditioning and how Skinner's research with rats and pigeons laid the foundation for behaviorist approaches in education.
  • The Skinner Box and Other Oddities and Experiments: Explore the development of the operant conditioning chamber, famously known as the "Skinner Box," and its role in studying animal behavior. Be sure to stick around for a discussion of… (checks notes…) war pigeons?
  • Educational Impact: Join a discussion of how Skinner's theories have shaped modern educational practices, including the use of positive and negative reinforcement, token economies, and programmed instruction.
  • Controversies and Criticisms: Delve into the ethical debates surrounding behaviorist techniques and their application in both educational and social contexts.
  • Legacy in Education: Katie and Chelsea Reflect on Skinner's lasting impact on educational technology and teaching methodologies.

Discussion Questions:

  • Has Skinner’s focus on observable and measurable behaviors had an overall positive or negative impact on formal educational systems?
  • How much behavior modification is too much when it comes to classroom instruction, and what are the ethical implications of applying behaviorist principles in schools?
  • With new research questioning the efficacy of extrinsic rewards, how do we reconcile Skinnerian approaches to motivation in modern education?

Sources & Resources:

Book about book bans banned by Florida school board | Books | The Guardian

Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects state education board's authority over public school libraries | AP News

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/louisiana-to-become-first-state-to-require-that-the-ten-commandments-be-displayed-in-every-public-school-classroom

Watch out Stanford. California is eyeing a new legacy admission ban | Politico

California May Ban Legacy Admissions at Universities - The New York Times

A New National Student Organization Is Taking Aim At Legacy Admissions

Proctorio | Office of Information Technology

Students Are Pushing Back Against Proctoring Surveillance Apps | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Biographical Information – B. F. Skinner Foundation

Project Pigeon - Wikipedia

B.F. Skinner’s Pigeon-Guided Rocket | Smithsonian

Understanding Behavioral Psychology: the Skinner Box

Behaviourism | Classical & Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement & Shaping | Britannica

Behaviorism In Psychology

THE IMPLICATION OF THE LEARNING THEORIES ON IMPLEMENTING E-LEARNING COURSES

What Kind of Dog Was Pavlov’s Dog? | Smithsonian

Pavlov, Watson, Skinner, And Behaviorism | Kate Votaw

B.F. Skinner Raised His Daughter in a Skinner Box? | Snopes.com

Mystery solved: We now know what happened to Little Albert

Operant Conditioning: What Is It and How It Works

Reinforcement and Punishment – General Psychology

Behaviorism in Education: What Is Behavioral Learning Theory?

Skinner’s Behaviourism - New Learning Online

Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters orders schools to teach the Bible

Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license

Skinner’s Reinforcement Theory in the Classroom | Teaching Channel

Why B.F. Skinner May Have Been The Most Dangerous Psychologist Ever

The Engineered Student: On B. F. Skinner’s Teaching Machine | The MIT Press Reader

 

]]> Thu, 4 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education News Headline Roundup

Behaviorism in Education: The Legacy of B.F. Skinner

In this episode, we investigate the life and work of B.F. Skinner, the pioneering psychologist who transformed our understanding of behaviorism and left deep marks on classrooms, schools, and methods of instruction. Discover how Skinner’s theories on behavior modification, reinforcement, and punishment continue to influence modern education and classroom management.

Highlights:

  • Early Life and Influences: Learn about Skinner's journey from aspiring writer to groundbreaking psychologist, influenced by the works of Ivan Pavlov and John B. Watson.
  • Operant Conditioning: Understand the principles of operant conditioning and how Skinner's research with rats and pigeons laid the foundation for behaviorist approaches in education.
  • The Skinner Box and Other Oddities and Experiments: Explore the development of the operant conditioning chamber, famously known as the "Skinner Box," and its role in studying animal behavior. Be sure to stick around for a discussion of… (checks notes…) war pigeons?
  • Educational Impact: Join a discussion of how Skinner's theories have shaped modern educational practices, including the use of positive and negative reinforcement, token economies, and programmed instruction.
  • Controversies and Criticisms: Delve into the ethical debates surrounding behaviorist techniques and their application in both educational and social contexts.
  • Legacy in Education: Katie and Chelsea Reflect on Skinner's lasting impact on educational technology and teaching methodologies.

Discussion Questions:

  • Has Skinner’s focus on observable and measurable behaviors had an overall positive or negative impact on formal educational systems?
  • How much behavior modification is too much when it comes to classroom instruction, and what are the ethical implications of applying behaviorist principles in schools?
  • With new research questioning the efficacy of extrinsic rewards, how do we reconcile Skinnerian approaches to motivation in modern education?

Sources & Resources:

Book about book bans banned by Florida school board | Books | The Guardian

Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects state education board's authority over public school libraries | AP News

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/louisiana-to-become-first-state-to-require-that-the-ten-commandments-be-displayed-in-every-public-school-classroom

Watch out Stanford. California is eyeing a new legacy admission ban | Politico

California May Ban Legacy Admissions at Universities - The New York Times

A New National Student Organization Is Taking Aim At Legacy Admissions

Proctorio | Office of Information Technology

Students Are Pushing Back Against Proctoring Surveillance Apps | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Biographical Information – B. F. Skinner Foundation

Project Pigeon - Wikipedia

B.F. Skinner’s Pigeon-Guided Rocket | Smithsonian

Understanding Behavioral Psychology: the Skinner Box

Behaviourism | Classical & Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement & Shaping | Britannica

Behaviorism In Psychology

THE IMPLICATION OF THE LEARNING THEORIES ON IMPLEMENTING E-LEARNING COURSES

What Kind of Dog Was Pavlov’s Dog? | Smithsonian

Pavlov, Watson, Skinner, And Behaviorism | Kate Votaw

B.F. Skinner Raised His Daughter in a Skinner Box? | Snopes.com

Mystery solved: We now know what happened to Little Albert

Operant Conditioning: What Is It and How It Works

Reinforcement and Punishment – General Psychology

Behaviorism in Education: What Is Behavioral Learning Theory?

Skinner’s Behaviourism - New Learning Online

Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters orders schools to teach the Bible

Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license

Skinner’s Reinforcement Theory in the Classroom | Teaching Channel

Why B.F. Skinner May Have Been The Most Dangerous Psychologist Ever

The Engineered Student: On B. F. Skinner’s Teaching Machine | The MIT Press Reader

 

]]> Behaviorism in Education: The Legacy of B.F. Skinner Moonbeam Multimedia 00:59:14 In this episode, we investigate the life and legacy of B.F. Skinner, the pioneering psychologist who transformed our understanding of behaviorism and left deep marks on classrooms, schools, and methods of instruction. In this episode, we investigate the life and legacy of B.F. Skinner, the pioneering psychologist who transformed our understanding of behaviorism and left deep marks on classrooms, schools, and methods of instruction. false full 112 1 5c091116-d98d-4093-af66-d31fee429f07 Year in Review: Volume III The hosts are on summer break, which means the return of an annual tradition: the 16:1 year in review, where Katie and Chelsea kick back and share about their year of learning. Education news headlines will return next episode.

Sources & Resources:

Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills Lakota prophecy | AP News

Bison Bellows: The birth of a white buffalo calf (U.S. National Park Service)

ChatGPT is bullshit | Ethics and Information Technology

Forbes letter threatens legal action against Perplexity AI over copyright

The AI industry is pushing a nuclear power revival — partly to fuel itself

Horrifying video of invisible fire during Indy 500 race has people questioning how it's even possible

American Library Association

Education - Suffs The Musical

]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ The hosts are on summer break, which means the return of an annual tradition: the 16:1 year in review, where Katie and Chelsea kick back and share about their year of learning. Education news headlines will return next episode.

Sources & Resources:

Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills Lakota prophecy | AP News

Bison Bellows: The birth of a white buffalo calf (U.S. National Park Service)

ChatGPT is bullshit | Ethics and Information Technology

Forbes letter threatens legal action against Perplexity AI over copyright

The AI industry is pushing a nuclear power revival — partly to fuel itself

Horrifying video of invisible fire during Indy 500 race has people questioning how it's even possible

American Library Association

Education - Suffs The Musical

]]> Year in Review: Volume III Moonbeam Multimedia 00:50:12 The hosts are on summer break, which means the return of an annual tradition: the 16:1 year in review, where Katie and Chelsea kick back and share about their year of learning. Education news headlines will return next episode. The hosts are on summer break, which means the return of an annual tradition: the 16:1 year in review, where Katie and Chelsea kick back and share about their year of learning. Education news headlines will return next episode. false full 111 1 0a5994a2-4872-4d3b-b10c-eb030dcfe1b0 Taking Chances, Making Mistakes, & Getting Messy! Education News Headline Roundup

Taking Chances, Making Mistakes, & Getting Messy

This week, 16:1 explores the origins of “The Magic School Bus,” the beloved children’s television series designed to engage young learners with scientific topics and other curious learning adventures.  The franchise, which started as a children's book series written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen in 1986, emerged from Scholastic Co.’s vision of blending science with fiction. The franchise sold 93 million book copies worldwide, captivating young minds and paving the way for its evolution into a popular TV show.

From 1994 to 1997, "The Magic School Bus" brought science to life on PBS, with Ms. Frizzle, voiced by Lily Tomlin, leading her fourth-grade class on magical field trips. Each adventure, from exploring the solar system to journeying inside the human body, made complex scientific concepts accessible and fun for young learners. Today, the series continues to inspire through its presence on Netflix and has recently gotten a reboot, "The Magic School Bus Rides Again."

We discuss the show's pedagogical approach, its effective use of repetition to reinforce concepts, and its clever handling of creative liberties with science. We also share behind-the-scenes stories and insights into the animation and voice acting process, revealing the dedication to making the show both scientifically accurate and entertaining. Tune in to hear our personal reflections on favorite episodes and how "The Magic School Bus" has shaped our understanding of science.

Sources & Resources:

Clarence Thomas attacks Brown v. Board ruling amid 70th anniversary

22-807 Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (05/23/2024)

Misrepresenting Justice Thomas on Brown | National Review

The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane

MLB Negro League stats leaderboard changes record book

Remembering 'Magic School Bus' Creator Joanna Cole : NPR

Ms. Frizzle creator leaves behind a legacy of learning | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

This School Year, Unleash Your Inner Ms. Frizzle - The New York Times

Kate McKinnon Shines as the New Ms. Frizzle on Netflix's 'The Magic School Bus' Reboot — Watch the Trailer

The Magic School Bus (TV series) - Wikipedia

The Magic School Bus "Behind the Scenes" (1996)

The Magic School Bus on Vimeo

The Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System : Microsoft : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming

The Magic School Bus Rides Again - Wikipedia

List of The Magic School Bus episodes - Wikipedia

]]> Thu, 6 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education News Headline Roundup

Taking Chances, Making Mistakes, & Getting Messy

This week, 16:1 explores the origins of “The Magic School Bus,” the beloved children’s television series designed to engage young learners with scientific topics and other curious learning adventures.  The franchise, which started as a children's book series written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen in 1986, emerged from Scholastic Co.’s vision of blending science with fiction. The franchise sold 93 million book copies worldwide, captivating young minds and paving the way for its evolution into a popular TV show.

From 1994 to 1997, "The Magic School Bus" brought science to life on PBS, with Ms. Frizzle, voiced by Lily Tomlin, leading her fourth-grade class on magical field trips. Each adventure, from exploring the solar system to journeying inside the human body, made complex scientific concepts accessible and fun for young learners. Today, the series continues to inspire through its presence on Netflix and has recently gotten a reboot, "The Magic School Bus Rides Again."

We discuss the show's pedagogical approach, its effective use of repetition to reinforce concepts, and its clever handling of creative liberties with science. We also share behind-the-scenes stories and insights into the animation and voice acting process, revealing the dedication to making the show both scientifically accurate and entertaining. Tune in to hear our personal reflections on favorite episodes and how "The Magic School Bus" has shaped our understanding of science.

Sources & Resources:

Clarence Thomas attacks Brown v. Board ruling amid 70th anniversary

22-807 Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (05/23/2024)

Misrepresenting Justice Thomas on Brown | National Review

The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane

MLB Negro League stats leaderboard changes record book

Remembering 'Magic School Bus' Creator Joanna Cole : NPR

Ms. Frizzle creator leaves behind a legacy of learning | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

This School Year, Unleash Your Inner Ms. Frizzle - The New York Times

Kate McKinnon Shines as the New Ms. Frizzle on Netflix's 'The Magic School Bus' Reboot — Watch the Trailer

The Magic School Bus (TV series) - Wikipedia

The Magic School Bus "Behind the Scenes" (1996)

The Magic School Bus on Vimeo

The Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System : Microsoft : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming

The Magic School Bus Rides Again - Wikipedia

List of The Magic School Bus episodes - Wikipedia

]]> Taking Chances, Making Mistakes, & Getting Messy! Moonbeam Multimedia 00:54:49 Discover the origins, educational impact, and cultural influence of the beloved children's entertainment franchise, "The Magic School Bus." Discover the origins, educational impact, and cultural influence of the beloved children's entertainment franchise, "The Magic School Bus." false full 110 1 d214ef28-bfa9-4554-b60d-6d6185339f54 Examining the Effects of High-Stakes Standardized Tests on Learning Outcomes Education News Headline Roundup

Examining the Effects of High-Stakes Standardized Tests on Learning Outcomes

This episode explores the history and impact of high-stakes standardized testing in the U.S., starting with a brief review of the No Child Left Behind Act and its legacy. Discussions include the educational goals of high-stakes tests (such as accountability and standardization), and the reasons why these tests often fall short of bettering educational outcomes for students, including curriculum narrowing and stress on students and teachers. We also delve into recent research, including a 2024 study by Maroun and Tienken, which highlights the significant influence of socioeconomic factors on test performance.

Discussion Questions

  • What are the consequences of "teaching to the test"?
  • Why does the high-stakes testing system persist despite its criticisms?
  • Can we design a system with standardized tests but without high-stakes consequences? What might this look like?
  • What would it take to move school administrators and policy makers toward the idea that standardized tests should inform academic strategies instead of penalties or other punitive measures?
  • How do we develop a system to hold educators accountable for serving students well that recognizes that a student’s academic or standardized test performance is not always the best indicator of that student’s learning? Would peer/student reviews play a part in this system?

Sources & Resources:

Ohio AG investigating alleged 'hostile takeover' inside teacher's pension fund

March Board News | STRS Ohio

April Board News | STRS Ohio

February Board News | STRS Ohio Employer

Answering viewer questions about Ohio's retired teachers' pension fund chaos

Houston teachers union calls for Mike Miles' resignation after explosive report

HISD students plan walkout as investigation launches into state-appointed superintendent Mike Miles

HISD's Mike Miles responds to 'spurious' investigation into charter school network

HISD superintendent Mike Miles accused of mishandling state education funds | CW39 Houston

Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles responds to allegations he diverted Texas school funds to his Colorado schools

Report about charter schools founded by Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles prompts calls for investigation

HISD Superintendent Mike Miles responds to report he funneled TX taxpayer money to Colorado | TEA commissioner, Third Future Schools also respond

Disappearing Dollars: Texas public schools missing millions

Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures - WSJ

Wiley shuts 19 scholarly journals amid AI paper mill problem • The Register

Wiley to shutter 19 journals

Evolving our portfolio in response to integrity challenges | Hindawi

‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point

Surge In Academic Retractions Should Put U.S. Scholars On Notice

Science’s fake-paper problem: high-profile effort will tackle paper mills

The Pernicious Predictability of State-Mandated Tests of Academic Achievement in the United States

Standardized Testing is Still Failing Students | NEA

Research Shows What State Standardized Tests Actually Measure

History of Standardized Tests - ProCon.org

18 years ago, Mike Pence voted against No Child Left Behind. So did Bernie Sanders. Their reasons weren’t the same. - The Washington Post

Episode 51 - Left Behind - 16:1 - An Education Podcast

Obama Calls for Major Change in Education Law - The New York Times

History of Standardized Testing in the United States | NEA

Pearson, ETS, Houghton Mifflin, and McGraw-Hill Lobby Big and Profit Bigger from School Tests | PR Watch

History of Memorial Day | National Memorial Day Concert | PBS

]]> Thu, 23 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education News Headline Roundup

Examining the Effects of High-Stakes Standardized Tests on Learning Outcomes

This episode explores the history and impact of high-stakes standardized testing in the U.S., starting with a brief review of the No Child Left Behind Act and its legacy. Discussions include the educational goals of high-stakes tests (such as accountability and standardization), and the reasons why these tests often fall short of bettering educational outcomes for students, including curriculum narrowing and stress on students and teachers. We also delve into recent research, including a 2024 study by Maroun and Tienken, which highlights the significant influence of socioeconomic factors on test performance.

Discussion Questions

  • What are the consequences of "teaching to the test"?
  • Why does the high-stakes testing system persist despite its criticisms?
  • Can we design a system with standardized tests but without high-stakes consequences? What might this look like?
  • What would it take to move school administrators and policy makers toward the idea that standardized tests should inform academic strategies instead of penalties or other punitive measures?
  • How do we develop a system to hold educators accountable for serving students well that recognizes that a student’s academic or standardized test performance is not always the best indicator of that student’s learning? Would peer/student reviews play a part in this system?

Sources & Resources:

Ohio AG investigating alleged 'hostile takeover' inside teacher's pension fund

March Board News | STRS Ohio

April Board News | STRS Ohio

February Board News | STRS Ohio Employer

Answering viewer questions about Ohio's retired teachers' pension fund chaos

Houston teachers union calls for Mike Miles' resignation after explosive report

HISD students plan walkout as investigation launches into state-appointed superintendent Mike Miles

HISD's Mike Miles responds to 'spurious' investigation into charter school network

HISD superintendent Mike Miles accused of mishandling state education funds | CW39 Houston

Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles responds to allegations he diverted Texas school funds to his Colorado schools

Report about charter schools founded by Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles prompts calls for investigation

HISD Superintendent Mike Miles responds to report he funneled TX taxpayer money to Colorado | TEA commissioner, Third Future Schools also respond

Disappearing Dollars: Texas public schools missing millions

Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures - WSJ

Wiley shuts 19 scholarly journals amid AI paper mill problem • The Register

Wiley to shutter 19 journals

Evolving our portfolio in response to integrity challenges | Hindawi

‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point

Surge In Academic Retractions Should Put U.S. Scholars On Notice

Science’s fake-paper problem: high-profile effort will tackle paper mills

The Pernicious Predictability of State-Mandated Tests of Academic Achievement in the United States

Standardized Testing is Still Failing Students | NEA

Research Shows What State Standardized Tests Actually Measure

History of Standardized Tests - ProCon.org

18 years ago, Mike Pence voted against No Child Left Behind. So did Bernie Sanders. Their reasons weren’t the same. - The Washington Post

Episode 51 - Left Behind - 16:1 - An Education Podcast

Obama Calls for Major Change in Education Law - The New York Times

History of Standardized Testing in the United States | NEA

Pearson, ETS, Houghton Mifflin, and McGraw-Hill Lobby Big and Profit Bigger from School Tests | PR Watch

History of Memorial Day | National Memorial Day Concert | PBS

]]> Examining the Effects of High-Stakes Standardized Tests on Learning Outcomes Moonbeam Multimedia 01:05:30 Explore the significant effects of high-stakes standardized tests on learning outcomes for public school students in the United States. Explore the significant effects of high-stakes standardized tests on learning outcomes for public school students in the United States. false full 109 1 112db8e0-6181-42eb-8174-f17a69dfb65c Rethinking School Norms: How Industrial History Shapes Modern Education Education News Headlines:

Rethinking School Norms: How Industrial History Shapes Modern Education

The foundations of the U.S. public education system can be traced back to the Industrial Revolution, a period that profoundly reshaped American society and the country’s economy. The Library of Congress describes this era as one that moved production from handcrafted goods to factory-based machine production, bringing about unprecedented shifts in transportation, communication, and manufacturing. This industrial transformation redefined the daily lives of Americans, creating new classes of wealthy industrialists, a burgeoning middle class, and a large blue-collar workforce composed of immigrants and rural migrants.

The rapid expansion of industries like steel manufacturing and petroleum refining, bolstered by the rise of railroads, demanded a skilled workforce. This economic evolution laid the groundwork for a public education system that mirrored the factory model: standardized, hierarchical, and focused on efficiency.

This industrial model of education, however, has started to show its limitations in the face of today's rapidly changing labor market. Automation, digital literacy, and adaptive learning are reshaping the job landscape, calling for educational approaches that foster creativity, critical thinking, and flexibility.

Discussion questions to consider:

  • How does the structure of modern schooling mirror our cultural and economic priorities?
  • Can public education make a realistic shift toward personalized learning models given its history of standardization?
  • How has the role of the teacher evolved from the industrial age to today's information age?
  • How have societal expectations of public education evolved, and what does this mean for future educational frameworks?

Sources & Resources:

Tennessee governor signs bill allowing teachers and staff to be armed on campus.

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting

Dazhon Darien: Ex-athletic director accused of framing principal with AI arrested at airport with gun - The Baltimore Banner

Educational Expansion in Mid-Nineteenth Century Massachusetts: Human Capital Formation or Structural Reinforcement?

Officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Columbia building, prosecutors say | AP News

The Industrial Revolution in the United States | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress

Episode 60 - Where No Mann Has Gone Before - 16:1 - An Education Podcast

Harvard Educational Review: Educational Expansion in Mid- Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts: Human-Capital Formation or Structural Reinforcement? By Alexander James Field

]]> Thu, 9 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education News Headlines:

Rethinking School Norms: How Industrial History Shapes Modern Education

The foundations of the U.S. public education system can be traced back to the Industrial Revolution, a period that profoundly reshaped American society and the country’s economy. The Library of Congress describes this era as one that moved production from handcrafted goods to factory-based machine production, bringing about unprecedented shifts in transportation, communication, and manufacturing. This industrial transformation redefined the daily lives of Americans, creating new classes of wealthy industrialists, a burgeoning middle class, and a large blue-collar workforce composed of immigrants and rural migrants.

The rapid expansion of industries like steel manufacturing and petroleum refining, bolstered by the rise of railroads, demanded a skilled workforce. This economic evolution laid the groundwork for a public education system that mirrored the factory model: standardized, hierarchical, and focused on efficiency.

This industrial model of education, however, has started to show its limitations in the face of today's rapidly changing labor market. Automation, digital literacy, and adaptive learning are reshaping the job landscape, calling for educational approaches that foster creativity, critical thinking, and flexibility.

Discussion questions to consider:

  • How does the structure of modern schooling mirror our cultural and economic priorities?
  • Can public education make a realistic shift toward personalized learning models given its history of standardization?
  • How has the role of the teacher evolved from the industrial age to today's information age?
  • How have societal expectations of public education evolved, and what does this mean for future educational frameworks?

Sources & Resources:

Tennessee governor signs bill allowing teachers and staff to be armed on campus.

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting

Dazhon Darien: Ex-athletic director accused of framing principal with AI arrested at airport with gun - The Baltimore Banner

Educational Expansion in Mid-Nineteenth Century Massachusetts: Human Capital Formation or Structural Reinforcement?

Officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Columbia building, prosecutors say | AP News

The Industrial Revolution in the United States | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress

Episode 60 - Where No Mann Has Gone Before - 16:1 - An Education Podcast

Harvard Educational Review: Educational Expansion in Mid- Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts: Human-Capital Formation or Structural Reinforcement? By Alexander James Field

]]> Rethinking School Norms: How Industrial History Shapes Modern Education Moonbeam Multimedia 00:49:18 Explore how industrial history shapes modern education, from standardized schooling norms to the evolving role of teachers, and the challenges of adapting to today's labor market. Explore how industrial history shapes modern education, from standardized schooling norms to the evolving role of teachers, and the challenges of adapting to today's labor market. false full 108 1 50bc85f4-eb14-4f01-a4fb-8cf5c8baf461 The Science of Reading: Controversy or Consensus? Education News Headlines

The Science of Reading: Controversy or Consensus?

This week we are revisiting a familiar topic, the science of reading, a multi-faceted approach to literacy grounded in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. We examine California’s Assembly Bill 2222, a proposal aimed at overhauling reading and literacy instruction, which was stalled due to opposition from the California Teachers Association. We’ll share the latest news from the Ohio legislature, where new literacy legislation is actively impacting Katie’s classroom instructional practices.

Our discussion covers how the science of reading impacts classroom strategies and the challenges of integrating these methods into existing educational frameworks. We’ll also cover the pushback from educators and teachers unions, like those seen in California, where concerns about the rigidity of mandated reading programs clash with the need for flexible, context-sensitive educational approaches.

Sources & Resources:

Democrats demand answers from federal contractor on tumultuous FAFSA rollout | The Hill

Bipartisan frustration over bungled FAFSA rollout on full display in Washington

‘Shockingly bad’: U.S. Senate Democrats beat up on Missouri-created student loan provider

NASFAA | Cardona Faces Pointed Questions on FAFSA Rollout During House Hearing on ED’s FY 25 Budget Proposal

What's going on with student loan relief

President Joe Biden Announces $7.4 Billion in Student Debt Cancellation for 277,000 More Americans, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt | The White House

Biden admin shares proposal for new student debt relief plan

Student Aid Debt Relief Announcement

Harvard and Caltech Will Require Test Scores for Admission - The New York Times

Which standardized tests does Harvard require?

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong | Podcast

READING REFORM ACROSS AMERICA:

The Science of Reading: The Basics | National Center on Improving Literacy

The History and Future of Reading Instruction – The SchoolWorks Lab, Inc.

Professional Development in the Science of Reading | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Requirements Under House Bill 33 for Professional Development in the Science of Reading | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

EdSource - CTA AB 2222 Opposition

A Full Breakdown of the Science of Reading Components | Lexia

California Teachers Union Opposes Bill Mandating 'Science of Reading' in Schools | KQED

Bill to mandate ‘science of reading’ in California classrooms dies | EdSource

Literacy Gap Map

Professional Development in the Science of Reading | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Bill to mandate ‘science of reading’ in California schools faces teachers union opposition | EdSource

Hooked on Phonics - Wikipedia

As states refocus reading instruction, two universities stick with a discredited idea | APM Reports

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education News Headlines

The Science of Reading: Controversy or Consensus?

This week we are revisiting a familiar topic, the science of reading, a multi-faceted approach to literacy grounded in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. We examine California’s Assembly Bill 2222, a proposal aimed at overhauling reading and literacy instruction, which was stalled due to opposition from the California Teachers Association. We’ll share the latest news from the Ohio legislature, where new literacy legislation is actively impacting Katie’s classroom instructional practices.

Our discussion covers how the science of reading impacts classroom strategies and the challenges of integrating these methods into existing educational frameworks. We’ll also cover the pushback from educators and teachers unions, like those seen in California, where concerns about the rigidity of mandated reading programs clash with the need for flexible, context-sensitive educational approaches.

Sources & Resources:

Democrats demand answers from federal contractor on tumultuous FAFSA rollout | The Hill

Bipartisan frustration over bungled FAFSA rollout on full display in Washington

‘Shockingly bad’: U.S. Senate Democrats beat up on Missouri-created student loan provider

NASFAA | Cardona Faces Pointed Questions on FAFSA Rollout During House Hearing on ED’s FY 25 Budget Proposal

What's going on with student loan relief

President Joe Biden Announces $7.4 Billion in Student Debt Cancellation for 277,000 More Americans, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt | The White House

Biden admin shares proposal for new student debt relief plan

Student Aid Debt Relief Announcement

Harvard and Caltech Will Require Test Scores for Admission - The New York Times

Which standardized tests does Harvard require?

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong | Podcast

READING REFORM ACROSS AMERICA:

The Science of Reading: The Basics | National Center on Improving Literacy

The History and Future of Reading Instruction – The SchoolWorks Lab, Inc.

Professional Development in the Science of Reading | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Requirements Under House Bill 33 for Professional Development in the Science of Reading | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

EdSource - CTA AB 2222 Opposition

A Full Breakdown of the Science of Reading Components | Lexia

California Teachers Union Opposes Bill Mandating 'Science of Reading' in Schools | KQED

Bill to mandate ‘science of reading’ in California classrooms dies | EdSource

Literacy Gap Map

Professional Development in the Science of Reading | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Bill to mandate ‘science of reading’ in California schools faces teachers union opposition | EdSource

Hooked on Phonics - Wikipedia

As states refocus reading instruction, two universities stick with a discredited idea | APM Reports

]]> The Science of Reading: Controversy or Consensus? Moonbeam Multimedia 01:00:27 Become acquainted with the science of reading—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension—and examine the evolution of reading instruction, from legislative challenges currently impacting literacy education to implications for classroom educators. Become acquainted with the science of reading—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension—and examine the evolution of reading instruction, from legislative challenges currently impacting literacy education to implications for classroom educators. false full 107 1 521a7ffe-59d4-49f5-9b8d-f178b43c9f24 The Great College Con: Operation Varsity Blues Education Headline Roundup

This week in the roundup of latest news and headlines impacting education:

The Great College Con: Operation Varsity Blues

This week we take a walk through the concealed corridors of privilege and power within the U.S. college admissions system. A wide-ranging scandal known as Operation Varsity Blues (unveiled in March 2019) reflects the complex, often unseen mechanisms that shape educational access and equity at some of the U.S.’s most elite colleges and universities.

Operation Varsity Blues exposed a network of wealthy parents and college coaches, who with an orchestrator named Rick Singer manipulated admissions systems to favor their children, often without the students' knowledge. Singer's scheme involved a so-called "side door" into prestigious colleges, and his activities facilitated more than $25 million in bribes. Through fabricated athletic profiles and manipulated standardized test scores, the scandal implicated celebrities, executives, and coaches. The scandal prompted a reevaluation of admissions policies and the role of standardized testing in evaluating scholastic merit.

We’ll discuss whether meritocracy has become a myth, what part test-optional policies play in admissions reform, the impact on student mental health brought by the college application rat race, and how college rankings apply pressure to the admissions process.

Thanks for listening!

Sources & Resources:

Watch Out: Tornado Alley Is Migrating Eastward | Scientific American

Iowa vs. South Carolina TV ratings: How 2024 NCAA women's championship broadcast compares to other sports

Ohio’s Board of Education expresses budget crisis following education department overhaul | 10tv.com

Ohio school board may raise teacher license fees as budget shortfall looms

Oregon schools' pandemic recovery lags behind much of the nation : NPR

Oregon Literacy Crisis: State distributes millions in grants aimed at reading education

A Crisis of School Absences - The New York Times

What's It Like To Be a Teacher in America Today? | Pew Research Center

Absent Peers, Present Challenges: The Differential Impact of In-Person and Virtual Classmate Absences on Future Attendance | Texas Tech College of Education

TV celebrities and coaches charged in college bribery scheme | AP News

Web Archive - About The Key

Do donations influence college admissions? | Higher Ed Dive

Actresses, Business Leaders and Other Wealthy Parents Charged in U.S. College Entry Fraud - The New York Times

Who’s Been Charged in the College Admissions Cheating Scandal? Here’s the Full List - The New York Times

College Admissions Scandal: Full List of People Sentenced

What Happened to the Students Caught Up in the College Admissions Scandal? - The New York Times

SAT Quiz: Can You Answer Questions From the Original Test? | TIME

MLB, players union trade blame for pitcher injuries as MLBPA condemns pitch clock, league faults velocity - CBSSports.com

]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup

This week in the roundup of latest news and headlines impacting education:

The Great College Con: Operation Varsity Blues

This week we take a walk through the concealed corridors of privilege and power within the U.S. college admissions system. A wide-ranging scandal known as Operation Varsity Blues (unveiled in March 2019) reflects the complex, often unseen mechanisms that shape educational access and equity at some of the U.S.’s most elite colleges and universities.

Operation Varsity Blues exposed a network of wealthy parents and college coaches, who with an orchestrator named Rick Singer manipulated admissions systems to favor their children, often without the students' knowledge. Singer's scheme involved a so-called "side door" into prestigious colleges, and his activities facilitated more than $25 million in bribes. Through fabricated athletic profiles and manipulated standardized test scores, the scandal implicated celebrities, executives, and coaches. The scandal prompted a reevaluation of admissions policies and the role of standardized testing in evaluating scholastic merit.

We’ll discuss whether meritocracy has become a myth, what part test-optional policies play in admissions reform, the impact on student mental health brought by the college application rat race, and how college rankings apply pressure to the admissions process.

Thanks for listening!

Sources & Resources:

Watch Out: Tornado Alley Is Migrating Eastward | Scientific American

Iowa vs. South Carolina TV ratings: How 2024 NCAA women's championship broadcast compares to other sports

Ohio’s Board of Education expresses budget crisis following education department overhaul | 10tv.com

Ohio school board may raise teacher license fees as budget shortfall looms

Oregon schools' pandemic recovery lags behind much of the nation : NPR

Oregon Literacy Crisis: State distributes millions in grants aimed at reading education

A Crisis of School Absences - The New York Times

What's It Like To Be a Teacher in America Today? | Pew Research Center

Absent Peers, Present Challenges: The Differential Impact of In-Person and Virtual Classmate Absences on Future Attendance | Texas Tech College of Education

TV celebrities and coaches charged in college bribery scheme | AP News

Web Archive - About The Key

Do donations influence college admissions? | Higher Ed Dive

Actresses, Business Leaders and Other Wealthy Parents Charged in U.S. College Entry Fraud - The New York Times

Who’s Been Charged in the College Admissions Cheating Scandal? Here’s the Full List - The New York Times

College Admissions Scandal: Full List of People Sentenced

What Happened to the Students Caught Up in the College Admissions Scandal? - The New York Times

SAT Quiz: Can You Answer Questions From the Original Test? | TIME

MLB, players union trade blame for pitcher injuries as MLBPA condemns pitch clock, league faults velocity - CBSSports.com

]]> The Great College Con: Operation Varsity Blues Moonbeam Multimedia 00:55:11 Operation Varsity Blues: We delve into how privilege, power, and $25M in bribes have shaped access to elite educational institutions in the U.S. Operation Varsity Blues: We delve into how privilege, power, and $25M in bribes have shaped access to elite educational institutions in the U.S. false full 106 1 b2e174c0-0939-41f0-841b-c405fa63a06c The Man Behind the Sweater Education Headline Roundup:

This week's stories:

The Man Behind the Sweater: The Life and Accomplishments of Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers, the beloved creator and host of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," was born in 1928 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Despite facing bullying and health issues in his childhood, Rogers found solace in music and puppetry.

Rogers' interest in television emerged from a desire to improve the medium's impact on society. Beginning his career at NBC, he later found his calling at WQED in Pittsburgh, where he produced and hosted children's programming. Rogers' vision of using television as a tool for education and empathy came to fruition with the creation of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Debuting in 1968, the show became a beloved fixture in homes across America, offering a safe and nurturing space for children to learn and grow.

At the heart of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" were Rogers' core principles of kindness, understanding, and acceptance. Through gentle storytelling and engaging segments, the show addressed a wide range of topics, from emotions and relationships to complex social issues. Rogers' genuine connection with his audience and his ability to tackle difficult subjects with grace and sensitivity made the show a beacon of hope to generations of kids.

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" left a mark on television history, winning awards and accolades over its 33-year run. Rogers' advocacy for quality children's programming and his unwavering dedication to public television's funding solidified his status as a cultural icon. Fred Rogers' legacy continues to remind us of the power of empathy, imagination, and genuine connection.

Sources & Resources:

Ed Department error may delay student financial aid further

Update on 2024-25 FAFSA Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) Delivery | Knowledge Center

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Additional $5.8 Billion in Student Debt Relief for 78,000 Public Service Workers | U.S. Department of Education

HISD reverses course on principal firings after emotional community meeting

Superintendent Mike Miles reverses HISD's new policy on principal evaluations

Houston ISD reverses course on mid-year principal screenings after community calls to ‘reject this system, reject this superintendent’

Mister Rogers: 'Won't you be my neighbor?' fans can check out Fred Rogers Trail

The Behind-the-Scenes Quest to Find Mister Rogers' Signature Cardigans | Arts & Culture| Smithsonian Magazine

About Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers - Wikipedia

CNN.com - Fred and me: An appreciation - Feb. 27, 2003

41 Wonderful Facts About Mister Rogers

‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ at 50: 5 Memorable Moments - The New York Times

Fred Rogers | Television Academy Interviews

Watch Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Netflix

Won’t you be my neighbor? | CPB

HISTORY Moment in Media: The Unexpected Power of Mr. Rogers

Celebrating Mr. Rogers at the National Archives

Misterogers - The Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Archive

Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - Wikipedia.

How Mister Rogers Saved the VCR | Mental Floss

(DOC) A Uses & Gratification Study of Viewers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | Shane Tilton - Academia.edu

Fred Rogers: a quiet psychological revolution in children’s television

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School - It's Such a Good Feeling: Alexandra Klaren examines legacy of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Esquire (Magazine) - The Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Archive

NCAA Withheld Use of Powerful ‘March Madness’ Brand From Women’s Basketball - WSJ

Mychal Judge | Biography, September 11 Attacks, Priest, Friar, LGBTQ, & Facts | Britannica

Shannon Stapleton | 9/11

The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup:

This week's stories:

The Man Behind the Sweater: The Life and Accomplishments of Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers, the beloved creator and host of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," was born in 1928 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Despite facing bullying and health issues in his childhood, Rogers found solace in music and puppetry.

Rogers' interest in television emerged from a desire to improve the medium's impact on society. Beginning his career at NBC, he later found his calling at WQED in Pittsburgh, where he produced and hosted children's programming. Rogers' vision of using television as a tool for education and empathy came to fruition with the creation of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Debuting in 1968, the show became a beloved fixture in homes across America, offering a safe and nurturing space for children to learn and grow.

At the heart of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" were Rogers' core principles of kindness, understanding, and acceptance. Through gentle storytelling and engaging segments, the show addressed a wide range of topics, from emotions and relationships to complex social issues. Rogers' genuine connection with his audience and his ability to tackle difficult subjects with grace and sensitivity made the show a beacon of hope to generations of kids.

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" left a mark on television history, winning awards and accolades over its 33-year run. Rogers' advocacy for quality children's programming and his unwavering dedication to public television's funding solidified his status as a cultural icon. Fred Rogers' legacy continues to remind us of the power of empathy, imagination, and genuine connection.

Sources & Resources:

Ed Department error may delay student financial aid further

Update on 2024-25 FAFSA Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) Delivery | Knowledge Center

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Additional $5.8 Billion in Student Debt Relief for 78,000 Public Service Workers | U.S. Department of Education

HISD reverses course on principal firings after emotional community meeting

Superintendent Mike Miles reverses HISD's new policy on principal evaluations

Houston ISD reverses course on mid-year principal screenings after community calls to ‘reject this system, reject this superintendent’

Mister Rogers: 'Won't you be my neighbor?' fans can check out Fred Rogers Trail

The Behind-the-Scenes Quest to Find Mister Rogers' Signature Cardigans | Arts & Culture| Smithsonian Magazine

About Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers - Wikipedia

CNN.com - Fred and me: An appreciation - Feb. 27, 2003

41 Wonderful Facts About Mister Rogers

‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ at 50: 5 Memorable Moments - The New York Times

Fred Rogers | Television Academy Interviews

Watch Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Netflix

Won’t you be my neighbor? | CPB

HISTORY Moment in Media: The Unexpected Power of Mr. Rogers

Celebrating Mr. Rogers at the National Archives

Misterogers - The Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Archive

Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - Wikipedia.

How Mister Rogers Saved the VCR | Mental Floss

(DOC) A Uses & Gratification Study of Viewers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | Shane Tilton - Academia.edu

Fred Rogers: a quiet psychological revolution in children’s television

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School - It's Such a Good Feeling: Alexandra Klaren examines legacy of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Esquire (Magazine) - The Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Archive

NCAA Withheld Use of Powerful ‘March Madness’ Brand From Women’s Basketball - WSJ

Mychal Judge | Biography, September 11 Attacks, Priest, Friar, LGBTQ, & Facts | Britannica

Shannon Stapleton | 9/11

The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

]]> The Man Behind the Sweater Moonbeam Multimedia 00:44:15 Hop onto the trolley and join us as we discuss the life and accomplishments of Fred Rogers, beloved children's television host. Hop onto the trolley and join us as we discuss the life and accomplishments of Fred Rogers, beloved children's television host. false full 105 1 80eefb29-13b3-4fd9-a554-6a65dc072299 Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Changed U.S. Education: Part II Education Headline Roundup

This week's stories:

Landmark Supreme Court Cases that Changed U.S. Education: Part II

Welcome to part two of our discussion of pivotal Supreme Court cases that have shaped the landscape of student rights, privacy, religious freedom, and affirmative action in education. This week, we're covering:

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

This case significantly impacted student press freedom, allowing schools to restrict student speech in school-sponsored publications under certain conditions. We discuss the balance between student free speech and school authority. 

Safford Unified School District v. Redding (2009)

The strip search of a 13-year-old student raised questions about student privacy and the limits of school searches. We analyze the Supreme Court's decision and its impact on school policies regarding student searches.

Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue (2020)

Examining the intersection of state scholarship programs and religious freedom, we look at how this case challenged the separation of church and state and its implications for educational funding and religious schools.

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022)

This case highlighted the clash between religious expression and public school policies. We discuss the implications of the Court's decision on the role of religion in public life and the rights of students and educators.

Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College (2023)

In this recent landmark case, we analyze the impact of affirmative action policies on college admissions and the Court's ruling on diversity and racial discrimination in higher education.

Join us as we contemplate each case’s significance in shaping the rights and responsibilities of students, educators, and institutions in the United States.

Questions for Reflection:

  • How do these Supreme Court decisions impact the rights of students and educators in schools today?
  • What are the broader implications of these rulings for education policy and practice?
  • How can we ensure a balance between protecting individual rights and maintaining a safe and inclusive learning environment in schools?

Sources & Resources:

Liberty University Hit With Record Fines for Failing to Handle Complaints of Sexual Assault, Other Crimes — ProPublica

U.S. Department of Education Imposes $14 Million Fine Against Liberty University for Clery Act Violations

State Education Board rejects rule to ban sexually explicit books in all school libraries

Board of Education votes 'no' on rule impacting content in school libraries | Nebraska Public Media.

State Ed Board rejects measure defining and banning sexually explicit materials in school libraries • Nebraska Examiner

Facts and Case Summary - Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier | United States Courts

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier | Oyez

HAZELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Petitioners v. Cathy KUHLMEIER et al. | Supreme Court | US Law

Safford Unified School District v. Redding | Oyez

Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue | Constitution Center

Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College | Definition, Questions, Grutter v. Bollinger, Affirmative Action, & Decision | Britannica

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard FAQ: Navigating the Evolving Implications of the Court’s Ruling - Stanford Center for Racial Justice

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District | Oyez

Supreme Court Sides With Coach Over Prayers at the 50-Yard Line - The New York Times

Supreme Court school prayer ruling in Lee v. Weisman and family's quest - The Washington Post

Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley | Britannica

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | Oyez

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

Lau v. Nichols | Oyez

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez | Oyez

1973: San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez - A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the United States

The Worst Supreme Court Decisions Since 1960 | TIME

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

Coach Who Won Supreme Court Case Over Prayers on the Field Resigns | New York Times

Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue - Institute for Justice

20-1199 Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (06/29/2023)

Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College | Oyez

KEY FACTS Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v President and Fellows of Harvard College

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard FAQ: Navigating the Evolving Implications of the Court’s Ruling - Stanford Center for Racial Justice

Frequently Asked Questions on Justices - Supreme Court of the United States

Harvard Overhauls College Application in Wake of Affirmative Action Decision | News

discrimination | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute.

]]> Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup

This week's stories:

Landmark Supreme Court Cases that Changed U.S. Education: Part II

Welcome to part two of our discussion of pivotal Supreme Court cases that have shaped the landscape of student rights, privacy, religious freedom, and affirmative action in education. This week, we're covering:

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

This case significantly impacted student press freedom, allowing schools to restrict student speech in school-sponsored publications under certain conditions. We discuss the balance between student free speech and school authority. 

Safford Unified School District v. Redding (2009)

The strip search of a 13-year-old student raised questions about student privacy and the limits of school searches. We analyze the Supreme Court's decision and its impact on school policies regarding student searches.

Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue (2020)

Examining the intersection of state scholarship programs and religious freedom, we look at how this case challenged the separation of church and state and its implications for educational funding and religious schools.

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022)

This case highlighted the clash between religious expression and public school policies. We discuss the implications of the Court's decision on the role of religion in public life and the rights of students and educators.

Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College (2023)

In this recent landmark case, we analyze the impact of affirmative action policies on college admissions and the Court's ruling on diversity and racial discrimination in higher education.

Join us as we contemplate each case’s significance in shaping the rights and responsibilities of students, educators, and institutions in the United States.

Questions for Reflection:

  • How do these Supreme Court decisions impact the rights of students and educators in schools today?
  • What are the broader implications of these rulings for education policy and practice?
  • How can we ensure a balance between protecting individual rights and maintaining a safe and inclusive learning environment in schools?

Sources & Resources:

Liberty University Hit With Record Fines for Failing to Handle Complaints of Sexual Assault, Other Crimes — ProPublica

U.S. Department of Education Imposes $14 Million Fine Against Liberty University for Clery Act Violations

State Education Board rejects rule to ban sexually explicit books in all school libraries

Board of Education votes 'no' on rule impacting content in school libraries | Nebraska Public Media.

State Ed Board rejects measure defining and banning sexually explicit materials in school libraries • Nebraska Examiner

Facts and Case Summary - Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier | United States Courts

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier | Oyez

HAZELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Petitioners v. Cathy KUHLMEIER et al. | Supreme Court | US Law

Safford Unified School District v. Redding | Oyez

Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue | Constitution Center

Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College | Definition, Questions, Grutter v. Bollinger, Affirmative Action, & Decision | Britannica

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard FAQ: Navigating the Evolving Implications of the Court’s Ruling - Stanford Center for Racial Justice

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District | Oyez

Supreme Court Sides With Coach Over Prayers at the 50-Yard Line - The New York Times

Supreme Court school prayer ruling in Lee v. Weisman and family's quest - The Washington Post

Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley | Britannica

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | Oyez

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

Lau v. Nichols | Oyez

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez | Oyez

1973: San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez - A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the United States

The Worst Supreme Court Decisions Since 1960 | TIME

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

Coach Who Won Supreme Court Case Over Prayers on the Field Resigns | New York Times

Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue - Institute for Justice

20-1199 Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (06/29/2023)

Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College | Oyez

KEY FACTS Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v President and Fellows of Harvard College

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard FAQ: Navigating the Evolving Implications of the Court’s Ruling - Stanford Center for Racial Justice

Frequently Asked Questions on Justices - Supreme Court of the United States

Harvard Overhauls College Application in Wake of Affirmative Action Decision | News

discrimination | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute.

]]> Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Changed U.S. Education: Part II Moonbeam Multimedia 00:37:09 Explore the latest headlines in education, including Liberty University's hefty fine, Greece's end to a state monopoly on university education, and Nebraska's school library ruling. Dive into Part II of our series on landmark Supreme Court cases in U.S. education, dissecting pivotal decisions on student rights, privacy, and affirmative action. Explore the latest headlines in education, including Liberty University's hefty fine, Greece's end to a state monopoly on university education, and Nebraska's school library ruling. Dive into Part II of our series on landmark Supreme Court cases in U.S. education, dissecting pivotal decisions on student rights, privacy, and affirmative action. false full 104 1 d7ae1d6f-1b0f-4aaf-a0da-cef8fb39e6df Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Changed U.S. Education: Part I Education Headline Roundup

Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Changed U.S. Education: Part I

Join us as we embark on a two-part series exploring landmark Supreme Court cases that have profoundly impacted the landscape of education in the United States. This week’s episode includes discussions of the following cases:

  • Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Challenging racial segregation in public schools.
  • Engel v. Vitale (1962) & Abington School District v. Schempp (1963): Establishing the separation of church and state in public education.
  • Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969): Defining students' First Amendment rights to symbolic expression.
  • San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973): Addressing disparities in school funding across districts.
  • Lau v. Nichols (1974): Ensuring equal educational opportunity for students with limited English proficiency.
  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978): Addressing the use of affirmative action in college admissions.
  • Board of Education v. Rowley (1982): Establishing the standard for providing education to students with disabilities.

Stay tuned for Part II!

Sources & Resources:

Yale University Joins Dartmouth, MIT, and Georgetown in Requiring Applicants to Submit Standardized Test Scores; Kaplan Survey Suggests Other Schools Will Join Them

Chicago Board of Education votes to remove police officers from schools.

Chicago Board of Education unanimously votes to remove school resource officers from CPS

Students voice complaints about testing requirement reinstatement during ‘tense’ office hours - The Dartmouth

Class-action lawsuit accuses 17 elite universities of running 'price-fixing cartel'

‘This Has to Stop’: Harvard Set to Consider Institutional Neutrality | News

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | National Archives

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | National Archives

Facts and Case Summary - Engel v. Vitale | United States Courts

https://books.google.com/books?id=Qc5Ove6xYf8C&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q&f=false

Abington School District v. Schempp :: 374 U.S. 203 (1963)

First Amendment and Religion | United States Courts

School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp (1963) | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

School District of Abington Township v. Schempp | First Amendment & Education | Britannica

The Schempp-Murray Decision On School Prayers and Bible Reading

Tinker v. Des Moines School Dist., 393 U.S. 503 (1969).

Tinker v. Des Moines | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

The Young Anti-War Activists Who Fought for Free Speech at School | History| Smithsonian Magazine

McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union

McCreary County v. ACLU

Safford Unified School District v. Redding | Oyez

Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue | Constitution Center

Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College | Definition, Questions, Grutter v. Bollinger, Affirmative Action, & Decision | Britannica

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard FAQ: Navigating the Evolving Implications of the Court’s Ruling - Stanford Center for Racial Justice

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District | Oyez

Supreme Court Sides With Coach Over Prayers at the 50-Yard Line - The New York Times

Supreme Court school prayer ruling in Lee v. Weisman and family's quest - The Washington Post

Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley | Britannica

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | Oyez

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

Lau v. Nichols | Oyez

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez | Oyez

1973: San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez - A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the United States

The Worst Supreme Court Decisions Since 1960 | TIME

]]> Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup

Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Changed U.S. Education: Part I

Join us as we embark on a two-part series exploring landmark Supreme Court cases that have profoundly impacted the landscape of education in the United States. This week’s episode includes discussions of the following cases:

  • Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Challenging racial segregation in public schools.
  • Engel v. Vitale (1962) & Abington School District v. Schempp (1963): Establishing the separation of church and state in public education.
  • Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969): Defining students' First Amendment rights to symbolic expression.
  • San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973): Addressing disparities in school funding across districts.
  • Lau v. Nichols (1974): Ensuring equal educational opportunity for students with limited English proficiency.
  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978): Addressing the use of affirmative action in college admissions.
  • Board of Education v. Rowley (1982): Establishing the standard for providing education to students with disabilities.

Stay tuned for Part II!

Sources & Resources:

Yale University Joins Dartmouth, MIT, and Georgetown in Requiring Applicants to Submit Standardized Test Scores; Kaplan Survey Suggests Other Schools Will Join Them

Chicago Board of Education votes to remove police officers from schools.

Chicago Board of Education unanimously votes to remove school resource officers from CPS

Students voice complaints about testing requirement reinstatement during ‘tense’ office hours - The Dartmouth

Class-action lawsuit accuses 17 elite universities of running 'price-fixing cartel'

‘This Has to Stop’: Harvard Set to Consider Institutional Neutrality | News

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | National Archives

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | National Archives

Facts and Case Summary - Engel v. Vitale | United States Courts

https://books.google.com/books?id=Qc5Ove6xYf8C&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q&f=false

Abington School District v. Schempp :: 374 U.S. 203 (1963)

First Amendment and Religion | United States Courts

School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp (1963) | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

School District of Abington Township v. Schempp | First Amendment & Education | Britannica

The Schempp-Murray Decision On School Prayers and Bible Reading

Tinker v. Des Moines School Dist., 393 U.S. 503 (1969).

Tinker v. Des Moines | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

The Young Anti-War Activists Who Fought for Free Speech at School | History| Smithsonian Magazine

McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union

McCreary County v. ACLU

Safford Unified School District v. Redding | Oyez

Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue | Constitution Center

Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College | Definition, Questions, Grutter v. Bollinger, Affirmative Action, & Decision | Britannica

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard FAQ: Navigating the Evolving Implications of the Court’s Ruling - Stanford Center for Racial Justice

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District | Oyez

Supreme Court Sides With Coach Over Prayers at the 50-Yard Line - The New York Times

Supreme Court school prayer ruling in Lee v. Weisman and family's quest - The Washington Post

Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley | Britannica

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | Oyez

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

Lau v. Nichols | Oyez

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez | Oyez

1973: San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez - A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the United States

The Worst Supreme Court Decisions Since 1960 | TIME

]]> Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Changed U.S. Education: Part I Moonbeam Multimedia 01:00:49 Explore landmark Supreme Court cases that defined education in the US. This episode is the first in a two-part series examining historical context, key cases like Brown v. Board, and ongoing debates surrounding educational equity and student rights. Explore landmark Supreme Court cases that defined education in the US. This episode is the first in a two-part series examining historical context, key cases like Brown v. Board, and ongoing debates surrounding educational equity and student rights. false full 103 1 d9c9ec89-4d01-4985-8e93-6d8e098dbf98 Decoding Grades: From Marks to Mastery, and What Students Actually Need Education Headline Roundup

Here are the school & learning headlines we cover in this week’s episode of 16:1: 

Decoding Grades: From Marks to Mastery, and What Students Actually Need

Grading is a ubiquitous yet controversial element of formal schooling. This episode delves into the history and purpose of grades, highlighting traditional and alternative approaches while advocating for student empowerment. 

The grading system has undergone a long journey full of transformation, but questions linger about its true effectiveness in reflecting student learning. Current discussions emphasize the potential stress and competition associated with grades. Alternative philosophies like standards-based and holistic grading offer different lenses for evaluating student progress. Shifting the focus to student ownership through self-assessment and peer feedback can foster deeper learning and critical thinking skills. 

We also discuss grade inflation and the growing focus on student self-reflection, as well as innovative grade-less approaches such as those proposed in Hacking Assessment.

Examining different perspectives and empowering students in the evaluation process are crucial steps towards creating a learning environment that prioritizes meaningful growth over a single letter grade.

Sources & Resources:

Update To Testing Policy | Dartmouth Admissions

Dartmouth will again require SAT, ACT scores. Other colleges won't necessarily follow | WLRN

Admissions Update for the 2023-2026 Application Cycles | Harvard

A Top College Reinstates the SAT - The New York Times

Grade Inflation Continues to Grow in the Past Decade

Grade inflation

USI National Council unanimously passes motion against Proctorio – Trinity News

An Exam Surveillance Company Is Trying to Silence Critics With Lawsuits

California colleges still use remote proctoring despite court decision

FAFSA glitches and delays leave students, states, institutions in limbo

2024–25 FAFSA Issue Alerts | Knowledge Center

Students panic after new financial aid application blocks them: 'I don't know who to call'

New FAFSA Getting on Your Nerves? Here's Some Advice From an Expert | Education | U.S. News

In Defense of Rubrics in Assessing Writing - pedagogy colloquium

Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently) - PMC

The Shift from Oral to Written Examination: Cambridge and Oxford 1700–1900

Ungrading: Where We Are and Where We Might Go

The Problem with Grading | Harvard Graduate School of Education

An Immanent Machine: Reconsidering grades, historical and present

Annual Reports on Education | Horace Mann

Horace Mann | 16:1

The New York Public Library has a mini roller coaster for books

 

]]> Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup

Here are the school & learning headlines we cover in this week’s episode of 16:1: 

Decoding Grades: From Marks to Mastery, and What Students Actually Need

Grading is a ubiquitous yet controversial element of formal schooling. This episode delves into the history and purpose of grades, highlighting traditional and alternative approaches while advocating for student empowerment. 

The grading system has undergone a long journey full of transformation, but questions linger about its true effectiveness in reflecting student learning. Current discussions emphasize the potential stress and competition associated with grades. Alternative philosophies like standards-based and holistic grading offer different lenses for evaluating student progress. Shifting the focus to student ownership through self-assessment and peer feedback can foster deeper learning and critical thinking skills. 

We also discuss grade inflation and the growing focus on student self-reflection, as well as innovative grade-less approaches such as those proposed in Hacking Assessment.

Examining different perspectives and empowering students in the evaluation process are crucial steps towards creating a learning environment that prioritizes meaningful growth over a single letter grade.

Sources & Resources:

Update To Testing Policy | Dartmouth Admissions

Dartmouth will again require SAT, ACT scores. Other colleges won't necessarily follow | WLRN

Admissions Update for the 2023-2026 Application Cycles | Harvard

A Top College Reinstates the SAT - The New York Times

Grade Inflation Continues to Grow in the Past Decade

Grade inflation

USI National Council unanimously passes motion against Proctorio – Trinity News

An Exam Surveillance Company Is Trying to Silence Critics With Lawsuits

California colleges still use remote proctoring despite court decision

FAFSA glitches and delays leave students, states, institutions in limbo

2024–25 FAFSA Issue Alerts | Knowledge Center

Students panic after new financial aid application blocks them: 'I don't know who to call'

New FAFSA Getting on Your Nerves? Here's Some Advice From an Expert | Education | U.S. News

In Defense of Rubrics in Assessing Writing - pedagogy colloquium

Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently) - PMC

The Shift from Oral to Written Examination: Cambridge and Oxford 1700–1900

Ungrading: Where We Are and Where We Might Go

The Problem with Grading | Harvard Graduate School of Education

An Immanent Machine: Reconsidering grades, historical and present

Annual Reports on Education | Horace Mann

Horace Mann | 16:1

The New York Public Library has a mini roller coaster for books

 

]]> Decoding Grades: From Marks to Mastery, and What Students Actually Need Moonbeam Multimedia 01:06:34 Grading in Education: Traditional vs. Modern Approaches & Empowering Students. Discover alternative philosophies and delve into the "grade-less" movement. Grading in Education: Traditional vs. Modern Approaches & Empowering Students. Discover alternative philosophies and delve into the "grade-less" movement. false full 102 1 204aa7ac-f950-420a-b25f-2cf6baac0216 Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Education Headline Roundup

After a break in formatting for our 100th episode, we’re back and bringing you the education headlines that are grabbing our attention this week. Our stories:

First, an update to our ongoing discussion of America’s literacy crisis and the science of reading, from the AP: Georgia leaders propose $11.3M to improve reading as some lawmakers seek a more aggressive approach | AP News

The Georgia Department of Education has proposed a $11.3 million budget to fund literacy initiatives, including literacy coaches and a screening test to identify students with dyslexia. Some lawmakers say the department is not doing enough to comply with a literacy law passed in 2023 and would like to see a more aggressive approach, as Georgia has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the country. Georgia joins Ohio, Massachusetts, New York, and more than a dozen other states that included literacy initiatives in their 2024 legislative sessions. For more of our coverage on the science of reading and the three-cueing approach, see Episode 96 (Piaget) of our show, and check out APM’s Sold a Story podcast for in-depth analysis.

More book bannings in a story out of Maryland: New Carroll County school policy restricts 'sexually explicit' books - The Baltimore Banner

A new policy at Carroll County Public Schools restricts “sexually explicit” library books and textbook materials. The policy was passed after months of campaigning by the conservative parent group Moms for Liberty, who challenged dozens of books they claim are inappropriate. The new policy defines “sexually explicit” content as “unambiguously describing, depicting, showing, or writing about sex or sex acts in a detailed or graphic manner.” The policy does not apply to materials used in the health curriculum.

And finally, a listener brought to our attention a developing story in Ohio: Student Interactions with Peace Officers Model Curriculum | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Sections of the Ohio Revised Code that went into effect this past October after the Ohio Department of Education was restructured require all public schools to teach students in grades 9-12 about their interactions with peace officers. The Ohio Department of Education & Workforce (formerly ODE) is developing a draft model curriculum in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Public Safety.

From ODEW’s website: “The model curriculum provides instruction on proper interactions with peace officers during traffic stops and other in-person encounters. Ohio law identifies four content requirements for this model curriculum: Information on which individuals are peace officers and their duties and responsibilities; Questioning and detention laws, including any that require proof of identity and consequences for failure to comply with the laws; A person’s rights during an interaction with a peace officer; Proper interactions for interacting with peace officers.” Listen to the full episode for our discussion about this model curriculum under development (we have lots of questions). If you are a teacher who wants to get in touch with ODEW concerning this model curriculum, contact ODEW here: LearningandInstructionalStrategies@education.ohio.gov​

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library sends free books to children around the world. Pictured is Dolly Parton's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; a pink/salmon-colored star with Parton's name on it outlined in gold against a black background.

Our episode topic this week: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a literacy program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five (regardless of family income). From humble Appalachian roots to global superstardom, Dolly Parton's journey sparkles with rags-to-riches grit and musical magic. But beyond the glitter of rhinestones and chart-topping hits lies a deeper passion - literacy. Inspired by what Parton considers to be her father's unfulfilled dreams due to his inability to read, Dolly created the Imagination Library, gifting millions of books to children worldwide. Learn about this program and its lasting impact on literacy around the world.


Sources & Resources:

Country Music Hall of Fame - Dolly Parton

Business Insider - Dolly Parton explains why Elvis never recorded… by Yasmin Garaad

Imagination Library - Awards and Milestones

Imagination Library - Find my Program

Wikipedia - Shari Lewis

Imagination Library - Themes and Concepts

National Eclipse

Georgia leaders propose $11.3M to improve reading as some lawmakers seek a more aggressive approach | AP News

Kemp signs bills aiming to improve school safety, literacy | AP News

Literacy - GaDOE

Georgia Council on Literacy | The Governor's Office of Student Achievement

New York Joins the 'Science of Reading' Movement, Offering Guidance—Not Mandates

Mass Literacy - Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

The 'Science of Reading' in 2024: 5 State Initiatives to Watch.

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong | APM Podcast

States rethink reading | Axios

Reading Recovery Sues Ohio Over Ban on 'Cueing' in Literacy Instruction

Student Interactions with Peace Officers Model Curriculum | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Podcast - Dolly Parton's America

 

]]> Thu, 1 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup

After a break in formatting for our 100th episode, we’re back and bringing you the education headlines that are grabbing our attention this week. Our stories:

First, an update to our ongoing discussion of America’s literacy crisis and the science of reading, from the AP: Georgia leaders propose $11.3M to improve reading as some lawmakers seek a more aggressive approach | AP News

The Georgia Department of Education has proposed a $11.3 million budget to fund literacy initiatives, including literacy coaches and a screening test to identify students with dyslexia. Some lawmakers say the department is not doing enough to comply with a literacy law passed in 2023 and would like to see a more aggressive approach, as Georgia has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the country. Georgia joins Ohio, Massachusetts, New York, and more than a dozen other states that included literacy initiatives in their 2024 legislative sessions. For more of our coverage on the science of reading and the three-cueing approach, see Episode 96 (Piaget) of our show, and check out APM’s Sold a Story podcast for in-depth analysis.

More book bannings in a story out of Maryland: New Carroll County school policy restricts 'sexually explicit' books - The Baltimore Banner

A new policy at Carroll County Public Schools restricts “sexually explicit” library books and textbook materials. The policy was passed after months of campaigning by the conservative parent group Moms for Liberty, who challenged dozens of books they claim are inappropriate. The new policy defines “sexually explicit” content as “unambiguously describing, depicting, showing, or writing about sex or sex acts in a detailed or graphic manner.” The policy does not apply to materials used in the health curriculum.

And finally, a listener brought to our attention a developing story in Ohio: Student Interactions with Peace Officers Model Curriculum | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Sections of the Ohio Revised Code that went into effect this past October after the Ohio Department of Education was restructured require all public schools to teach students in grades 9-12 about their interactions with peace officers. The Ohio Department of Education & Workforce (formerly ODE) is developing a draft model curriculum in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Public Safety.

From ODEW’s website: “The model curriculum provides instruction on proper interactions with peace officers during traffic stops and other in-person encounters. Ohio law identifies four content requirements for this model curriculum: Information on which individuals are peace officers and their duties and responsibilities; Questioning and detention laws, including any that require proof of identity and consequences for failure to comply with the laws; A person’s rights during an interaction with a peace officer; Proper interactions for interacting with peace officers.” Listen to the full episode for our discussion about this model curriculum under development (we have lots of questions). If you are a teacher who wants to get in touch with ODEW concerning this model curriculum, contact ODEW here: LearningandInstructionalStrategies@education.ohio.gov​

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library sends free books to children around the world. Pictured is Dolly Parton's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; a pink/salmon-colored star with Parton's name on it outlined in gold against a black background.

Our episode topic this week: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a literacy program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five (regardless of family income). From humble Appalachian roots to global superstardom, Dolly Parton's journey sparkles with rags-to-riches grit and musical magic. But beyond the glitter of rhinestones and chart-topping hits lies a deeper passion - literacy. Inspired by what Parton considers to be her father's unfulfilled dreams due to his inability to read, Dolly created the Imagination Library, gifting millions of books to children worldwide. Learn about this program and its lasting impact on literacy around the world.


Sources & Resources:

Country Music Hall of Fame - Dolly Parton

Business Insider - Dolly Parton explains why Elvis never recorded… by Yasmin Garaad

Imagination Library - Awards and Milestones

Imagination Library - Find my Program

Wikipedia - Shari Lewis

Imagination Library - Themes and Concepts

National Eclipse

Georgia leaders propose $11.3M to improve reading as some lawmakers seek a more aggressive approach | AP News

Kemp signs bills aiming to improve school safety, literacy | AP News

Literacy - GaDOE

Georgia Council on Literacy | The Governor's Office of Student Achievement

New York Joins the 'Science of Reading' Movement, Offering Guidance—Not Mandates

Mass Literacy - Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

The 'Science of Reading' in 2024: 5 State Initiatives to Watch.

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong | APM Podcast

States rethink reading | Axios

Reading Recovery Sues Ohio Over Ban on 'Cueing' in Literacy Instruction

Student Interactions with Peace Officers Model Curriculum | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Podcast - Dolly Parton's America

 

]]> Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Moonbeam Multimedia 00:43:21 The latest education headlines, plus a discussion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a literacy program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five (regardless of family income). The latest education headlines, plus a discussion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a literacy program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five (regardless of family income). false full 101 1 78856eed-0b40-4106-ac53-ceb082890267 Honest Answers: Classroom Teacher AMA Honest Answers: Classroom Teacher AMA (Ask Me Anything)!

Pop the champagne corks and grab your apples, it's 16:1 Podcast’s 100th episode celebration! To mark this milestone, we're heading straight to the teachers' lounge for a candid Ask Me Anything with hosts Katie and Chelsea, who will be joined by real-life educators Teri, Jack, and Allyson. We’re fielding listener-submitted questions on everything from embarrassing classroom moments to life-changing books and the future of education in a digital age.

Get ready to explore:

  • Inside jokes and hidden truths: What really happens in the teachers' lounge? Are movie stereotypes about teachers true?
  • Honest reflections on the job: Is there a work-life balance for teachers? What's the best and worst part of their day?
  • Philosophy and passion: What do teachers hope their students take away from their classes? What challenges do they face and how do they overcome them?
  • Glimpses into the future: Could virtual classrooms be the next big thing? How can we address the teacher shortage and redesign the education system?
  • Bonus insights: Learning styles, classroom survival kits, ideal snacks for parent-teacher conferences, and philosophies of education.

No headlines or Fill in the Blank this week as we make way for our extended AMA episode.

Thanks so much for supporting the show for 100 episodes!

]]> Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:45:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Honest Answers: Classroom Teacher AMA (Ask Me Anything)!

Pop the champagne corks and grab your apples, it's 16:1 Podcast’s 100th episode celebration! To mark this milestone, we're heading straight to the teachers' lounge for a candid Ask Me Anything with hosts Katie and Chelsea, who will be joined by real-life educators Teri, Jack, and Allyson. We’re fielding listener-submitted questions on everything from embarrassing classroom moments to life-changing books and the future of education in a digital age.

Get ready to explore:

  • Inside jokes and hidden truths: What really happens in the teachers' lounge? Are movie stereotypes about teachers true?
  • Honest reflections on the job: Is there a work-life balance for teachers? What's the best and worst part of their day?
  • Philosophy and passion: What do teachers hope their students take away from their classes? What challenges do they face and how do they overcome them?
  • Glimpses into the future: Could virtual classrooms be the next big thing? How can we address the teacher shortage and redesign the education system?
  • Bonus insights: Learning styles, classroom survival kits, ideal snacks for parent-teacher conferences, and philosophies of education.

No headlines or Fill in the Blank this week as we make way for our extended AMA episode.

Thanks so much for supporting the show for 100 episodes!

]]> Honest Answers: Classroom Teacher AMA Moonbeam Multimedia 01:39:08 16:1 Podcast's 100th episode features a candid classroom teacher AMA (Ask Me Anything!). Tune in for responses from veteran educators! 16:1 Podcast's 100th episode features a candid classroom teacher AMA (Ask Me Anything!). Tune in for responses from veteran educators! teaching as a career, public school teachers, how much money do teachers make, middle school teachers, education, high school teacher, teacher collaboration false full 100 1 ab690aae-968f-4677-88b4-d8bebca20b5b The Library of Alexandria Education Headline Roundup

Happy New Year! Here are the stories we cover in our first education headline roundup of 2024:

  • New PISA scores reveal that students worldwide have suffered major learning setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, with math scores dropping by ¾ of a year and reading by ½ year.
  • The FTC is suing Grand Canyon University for alleged deceptive advertising and illegal telemarketing practices.
  • New Zealand's new Prime Minister bans phones in schools to address the country's declining literacy rates.

The Library of Alexandria

In our first episode of 2024, we journey through time and sand, unraveling tales of the legendary Library of Alexandria. Was it a beacon of wisdom, a hoarding of scrolls, or a tragic victim of flames? Join us as we navigate the mysteries of this intellectual powerhouse of the ancient world.

First, we dispel a common misconception: Alexandria wasn't the first library of renown. We'll pay homage to the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, whose library in Nineveh housed clay tablets inscribed with epic poems and ancient wisdom. Though fiery war eventually consumed Nineveh, the baked tablets survived, offering a glimpse into the earliest organized knowledge collection.

Enter the Macedonians, and fast forward to the death of Alexander the Great, an accomplished military strategist and Aristotle's pupil. His empire fractured, leaving three power blocs ruled by his former generals. We'll focus on Ptolemy I Soter, who established the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt and commissioned Alexandria’s great library, a cultural melting pot where Greek and Egyptian traditions intertwined, as well as its accompanying Mouseion (a place dedicated to the Muses). 

The library's growth wasn't organic. The Ptolemaic kings adopted an aggressive approach to book collection, sending agents to major book fairs and even commandeering scrolls from ships in the harbor. They craved older copies, believing they were likely closer to an author's original ideas.

We also address the infamous burning of Alexandria. Was it a fiery inferno consuming scrolls in a single night? Evidence points to Julius Caesar’s involvement in the destruction, but did the entire library go up in smoke? Find out in this latest installment of 16:1!

Sources & Resources:

The British Museum - A library fit for a king by Jonathan Taylor

The Guinness World Records - First Library

TIME - The Story of the Library of Alexandria Is Mostly a Legend, But the Lesson of Its Burning Is Still Crucial Today by Richard Ovenden

Wikipedia - Library of Alexandria

Britannica - Battle of Nineveh

Britannica - Library of Alexandria

Wikipedia - Alexander the Great

University of Exeter - The Antigonid Network

The MET - The Seleucid Empire (323–64 B.C.)

Wikipedia - Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Wikipedia - Lighthouse of Alexandria

Market Watch - FTC sues Grand Canyon Education, alleging ‘deceptive and abusive’ marketing practices by Bill Peters

CNBC - How a 40-ounce cup turned Stanley into a $750 million a year business by Nicolas Vega and Lauren Shamo.

AP - Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing Grand Canyon University (GCU) for alleged deceptive advertising and illegal telemarketing practices.

The Journal - New Zealand to ban phones in schools under new prime minister

Wikipedia - Emily Warren Roebling.

]]> Thu, 4 Jan 2024 10:20:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup

Happy New Year! Here are the stories we cover in our first education headline roundup of 2024:

  • New PISA scores reveal that students worldwide have suffered major learning setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, with math scores dropping by ¾ of a year and reading by ½ year.
  • The FTC is suing Grand Canyon University for alleged deceptive advertising and illegal telemarketing practices.
  • New Zealand's new Prime Minister bans phones in schools to address the country's declining literacy rates.

The Library of Alexandria

In our first episode of 2024, we journey through time and sand, unraveling tales of the legendary Library of Alexandria. Was it a beacon of wisdom, a hoarding of scrolls, or a tragic victim of flames? Join us as we navigate the mysteries of this intellectual powerhouse of the ancient world.

First, we dispel a common misconception: Alexandria wasn't the first library of renown. We'll pay homage to the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, whose library in Nineveh housed clay tablets inscribed with epic poems and ancient wisdom. Though fiery war eventually consumed Nineveh, the baked tablets survived, offering a glimpse into the earliest organized knowledge collection.

Enter the Macedonians, and fast forward to the death of Alexander the Great, an accomplished military strategist and Aristotle's pupil. His empire fractured, leaving three power blocs ruled by his former generals. We'll focus on Ptolemy I Soter, who established the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt and commissioned Alexandria’s great library, a cultural melting pot where Greek and Egyptian traditions intertwined, as well as its accompanying Mouseion (a place dedicated to the Muses). 

The library's growth wasn't organic. The Ptolemaic kings adopted an aggressive approach to book collection, sending agents to major book fairs and even commandeering scrolls from ships in the harbor. They craved older copies, believing they were likely closer to an author's original ideas.

We also address the infamous burning of Alexandria. Was it a fiery inferno consuming scrolls in a single night? Evidence points to Julius Caesar’s involvement in the destruction, but did the entire library go up in smoke? Find out in this latest installment of 16:1!

Sources & Resources:

The British Museum - A library fit for a king by Jonathan Taylor

The Guinness World Records - First Library

TIME - The Story of the Library of Alexandria Is Mostly a Legend, But the Lesson of Its Burning Is Still Crucial Today by Richard Ovenden

Wikipedia - Library of Alexandria

Britannica - Battle of Nineveh

Britannica - Library of Alexandria

Wikipedia - Alexander the Great

University of Exeter - The Antigonid Network

The MET - The Seleucid Empire (323–64 B.C.)

Wikipedia - Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Wikipedia - Lighthouse of Alexandria

Market Watch - FTC sues Grand Canyon Education, alleging ‘deceptive and abusive’ marketing practices by Bill Peters

CNBC - How a 40-ounce cup turned Stanley into a $750 million a year business by Nicolas Vega and Lauren Shamo.

AP - Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing Grand Canyon University (GCU) for alleged deceptive advertising and illegal telemarketing practices.

The Journal - New Zealand to ban phones in schools under new prime minister

Wikipedia - Emily Warren Roebling.

]]> The Library of Alexandria Moonbeam Multimedia 00:53:52 Unravel the mysteries of the fabled Library of Alexandria, a beacon of knowledge in the ancient world. Unravel the mysteries of the fabled Library of Alexandria, a beacon of knowledge in the ancient world. false full 99 1 9c832a7d-6b67-41e7-a533-f2e04a8c4b75 (How We Got to) Sesame Street! Sesame Street: A Legacy of Education and Entertainment

Sesame Street, the iconic children's television show that has entertained and educated generations, is a cultural phenomenon and a staple in American households with young children. Created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, Sesame Street aims to spark curiosity in children (and adults!) through engaging television content that utilizes the best of what network television has to offer while remaining true to its educational aims. The show's innovative approach combines live-action, animation, and puppetry to teach basic concepts like letters, numbers, and social skills. Sesame Street isn't afraid to tackle difficult and sensitive topics either; it deftly addresses issues such as death, diversity, and interpersonal conflict in a way that is both informative and age-appropriate.

The show's success is undeniable, with more than 4,600 episodes produced to date and countless awards and accolades to its name. Sesame Street has also been lauded for its groundbreaking use of puppets, particularly the beloved creations of Jim Henson. Characters like Big Bird, Elmo, and Cookie Monster have become cultural icons, transcending language and cultural barriers to connect with children worldwide. Sesame Street's impact goes beyond entertainment. The show has been instrumental in promoting social change, advocating for diversity and inclusion, and addressing important social issues. From its early days as one of the first network shows to feature an integrated cast to its recent episodes highlighting cultural differences and promoting understanding, Sesame Street has consistently pushed boundaries and sparked important conversations.

Sesame Street, under the stewardship of the Sesame Workshop (a non-profit entity), continues to evolve and adapt to the changing media landscape. While facing competition from streaming services and other digital platforms, the show remains relevant by embracing new licensing models and distributing on new platforms. The show's commitment to educational excellence, social responsibility, and inclusivity continues to inspire generations of viewers. This was the most fun we've had researching an episode in quite a while-- for good reason! Thanks for tuning in.

Sources & Resources:

Britannica - Sesame Street

How We Got to Sesame Street, by Jill Lepore (The New Yorker)

The Unmistakable Black Roots of ‘Sesame Street’ by Bryan Greene (Smithsonian Magazine)

Sesame Street - Wikipedia

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (HBO Documentary)

Joan Ganz Cooney Center

How Many Blimps Are Left on Earth? (Mental Floss)

Image credit: "Vintage Ad #762: Can You Tell Me How to Play, How to Play With Sesame Street?" by jbcurio is licensed under CC BY 2.0. 

 

]]> Thu, 7 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Sesame Street: A Legacy of Education and Entertainment

Sesame Street, the iconic children's television show that has entertained and educated generations, is a cultural phenomenon and a staple in American households with young children. Created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, Sesame Street aims to spark curiosity in children (and adults!) through engaging television content that utilizes the best of what network television has to offer while remaining true to its educational aims. The show's innovative approach combines live-action, animation, and puppetry to teach basic concepts like letters, numbers, and social skills. Sesame Street isn't afraid to tackle difficult and sensitive topics either; it deftly addresses issues such as death, diversity, and interpersonal conflict in a way that is both informative and age-appropriate.

The show's success is undeniable, with more than 4,600 episodes produced to date and countless awards and accolades to its name. Sesame Street has also been lauded for its groundbreaking use of puppets, particularly the beloved creations of Jim Henson. Characters like Big Bird, Elmo, and Cookie Monster have become cultural icons, transcending language and cultural barriers to connect with children worldwide. Sesame Street's impact goes beyond entertainment. The show has been instrumental in promoting social change, advocating for diversity and inclusion, and addressing important social issues. From its early days as one of the first network shows to feature an integrated cast to its recent episodes highlighting cultural differences and promoting understanding, Sesame Street has consistently pushed boundaries and sparked important conversations.

Sesame Street, under the stewardship of the Sesame Workshop (a non-profit entity), continues to evolve and adapt to the changing media landscape. While facing competition from streaming services and other digital platforms, the show remains relevant by embracing new licensing models and distributing on new platforms. The show's commitment to educational excellence, social responsibility, and inclusivity continues to inspire generations of viewers. This was the most fun we've had researching an episode in quite a while-- for good reason! Thanks for tuning in.

Sources & Resources:

Britannica - Sesame Street

How We Got to Sesame Street, by Jill Lepore (The New Yorker)

The Unmistakable Black Roots of ‘Sesame Street’ by Bryan Greene (Smithsonian Magazine)

Sesame Street - Wikipedia

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (HBO Documentary)

Joan Ganz Cooney Center

How Many Blimps Are Left on Earth? (Mental Floss)

Image credit: "Vintage Ad #762: Can You Tell Me How to Play, How to Play With Sesame Street?" by jbcurio is licensed under CC BY 2.0. 

 

]]> (How We Got to) Sesame Street! Moonbeam Multimedia 00:48:46 This week we discuss the iconic children's television show Sesame Street from its creation to its lasting legacy of education and entertainment. This week we discuss the iconic children's television show Sesame Street from its creation to its lasting legacy of education and entertainment. false full 98 1 6074bd49-4d48-4bb1-ab7a-92186587f2c0 Nurturing Resilience: Supporting Foster Youth in the Public Education System Education Headline Roundup

We cover the following stories in our education headlines this week:

  • The US Department of Education is penalizing the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (“Mohela”) for failing to send timely bills to 2.5 million student loan holders.
  • Teachers in Portland, Oregon have gone on strike over increased teacher pay, smaller class sizes, and more resources.
  • A study by the Washington Post finds that the number of families homeschooling their children has increased by 50% over the past 6 years.

Nurturing Resilience: Supporting Foster Youth in the Public Education System

Our episode this week takes a look at the complexities of the U.S. foster care system and its intersection with public education. We explore the historical roots of foster care, tracing an evolution from English Poor Law in the 1500s to the modern-day child welfare system, which was shaped by the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act and the Obama-era Every Student Succeeds Act. We examine the challenges that are unique to the foster youth population in the educational setting, including frequent school changes, a lack of legal and medical advocates, and the need for a post-emancipation plan.

Sources & Resources:

Episode 66 - Columbus Teachers on Strike

Founders Online - From George Washington to Benjamin Harrison, 18 January 1784 To Benjamin Harrison

Ohio Department of Education & Workforce - Students in Foster Care

Independent - Judi Dench renders Graham Norton Show speechless with ‘spellbinding’ Shakespeare reading by Tom Murray

Ohio Department of Education - Every Student Succeeds Act: Foster Care Overview

The Annie E. Casey Foundation - Child Welfare and Foster Care Statistics

Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse - Case: L.J. v. Massinga

Veneable LLP - Venable and Disability Rights Maryland File Lawsuit Against State Officials Over Long-Term Placement of Foster Children in Hospitals by Mitchell Y. Yirviss

Civil Rights Lawsuit Concerning Maryland Foster Students - Baltimore Sun

Wikipedia - Library of Alexandria

National Foster Parent Association - History of Foster Care in the United States

FosterED - Every Student Succeeds Act Foster Care Provisions

Ohio Department of Education & Workforce - Ensuring the Educational Stability of Students in Foster Care

CNBC - Education Department penalizes Missouri lender for error that made 800,000 student loan borrowers delinquent by Annie Nova

The Washington Post - Home schooling’s rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education by Peter Jamison,  Laura Meckler,  Prayag Gordy,  Clara Ence Morse and  Chris Alcantara

]]> Thu, 9 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup

We cover the following stories in our education headlines this week:

  • The US Department of Education is penalizing the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (“Mohela”) for failing to send timely bills to 2.5 million student loan holders.
  • Teachers in Portland, Oregon have gone on strike over increased teacher pay, smaller class sizes, and more resources.
  • A study by the Washington Post finds that the number of families homeschooling their children has increased by 50% over the past 6 years.

Nurturing Resilience: Supporting Foster Youth in the Public Education System

Our episode this week takes a look at the complexities of the U.S. foster care system and its intersection with public education. We explore the historical roots of foster care, tracing an evolution from English Poor Law in the 1500s to the modern-day child welfare system, which was shaped by the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act and the Obama-era Every Student Succeeds Act. We examine the challenges that are unique to the foster youth population in the educational setting, including frequent school changes, a lack of legal and medical advocates, and the need for a post-emancipation plan.

Sources & Resources:

Episode 66 - Columbus Teachers on Strike

Founders Online - From George Washington to Benjamin Harrison, 18 January 1784 To Benjamin Harrison

Ohio Department of Education & Workforce - Students in Foster Care

Independent - Judi Dench renders Graham Norton Show speechless with ‘spellbinding’ Shakespeare reading by Tom Murray

Ohio Department of Education - Every Student Succeeds Act: Foster Care Overview

The Annie E. Casey Foundation - Child Welfare and Foster Care Statistics

Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse - Case: L.J. v. Massinga

Veneable LLP - Venable and Disability Rights Maryland File Lawsuit Against State Officials Over Long-Term Placement of Foster Children in Hospitals by Mitchell Y. Yirviss

Civil Rights Lawsuit Concerning Maryland Foster Students - Baltimore Sun

Wikipedia - Library of Alexandria

National Foster Parent Association - History of Foster Care in the United States

FosterED - Every Student Succeeds Act Foster Care Provisions

Ohio Department of Education & Workforce - Ensuring the Educational Stability of Students in Foster Care

CNBC - Education Department penalizes Missouri lender for error that made 800,000 student loan borrowers delinquent by Annie Nova

The Washington Post - Home schooling’s rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education by Peter Jamison,  Laura Meckler,  Prayag Gordy,  Clara Ence Morse and  Chris Alcantara

]]> Nurturing Resilience: Supporting Foster Youth in the Public Education System Moonbeam Multimedia 00:55:05 Our episode this week takes a look into the complexities of the U.S. foster care system and its intersection with public education. Our episode this week takes a look into the complexities of the U.S. foster care system and its intersection with public education. false full 97 1 c6bb9d06-741e-43ca-9f29-6f40a9c8196c Jean Piaget: Theories of Cognitive Development Education Headline Roundup

This week in education headlines:

  • Ohio public education system restructuring can proceed while lawsuits are pending.
  • Reading Recovery Council of North America sues Ohio over ban on "three-cueing" approach to literacy acquisition.
  • China's new patriotic education law aims to step up patriotic education in schools, universities, and religious institutions.

Jean Piaget: Theories of Cognitive Development

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a Swiss developmental psychologist who is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the field of child psychology. He is best known for his theory of cognitive development, which proposes that children progress through four distinct stages as they grow and learn. Piaget's work has had a profound influence on our understanding of how children think and learn, and his theories are still widely discussed in education and child development today.

Piaget's theory of “genetic epistemology” elaborates upon the idea that children actively construct their own knowledge of the world on top of hereditary cognitive structures. He believed that children learn through two main processes: assimilation and accommodation. (Assimilation is the process of incorporating new information into existing knowledge structures. Accommodation is the process of adjusting existing knowledge structures to fit new information.) Piaget proposed that children progress through four distinct stages of cognitive development:

  • Sensorimotor stage (birth to age 2)
  • Preoperational stage (ages 2-7)
  • Concrete operational stage (ages 7-11)
  • Formal operational stage (ages 11 and beyond

Piaget’s work has had a lasting impact on our understanding of child development despite weathering a number of criticisms (including methodological concerns emerging from the fact that his own children served as subjects of his clinical observations!). Piaget’s lasting influence can be observed in constructivist classrooms, approaches to inquiry-based learning, and developmental assessments.

Sources & Resources:

10tv - Ohio court OKs GOP-backed education overhaul, says stalling would cause 'chaos' as lawsuit continues

NBC4i - State board of education will lose powers after judge declines to block law by: Sarah Szilagy and Natalie Fahmy

The Economist - Rule by law, with Chinese characteristics

The Economist - Why does Xi Jinping want patriotic education to be written into law?

Radio Free Asia - China moves to boost 'patriotic education,' including in Hong Kong by By Hsia Hsiao-hwa and Jing Wei for RFA Mandarin, and Gigi Lee for RFA Cantonese 

NBC4i - Gov. Mike DeWine’s ‘science of reading’ mandate under attack in court by: Sarah Szilagy

Sold a Story

About Piaget

Berkeley Graduate Division - Cognitive Constructivism

Association for Psychological Science - The Enduring Influence of Jean Piaget by: J. Roy Hopkins

APA PsycNet - The mind's staircase: Exploring the conceptual underpinnings of children's thought and knowledge. by: Robbie Case

Epistemology: The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Wikipedia: Jean Piaget

Britannica Article: Jean Piaget

Cognitive Development: The Theory of Jean Piaget from Foundations of Educational Technology by Penny Thompson

Sorbonne Université

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development (graphic), by Jennifer S. Groff

In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, By Shoshana Zuboff

]]> Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup

This week in education headlines:

  • Ohio public education system restructuring can proceed while lawsuits are pending.
  • Reading Recovery Council of North America sues Ohio over ban on "three-cueing" approach to literacy acquisition.
  • China's new patriotic education law aims to step up patriotic education in schools, universities, and religious institutions.

Jean Piaget: Theories of Cognitive Development

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a Swiss developmental psychologist who is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the field of child psychology. He is best known for his theory of cognitive development, which proposes that children progress through four distinct stages as they grow and learn. Piaget's work has had a profound influence on our understanding of how children think and learn, and his theories are still widely discussed in education and child development today.

Piaget's theory of “genetic epistemology” elaborates upon the idea that children actively construct their own knowledge of the world on top of hereditary cognitive structures. He believed that children learn through two main processes: assimilation and accommodation. (Assimilation is the process of incorporating new information into existing knowledge structures. Accommodation is the process of adjusting existing knowledge structures to fit new information.) Piaget proposed that children progress through four distinct stages of cognitive development:

  • Sensorimotor stage (birth to age 2)
  • Preoperational stage (ages 2-7)
  • Concrete operational stage (ages 7-11)
  • Formal operational stage (ages 11 and beyond

Piaget’s work has had a lasting impact on our understanding of child development despite weathering a number of criticisms (including methodological concerns emerging from the fact that his own children served as subjects of his clinical observations!). Piaget’s lasting influence can be observed in constructivist classrooms, approaches to inquiry-based learning, and developmental assessments.

Sources & Resources:

10tv - Ohio court OKs GOP-backed education overhaul, says stalling would cause 'chaos' as lawsuit continues

NBC4i - State board of education will lose powers after judge declines to block law by: Sarah Szilagy and Natalie Fahmy

The Economist - Rule by law, with Chinese characteristics

The Economist - Why does Xi Jinping want patriotic education to be written into law?

Radio Free Asia - China moves to boost 'patriotic education,' including in Hong Kong by By Hsia Hsiao-hwa and Jing Wei for RFA Mandarin, and Gigi Lee for RFA Cantonese 

NBC4i - Gov. Mike DeWine’s ‘science of reading’ mandate under attack in court by: Sarah Szilagy

Sold a Story

About Piaget

Berkeley Graduate Division - Cognitive Constructivism

Association for Psychological Science - The Enduring Influence of Jean Piaget by: J. Roy Hopkins

APA PsycNet - The mind's staircase: Exploring the conceptual underpinnings of children's thought and knowledge. by: Robbie Case

Epistemology: The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Wikipedia: Jean Piaget

Britannica Article: Jean Piaget

Cognitive Development: The Theory of Jean Piaget from Foundations of Educational Technology by Penny Thompson

Sorbonne Université

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development (graphic), by Jennifer S. Groff

In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, By Shoshana Zuboff

]]> Jean Piaget: Theories of Cognitive Development Moonbeam Multimedia 00:34:34 A look at Jean Piaget, the Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a theory of cognitive development that has had a profound impact on education and child development. A look at Jean Piaget, the Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a theory of cognitive development that has had a profound impact on education and child development. constructivism, inquiry-based learning, cognitive development, critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, learning, decentering, learning disabilities, hypothetical reasoning, psychology, developmental assessment, teaching, developmental psychology, education, egocentrism, jean piaget, object permanence false full 96 1 79ff6922-d2c9-4e9e-b9e0-0c5dd906c80a The Homework Hustle Education Headline Roundup

This week, we're discussing two big stories that are making waves in the education world, one of which is very close to home (here's looking at you, Ohio):

  • Ohio's Department of Education is undergoing a major reorganization that has been met with opposition from teachers, school administrators, and parents. The reorganization has been blocked by a temporary restraining order, and it is unclear what will happen to the new Department of Education and Workforce if the Ohio Supreme Court upholds the lower court's ruling that the restructuring process was in violation of the state of Ohio's constitution.
  • The California Mathematics Framework, a recently approved, 1,000+ page proposal to overhaul mathematics instruction in California public schools, is coming under intensifying scrutiny. Proponents of the Framework argue that its goal is to bolster educational equity by focusing on applied and authentic mathematics problems, tweaking curriculum timing and content, and endorsing a recommendation that postpones the teaching of Algebra I until high school, but the proposal has been met with intense debate. Critics have taken issue with some of the research cited by the report, and the size of the document has also made it difficult for the public to scrutinize.

The Homework Hustle

Homework has been a part of American schooling for many years, though its popularity as an instructional aid has waxed and waned over the decades. At the turn of the 20th century, progressive reformers argued that homework was not "hands-on" enough and that it created undue stress in the lives of students. Anti-homework sentiment faded amidst Cold War tensions as American policy-makers struggled to "keep up" with the technological advances of the Soviets. In 1983, the Reagan administration's report "A Nation at Risk" warned that American students were falling behind their peers in other countries and that the quality of American education was in decline. The report called for more rigorous academic standards, and this had a significant impact on the question of homework in American public schools.

Today, American teenagers spend about twice as much time on homework each day as their predecessors did in the 1990s. However, research has shown that excessive homework can be associated with high stress levels, physical health problems, and lack of balance in children's lives. Some schools have started building in "rules" around homework, such as limiting homework to an hour per night or eliminating due dates after weekends or breaks. What's the correlation between the amount of homework students do and their performance on in-class exams? Can too much homework hurt academic performance? Join us as we navigate this challenging discussion with far-reaching impact for students, parents, and teachers.

In this week's What We Learned segment: Katie shares the news that Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Built along tributaries to the Ohio River, the series of eight monumental earthen enclosure complexes built between 2,000 and 1,600 years ago are the most representative surviving expressions of the Indigenous Hopewell tradition. Chelsea reviews the book The Death of Expertise, an in-depth discussion of the decline in public trust in experts and expertise.

Sources & Resources:

Fox 8 - Overhaul of Ohio’s K-12 education system is unconstitutional, new lawsuit says by: Associated Press

Ohio General Assembly

Roetzel - State Biennial Budget (HB33) Heads to Ohio Governor for Approval – Summary of Major Educational Changes

The Atlantic - California’s Math Misadventure Is About to Go National By Brian Conrad

APM Reports - Sold a Story

California Department of Education - Mathematics Framework

EducationWeek- California Adopts Controversial New Math Framework. Here’s What’s in It By Sarah Schwartz

Springer Link - The Relationship Between Homework and Achievement—Still Much of a Mystery by Ulrich Trautwein & Olaf Köller 

The Atlantic - The Cult of Homework By Joe Pinsker

JSTOR Daily - The Surprising History of Homework Reform by Livia Gershon

Wikipedia - A Nation at Risk

CNN - Kids have three times too much homework, study finds; what’s the cost? by Kelly Wallace

CNN - Is homework making your child sick? by Amanda Enayati

JSTOR - "A Sin against Childhood": Progressive Education and the Crusade to Abolish Homework, 1897-1941 by Brian Gill and Steven Schlossman

Pew Research Center - What we know about online learning and the homework gap amid the pandemic by Katherine Schaeffer

]]> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup

This week, we're discussing two big stories that are making waves in the education world, one of which is very close to home (here's looking at you, Ohio):

  • Ohio's Department of Education is undergoing a major reorganization that has been met with opposition from teachers, school administrators, and parents. The reorganization has been blocked by a temporary restraining order, and it is unclear what will happen to the new Department of Education and Workforce if the Ohio Supreme Court upholds the lower court's ruling that the restructuring process was in violation of the state of Ohio's constitution.
  • The California Mathematics Framework, a recently approved, 1,000+ page proposal to overhaul mathematics instruction in California public schools, is coming under intensifying scrutiny. Proponents of the Framework argue that its goal is to bolster educational equity by focusing on applied and authentic mathematics problems, tweaking curriculum timing and content, and endorsing a recommendation that postpones the teaching of Algebra I until high school, but the proposal has been met with intense debate. Critics have taken issue with some of the research cited by the report, and the size of the document has also made it difficult for the public to scrutinize.

The Homework Hustle

Homework has been a part of American schooling for many years, though its popularity as an instructional aid has waxed and waned over the decades. At the turn of the 20th century, progressive reformers argued that homework was not "hands-on" enough and that it created undue stress in the lives of students. Anti-homework sentiment faded amidst Cold War tensions as American policy-makers struggled to "keep up" with the technological advances of the Soviets. In 1983, the Reagan administration's report "A Nation at Risk" warned that American students were falling behind their peers in other countries and that the quality of American education was in decline. The report called for more rigorous academic standards, and this had a significant impact on the question of homework in American public schools.

Today, American teenagers spend about twice as much time on homework each day as their predecessors did in the 1990s. However, research has shown that excessive homework can be associated with high stress levels, physical health problems, and lack of balance in children's lives. Some schools have started building in "rules" around homework, such as limiting homework to an hour per night or eliminating due dates after weekends or breaks. What's the correlation between the amount of homework students do and their performance on in-class exams? Can too much homework hurt academic performance? Join us as we navigate this challenging discussion with far-reaching impact for students, parents, and teachers.

In this week's What We Learned segment: Katie shares the news that Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Built along tributaries to the Ohio River, the series of eight monumental earthen enclosure complexes built between 2,000 and 1,600 years ago are the most representative surviving expressions of the Indigenous Hopewell tradition. Chelsea reviews the book The Death of Expertise, an in-depth discussion of the decline in public trust in experts and expertise.

Sources & Resources:

Fox 8 - Overhaul of Ohio’s K-12 education system is unconstitutional, new lawsuit says by: Associated Press

Ohio General Assembly

Roetzel - State Biennial Budget (HB33) Heads to Ohio Governor for Approval – Summary of Major Educational Changes

The Atlantic - California’s Math Misadventure Is About to Go National By Brian Conrad

APM Reports - Sold a Story

California Department of Education - Mathematics Framework

EducationWeek- California Adopts Controversial New Math Framework. Here’s What’s in It By Sarah Schwartz

Springer Link - The Relationship Between Homework and Achievement—Still Much of a Mystery by Ulrich Trautwein & Olaf Köller 

The Atlantic - The Cult of Homework By Joe Pinsker

JSTOR Daily - The Surprising History of Homework Reform by Livia Gershon

Wikipedia - A Nation at Risk

CNN - Kids have three times too much homework, study finds; what’s the cost? by Kelly Wallace

CNN - Is homework making your child sick? by Amanda Enayati

JSTOR - "A Sin against Childhood": Progressive Education and the Crusade to Abolish Homework, 1897-1941 by Brian Gill and Steven Schlossman

Pew Research Center - What we know about online learning and the homework gap amid the pandemic by Katherine Schaeffer

]]> The Homework Hustle Moonbeam Multimedia 00:43:01 Homework has been a part of school culture for decades, its popularity waxing and waning with trends in pedagogy and educational policy. How much homework is too much? Homework has been a part of school culture for decades, its popularity waxing and waning with trends in pedagogy and educational policy. How much homework is too much? homework, homework load, high school homework, learning, teaching, too much homework, how much homework should i assign, education, school, middle school homework, homework assignments false full 95 1 70fdcd25-7089-4e87-926e-93977342a571 Educational Leadership: A Conversation with Dr. Jim Mahoney Educational Leadership: A Conversation with Dr. Jim Mahoney

In this special guest episode of 16:1, we're joined by Dr. Jim Mahoney to discuss insights on educational leadership, including:

  • key qualities of effective educational leadership
  • the challenges facing administrators today (and how institutions of higher education can prepare leaders to meet these challenges)
  • engaging community stakeholders in constructive dialogue, and
  • the unique challenges of the contemporary school funding landscape, particularly for rural schools.

Introducing Jim:

A long-time educator and entrepreneur, Jim Mahoney has dedicated his life to bettering educational opportunities for all students, serving as a superintendent, principal, and teacher, as well as an adjunct professor at several Ohio universities.

In 2001, he joined Battelle for Kids as the organization’s first executive director. Under Jim’s 15 years of leadership, Battelle for Kids grew into a national not-for-profit that expanded across the globe to advance educational equity and opportunity for all students.

Today, Jim serves as the founder of RedBrick Hill, a leadership consulting organization, as well as the Strengths Center, comprised of former educators and strengths-based leadership experts who are passionate about creating positives cultures, both in schools and organizations. In addition to writing several articles and co-authoring books, Jim is the author of the book, To Lead is to Teach: Stories and Strategies from the Classroom to the Boardroom. Jim has made presentations throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, and China and has been recognized on numerous occasions for his leadership in education.

Sources & Resources:

Jim Mahoney

Battelle For Kids

Atomic Habits by James Clear

The Power of Vulnerability by Brené Brown

Dr. Robert Quinn 

State of the Global Workplace: 2023 Report by Gallup

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness By Robert Waldinger, M.D., Marc Schulz, Ph.D 

]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Educational Leadership: A Conversation with Dr. Jim Mahoney

In this special guest episode of 16:1, we're joined by Dr. Jim Mahoney to discuss insights on educational leadership, including:

  • key qualities of effective educational leadership
  • the challenges facing administrators today (and how institutions of higher education can prepare leaders to meet these challenges)
  • engaging community stakeholders in constructive dialogue, and
  • the unique challenges of the contemporary school funding landscape, particularly for rural schools.

Introducing Jim:

A long-time educator and entrepreneur, Jim Mahoney has dedicated his life to bettering educational opportunities for all students, serving as a superintendent, principal, and teacher, as well as an adjunct professor at several Ohio universities.

In 2001, he joined Battelle for Kids as the organization’s first executive director. Under Jim’s 15 years of leadership, Battelle for Kids grew into a national not-for-profit that expanded across the globe to advance educational equity and opportunity for all students.

Today, Jim serves as the founder of RedBrick Hill, a leadership consulting organization, as well as the Strengths Center, comprised of former educators and strengths-based leadership experts who are passionate about creating positives cultures, both in schools and organizations. In addition to writing several articles and co-authoring books, Jim is the author of the book, To Lead is to Teach: Stories and Strategies from the Classroom to the Boardroom. Jim has made presentations throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, and China and has been recognized on numerous occasions for his leadership in education.

Sources & Resources:

Jim Mahoney

Battelle For Kids

Atomic Habits by James Clear

The Power of Vulnerability by Brené Brown

Dr. Robert Quinn 

State of the Global Workplace: 2023 Report by Gallup

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness By Robert Waldinger, M.D., Marc Schulz, Ph.D 

]]> Educational Leadership: A Conversation with Dr. Jim Mahoney Moonbeam Multimedia 00:51:42 In this special guest episode of 16:1, we're joined by Dr. Jim Mahoney to discuss insights on educational leadership. In this special guest episode of 16:1, we're joined by Dr. Jim Mahoney to discuss insights on educational leadership. higher education, learning, educational leadership, teaching, education, school administrators, teacher training false full 94 1 560ba876-bf0c-4ece-98d3-12d1e1cd91c0 Teaching History: Learning, Unlearning, and Building Context in the Classroom Education Headline Roundup
  • The United States’ Office of Educational Technology has released a new policy report entitled Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations. The report offers high-level definitions and recommendations aimed at educators and administrators.
  • Florida’s public university system has approved the use of a new and controversial college entrance exam known as the Classic Learning Test (CLT).

Teaching History: Learning, Unlearning, and Building Context in the Classroom

The study of the past is an essential component of a well-rounded education and a gateway to meaningful civic participation. Why, then, do 85% of eighth-graders score below proficient in U.S. history? Amid shifting sentiments on research, misinformation, and the impact of mass media on the historical record, we're tackling the subject of how history is taught at both the K-12 and postsecondary levels. We discuss the role that textbooks play in the modern history classroom and the difficulties that come with developing age-appropriate curricula covering difficult or sensitive subject matters. Bonus content: we review a few of the lessons we were taught as kids that haven't stood the test of time, featuring George Washington's teeth, indisputable rules of grammar, and the Industrial Revolution.

 

Sources & Resources:

Eleven Warriors: "BIG Ten Officials Tell Ryan Day..."

YouTube - H.E. Keiko Nagaoka from Arctic Circle

Office of Education Technology - Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning

MEXT - Chronology of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT)

The New York Times - Florida Expected to Approve Classical Exam as a Competitor to the SAT by Dana Goldstein

CLT Tests - Mission

NPR - What to know about Florida's 'classic' alternative to the SAT by Juliana Kim

EducationWeek - Sure, We Teach History. But Do We Know Why It’s Important? by Andrew Ujifusa

Forbes - Why We Need To Start Teaching History In Kindergarten by Natalie Wexler

Perspectives on History - Teaching Content, Teaching Skills by Katharina Matro

Libro.fm - Meet You in Hell by Les Standiford

Smithsonian Magazine - Even Though He Is Revered Today, MLK Was Widely Disliked by the American Public When He Was Killed by James C. Cobb

Library of Congress - Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 2. General Correspondence. 1858-1864: Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley, Friday, August 22, 1862 (Clipping from Aug. 23, 1862 Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, D.C.)

 

]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup
  • The United States’ Office of Educational Technology has released a new policy report entitled Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations. The report offers high-level definitions and recommendations aimed at educators and administrators.
  • Florida’s public university system has approved the use of a new and controversial college entrance exam known as the Classic Learning Test (CLT).

Teaching History: Learning, Unlearning, and Building Context in the Classroom

The study of the past is an essential component of a well-rounded education and a gateway to meaningful civic participation. Why, then, do 85% of eighth-graders score below proficient in U.S. history? Amid shifting sentiments on research, misinformation, and the impact of mass media on the historical record, we're tackling the subject of how history is taught at both the K-12 and postsecondary levels. We discuss the role that textbooks play in the modern history classroom and the difficulties that come with developing age-appropriate curricula covering difficult or sensitive subject matters. Bonus content: we review a few of the lessons we were taught as kids that haven't stood the test of time, featuring George Washington's teeth, indisputable rules of grammar, and the Industrial Revolution.

 

Sources & Resources:

Eleven Warriors: "BIG Ten Officials Tell Ryan Day..."

YouTube - H.E. Keiko Nagaoka from Arctic Circle

Office of Education Technology - Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning

MEXT - Chronology of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT)

The New York Times - Florida Expected to Approve Classical Exam as a Competitor to the SAT by Dana Goldstein

CLT Tests - Mission

NPR - What to know about Florida's 'classic' alternative to the SAT by Juliana Kim

EducationWeek - Sure, We Teach History. But Do We Know Why It’s Important? by Andrew Ujifusa

Forbes - Why We Need To Start Teaching History In Kindergarten by Natalie Wexler

Perspectives on History - Teaching Content, Teaching Skills by Katharina Matro

Libro.fm - Meet You in Hell by Les Standiford

Smithsonian Magazine - Even Though He Is Revered Today, MLK Was Widely Disliked by the American Public When He Was Killed by James C. Cobb

Library of Congress - Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 2. General Correspondence. 1858-1864: Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley, Friday, August 22, 1862 (Clipping from Aug. 23, 1862 Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, D.C.)

 

]]> Teaching History: Learning, Unlearning, and Building Context in the Classroom Moonbeam Multimedia 00:52:14 The study of the past is an essential component of a well-rounded education and a gateway to meaningful civic participation. Why, then, do 85% of eighth-graders score below proficient in U.S. history? The study of the past is an essential component of a well-rounded education and a gateway to meaningful civic participation. Why, then, do 85% of eighth-graders score below proficient in U.S. history? active learning strategies for history, learning, history textbooks, teaching, history education, classic learning test, education, u.s. politics, using primary sources in the classroom, storytelling in history education, teaching history to diverse learners false full 93 1 b801e661-822a-45a6-b421-babde7941340 Wikipedia and the Quest for a Universal Encyclopedia Education Headline Roundup

It’s been a busy week in education news as students and educators in the U.S. head back to school following summer break. Here are the headlines in this week’s edu news roundup:

  • The Biden administration is once again attempting to follow through on campaign promises to alleviate student debt. Details of the SAVE program are discussed.
  • The Boys & Girls Club of America has released a new study revealing troubling trends in levels of bullying and cyberbulling in American schools.
  • The College Board is in hot water over revelations that it sends student SAT scores and GPAs to Facebook and TikTok through tracking pixels (advertising technology).
  • The Columbia County Library in Dayton, Washington, is facing a possible dissolution vote on November 7th after a series of book challenges.
  • Governor Maura Healey of Massachusetts announced a new program that would make community college tuition-free for residents without a prior post-secondary degree.

Wikipedia and the Quest for a Universal Encyclopedia

Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history. Maintained by a large cohort of volunteer editors, the free, online encyclopedia aims to make “the sum of all human knowledge” available to the world. The project of Wikipedia sparks a number of questions of interest to the modern educator, such as: What is expertise? What events, locations, objects, people, artworks, and inventions etc. are noteworthy? What exactly is a neutral point of view? How does living contemporaneously to events of historical significance impact our ability to evaluate them accurately?

Is Wikipedia Trustworthy?

Wikipedia is a living document, an undulating sea of interconnected articles, references, policies, and end users. Though neutrality is a guiding Wikipedian philosophy, vandalism does sometimes occur, and mistakes are sometimes made. (Studies have shown, however, that Wikipedia is nearly as accurate as traditional print reference resources, such as Encyclopedia Britannica.) We’ll investigate the epistemological challenges inherent to a collaborative and ever-evolving repository of knowledge. We’ll also uncover some startling demographic statistics about Wikipedia’s editors, who aren’t as representative of the average world citizen as you might think.

The Impact of AI and Other Modern Internet Forces on Wikipedia

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is having a major impact on Wikipedia. AI can be used to generate content, summarize articles, and identify vandalism. However, AI also poses a threat to the integrity of the content of Wikipedia, as it often introduces inaccuracies, fabrications, and “hallucinations,” some of which can be extremely difficult to detect. Other modern Internet forces, such as deepfakes and misinformation, are also disrupting Wikipedia’s vast knowledge experiment.

Join us as we investigate the history and impact of one of the world’s top 10 websites.

Sources & Resources:

TED Talk - The Birth of Wikipedia

The Independent - Nobody should trust Wikipedia, says man who invented Wikipedia by Mayank Aggarwal

YouTube - The White House: President Biden Announces the SAVE Plan for Student Loan Borrowers

NPR - Borrowers can now apply for new, income-based student loan repayment by Sequoia Carrillo and Cory Turner

Boys & Girls Clubs of America - Youth Right Now

Axios - Students face new school year with jump in bullying by April Rubin

Gizmodo - The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook GPAs and Details About SAT Scores by Thomas Germain

WBUR - Community college is now free for Mass. residents 25 and older. Millions qualify by Max Larkin

KNKX NPR - Rural Washington library could be nation’s first to dissolve after book challenges by Courtney Flatt

The Book Loft - The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood by James Gleick

Wikipedia - Wikipedia

Wikipedia - Help: Introduction to Policies and Guidelines

Wikipedia - What Wikipedia is Not

Technology Review - The Decline of Wikipedia by Tom Simonite

Duke University Press - Wikipedia's Race and Ethnicity Gap and the Unverifiability of Whiteness by Michael Mandiberg

Aljazeera - How are Wikipedians fighting gender bias online? 

HBR - Why Do So Few Women Edit Wikipedia? by Nicole Torres

Vice - AI Is Tearing Wikipedia Apart by Claire Woodcock

The Next Web - UK plan to police internet may be unlawful, force Wikipedia shutdown by Thomas Macaulay

UK Parliament - Online Safety Bill

The Economic Times - How accurate is Wikipedia's content? 

Governance, Organization, and Democracy on the Internet: The Iron Law and the Evolution of Wikipedia by Piotr Konieczny

]]> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Education Headline Roundup

It’s been a busy week in education news as students and educators in the U.S. head back to school following summer break. Here are the headlines in this week’s edu news roundup:

  • The Biden administration is once again attempting to follow through on campaign promises to alleviate student debt. Details of the SAVE program are discussed.
  • The Boys & Girls Club of America has released a new study revealing troubling trends in levels of bullying and cyberbulling in American schools.
  • The College Board is in hot water over revelations that it sends student SAT scores and GPAs to Facebook and TikTok through tracking pixels (advertising technology).
  • The Columbia County Library in Dayton, Washington, is facing a possible dissolution vote on November 7th after a series of book challenges.
  • Governor Maura Healey of Massachusetts announced a new program that would make community college tuition-free for residents without a prior post-secondary degree.

Wikipedia and the Quest for a Universal Encyclopedia

Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history. Maintained by a large cohort of volunteer editors, the free, online encyclopedia aims to make “the sum of all human knowledge” available to the world. The project of Wikipedia sparks a number of questions of interest to the modern educator, such as: What is expertise? What events, locations, objects, people, artworks, and inventions etc. are noteworthy? What exactly is a neutral point of view? How does living contemporaneously to events of historical significance impact our ability to evaluate them accurately?

Is Wikipedia Trustworthy?

Wikipedia is a living document, an undulating sea of interconnected articles, references, policies, and end users. Though neutrality is a guiding Wikipedian philosophy, vandalism does sometimes occur, and mistakes are sometimes made. (Studies have shown, however, that Wikipedia is nearly as accurate as traditional print reference resources, such as Encyclopedia Britannica.) We’ll investigate the epistemological challenges inherent to a collaborative and ever-evolving repository of knowledge. We’ll also uncover some startling demographic statistics about Wikipedia’s editors, who aren’t as representative of the average world citizen as you might think.

The Impact of AI and Other Modern Internet Forces on Wikipedia

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is having a major impact on Wikipedia. AI can be used to generate content, summarize articles, and identify vandalism. However, AI also poses a threat to the integrity of the content of Wikipedia, as it often introduces inaccuracies, fabrications, and “hallucinations,” some of which can be extremely difficult to detect. Other modern Internet forces, such as deepfakes and misinformation, are also disrupting Wikipedia’s vast knowledge experiment.

Join us as we investigate the history and impact of one of the world’s top 10 websites.

Sources & Resources:

TED Talk - The Birth of Wikipedia

The Independent - Nobody should trust Wikipedia, says man who invented Wikipedia by Mayank Aggarwal

YouTube - The White House: President Biden Announces the SAVE Plan for Student Loan Borrowers

NPR - Borrowers can now apply for new, income-based student loan repayment by Sequoia Carrillo and Cory Turner

Boys & Girls Clubs of America - Youth Right Now

Axios - Students face new school year with jump in bullying by April Rubin

Gizmodo - The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook GPAs and Details About SAT Scores by Thomas Germain

WBUR - Community college is now free for Mass. residents 25 and older. Millions qualify by Max Larkin

KNKX NPR - Rural Washington library could be nation’s first to dissolve after book challenges by Courtney Flatt

The Book Loft - The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood by James Gleick

Wikipedia - Wikipedia

Wikipedia - Help: Introduction to Policies and Guidelines

Wikipedia - What Wikipedia is Not

Technology Review - The Decline of Wikipedia by Tom Simonite

Duke University Press - Wikipedia's Race and Ethnicity Gap and the Unverifiability of Whiteness by Michael Mandiberg

Aljazeera - How are Wikipedians fighting gender bias online? 

HBR - Why Do So Few Women Edit Wikipedia? by Nicole Torres

Vice - AI Is Tearing Wikipedia Apart by Claire Woodcock

The Next Web - UK plan to police internet may be unlawful, force Wikipedia shutdown by Thomas Macaulay

UK Parliament - Online Safety Bill

The Economic Times - How accurate is Wikipedia's content? 

Governance, Organization, and Democracy on the Internet: The Iron Law and the Evolution of Wikipedia by Piotr Konieczny

]]> Wikipedia and the Quest for a Universal Encyclopedia Moonbeam Multimedia 00:42:31 If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you’ve used the largest and most-read reference work in history. But is Wikipedia trustworthy? If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you’ve used the largest and most-read reference work in history. But is Wikipedia trustworthy? wikipedia as a source for research, neutrality on wikipedia, wikipedia and education, wikipedia and the social internet, wikipedia english teachers, impact of ai on wikipedia, how to use wikipedia responsibly, wikipedia bias and editor makeup, how to teach wikipedia in the classroom, student debt, epistemology and wikipedia, save plan, wikipedia in the classroom, bullying in schools, columbia county library book challenges, wikipedia vandalism, biden administration student loan repayment plan, deepfakes and wikipedia, wikipedia and scholarship, the future of wikipedia, massachusetts governor maura healey massreconnect program, college board data privacy false full 92 1 8a695bb3-fdc4-41a3-a39f-aa22e8e6a719 Children's and Young Adult Literature: An Introduction Edu Headline Roundup - 8/17/23

This headline roundup this week covers West Virginia University's plan to make deep cuts to academic programming, Arkansas's moves regarding the College Board's AP African American Studies course, the Biden admin's new K-12 Cybersecurity efforts, and everything you need to know about KKR's acquisition of Simon & Schuster. 

Children's and Young Adult Literature: Transforming Young Lives With Timeless Stories

Children's and young adult literature (YAL) is a thriving industry, with thousands of new titles being published each year. In this episode, we take a look at the history of the industry from the time of its earliest architects (such as Enlightenment philosopher John Locke, if you can believe it) to the present day. We'll also explore the ways in which modern readers are changing the publishing landscape, including with e-books, audiobooks, graphic novels, manga, and more. Bonus content: learn about the Guggenheim family's connection to Jackson Pollock and why those web CAPTCHAs are so annoying.

links:

WVU - WVU announces preliminary recommendations, Academic Transformation next steps

Wordsrated - Young Adult Book Sales Statistics by Dimitrije Curcic

The New Yorker - S. E. Hinton and the Y.A. Debate by Jon Michaud

National Women's History Museum - Louisa May Alcott by Arlisha R. Norwood, NWHM Fellow | 2017

Artnet News - Jackson Pollock Moonlit as the Guggenheim’s Maintenance Man—and 4 Other Unlikely Side Jobs Famous Artists Once Held at New York Museums by Annikka Olsen

Publishers Weekly - A Brief History of Picture Books by Leonard S. Marcus

ABC News - AP African American studies canceled by Arkansas officials just before school begins by Kiara Alfonseca

The New York Times - Judge Blocks a Merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster by Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris

British Library - A Little Pretty Pocket-Book

Britannica - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland novel by Carroll by Cathy Lowne and Pat Bauer

Smithsonian Magazine - Why Louisa May Alcott’s ‘Little Women’ Endures by Alice George

The Atlantic - The Magazine That Helped 1920s Kids Navigate Racism by Anna Holmes

History.com - First Newbery Medal for children’s literature awarded to Hendrik Willem van Loon

The White House - Biden-⁠Harris Administration Launches New Efforts to Strengthen America’s K-12 Schools’ Cybersecurity

The Register - So much for CAPTCHA then – bots can complete them quicker than humans by Richard Currie

 

]]> Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Edu Headline Roundup - 8/17/23

This headline roundup this week covers West Virginia University's plan to make deep cuts to academic programming, Arkansas's moves regarding the College Board's AP African American Studies course, the Biden admin's new K-12 Cybersecurity efforts, and everything you need to know about KKR's acquisition of Simon & Schuster. 

Children's and Young Adult Literature: Transforming Young Lives With Timeless Stories

Children's and young adult literature (YAL) is a thriving industry, with thousands of new titles being published each year. In this episode, we take a look at the history of the industry from the time of its earliest architects (such as Enlightenment philosopher John Locke, if you can believe it) to the present day. We'll also explore the ways in which modern readers are changing the publishing landscape, including with e-books, audiobooks, graphic novels, manga, and more. Bonus content: learn about the Guggenheim family's connection to Jackson Pollock and why those web CAPTCHAs are so annoying.

links:

WVU - WVU announces preliminary recommendations, Academic Transformation next steps

Wordsrated - Young Adult Book Sales Statistics by Dimitrije Curcic

The New Yorker - S. E. Hinton and the Y.A. Debate by Jon Michaud

National Women's History Museum - Louisa May Alcott by Arlisha R. Norwood, NWHM Fellow | 2017

Artnet News - Jackson Pollock Moonlit as the Guggenheim’s Maintenance Man—and 4 Other Unlikely Side Jobs Famous Artists Once Held at New York Museums by Annikka Olsen

Publishers Weekly - A Brief History of Picture Books by Leonard S. Marcus

ABC News - AP African American studies canceled by Arkansas officials just before school begins by Kiara Alfonseca

The New York Times - Judge Blocks a Merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster by Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris

British Library - A Little Pretty Pocket-Book

Britannica - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland novel by Carroll by Cathy Lowne and Pat Bauer

Smithsonian Magazine - Why Louisa May Alcott’s ‘Little Women’ Endures by Alice George

The Atlantic - The Magazine That Helped 1920s Kids Navigate Racism by Anna Holmes

History.com - First Newbery Medal for children’s literature awarded to Hendrik Willem van Loon

The White House - Biden-⁠Harris Administration Launches New Efforts to Strengthen America’s K-12 Schools’ Cybersecurity

The Register - So much for CAPTCHA then – bots can complete them quicker than humans by Richard Currie

 

]]> Children's and Young Adult Literature: An Introduction Moonbeam Multimedia 00:41:56 Children's and young adult literature is a thriving industry, with thousands of new titles being published each year. In this episode, we take a look at the history of publishing literary titles for young readers. Children's and young adult literature is a thriving industry, with thousands of new titles being published each year. In this episode, we take a look at the history of publishing literary titles for young readers. banned young adult books, rise of social media in children's literature, rise of social media in young adult literature, future of young adult literature, history of children's literature, growth of e-books and audiobooks in young adult literature, classroom, demand for diversity in children's literature, censorship of young adult literature, audiobooks in children's literature, learning, graphic novels and comics in children's literature, books about the environment for young adults, award-winning children's books, future of children's literature, teaching, censorship of children's literature, education, growth of e-books and audiobooks in children's literature, trends in children's literature, trends in young adult literature, banned children's books, children's literature, most popular children's books of all time, reading habits of young adults, diversity in young adult literature, school library, award-winning young adult books, graphic novels and comics in young adult literature, reading habits of children, realistic fiction in young adult literature, schools, young adult literature, most popular young adult books of all time, audiobooks in young adult literature, publishing children's books, realistic fiction in children's literature, books about the environment for children, publishing young adult books, diversity in children's literature false full 91 1 e1183913-6141-4a5c-baad-4a0fdec599c6 Tomorrow’s Classroom: Imagining 50 Years Into the Future of Education The Future of Education: Surveying the School of 50 Years From Now

In this week’s education headline roundup, we’ll take a look at Houston ISD’s new superintendent and his controversial decision to convert school libraries into discipline centers, the California Department of Education’s effort to suppress the publication of a study using the state’s education data, and a new educational offering from NASA.

Our episode this week delves deep into the future of education. We’ll discuss how artificial intelligence may continue to creep into classrooms, how climate change and green technologies will be making a bigger impact, and how COVID will continue to haunt our classrooms (and maybe our brains). We’ll wonder what might replace standardized testing, whether VR might be able to transport our students into historical events, and whether public education in the U.S. can find a new funding model. Join us for this look 50 years into the future!

Sources & Resources:

The Guardian - Houston school district to turn libraries into disciplinary centers by Erum Salam

CHRON - 'You should be happy': HISD leader defends controversial teacher pay scale by Kennedy Sessions

Substack - The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries by Karawynn Long

EdSource - California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got state data to study education issues by John Fensterwald

NASA - NASA Launches Beta Site; On-Demand Streaming, App Update Coming Soon

Scientific American - Here Are the Stunning Heat Records Set So Far This Summer by Andrea Thompson 

BBC Science Focus - What could the school of 2050 look like? by Holly Spanner

The Guardian - Facebook disputes its own research showing harmful effects of Instagram on teens’ mental health by Dan Milmo and Kari Paul

Pluralistic: Autoenshittification

 

]]> Thu, 3 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ The Future of Education: Surveying the School of 50 Years From Now

In this week’s education headline roundup, we’ll take a look at Houston ISD’s new superintendent and his controversial decision to convert school libraries into discipline centers, the California Department of Education’s effort to suppress the publication of a study using the state’s education data, and a new educational offering from NASA.

Our episode this week delves deep into the future of education. We’ll discuss how artificial intelligence may continue to creep into classrooms, how climate change and green technologies will be making a bigger impact, and how COVID will continue to haunt our classrooms (and maybe our brains). We’ll wonder what might replace standardized testing, whether VR might be able to transport our students into historical events, and whether public education in the U.S. can find a new funding model. Join us for this look 50 years into the future!

Sources & Resources:

The Guardian - Houston school district to turn libraries into disciplinary centers by Erum Salam

CHRON - 'You should be happy': HISD leader defends controversial teacher pay scale by Kennedy Sessions

Substack - The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries by Karawynn Long

EdSource - California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got state data to study education issues by John Fensterwald

NASA - NASA Launches Beta Site; On-Demand Streaming, App Update Coming Soon

Scientific American - Here Are the Stunning Heat Records Set So Far This Summer by Andrea Thompson 

BBC Science Focus - What could the school of 2050 look like? by Holly Spanner

The Guardian - Facebook disputes its own research showing harmful effects of Instagram on teens’ mental health by Dan Milmo and Kari Paul

Pluralistic: Autoenshittification

 

]]> Tomorrow’s Classroom: Imagining 50 Years Into the Future of Education Moonbeam Multimedia 00:52:52 Join us as we imagine the future of education. What will classrooms look like 50 years from now? Join us as we imagine the future of education. What will classrooms look like 50 years from now? vr and education, future of schools, standardized testing, california department of eduacation, artificial intelligence in schools, virtual classroom, student privacy, how will technology change education?, teacher shortage, the metaverse and education, nasa streaming platform, technology and education, houston isd, future of education, education 50 years from now, nasa+, digital classroom false full 90 1 5367c2a0-8f8d-428c-bee0-d9dea3075a2f Dewey, or Dewey Not John Dewey: Progressive Educator, Philosopher, & Scholar

Welcome back, listeners! This week in our education headline roundup, we revisit the Biden administration's debt relief initiatives, tackle Harvard University's trailblazing policy decisions concerning the use of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom, and contemplate whether Elizabeth Holmes might have a new cell mate. Then on to our headliner: John Dewey, father of functional psychology and trailblazing progressive education reformer. Hoping to undo the negative effects of his own educational experiences, Dewey spent decades refining scholarship and research on student-centered learning focused on real-world problems. Dewey's ideas had a profound impact on education around the world, and his work continues to be influential today. In "What We Learned," Chelsea discusses the University in Exile, a refuge for scholars fleeing persecution during WWII, while Kate covers the new dress code that's making waves at Wimbledon.

Sources & Resources:

CBS News - How Biden's latest student loan forgiveness differs from debt relief blocked by Supreme Court By Melissa Quinn

Associated Press - Founder of student aid startup Frank shakes head as prosecutor describes case against her by Larry Neumeister

ResearchGate - The University as Prophet, Science as its Messenger, and Democracy as its Revelation: John Dewey, University of Chicago President William Rainey Harper, and Colonel Francis Parker by Thomas S. Popkewitz

Wikipedia - John Dewey

National Endowment for the Humanities - John Dewey: Portrait of a Progressive Thinker by Peter Gibbon

Brittannica - John Dewey

U.S. Department of Education - Biden-Harris Administration to Provide 804,000 Borrowers with $39 Billion in Automatic Loan Forgiveness as a Result of Fixes to Income Driven Repayment Plans

The Crimson - Harvard Releases First Guidelines for ‘Responsible Experimentation with Generative AI Tools’ by Rahem D. Hamid and Claire Yuan

BBC - For the first time in its history, Wimbledon has relaxed its dress code rules. Why are they so strict? Ellie Violet Bramley takes a look by Ellie Violet Bramley 

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - John Dewey

JSTOR - Common Ground With A Common Faith: Dewey's Idea of the “Religious” by Bradley Baurain

]]> Thu, 20 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ John Dewey: Progressive Educator, Philosopher, & Scholar

Welcome back, listeners! This week in our education headline roundup, we revisit the Biden administration's debt relief initiatives, tackle Harvard University's trailblazing policy decisions concerning the use of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom, and contemplate whether Elizabeth Holmes might have a new cell mate. Then on to our headliner: John Dewey, father of functional psychology and trailblazing progressive education reformer. Hoping to undo the negative effects of his own educational experiences, Dewey spent decades refining scholarship and research on student-centered learning focused on real-world problems. Dewey's ideas had a profound impact on education around the world, and his work continues to be influential today. In "What We Learned," Chelsea discusses the University in Exile, a refuge for scholars fleeing persecution during WWII, while Kate covers the new dress code that's making waves at Wimbledon.

Sources & Resources:

CBS News - How Biden's latest student loan forgiveness differs from debt relief blocked by Supreme Court By Melissa Quinn

Associated Press - Founder of student aid startup Frank shakes head as prosecutor describes case against her by Larry Neumeister

ResearchGate - The University as Prophet, Science as its Messenger, and Democracy as its Revelation: John Dewey, University of Chicago President William Rainey Harper, and Colonel Francis Parker by Thomas S. Popkewitz

Wikipedia - John Dewey

National Endowment for the Humanities - John Dewey: Portrait of a Progressive Thinker by Peter Gibbon

Brittannica - John Dewey

U.S. Department of Education - Biden-Harris Administration to Provide 804,000 Borrowers with $39 Billion in Automatic Loan Forgiveness as a Result of Fixes to Income Driven Repayment Plans

The Crimson - Harvard Releases First Guidelines for ‘Responsible Experimentation with Generative AI Tools’ by Rahem D. Hamid and Claire Yuan

BBC - For the first time in its history, Wimbledon has relaxed its dress code rules. Why are they so strict? Ellie Violet Bramley takes a look by Ellie Violet Bramley 

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - John Dewey

JSTOR - Common Ground With A Common Faith: Dewey's Idea of the “Religious” by Bradley Baurain

]]> Dewey, or Dewey Not Moonbeam Multimedia 00:44:20 This week's headliner: John Dewey, father of functional psychology, trailblazing progressive education reformer, and a bit of a weird dude! This week's headliner: John Dewey, father of functional psychology, trailblazing progressive education reformer, and a bit of a weird dude! progressive education, democratic classroom, inquiry-based learning, democracy and education, democracy, lab school, pragmatism, education degree, columbia university, learning, education for active citizenship, teacher education, teaching, education, teachers college, pragmatism in education, university of chicago, education philosophy, john dewey, philosophy of education, problem-based learning, learning by doing false full 89 1 d5b9d50b-149b-40f5-abb4-50202f671885 Yes, Chef! (Learning Culinary Arts) EDU Headline Roundup: Supreme Court Rulings Impacting U.S. Schools

Last week saw historic rulings from the Supreme Court on President Biden's student debt relief plan and affirmative action in college admissions. SCOTUS' rulings on these two issues have far-reaching implications. Critics of the affirmative action decision say it could make it more difficult for minority students to gain admission to selective colleges and universities, while the ruling on Biden's student debt relief program could prevent millions of borrowers from receiving relief in the wake of the economic impact of COVID-19 on loan holders.

Culinary Arts Training, Michelin Stars, and the Art of Food

Having been inspired by season 2 of The Bear, a critically-acclaimed TV dramedy series about a young chef who returns home to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop after his brother's suicide, Chelsea and Katie are tackling culinary training this week on 16:1. From technical training, apprenticeships, and schools like the Culinary Institute of America and Le Cordon Blue (founded in Paris in 1895 and considered to be one of the most prestigious culinary schools in the world), we cover the entry points into some of the most demanding yet rewarding careers in food and drink. Learn how restaurants earn coveted Michelin stars, find out where your favorite celebrity chefs went to school, and what to expect if you want to succeed in the business of operating a restaurant. 

Sources & Resources:

Wikipedia - Culinary Institute of America Alumni

Wikipedia - Le Cordon Bleu Alumni

The Culinary Institute of America

Le Cordon Bleu

Outkick - Taylor Swift Proves... by Mike Gunzelman

Elie Traveler - How the Prestigious Michelin Star System Really Works by Kim Ayling

Wikipedia - Michelin Guide

Michelin Restaurants

Wikipedia - Gastronomy

InsideHigherEd - HEROES Act at Center of Debt-Relief Legal Fight by Katherine Knott

NBC News - Supreme Court kills Biden student loan relief plan by Lawrence Hurley 

Cornell Law School - 20 U.S. Code § 1098bb - Waiver authority for response to military contingencies and national emergencies

Wikipedia - The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

]]> Thu, 6 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ EDU Headline Roundup: Supreme Court Rulings Impacting U.S. Schools

Last week saw historic rulings from the Supreme Court on President Biden's student debt relief plan and affirmative action in college admissions. SCOTUS' rulings on these two issues have far-reaching implications. Critics of the affirmative action decision say it could make it more difficult for minority students to gain admission to selective colleges and universities, while the ruling on Biden's student debt relief program could prevent millions of borrowers from receiving relief in the wake of the economic impact of COVID-19 on loan holders.

Culinary Arts Training, Michelin Stars, and the Art of Food

Having been inspired by season 2 of The Bear, a critically-acclaimed TV dramedy series about a young chef who returns home to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop after his brother's suicide, Chelsea and Katie are tackling culinary training this week on 16:1. From technical training, apprenticeships, and schools like the Culinary Institute of America and Le Cordon Blue (founded in Paris in 1895 and considered to be one of the most prestigious culinary schools in the world), we cover the entry points into some of the most demanding yet rewarding careers in food and drink. Learn how restaurants earn coveted Michelin stars, find out where your favorite celebrity chefs went to school, and what to expect if you want to succeed in the business of operating a restaurant. 

Sources & Resources:

Wikipedia - Culinary Institute of America Alumni

Wikipedia - Le Cordon Bleu Alumni

The Culinary Institute of America

Le Cordon Bleu

Outkick - Taylor Swift Proves... by Mike Gunzelman

Elie Traveler - How the Prestigious Michelin Star System Really Works by Kim Ayling

Wikipedia - Michelin Guide

Michelin Restaurants

Wikipedia - Gastronomy

InsideHigherEd - HEROES Act at Center of Debt-Relief Legal Fight by Katherine Knott

NBC News - Supreme Court kills Biden student loan relief plan by Lawrence Hurley 

Cornell Law School - 20 U.S. Code § 1098bb - Waiver authority for response to military contingencies and national emergencies

Wikipedia - The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

]]> Yes, Chef! (Learning Culinary Arts) Moonbeam Multimedia 00:53:37 Culinary training, Michelin stars, and the art of food. Plus, our headline roundup covers recent Supreme Court rulings impacting the education system in the U.S. Culinary training, Michelin stars, and the art of food. Plus, our headline roundup covers recent Supreme Court rulings impacting the education system in the U.S. culinary arts, learning to cook, college and university admissions, student debt relief, chef training, higher education, restaurant management, biden debt relief, cooking, becoming a chef, how to run a restaurant, higher education in the united states, education information, food science, affirmative action, how to become a chef, cooking school, scotus, supreme court, culinary training, education headlines false full 88 1 5d58023b-8e03-4dfe-aad9-85164f1ad54d Year in Review: Volume 2 16:1 Podcast - Year in Review, Volume II

Join us as we reconnect with some of our favorite stories and learning opportunities that unfolded over the past school year. The education headline roundup will cover Biden's student debt relief challenge in the Supreme Court, a look at the College Board's response to new, restrictive content guidelines coming out of state legislatures in Florida, Texas, Ohio, and elsewhere, and information about the U.K.'s latest bid to curb immigration by restricting study visas to institutions in Great Britain. 

Sources & Resources:

CNBC - Here are key things to know as Supreme Court nears decision on Biden’s student loan forgiveness by Annie Nova

Wikipedia - The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

Wikipedia - The Idea Factory

CollegeBoard - Our Commitment to AP Students, Families, and Educators

Wikipedia - College World Series

Twitter - History Vids

Noble Blood Podcast

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation (Surgeon General's Report)

 

]]> Thu, 22 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ 16:1 Podcast - Year in Review, Volume II

Join us as we reconnect with some of our favorite stories and learning opportunities that unfolded over the past school year. The education headline roundup will cover Biden's student debt relief challenge in the Supreme Court, a look at the College Board's response to new, restrictive content guidelines coming out of state legislatures in Florida, Texas, Ohio, and elsewhere, and information about the U.K.'s latest bid to curb immigration by restricting study visas to institutions in Great Britain. 

Sources & Resources:

CNBC - Here are key things to know as Supreme Court nears decision on Biden’s student loan forgiveness by Annie Nova

Wikipedia - The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

Wikipedia - The Idea Factory

CollegeBoard - Our Commitment to AP Students, Families, and Educators

Wikipedia - College World Series

Twitter - History Vids

Noble Blood Podcast

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation (Surgeon General's Report)

 

]]> Year in Review: Volume 2 Moonbeam Multimedia 00:49:15 Our second annual year in review. Join us as we reconnect with some of our favorite stories and learning opportunities that unfolded over the past school year. Our second annual year in review. Join us as we reconnect with some of our favorite stories and learning opportunities that unfolded over the past school year. student immigration united kingdom, student debt relief, college board, academic censorship, baseball technology, supreme court education news, year in review, ap exams, biden student debt relief, college board ap courses, information theory, book bans, ap courses false full 87 1 23e4f471-0adf-4d65-aed0-e27fd299cabc Learning to Fly Welcome, aviation enthusiasts! Today, we soar and explore the lifelong pursuit of learning known as piloting. Join us as we unravel the intricate process of obtaining a private pilot's license, from the first exhilarating moments of taking control of a small aircraft to the meticulous training required to navigate the skies with confidence as a commercial airline pilot. Tune in for a special guest appearance from a seasoned aviator who has spent more than 40 years in the cockpit. 

Don't miss our roundup of the latest education news headlines, "Fill in the Blank" trivia segment, and discussion of a special resource on literacy instruction for K-12 public schools in America.

]]> Thu, 8 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome, aviation enthusiasts! Today, we soar and explore the lifelong pursuit of learning known as piloting. Join us as we unravel the intricate process of obtaining a private pilot's license, from the first exhilarating moments of taking control of a small aircraft to the meticulous training required to navigate the skies with confidence as a commercial airline pilot. Tune in for a special guest appearance from a seasoned aviator who has spent more than 40 years in the cockpit. 

Don't miss our roundup of the latest education news headlines, "Fill in the Blank" trivia segment, and discussion of a special resource on literacy instruction for K-12 public schools in America.

]]> Learning to Fly Moonbeam Multimedia 00:45:59 Being a pilot means a commitment to lifelong learning. Find out what it takes to get a private pilot's license, how aviators train to fly commercial aircraft, and hear from a pilot with 40+ years of experience in the cockpit. Being a pilot means a commitment to lifelong learning. Find out what it takes to get a private pilot's license, how aviators train to fly commercial aircraft, and hear from a pilot with 40+ years of experience in the cockpit. commercial airline pilot, pilot interview, private pilot training, commercial airline training, aspiring pilots, astronauts, flight school, becoming a pilot, how to become a pilot, pilot training, piloting, aviation training, pilot false full 86 1 2d3e5c1f-d81e-475e-95ee-05f072221796 Collaborative Teaching for Stronger School Community Collaborative Teaching for Stronger School Community

"I truly feel that if I did not have these people supporting me as a teacher, I couldn't keep moving." - Katie, on her coworkers

In school, collaboration is key. This week, we're discussing the importance of carving out time for teachers to work together to solve tough problems and share inspiration. (We'll also talk about why staff meetings don't always count as collaborative time!) From veteran teachers and those who are just starting their careers, we've gathered reflections on how collegiality bolsters student achievement, reduces turnover in the profession, and fosters strong community. We'll also bring you the latest headlines in education news from around the country: S.B. 83 looms over higher education institutions in Ohio, sex ed. faces a setback in Gwinnett County, GA, and MOOSE are on the loose in Maine. (You'll just have to listen.) 

Don't forget to sign up for our email newsletter, launching soon! Stay up to date on the latest education news headlines, teacher resources, professional development opportunities, and more! Visit our website for more info.

Sources & Resources:

Wikipedia - List of inventors killed by their own invention

Vox - Men have fewer friends than ever, and it’s harming their health By Aubrey Hirsch

The Columbus Dispatch - Ohio Senate passes SB 83, controversial higher education bill. What would it do? by Anna Staver

Ohio Bill - SB 83

The Ohio Legislature - Senate Bill 83

Edutopia - Keeping the Door Open to Collaboration By Emelina Minero

District Administration - The benefits of teacher collaboration By Carla Thomas McClure

News Center Maine - Online Holocaust modules available for students for free By Hannah Yechivi

Maine - MOOSE History of Genocide & the Holocaust Learning Progression

 

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Collaborative Teaching for Stronger School Community

"I truly feel that if I did not have these people supporting me as a teacher, I couldn't keep moving." - Katie, on her coworkers

In school, collaboration is key. This week, we're discussing the importance of carving out time for teachers to work together to solve tough problems and share inspiration. (We'll also talk about why staff meetings don't always count as collaborative time!) From veteran teachers and those who are just starting their careers, we've gathered reflections on how collegiality bolsters student achievement, reduces turnover in the profession, and fosters strong community. We'll also bring you the latest headlines in education news from around the country: S.B. 83 looms over higher education institutions in Ohio, sex ed. faces a setback in Gwinnett County, GA, and MOOSE are on the loose in Maine. (You'll just have to listen.) 

Don't forget to sign up for our email newsletter, launching soon! Stay up to date on the latest education news headlines, teacher resources, professional development opportunities, and more! Visit our website for more info.

Sources & Resources:

Wikipedia - List of inventors killed by their own invention

Vox - Men have fewer friends than ever, and it’s harming their health By Aubrey Hirsch

The Columbus Dispatch - Ohio Senate passes SB 83, controversial higher education bill. What would it do? by Anna Staver

Ohio Bill - SB 83

The Ohio Legislature - Senate Bill 83

Edutopia - Keeping the Door Open to Collaboration By Emelina Minero

District Administration - The benefits of teacher collaboration By Carla Thomas McClure

News Center Maine - Online Holocaust modules available for students for free By Hannah Yechivi

Maine - MOOSE History of Genocide & the Holocaust Learning Progression

 

]]> Collaborative Teaching for Stronger School Community Moonbeam Multimedia 00:53:02 In school, collaboration is key. This week, we're discussing the importance of carving out time for teachers to work together. In school, collaboration is key. This week, we're discussing the importance of carving out time for teachers to work together. building school community, elementary school teacher, teacher colleagues, school district leadership, middle school teachers, coworking in education, education professional development, colleagues, schools, leadership, teacher coworkers, collaboration, school principal, teacher professional development, teacher collaboration, school leadership, continuing education, coworkers, high school teachers false full 85 1 66a4df28-03af-4bf3-b614-0a9e6f11929d Mindful Teaching: Techniques for Cultivating Resilience and Reducing Burnout Teacher Stress and Burnout: Causes and Coping Strategies

If you're a classroom educator, you know firsthand how challenging and demanding your job can be. Between juggling lesson planning, student assessments, grading, parent communications, administrative duties, and extracurricular demands, it's unsurprising that teacher burnout is a prevalent issue in today's education system. Consider this: in a recent survey conducted by the National Education Association, more than half of members said they were planning to retire or leave teaching sooner than planned. Stress and burnout are key factors driving an exodus from the profession and contributing to an ongoing and global teacher shortage (and a global pandemic only made these issues more acute). In this episode, we'll be discussing some of the causes of burnout and the signs and symptoms that teachers might experience as a result of workplace stress. We'll also be diving into a variety of strategies that can be used to combat burnout, cultivate resilience, and prioritize your mental health.

A key takeaway from our conversation is the importance of your relationships with colleagues and trusted administrators in reducing teacher stress and burnout. Building relationships and getting involved (to the extent possible) in leadership positions within your school or district might be one way to make a big difference. Your voice is crucial! By becoming an advocate for change and having a say in important decisions, educators can begin to shift attitudes that lead to a culture of stress and burnout.

From mindfulness and self-care practices to boundary-setting and time-management strategies, we'll be sharing a wide range of tools and techniques that can help educators to reduce stress and cultivate a more sustainable work-life balance. Whether you're a seasoned educator or an aspiring teacher just starting out, this episode is packed with valuable insights and practical advice that can help you to minimize the risk and effects of burnout in your own career. Tune in and join the conversation!

Sources and Resources:

Teach.com - 50 Resources to Support the Mental Health of Teachers and School Staff

Edutopia - How Burned Out Are You? A Scale For Teachers By Kevin Leichtman

The New York Times - Teachers, Facing Increasing Levels of Stress, Are Burned Out By Sejla Rizvic

Positive Psychology - Teacher Burnout: 4 Warning Signs & How to Prevent It by Tiffany Sauber Millacci, Ph.D.

NEA - Poll Results: Stress And Burnout Pose Threat Of Educator Shortages

IFRC - Emblems and Logos

American Red Cross - The red crescent and red crystal

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success By Carol S. - The Book Loft - German Village- Columbus, Ohio. 

Podcast - You're Wrong About

 

 

]]> Thu, 11 May 2023 09:45:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Teacher Stress and Burnout: Causes and Coping Strategies

If you're a classroom educator, you know firsthand how challenging and demanding your job can be. Between juggling lesson planning, student assessments, grading, parent communications, administrative duties, and extracurricular demands, it's unsurprising that teacher burnout is a prevalent issue in today's education system. Consider this: in a recent survey conducted by the National Education Association, more than half of members said they were planning to retire or leave teaching sooner than planned. Stress and burnout are key factors driving an exodus from the profession and contributing to an ongoing and global teacher shortage (and a global pandemic only made these issues more acute). In this episode, we'll be discussing some of the causes of burnout and the signs and symptoms that teachers might experience as a result of workplace stress. We'll also be diving into a variety of strategies that can be used to combat burnout, cultivate resilience, and prioritize your mental health.

A key takeaway from our conversation is the importance of your relationships with colleagues and trusted administrators in reducing teacher stress and burnout. Building relationships and getting involved (to the extent possible) in leadership positions within your school or district might be one way to make a big difference. Your voice is crucial! By becoming an advocate for change and having a say in important decisions, educators can begin to shift attitudes that lead to a culture of stress and burnout.

From mindfulness and self-care practices to boundary-setting and time-management strategies, we'll be sharing a wide range of tools and techniques that can help educators to reduce stress and cultivate a more sustainable work-life balance. Whether you're a seasoned educator or an aspiring teacher just starting out, this episode is packed with valuable insights and practical advice that can help you to minimize the risk and effects of burnout in your own career. Tune in and join the conversation!

Sources and Resources:

Teach.com - 50 Resources to Support the Mental Health of Teachers and School Staff

Edutopia - How Burned Out Are You? A Scale For Teachers By Kevin Leichtman

The New York Times - Teachers, Facing Increasing Levels of Stress, Are Burned Out By Sejla Rizvic

Positive Psychology - Teacher Burnout: 4 Warning Signs & How to Prevent It by Tiffany Sauber Millacci, Ph.D.

NEA - Poll Results: Stress And Burnout Pose Threat Of Educator Shortages

IFRC - Emblems and Logos

American Red Cross - The red crescent and red crystal

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success By Carol S. - The Book Loft - German Village- Columbus, Ohio. 

Podcast - You're Wrong About

 

 

]]> Mindful Teaching: Techniques for Cultivating Resilience and Reducing Burnout Moonbeam Multimedia 00:56:45 Classroom educators are no strangers to stress. Explore the causes and warning signs that accompany chronic stress and burnout for K-12 teachers, as well as practical strategies for combating and managing stress. From creating healthy habits to developing support networks, this episode offers valuable insight for educators looking to prioritize their mental health and wellbeing. Classroom educators are no strangers to stress. Explore the causes and warning signs that accompany chronic stress and burnout for K-12 teachers, as well as practical strategies for combating and managing stress. From creating healthy habits to developing support networks, this episode offers valuable insight for educators looking to prioritize their mental health and wellbeing. coping with stress as a teacher, educator burnout, teacher stress, classroom, teacher mental health, workplace stress, mindfulness, self-care for educators, teacher stress and burnout, teacher shortage, tips for reducing teacher burnout, how to reduce stress as a teacher, school, mental health for educators, teacher burnout, mental health, stress management for educators false full 84 1 54b093c2-1c52-4731-839e-1fcda4f53b67 The Education of Women and Girls in Afghanistan Afghanistan and Women's Rights: A Recent History

In the early 20th century, Afghanistan might have been described as one of the most progressive countries in Central Asia in terms of women's rights. Afghan women first became eligible to vote in 1919 - a year before the United States enshrined a woman's right to vote with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Afghan women were able to attend school, hold jobs, and participate in public life after a series of progressive reforms introduced by King Amanullah Khan, who ruled the country from 1919 to 1929.

Amanullah's wife, Soraya Tarzi, was also a strong advocate for women's rights; she founded the first women's magazine in Afghanistan and worked to improve the lives of women in the country. However, the reforms of Amanullah Khan and Soraya Tarzi were met with resistance from many traditional Afghans. In 1929, a rebellion broke out against Khan, and he was forced to abdicate. He and Soraya fled to Italy, where they lived in exile until their deaths.

The new government reversed many of Amanullah's reforms, including the abolition of purdah (the practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities) and the right of women to vote and hold office. Women were once again forced to stay in seclusion and were denied access to education, employment, and social opportunity. Rights and progress for women and girls in Afghanistan continued to deteriorate with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and subsequent rise of various Mujahideen groups that plunged the country into economic chaos and civil war. 

The Education of Women and Girls in Afghanistan

The Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in 1996 and imposed harsh restrictions on women and girls, including banning them from attending school. The US-led invasion of 2001 in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks resulted in the adoption of some progressive reforms, and in the years following the invasion, the number of girls enrolled in school in the country stabilized at about 3.5 million. However, the Taliban again seized power in Afghanistan after US-led forces withdrew from the region in 2021, which destroyed much of the progress that had been made for women's rights in the country. Secondary schools and universities are presently closed to women in Afghanistan, and girls and women currently pursuing education in Afghanistan do so at great risk to themselves and their families.

Join us as we discuss the increasingly dire situation for women and girls in Afghanistan, the pressures being applied by the international community, and the ways in which Afghan women are fighting back against the dissolution of their rights and freedoms.

Sources & Resources:

BBC News - The secret schools teaching girls in Afghanistan

TED Talk - Shabana Basij-Rasikh: The dream of educating Afghan girls lives on

Britannica - Afghan War

U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

JSTOR - CHAPTER TWO Historical Overview: 20th-Century Security Aid to Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion

Aljazeera - Taliban says women banned from universities in Afghanistan

The Guardian - Taliban ban girls from secondary education in Afghanistan by Emma Graham-Harrison

The Economic Times - Taliban claims closure of girl's school "temporary", says not a "permanent ban"

United Nations - Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s press conference upon her return from Afghanistan

The White House - FACT SHEET: Let Girls Learn – A Comprehensive Investment in Adolescent Girls Education

Editorials - Boosting Let Girls Learn in Afghanistan

Wikipedia - FCC Fairness Doctrine

Wikipedia - Ed Godfrey

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Viviana Mazza 

The Guardian - Trump administration may scrap Michelle Obama's health and education programs by Tom McCarthy

Counter Terrorism Guide - Boko Haram

Wikipedia - Boko Haram

Earth Day History

]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Afghanistan and Women's Rights: A Recent History

In the early 20th century, Afghanistan might have been described as one of the most progressive countries in Central Asia in terms of women's rights. Afghan women first became eligible to vote in 1919 - a year before the United States enshrined a woman's right to vote with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Afghan women were able to attend school, hold jobs, and participate in public life after a series of progressive reforms introduced by King Amanullah Khan, who ruled the country from 1919 to 1929.

Amanullah's wife, Soraya Tarzi, was also a strong advocate for women's rights; she founded the first women's magazine in Afghanistan and worked to improve the lives of women in the country. However, the reforms of Amanullah Khan and Soraya Tarzi were met with resistance from many traditional Afghans. In 1929, a rebellion broke out against Khan, and he was forced to abdicate. He and Soraya fled to Italy, where they lived in exile until their deaths.

The new government reversed many of Amanullah's reforms, including the abolition of purdah (the practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities) and the right of women to vote and hold office. Women were once again forced to stay in seclusion and were denied access to education, employment, and social opportunity. Rights and progress for women and girls in Afghanistan continued to deteriorate with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and subsequent rise of various Mujahideen groups that plunged the country into economic chaos and civil war. 

The Education of Women and Girls in Afghanistan

The Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in 1996 and imposed harsh restrictions on women and girls, including banning them from attending school. The US-led invasion of 2001 in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks resulted in the adoption of some progressive reforms, and in the years following the invasion, the number of girls enrolled in school in the country stabilized at about 3.5 million. However, the Taliban again seized power in Afghanistan after US-led forces withdrew from the region in 2021, which destroyed much of the progress that had been made for women's rights in the country. Secondary schools and universities are presently closed to women in Afghanistan, and girls and women currently pursuing education in Afghanistan do so at great risk to themselves and their families.

Join us as we discuss the increasingly dire situation for women and girls in Afghanistan, the pressures being applied by the international community, and the ways in which Afghan women are fighting back against the dissolution of their rights and freedoms.

Sources & Resources:

BBC News - The secret schools teaching girls in Afghanistan

TED Talk - Shabana Basij-Rasikh: The dream of educating Afghan girls lives on

Britannica - Afghan War

U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

JSTOR - CHAPTER TWO Historical Overview: 20th-Century Security Aid to Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion

Aljazeera - Taliban says women banned from universities in Afghanistan

The Guardian - Taliban ban girls from secondary education in Afghanistan by Emma Graham-Harrison

The Economic Times - Taliban claims closure of girl's school "temporary", says not a "permanent ban"

United Nations - Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s press conference upon her return from Afghanistan

The White House - FACT SHEET: Let Girls Learn – A Comprehensive Investment in Adolescent Girls Education

Editorials - Boosting Let Girls Learn in Afghanistan

Wikipedia - FCC Fairness Doctrine

Wikipedia - Ed Godfrey

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Viviana Mazza 

The Guardian - Trump administration may scrap Michelle Obama's health and education programs by Tom McCarthy

Counter Terrorism Guide - Boko Haram

Wikipedia - Boko Haram

Earth Day History

]]> The Education of Women and Girls in Afghanistan Moonbeam Multimedia 00:51:49 The Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan has threatened the educational prospects of women in the country, with millions of girls now being denied the opportunity to learn. Join us to discover how Afghan women are fighting back and what the international community is doing to support the education of women and girls in Afghanistan. The Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan has threatened the educational prospects of women in the country, with millions of girls now being denied the opportunity to learn. Join us to discover how Afghan women are fighting back and what the international community is doing to support the education of women and girls in Afghanistan. literacy, muslim, students, democracy, economic development, islam, development, progress, teachers, curriculum, learning, future, taliban, women's empowerment, women, empowerment, education, human rights, fundamentalism, equality, women's education, afghanistan, girls' education false full 83 1 c089e65f-254c-423b-9313-11167b696c3b School Strategies for Encouraging Civic Engagement & Volunteerism School Strategies for Encouraging Civic Engagement & Volunteerism

Youth civic engagement and volunteerism are critical components of building and sustaining strong and vibrant communities. Participating in these activities helps us feel a sense of ownership, responsibility, and pride in the places where we live and work. Engaging today's students in volunteerism and civic action can be a significant challenge, particularly given the numerous distractions and pressures that exist in their daily lives.

As we look at the challenges of engaging younger demographics, some of the most significant obstacles we face are structural— but not insurmountable! To address issues of access, inclusion, resource limitations, and awareness that keep youth voting participation low and national rates of volunteerism falling, we must guarantee that the support structures we build around civic activity are designed to help students tackle real problems in their communities and experience the impact of their efforts.

Sources & Resources:

Key Club

ScienceDirect - Promoting civic and political engagement among marginalized urban youth in three cities: Strategies and challenges by Brady, Chaskin, and McGregor

University of Maryland - School of Public Policy - Where Are America's Volunteers by Dietz and Grimm

Education Week - Volunteerism Declined Among Young People by Sarah D. Sparks

United States Census Bureau - At Height of Pandemic, More Than Half of People Age 16 and Over Helped Neighbors, 23% Formally Volunteered by Erin Schneider and Tim J. Marshall

Education Commission of the States - 50 State Comparison

Bloomberg - Why Americans Stopped Volunteering by Linda Poon

The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Americans Are Volunteering Less. What Can Nonprofits Do to Bring Them Back? By Leslie Lenkowsky

A Less Charitable Nation: The Decline of Volunteering and Giving in the United States by Dietz and Grimm

Tufts - Tisch College - Half of Youth Voted in 2020, An 11-Point Increase from 2016

Tufts - Tisch College - Growing Voters: Engaging Youth Before they Reach Voting Age to Strengthen Democracy

youth.gov - Service Learning

We Are Teachers - What Is Service Learning?

Center for Public Research and Leadership - Education for Change - Student-Led Civic Engagement Resource List

Twitter - Aretha Franklin singing Nessun dorma

]]> Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ School Strategies for Encouraging Civic Engagement & Volunteerism

Youth civic engagement and volunteerism are critical components of building and sustaining strong and vibrant communities. Participating in these activities helps us feel a sense of ownership, responsibility, and pride in the places where we live and work. Engaging today's students in volunteerism and civic action can be a significant challenge, particularly given the numerous distractions and pressures that exist in their daily lives.

As we look at the challenges of engaging younger demographics, some of the most significant obstacles we face are structural— but not insurmountable! To address issues of access, inclusion, resource limitations, and awareness that keep youth voting participation low and national rates of volunteerism falling, we must guarantee that the support structures we build around civic activity are designed to help students tackle real problems in their communities and experience the impact of their efforts.

Sources & Resources:

Key Club

ScienceDirect - Promoting civic and political engagement among marginalized urban youth in three cities: Strategies and challenges by Brady, Chaskin, and McGregor

University of Maryland - School of Public Policy - Where Are America's Volunteers by Dietz and Grimm

Education Week - Volunteerism Declined Among Young People by Sarah D. Sparks

United States Census Bureau - At Height of Pandemic, More Than Half of People Age 16 and Over Helped Neighbors, 23% Formally Volunteered by Erin Schneider and Tim J. Marshall

Education Commission of the States - 50 State Comparison

Bloomberg - Why Americans Stopped Volunteering by Linda Poon

The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Americans Are Volunteering Less. What Can Nonprofits Do to Bring Them Back? By Leslie Lenkowsky

A Less Charitable Nation: The Decline of Volunteering and Giving in the United States by Dietz and Grimm

Tufts - Tisch College - Half of Youth Voted in 2020, An 11-Point Increase from 2016

Tufts - Tisch College - Growing Voters: Engaging Youth Before they Reach Voting Age to Strengthen Democracy

youth.gov - Service Learning

We Are Teachers - What Is Service Learning?

Center for Public Research and Leadership - Education for Change - Student-Led Civic Engagement Resource List

Twitter - Aretha Franklin singing Nessun dorma

]]> School Strategies for Encouraging Civic Engagement & Volunteerism Moonbeam Multimedia 00:59:38 Youth civic engagement and volunteerism are critical components of building strong & vibrant communities. Learn how today's educators are addressing declining rates of volunteerism and helping students reclaim their civic identities. Youth civic engagement and volunteerism are critical components of building strong & vibrant communities. Learn how today's educators are addressing declining rates of volunteerism and helping students reclaim their civic identities. youth voting rate, community action, voting, youth engagement, active citizenship, student leadership, political engagement, student involvement, civic engagement, student empowerment, social responsibility, education outreach, community development, education, community involvement, public service, youth activism, youth vote, school, volunteerism, grassroots activism, educator, community service, community, service learning false full 82 1 9c556af8-a823-4514-b6ac-70a9fff582de Collaborating in Community: Philanthropy’s Role in Cultivating Equitable K-12 Learning Environments feat. Dr. Gisele C. Shorter Collaborating in Community: Philanthropy’s Role in Cultivating Equitable K-12 Learning Environments

In this special guest episode of 16:1, Katie and Chelsea are joined by Dr. Gisele C. Shorter, the Director of National Education Strategy at the Raikes Foundation, an organization with a mission to "[invest] in youth-serving institutions and systems to make them more effective in supporting and empowering all young people, especially those who have been most marginalized."

Dr. Shorter discusses her work at the intersection of philanthropy and building equitable learning environments in K-12 schools, a role through which she empowers educators, policymakers, grantmakers, schools, support orgs, and communities to center the student experience. The discussion ranges from topics of classroom instruction, funding, and the science of learning and development to the educational policy initiatives that bolster community engagement and drive student success. Gisele and the hosts also explore the processes of defining goals and outcomes and measuring success with partner schools and educators, undertakings that can be difficult against a challenging cultural and political backdrop.

The show concludes with a discussion of the ideal role of philanthropic partners in transforming educational experiences, a few questions about how Dr. Shorter sees her work evolving over the next decade, and a list of resources that she recommends for educators who are striving to build more equitable learning communities. Stick around for "What We Learned" if you're into trivia on transistors, maple syrup bottles, and a parting thought about doing the hard work of naming what's happening in our schools.

Meet Dr. Shorter:

Dr. Gisele C. Shorter provides strategy, policy, impact scaling and fundraising consulting services to non-profits, coalitions and advocacy groups to help them expand their reach and strengthen their impact.

Gisele’s career is rooted in a deep belief that an equitable society starts with an equitable education system. For 20 years, she has led large-scale community-based programs, research and policy initiatives to advance justice and equity, close health disparities, and ensure access and opportunities for Black and Brown youth and communities to flourish.

Dr. Shorter has led youth development, education and community-based organizations through programmatic resets, large-scale culture change initiatives and strategic re-engineering. In 2018 she was recruited to the Raikes Foundation to lead the K-12 School & System Redesign portfolio focused on a commitment to grow the foundation’s impact and to advance justice and equity in the redesign of our national public education system by leveraging the science of learning and development.

The heartbeat of the K-12 portfolio is the Building Equitable Learning Environments (BELE) Network. Today she is responsible for impact and strategy coherence across the K-12, postsecondary, education fieldbuilding, and policy portfolios, as the Director of the National Education Strategy. She ensures grantmaking investments advance education policies and practices that support students furthest from educational justice, including those experiencing homelessness, foster care, and the justice system.

Gisele began her career in the private sector with leadership experiences including Volume.com, an AOL Time Warner company, where she was Head of Research and ESPN, Inc. where she was a Program Management Associate. She has successfully leveraged her private sector experience, community connections, and academic training to drive positive change on behalf of the most vulnerable youth and communities.

She is an adjunct professor and founding faculty member of the EdD in Leadership and Innovation degree program at NYU Steinhardt Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology. She advises doctoral students on a wide range of complex problems of practice, from the role of philanthropy in China’s evolving socio-political context to the role of district superintendents as agents for change.

Dr. Shorter earned her Ed.D. from Columbia University Teachers College. She holds an M.P.A. from Long Island University and a B.A. from Amherst College. She is a Pahara Aspen Fellow and member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Sources + Resources:

Raikes Foundation - Introducing Gisele C. Shorter

Building Equitable Learning Environments Network

The BELE Resource Library

NYU Steinhardt Faculty

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

Search Institute - The Developmental Relationships Framework

National Assessment of Educational Progress

Communities for Just Schools Fund

Kingmakers of Oakland

Council of Chief State School Officers

WestED

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

The BARR Center

The School Superintendents Association

Resource Equity Funders Collaborative

Ipsos

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Dr. Gisele C. Shorter) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Collaborating in Community: Philanthropy’s Role in Cultivating Equitable K-12 Learning Environments

In this special guest episode of 16:1, Katie and Chelsea are joined by Dr. Gisele C. Shorter, the Director of National Education Strategy at the Raikes Foundation, an organization with a mission to "[invest] in youth-serving institutions and systems to make them more effective in supporting and empowering all young people, especially those who have been most marginalized."

Dr. Shorter discusses her work at the intersection of philanthropy and building equitable learning environments in K-12 schools, a role through which she empowers educators, policymakers, grantmakers, schools, support orgs, and communities to center the student experience. The discussion ranges from topics of classroom instruction, funding, and the science of learning and development to the educational policy initiatives that bolster community engagement and drive student success. Gisele and the hosts also explore the processes of defining goals and outcomes and measuring success with partner schools and educators, undertakings that can be difficult against a challenging cultural and political backdrop.

The show concludes with a discussion of the ideal role of philanthropic partners in transforming educational experiences, a few questions about how Dr. Shorter sees her work evolving over the next decade, and a list of resources that she recommends for educators who are striving to build more equitable learning communities. Stick around for "What We Learned" if you're into trivia on transistors, maple syrup bottles, and a parting thought about doing the hard work of naming what's happening in our schools.

Meet Dr. Shorter:

Dr. Gisele C. Shorter provides strategy, policy, impact scaling and fundraising consulting services to non-profits, coalitions and advocacy groups to help them expand their reach and strengthen their impact.

Gisele’s career is rooted in a deep belief that an equitable society starts with an equitable education system. For 20 years, she has led large-scale community-based programs, research and policy initiatives to advance justice and equity, close health disparities, and ensure access and opportunities for Black and Brown youth and communities to flourish.

Dr. Shorter has led youth development, education and community-based organizations through programmatic resets, large-scale culture change initiatives and strategic re-engineering. In 2018 she was recruited to the Raikes Foundation to lead the K-12 School & System Redesign portfolio focused on a commitment to grow the foundation’s impact and to advance justice and equity in the redesign of our national public education system by leveraging the science of learning and development.

The heartbeat of the K-12 portfolio is the Building Equitable Learning Environments (BELE) Network. Today she is responsible for impact and strategy coherence across the K-12, postsecondary, education fieldbuilding, and policy portfolios, as the Director of the National Education Strategy. She ensures grantmaking investments advance education policies and practices that support students furthest from educational justice, including those experiencing homelessness, foster care, and the justice system.

Gisele began her career in the private sector with leadership experiences including Volume.com, an AOL Time Warner company, where she was Head of Research and ESPN, Inc. where she was a Program Management Associate. She has successfully leveraged her private sector experience, community connections, and academic training to drive positive change on behalf of the most vulnerable youth and communities.

She is an adjunct professor and founding faculty member of the EdD in Leadership and Innovation degree program at NYU Steinhardt Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology. She advises doctoral students on a wide range of complex problems of practice, from the role of philanthropy in China’s evolving socio-political context to the role of district superintendents as agents for change.

Dr. Shorter earned her Ed.D. from Columbia University Teachers College. She holds an M.P.A. from Long Island University and a B.A. from Amherst College. She is a Pahara Aspen Fellow and member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Sources + Resources:

Raikes Foundation - Introducing Gisele C. Shorter

Building Equitable Learning Environments Network

The BELE Resource Library

NYU Steinhardt Faculty

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

Search Institute - The Developmental Relationships Framework

National Assessment of Educational Progress

Communities for Just Schools Fund

Kingmakers of Oakland

Council of Chief State School Officers

WestED

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

The BARR Center

The School Superintendents Association

Resource Equity Funders Collaborative

Ipsos

]]> Collaborating in Community: Philanthropy’s Role in Cultivating Equitable K-12 Learning Environments feat. Dr. Gisele C. Shorter Dr. Gisele C. Shorter 01:29:19 In this special guest episode of 16:1, Katie and Chelsea are joined by Dr. Gisele C. Shorter, Director of National Education Strategy at the Raikes Foundation, to discuss building equitable K-12 learning environments. In this special guest episode of 16:1, Katie and Chelsea are joined by Dr. Gisele C. Shorter, Director of National Education Strategy at the Raikes Foundation, to discuss building equitable K-12 learning environments. grant, student, grass-roots, active learning, classroom, philanthropy, social emotional learning, learning, teacher, student-centered, grantmaking, teaching, sel, education, equity, school, educator, community, activism, funding false full 81 1 fd06573b-68c3-4195-8407-c5eeb8838c68 Stuck in the Middle Learning to Manage Middle School

Middle school is a period of intense growth and change for students in K-12 schools in America. In this episode, Katie and Chelsea return to their developmental psychology 101 days to discuss the academic, social, and behavioral challenges and changes faced by middle schoolers and their families.

As 11-15 year olds develop their identities, uncover new insecurities and anxieties, and prepare for the increasing responsibilities of middle school academics, it's important to keep a pulse on their mental health. Middle school is the world of emergent cliques and social hierarchies, and the pressure to fit in is keenly felt. Social media also plays a role in the social dynamics of middle school, and the cyberbulling epidemic doesn't look to be abating any time soon. Despite these challenges, middle school is also a time of tremendous growth and discovery. Adolescents are developing critical thinking skills, empathy, and social awareness. Middle school is a chance for students to explore new interests, join clubs or sports teams, and form friendships that may end up lasting for decades.

If you're a middle school teacher, we'd love to hear from you. Tell us about the challenges and rewards of making a difference in the lives of young students!

Sources & Links:

American Psychological Association - Middle school malaise

CDC - Young Teens (12-14 years of age)

A Comparison of Program Development at Elementary, Middle, and High Schools in the National Network of Partnership Schools Mavis G. Sanders and Beth S. Simon

Harvard Ed. Magazine - Do Middle Schools Make Sense? by Mary Tamer

How the Junior High School Came To Be

New York State School Boards Association - What the research says about K-8 schools vs. separate elementary and middle schools By Paul Heiser

Science Direct - How does grade configuration impact student achievement in elementary and middle school grades? by Kai Hong, Ron Zimmer, John Engberg

]]> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Learning to Manage Middle School

Middle school is a period of intense growth and change for students in K-12 schools in America. In this episode, Katie and Chelsea return to their developmental psychology 101 days to discuss the academic, social, and behavioral challenges and changes faced by middle schoolers and their families.

As 11-15 year olds develop their identities, uncover new insecurities and anxieties, and prepare for the increasing responsibilities of middle school academics, it's important to keep a pulse on their mental health. Middle school is the world of emergent cliques and social hierarchies, and the pressure to fit in is keenly felt. Social media also plays a role in the social dynamics of middle school, and the cyberbulling epidemic doesn't look to be abating any time soon. Despite these challenges, middle school is also a time of tremendous growth and discovery. Adolescents are developing critical thinking skills, empathy, and social awareness. Middle school is a chance for students to explore new interests, join clubs or sports teams, and form friendships that may end up lasting for decades.

If you're a middle school teacher, we'd love to hear from you. Tell us about the challenges and rewards of making a difference in the lives of young students!

Sources & Links:

American Psychological Association - Middle school malaise

CDC - Young Teens (12-14 years of age)

A Comparison of Program Development at Elementary, Middle, and High Schools in the National Network of Partnership Schools Mavis G. Sanders and Beth S. Simon

Harvard Ed. Magazine - Do Middle Schools Make Sense? by Mary Tamer

How the Junior High School Came To Be

New York State School Boards Association - What the research says about K-8 schools vs. separate elementary and middle schools By Paul Heiser

Science Direct - How does grade configuration impact student achievement in elementary and middle school grades? by Kai Hong, Ron Zimmer, John Engberg

]]> Stuck in the Middle Moonbeam Multimedia 01:06:51 Middle school is a period of intense growth and change for students in K-12 schools in America. In this episode, Katie and Chelsea return to their developmental psychology 101 days to discuss the academic, social, and behavioral challenges and changes faced by middle schoolers and their families. Middle school is a period of intense growth and change for students in K-12 schools in America. In this episode, Katie and Chelsea return to their developmental psychology 101 days to discuss the academic, social, and behavioral challenges and changes faced by middle schoolers and their families. junior high, school board, school district, educational psychology, learning, children, psychology, teaching, developmental psychology, education, school, middle, middle school, adolescent, dev psych, high school false full 80 1 aadfca19-7591-4b5c-86b9-9e8ad8804cb2 EdTech Revolution: How Technology is Changing the Way We Learn This week, we're tackling big questions about how technology is evolving classroom learning. From the unsolved problem of search (just Google it!) to 1:1 device programs, from the possibilities of virtual reality to the intricacies of ChatGPT and its competitors: we're analyzing current trends, platforms popular with students in 2023, and what might come in the future as we brace for a digital dystopia potentially populated with deep fakes.

Correction: During the show, the number of circulations of digital titles commonly used by publishers to "expire" eBooks in circulation was underestimated; rather than 10 circulations, the accepted standard seems to be closer to a whopping 26.

Sources:

EdTech Magazine: Tech-Savvy School Librarians Provide Value to Modern Learners by Amy Burroughs

Jacobs Media Strategies: Getting Schooled By A Bunch Of High School Students by Paul Jacobs

Inside Higher ED: Pandemic Boost for Digital Course Materials by Doug Lederman

Study Finds: Libraries are more popular than ever — even as people borrow fewer books by Chris Melore

UNICEF - Accessible Digital Textbooks

Science Direct - Understanding the role of digital technologies in education: A review by Abid Haleem, Mohd Javaid, Mohd Asim Qadri, Rajiv Suman

WordsRated: Educational Publishing Statistics

Scientific American - The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screen by Ferris Jabr

jaltcalljournal - Virtual reality in education: The promise, progress, and challenge by Ryan Lege and Euan Bonner

stream - 36 EdTech Statistics & Facts: The State of Technology in Education by Sarah F. 

TechCrunch - US teens have abandoned Facebook, Pew study says by Amanda Silberling

eLending Position Paper

The Surprisingly Big Business of Library E-books

]]> Thu, 2 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, we're tackling big questions about how technology is evolving classroom learning. From the unsolved problem of search (just Google it!) to 1:1 device programs, from the possibilities of virtual reality to the intricacies of ChatGPT and its competitors: we're analyzing current trends, platforms popular with students in 2023, and what might come in the future as we brace for a digital dystopia potentially populated with deep fakes.

Correction: During the show, the number of circulations of digital titles commonly used by publishers to "expire" eBooks in circulation was underestimated; rather than 10 circulations, the accepted standard seems to be closer to a whopping 26.

Sources:

EdTech Magazine: Tech-Savvy School Librarians Provide Value to Modern Learners by Amy Burroughs

Jacobs Media Strategies: Getting Schooled By A Bunch Of High School Students by Paul Jacobs

Inside Higher ED: Pandemic Boost for Digital Course Materials by Doug Lederman

Study Finds: Libraries are more popular than ever — even as people borrow fewer books by Chris Melore

UNICEF - Accessible Digital Textbooks

Science Direct - Understanding the role of digital technologies in education: A review by Abid Haleem, Mohd Javaid, Mohd Asim Qadri, Rajiv Suman

WordsRated: Educational Publishing Statistics

Scientific American - The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screen by Ferris Jabr

jaltcalljournal - Virtual reality in education: The promise, progress, and challenge by Ryan Lege and Euan Bonner

stream - 36 EdTech Statistics & Facts: The State of Technology in Education by Sarah F. 

TechCrunch - US teens have abandoned Facebook, Pew study says by Amanda Silberling

eLending Position Paper

The Surprisingly Big Business of Library E-books

]]> EdTech Revolution: How Technology is Changing the Way We Learn Moonbeam Multimedia 01:36:55 This week, 16:1 is asking big questions about how technology is evolving classroom learning. Join us as we cover school technology programs, ChatGPT, deep fakes, and more! This week, 16:1 is asking big questions about how technology is evolving classroom learning. Join us as we cover school technology programs, ChatGPT, deep fakes, and more! student, teach, learn, learning, search, teacher, teaching, vr, education, google, radio, school, media, chatgpt, virtual reality, technology, ai false full 79 1 4e6d773c-97c8-4b08-a49d-82c3c4d7fd63 Graduation Requirements Graduation Requirements

In this episode, we'll be going in-depth covering graduation requirements for high school students in the United States. Graduation requirements vary by state, district, and school, but we’ll cover credits and courses, standardized tests, and several alternative pathways to graduation for students pursuing career readiness or military enlistment.

Sources:

Fordham Institute - Ohio Education by the Numbers

Ohio Department of Education - Ohio Graduation Requirements

Public Policy Institute of California - Does Raising High School Graduation Requirements Improve Student Outcomes? by Niu Gao

National Center for Education Statistics - Graduation Rate

High School Graduation Requirements - CalEdFacts

Demonstrating Readiness | Graduation Seals - Ohio Department of Education

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - 61.8 percent of recent high school graduates enrolled in college in October 2021

 

]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Graduation Requirements

In this episode, we'll be going in-depth covering graduation requirements for high school students in the United States. Graduation requirements vary by state, district, and school, but we’ll cover credits and courses, standardized tests, and several alternative pathways to graduation for students pursuing career readiness or military enlistment.

Sources:

Fordham Institute - Ohio Education by the Numbers

Ohio Department of Education - Ohio Graduation Requirements

Public Policy Institute of California - Does Raising High School Graduation Requirements Improve Student Outcomes? by Niu Gao

National Center for Education Statistics - Graduation Rate

High School Graduation Requirements - CalEdFacts

Demonstrating Readiness | Graduation Seals - Ohio Department of Education

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - 61.8 percent of recent high school graduates enrolled in college in October 2021

 

]]> Graduation Requirements Moonbeam Multimedia 01:02:37 In this episode, we'll be going in-depth covering graduation requirements for high school students in the United States. Graduation requirements vary by state, district, and school, but we’ll cover credits and courses, standardized tests, and several alternative pathways to graduation for students pursuing career readiness or military enlistment. In this episode, we'll be going in-depth covering graduation requirements for high school students in the United States. Graduation requirements vary by state, district, and school, but we’ll cover credits and courses, standardized tests, and several alternative pathways to graduation for students pursuing career readiness or military enlistment. student, exam, graduation, learning, teacher, sat, credit, teaching, education, coursework, standardized test, college application, school, college, courses, graduation rate, high school, required false full 78 1 c126eebd-0555-44c5-bbd5-252960f87625 Foreign Exchange Programs Foreign exchange student programs offer students the opportunity to study abroad and immerse themselves in a new culture. These programs provide a unique opportunity to broaden a student's perspectives and to learn a new language through immersion. They also give young learners a chance for personal growth and development, as students must navigate unfamiliar social, political, economic, and cultural landscapes during the course of their programs. Learn about the exchange student experience on this week's episode of 16:1!

Exchange Visitor Visa - U.S. Department of State

Study in Europe with Student Visas and ETIAS

About International Student Exchange (ISE)

Twitter - New York Metro Weather

Wikipedia - Emo of Friesland

IMDB - Abbott Elementary

Wikipedia - Schengen Area

Gizmodo - Dungeons & Dragons Scraps Plans to Update Its Open Game License By Linda Codega

]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Foreign exchange student programs offer students the opportunity to study abroad and immerse themselves in a new culture. These programs provide a unique opportunity to broaden a student's perspectives and to learn a new language through immersion. They also give young learners a chance for personal growth and development, as students must navigate unfamiliar social, political, economic, and cultural landscapes during the course of their programs. Learn about the exchange student experience on this week's episode of 16:1!

Exchange Visitor Visa - U.S. Department of State

Study in Europe with Student Visas and ETIAS

About International Student Exchange (ISE)

Twitter - New York Metro Weather

Wikipedia - Emo of Friesland

IMDB - Abbott Elementary

Wikipedia - Schengen Area

Gizmodo - Dungeons & Dragons Scraps Plans to Update Its Open Game License By Linda Codega

]]> Foreign Exchange Programs Moonbeam Multimedia 01:00:46 Foreign exchange student programs offer students the opportunity to study abroad and immerse themselves in a new culture. These programs provide a unique opportunity to broaden a student's perspectives and to learn a new language through immersion. They also give young learners a chance for personal growth and development, as students must navigate unfamiliar social, political, economic, and cultural landscapes during the course of their programs. Foreign exchange student programs offer students the opportunity to study abroad and immerse themselves in a new culture. These programs provide a unique opportunity to broaden a student's perspectives and to learn a new language through immersion. They also give young learners a chance for personal growth and development, as students must navigate unfamiliar social, political, economic, and cultural landscapes during the course of their programs. student, travel, language, j-1, learning, teaching, education, foreign exchange, school, international, visa, foreign language false full 77 1 7b64fc8e-cf46-4cf1-94d4-7642609dc44f Special Education Special Education

Special education encompasses policies, classroom practices, and legislative approaches to advancing the learning of exceptional students. These students may require specialized instruction, resources, or other support services. Special education programs may include individualized education plans (IEPs), 504s, or other accommodations to meet the unique needs of each student. The goal of special education is to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to reach their full potentials and to participate as fully as possible in their communities. This week on 16:1, we're diving into the details and analyzing the work of intervention specialists, administrators, and policy makers who advance the goals of special education for students across the country.

Sources:

The Ohio State University - Special Education

Ohio Department of Education - Special Education

Ohio Department of Education - Ohio Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports

Encyclopaedia Britannica - Special Education

US Department of Education - The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

U.S. Department of Education’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Data

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) - Overview of Funding for Pre-K–12 Education

Understood - The difference between IEPs and 504 plans

B.I.G Solutions - 13 Categories of Disability Under IDEA Law

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Special Education

Special education encompasses policies, classroom practices, and legislative approaches to advancing the learning of exceptional students. These students may require specialized instruction, resources, or other support services. Special education programs may include individualized education plans (IEPs), 504s, or other accommodations to meet the unique needs of each student. The goal of special education is to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to reach their full potentials and to participate as fully as possible in their communities. This week on 16:1, we're diving into the details and analyzing the work of intervention specialists, administrators, and policy makers who advance the goals of special education for students across the country.

Sources:

The Ohio State University - Special Education

Ohio Department of Education - Special Education

Ohio Department of Education - Ohio Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports

Encyclopaedia Britannica - Special Education

US Department of Education - The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

U.S. Department of Education’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Data

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) - Overview of Funding for Pre-K–12 Education

Understood - The difference between IEPs and 504 plans

B.I.G Solutions - 13 Categories of Disability Under IDEA Law

]]> Special Education Moonbeam Multimedia 01:13:46 Special education encompasses policies, classroom practices, and legislative approaches to advancing the learning of exceptional students. This week on 16:1, we're diving into the details and analyzing the work of intervention specialists, administrators, and policy makers who advance the goals of special education for students across the country. Special education encompasses policies, classroom practices, and legislative approaches to advancing the learning of exceptional students. This week on 16:1, we're diving into the details and analyzing the work of intervention specialists, administrators, and policy makers who advance the goals of special education for students across the country. policy, d&d, education policy, classroom, d and d, learning, special needs, intervention specialist, teacher, psychology, special education, teaching, education, intervention, school, dungeons and dragons, educator, disability false full 76 1 130f238a-adc0-4fb4-a30d-0464b42ff981 Content Creation & Education There are millions of content creators around the world generating and sharing educational content (videos, articles, photos, podcasts, and other resources) intended to help students and teachers learn across a wide array of subjects, crafts, and disciplines. These creators provide media and materials that can be useful in classrooms or as supplementary materials for self-directed learning. At 16:1, we love to see creators sharing their love of learning, and in this episode, we're highlighting some of our favorites. Happy 2023, listeners!

Sources:

YouTube - In A Nutshell

TED - Education

Crash Course

SciShow

How Stuff Works

NatGeo - How Things Work

Laura Randazzo

TikTok - Risha Allen

TikTok - Mr. Hamilton

Twitter - Big Bird Joke

Taylor Jenkins Reid - The Book Loft

]]> Thu, 5 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ There are millions of content creators around the world generating and sharing educational content (videos, articles, photos, podcasts, and other resources) intended to help students and teachers learn across a wide array of subjects, crafts, and disciplines. These creators provide media and materials that can be useful in classrooms or as supplementary materials for self-directed learning. At 16:1, we love to see creators sharing their love of learning, and in this episode, we're highlighting some of our favorites. Happy 2023, listeners!

Sources:

YouTube - In A Nutshell

TED - Education

Crash Course

SciShow

How Stuff Works

NatGeo - How Things Work

Laura Randazzo

TikTok - Risha Allen

TikTok - Mr. Hamilton

Twitter - Big Bird Joke

Taylor Jenkins Reid - The Book Loft

]]> Content Creation & Education Moonbeam Multimedia 00:58:07 There are millions of content creators around the world generating and sharing educational resources intended to help students and teachers learn across a wide array of subjects, crafts, and disciplines. At 16:1, we love to see creators sharing their love of learning, and in this episode, we're highlighting some of our favorites! There are millions of content creators around the world generating and sharing educational resources intended to help students and teachers learn across a wide array of subjects, crafts, and disciplines. At 16:1, we love to see creators sharing their love of learning, and in this episode, we're highlighting some of our favorites! student, creator, tiktok, content creator, classroom, website, learning, teacher, content, teaching, educational resources, education, youtube, school, online, social media false full 75 1 cfa98e04-efef-4334-b8d3-71d3e8bfd128 A Love Letter to Learning Episode Transcript:

A Love Letter to Learning

Happy holidays, 16:1 listeners, and welcome to another special episode of the podcast. Several weeks ago in episode 72, you heard my co-host and co-creator Katie’s audio essay called “A Love Letter to Teaching.” If you haven’t listened to that episode yet, check it out— it’s a timely and heartfelt reflection on what it means to be an educator. 

As many of you know, I’m not a classroom teacher. I thought I wanted to be for quite a long time, and part of me occasionally still wonders whether I missed my calling. The fact that I get to do this podcast about education, teaching, and learning fills some of that hole in my heart left by my decision to pursue a career outside of academia, and the thought that you listeners have been willing to tag along with me on this journey is hugely inspiring.

Katie and I started this podcast in part because we found ourselves asking a lot of big questions about education in our down time. Many of these questions have been rattling around in my head for years, and I came to many of them because I have benefitted from exceptional educational opportunities in my life. As a kid, my parents supported a voracious reading habit and stood by patiently to help with homework, college applications, and managing an absurd extracurricular schedule. My public school teachers were patient, hardworking, and dedicated to nurturing each and every one of their students’ pilgrimages toward growth and success. In college and grad school, the habits of curiosity that I’d been developing and deepening for years helped me navigate some of the most lasting questions of philosophy, mathematics, language, music, physics, and more.

Asking difficult questions is a skill. Finding out which questions matter most to you is also a skill. I’ve been so lucky to be in educational contexts where these skills are recognized as such— techniques to be practiced, expanded, refined, and forged in the fires of an increasingly interconnected and polarized world. 

Both professionally and personally, I’ve adopted what I suppose you could call a learning-focused worldview. Learning drives me. It gets me out of bed in the morning. We can always learn! About everything! We can learn about our jobs and academic interests. We can learn how to be better partners and family members. We can learn to be better citizens and stewards of the environment. We can learn to affect sociopolitical change. We can learn about our own bodies and how to take better care of them. We can even learn how to be better learners.

We have so many opportunities to learn. Public libraries provide vast resources for the edification of a global citizenry. Nonprofits and educational organizations around the world are investing in initiatives that reach underserved communities and introduce more equity in educational opportunity. 

While most people look at the internet and see the havoc wrought by various social platforms and media engines (and, trust me, I also see all of that mess), the internet has also democratized access to humankind’s accumulated knowledge. There are so many people out there creating so many deeply compelling and informative videos, courses, books, articles, and podcasts. (I listen to SO. MANY. PODCASTS.) There is an app for every kind of learning— you can learn languages, you can learn to build a business, you can learn about space travel and playing tennis and how to train your dog. There are millions of volunteers dedicating their time to moderating and curating online communities built entirely around learning. All of this contributes to the increasingly important idea that internet access should be treated as a fundamental human right. Though we’ve got a long way to go on this front, there’s plenty of inertia in the right direction.

Amidst all of this overabundance of educational opportunity, however, there’s a growing undercurrent of skepticism about learning, the kinds of learning that we do, and the politics and purpose of learning. Inspiring curiosity is the primary and most difficult job of an educator, and this job becomes more arduous with every passing day. Our attention spans are waning; cultural and political forces reward being loud and controversial as opposed to being thorough, disciplined, and logical. Earnestness and an eagerness to learn are seen as cringeworthy; propaganda and conspiracy theories inundate us. 

Learning is highly politicized, and that’s probably because learning is (among other things) a political act. Alongside our families, friends, and coworkers, it is what shapes our values and helps us decide what is important and what is just. Knowledge is transformational; it is what turns passive people into engaged citizens. Learning makes leaders— good ones and bad ones. Learning shapes our electorate. Some of our leaders recognize the power of learning, and some of them are afraid of that power. We are banning books, we are cutting humanities programming, and we are reducing the rich and complex undertaking of education to the task of “job preparation.” We need a cultural reset, and education is the best antidote for our collective sickness.

So what do we do about this? I think the first and simplest step each of us can take is to make a concerted effort to bring our friends and peers with us on our journeys of learning. On our podcast episodes each month, Katie and I always share at least one thing that we’ve learned since the last episode. This can make for some random tangents, but sharing about learning is how learning takes hold of our hearts and catches fire. Did you read an interesting article or book? Listen to an interesting podcast? Go to an interesting event? Tell your friends about it. Start book clubs. Write blog posts. Dive deep into difficult conversations. Become more than a passive consumer of information— pay attention to your own habits of learning and the sources from which that learning originates. Be willing to be wrong, and be willing to adapt to the feedback you will receive along your learning journey.

Turn down the volume of your conversations online, and turn up the value. Share generously. Replace political and cultural labels and generalizations with collections of thoughts, beliefs, and convictions. Realize that, despite appearances, most people are not out to get you. Most people are doing the best they can with the information that they have. Think of how much better we could do if we all expanded our horizons, listened to more voices from communities outside of our own, and approached learning as a process undertaken for the purpose of liberation.

Learn for learning’s sake, and learn broadly. This probably sounds like a chore to some people; I’m going to ask you simply to trust me that the effort is worth it. Read about topics in which you’ve never before been interested. Go deeper into the topics you already think you understand. Carve some time out of each day (even if it’s just a few moments) to learn something new. And support the teachers in your life! These are the people who have decided that liberation through learning is fundamental to humanity’s collective undertakings. Embrace the responsibility that we all have to guarantee a better future through education.

As we head into 2023, 16:1 would like to thank each one of you for walking with us on our own path of learning. We created this podcast primarily because we wanted to learn about the topics and ideas that we cover every other week on the show. We’re eternally grateful to those of you who have joined us in this adventure, and we’re looking forward to the next year of learning with you.

]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 13:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Episode Transcript:

A Love Letter to Learning

Happy holidays, 16:1 listeners, and welcome to another special episode of the podcast. Several weeks ago in episode 72, you heard my co-host and co-creator Katie’s audio essay called “A Love Letter to Teaching.” If you haven’t listened to that episode yet, check it out— it’s a timely and heartfelt reflection on what it means to be an educator. 

As many of you know, I’m not a classroom teacher. I thought I wanted to be for quite a long time, and part of me occasionally still wonders whether I missed my calling. The fact that I get to do this podcast about education, teaching, and learning fills some of that hole in my heart left by my decision to pursue a career outside of academia, and the thought that you listeners have been willing to tag along with me on this journey is hugely inspiring.

Katie and I started this podcast in part because we found ourselves asking a lot of big questions about education in our down time. Many of these questions have been rattling around in my head for years, and I came to many of them because I have benefitted from exceptional educational opportunities in my life. As a kid, my parents supported a voracious reading habit and stood by patiently to help with homework, college applications, and managing an absurd extracurricular schedule. My public school teachers were patient, hardworking, and dedicated to nurturing each and every one of their students’ pilgrimages toward growth and success. In college and grad school, the habits of curiosity that I’d been developing and deepening for years helped me navigate some of the most lasting questions of philosophy, mathematics, language, music, physics, and more.

Asking difficult questions is a skill. Finding out which questions matter most to you is also a skill. I’ve been so lucky to be in educational contexts where these skills are recognized as such— techniques to be practiced, expanded, refined, and forged in the fires of an increasingly interconnected and polarized world. 

Both professionally and personally, I’ve adopted what I suppose you could call a learning-focused worldview. Learning drives me. It gets me out of bed in the morning. We can always learn! About everything! We can learn about our jobs and academic interests. We can learn how to be better partners and family members. We can learn to be better citizens and stewards of the environment. We can learn to affect sociopolitical change. We can learn about our own bodies and how to take better care of them. We can even learn how to be better learners.

We have so many opportunities to learn. Public libraries provide vast resources for the edification of a global citizenry. Nonprofits and educational organizations around the world are investing in initiatives that reach underserved communities and introduce more equity in educational opportunity. 

While most people look at the internet and see the havoc wrought by various social platforms and media engines (and, trust me, I also see all of that mess), the internet has also democratized access to humankind’s accumulated knowledge. There are so many people out there creating so many deeply compelling and informative videos, courses, books, articles, and podcasts. (I listen to SO. MANY. PODCASTS.) There is an app for every kind of learning— you can learn languages, you can learn to build a business, you can learn about space travel and playing tennis and how to train your dog. There are millions of volunteers dedicating their time to moderating and curating online communities built entirely around learning. All of this contributes to the increasingly important idea that internet access should be treated as a fundamental human right. Though we’ve got a long way to go on this front, there’s plenty of inertia in the right direction.

Amidst all of this overabundance of educational opportunity, however, there’s a growing undercurrent of skepticism about learning, the kinds of learning that we do, and the politics and purpose of learning. Inspiring curiosity is the primary and most difficult job of an educator, and this job becomes more arduous with every passing day. Our attention spans are waning; cultural and political forces reward being loud and controversial as opposed to being thorough, disciplined, and logical. Earnestness and an eagerness to learn are seen as cringeworthy; propaganda and conspiracy theories inundate us. 

Learning is highly politicized, and that’s probably because learning is (among other things) a political act. Alongside our families, friends, and coworkers, it is what shapes our values and helps us decide what is important and what is just. Knowledge is transformational; it is what turns passive people into engaged citizens. Learning makes leaders— good ones and bad ones. Learning shapes our electorate. Some of our leaders recognize the power of learning, and some of them are afraid of that power. We are banning books, we are cutting humanities programming, and we are reducing the rich and complex undertaking of education to the task of “job preparation.” We need a cultural reset, and education is the best antidote for our collective sickness.

So what do we do about this? I think the first and simplest step each of us can take is to make a concerted effort to bring our friends and peers with us on our journeys of learning. On our podcast episodes each month, Katie and I always share at least one thing that we’ve learned since the last episode. This can make for some random tangents, but sharing about learning is how learning takes hold of our hearts and catches fire. Did you read an interesting article or book? Listen to an interesting podcast? Go to an interesting event? Tell your friends about it. Start book clubs. Write blog posts. Dive deep into difficult conversations. Become more than a passive consumer of information— pay attention to your own habits of learning and the sources from which that learning originates. Be willing to be wrong, and be willing to adapt to the feedback you will receive along your learning journey.

Turn down the volume of your conversations online, and turn up the value. Share generously. Replace political and cultural labels and generalizations with collections of thoughts, beliefs, and convictions. Realize that, despite appearances, most people are not out to get you. Most people are doing the best they can with the information that they have. Think of how much better we could do if we all expanded our horizons, listened to more voices from communities outside of our own, and approached learning as a process undertaken for the purpose of liberation.

Learn for learning’s sake, and learn broadly. This probably sounds like a chore to some people; I’m going to ask you simply to trust me that the effort is worth it. Read about topics in which you’ve never before been interested. Go deeper into the topics you already think you understand. Carve some time out of each day (even if it’s just a few moments) to learn something new. And support the teachers in your life! These are the people who have decided that liberation through learning is fundamental to humanity’s collective undertakings. Embrace the responsibility that we all have to guarantee a better future through education.

As we head into 2023, 16:1 would like to thank each one of you for walking with us on our own path of learning. We created this podcast primarily because we wanted to learn about the topics and ideas that we cover every other week on the show. We’re eternally grateful to those of you who have joined us in this adventure, and we’re looking forward to the next year of learning with you.

]]> A Love Letter to Learning Moonbeam Multimedia 00:08:20 Following Katie's Love Letter to Teaching (episode 72-- check it out!), 16:1 wanted to offer another special holiday episode, this one being a meditation on the power that learning can have in our lives. Following Katie's Love Letter to Teaching (episode 72-- check it out!), 16:1 wanted to offer another special holiday episode, this one being a meditation on the power that learning can have in our lives. opportunity, learn, learning, teaching, education, equity, learner false full 74 1 ade6b6fe-aac2-4c88-bd70-b1fb33c9082c Driver's Education Driver's Education

It's the holiday season! That means roads, side streets, interstates, and driveways across the country are packed with vehicles on the way to or from seasonal celebrations. Inspired by the onslaught of holiday traffic, 16:1 is taking a look at driver education programs across the country. In the United States, there is no national standard for driver's education, though guidelines are distributed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and interpreted by each state. The patchwork, state-by-state approach to driver's education in the U.S. evolved from a more holistic approach; driver's education used to be offered in 95% of public schools. With the privatization of driver training programs came new challenges. How are drivers in the U.S. staying safe? Learn more on this week's episode.

Sources:

Motor Cities -Remembering the Early Days of Driver’s Education By Robert Tate, Automotive Historian

Wikipedia - History of the Automobile

Centre County Historical Society - Amos Neyhart

Encyclopedia.com - Driver Education

NHTSA - Driver Education Practices In Selected States

NHTSA - A Fresh Look at the State of Driver Education In America

The New York Times - The Mixed Bag of Driver Education by Tanya Mohn

The Orange County Register - Whatever happened to driver’s ed in high schools? by Sarah Tully

Forbes - Is Driver's Ed Good Enough? Most Americans Don't Think So by Tanya Mohn

ThoughtCo. - The First License Plates in U.S. History by Jennifer Rosenberg

Wikipedia - Graham Paige 835

Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future By Ben Tarnoff - Purchase via The Book Loft of German Village

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2022 11:45:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Driver's Education

It's the holiday season! That means roads, side streets, interstates, and driveways across the country are packed with vehicles on the way to or from seasonal celebrations. Inspired by the onslaught of holiday traffic, 16:1 is taking a look at driver education programs across the country. In the United States, there is no national standard for driver's education, though guidelines are distributed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and interpreted by each state. The patchwork, state-by-state approach to driver's education in the U.S. evolved from a more holistic approach; driver's education used to be offered in 95% of public schools. With the privatization of driver training programs came new challenges. How are drivers in the U.S. staying safe? Learn more on this week's episode.

Sources:

Motor Cities -Remembering the Early Days of Driver’s Education By Robert Tate, Automotive Historian

Wikipedia - History of the Automobile

Centre County Historical Society - Amos Neyhart

Encyclopedia.com - Driver Education

NHTSA - Driver Education Practices In Selected States

NHTSA - A Fresh Look at the State of Driver Education In America

The New York Times - The Mixed Bag of Driver Education by Tanya Mohn

The Orange County Register - Whatever happened to driver’s ed in high schools? by Sarah Tully

Forbes - Is Driver's Ed Good Enough? Most Americans Don't Think So by Tanya Mohn

ThoughtCo. - The First License Plates in U.S. History by Jennifer Rosenberg

Wikipedia - Graham Paige 835

Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future By Ben Tarnoff - Purchase via The Book Loft of German Village

]]> Driver's Education Moonbeam Multimedia 00:55:01 With holiday traffic at seasonal peaks, 16:1 is tackling how we learn to navigate the roads in this episode, "Driver's Education." With holiday traffic at seasonal peaks, 16:1 is tackling how we learn to navigate the roads in this episode, "Driver's Education." drivers education, student, teach, automobile, learn, learning, teaching, education, driver, driving, auto, license, car false full 73 1 a9a2bd43-03d2-4a52-8a81-6e21af59efa9 A Love Letter to Teaching 16:1 normally breaks for the holidays, but this year we're doing something a bit different. Check out this audio essay from our co-host, Katie Day. It's a heartfelt love letter to the teaching profession.

]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ 16:1 normally breaks for the holidays, but this year we're doing something a bit different. Check out this audio essay from our co-host, Katie Day. It's a heartfelt love letter to the teaching profession.

]]> A Love Letter to Teaching Moonbeam Multimedia 00:10:06 16:1 normally breaks for the holidays, but this year we're doing something different. Check out this audio essay from our co-host, Katie Day. It's a heartfelt love letter to the teaching profession. 16:1 normally breaks for the holidays, but this year we're doing something different. Check out this audio essay from our co-host, Katie Day. It's a heartfelt love letter to the teaching profession. student, schooling, learning, teacher, teaching, career, education, school, learner, high school false full 72 1 7515cecd-5f84-4c20-b26e-3965ebac5702 Science, Industry, & Discovery Centers Science, Industry, & Discovery Centers

Science & discovery centers are curated learning environments that offer pedagogically engaging opportunities to develop and pursue curiosities about science and technology. These centers, often located adjacent to schools, universities, or community centers, help to bridge the gap between education and practical applications of science and industry. What sets these centers apart from ordinary museums? They are designed by experts to engage everyone -- kids, teens, and adults!-- with hands-on approaches to science learning. Join Katie and Chelsea as they explore the history of the "science center movement" in the U.S. and shine a light on a few of their favorite local examples. Plan your next field trip with the help of 16:1!

Sources:

COSI - History

USA Today - The Wilds has grown into nationally known animal conservation center By Alissa Wildman Neese

APS News - Science Centers: Partners in Science Education By Robert J. Semper

Wikipedia - Science Museum

Idea.org - Difference between a science museum and a science center

Wikipedia - California Science Center

The City Museum

99% Invisible - Tale of the Jackalope

Dawes Arboretum

]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:30:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Science, Industry, & Discovery Centers

Science & discovery centers are curated learning environments that offer pedagogically engaging opportunities to develop and pursue curiosities about science and technology. These centers, often located adjacent to schools, universities, or community centers, help to bridge the gap between education and practical applications of science and industry. What sets these centers apart from ordinary museums? They are designed by experts to engage everyone -- kids, teens, and adults!-- with hands-on approaches to science learning. Join Katie and Chelsea as they explore the history of the "science center movement" in the U.S. and shine a light on a few of their favorite local examples. Plan your next field trip with the help of 16:1!

Sources:

COSI - History

USA Today - The Wilds has grown into nationally known animal conservation center By Alissa Wildman Neese

APS News - Science Centers: Partners in Science Education By Robert J. Semper

Wikipedia - Science Museum

Idea.org - Difference between a science museum and a science center

Wikipedia - California Science Center

The City Museum

99% Invisible - Tale of the Jackalope

Dawes Arboretum

]]> Science, Industry, & Discovery Centers Moonbeam Multimedia 01:09:27 Science & discovery centers are curated learning environments that offer pedagogically engaging opportunities to develop and pursue curiosities about science and technology. Join Katie and Chelsea as they explore the history of the "science center movement" in the U.S. and shine a light on a few of their favorite local examples. Science & discovery centers are curated learning environments that offer pedagogically engaging opportunities to develop and pursue curiosities about science and technology. Join Katie and Chelsea as they explore the history of the "science center movement" in the U.S. and shine a light on a few of their favorite local examples. science, student, industry, curiosity, botanical, learn, learning, teacher, wildlife, teaching, discovery, education, cosi, science center false full 71 1 de4beff2-85fd-44ea-9e55-d9c82627c23e Teaching & Learning in Native American Communities feat. Heather Pasquinelli Join us for a special guest episode of 16:1, where Katie and Chelsea are joined by Heather Pasquinelli to discuss the unique joys and challenges of teaching and learning in Native American communities. This episode explores teaching as a practice of making connections across differences, honoring cultures, and expanding horizons. 

Content note: discussions of racism, sexual abuse.

]]> Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Join us for a special guest episode of 16:1, where Katie and Chelsea are joined by Heather Pasquinelli to discuss the unique joys and challenges of teaching and learning in Native American communities. This episode explores teaching as a practice of making connections across differences, honoring cultures, and expanding horizons. 

Content note: discussions of racism, sexual abuse.

]]> Teaching & Learning in Native American Communities feat. Heather Pasquinelli Moonbeam Multimedia 01:12:58 Join us for a special guest episode of 16:1, where Katie and Chelsea are joined by Heather Pasquinelli to discuss the unique joys and challenges of teaching and learning in Native American communities. Join us for a special guest episode of 16:1, where Katie and Chelsea are joined by Heather Pasquinelli to discuss the unique joys and challenges of teaching and learning in Native American communities. student, bie, native, learning, teacher, teaching, education, native american, reservation, school, mmiw false full 70 1 a62bb4dc-9cf9-490f-8883-0b0c754cd88c Inquiry-Based Learning Inquiry-Based Learning

Inquiry-based learning is the practice of using open-ended, student-driven approaches to education designed to stimulate curiosity and increase buy-in from learners. In classrooms where IBL is prioritized, students might construct their own assessments and research models or collectively build rules and classroom codes of conduct. By allowing students to take ownership of their own learning, inquiry-based classrooms clear the way for increased engagement and comprehension, but this highly-engaged learning can often be difficult for educators to setup and maintain. Join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss best practices, real examples from the classroom, and the power of learning to ask the right questions.

Sources:

Edutopia - What the Heck Is Inquiry-Based Learning? By Heather Wolpert-Gawron

The University of Manchester - What is Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL)?

C3 Teachers - The Inquiry Design Model

Facilitating an inquiry-based science classroom By Debbie K. Jackson and Marius Boboc

GitHub - The Mycelium Network

Anchor - The Mycelium Network Podcast By The Mycelium Network

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:45:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Inquiry-Based Learning

Inquiry-based learning is the practice of using open-ended, student-driven approaches to education designed to stimulate curiosity and increase buy-in from learners. In classrooms where IBL is prioritized, students might construct their own assessments and research models or collectively build rules and classroom codes of conduct. By allowing students to take ownership of their own learning, inquiry-based classrooms clear the way for increased engagement and comprehension, but this highly-engaged learning can often be difficult for educators to setup and maintain. Join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss best practices, real examples from the classroom, and the power of learning to ask the right questions.

Sources:

Edutopia - What the Heck Is Inquiry-Based Learning? By Heather Wolpert-Gawron

The University of Manchester - What is Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL)?

C3 Teachers - The Inquiry Design Model

Facilitating an inquiry-based science classroom By Debbie K. Jackson and Marius Boboc

GitHub - The Mycelium Network

Anchor - The Mycelium Network Podcast By The Mycelium Network

]]> Inquiry-Based Learning Moonbeam Multimedia 01:00:12 Inquiry-based learning is the practice of using open-ended, student-driven approaches to education designed to stimulate curiosity and increase buy-in from learners. Join the hosts of 16:1 as they discuss best practices, real examples from the classroom, and the power of learning to ask the right questions. Inquiry-based learning is the practice of using open-ended, student-driven approaches to education designed to stimulate curiosity and increase buy-in from learners. Join the hosts of 16:1 as they discuss best practices, real examples from the classroom, and the power of learning to ask the right questions. student, enquiry, inquiry-based learning, schooling, style, project based learning, classroom, inquiry, learn, learning, inquiry based learning, teacher, project, ebl, ibl, teaching, technique, education, school, educator, learner, pedagogy, pbl false full 69 1 096682d5-3e47-48f4-bf59-d87fda668058 Women in STEM Women make up approximately half of the population, but less than a third of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in the U.S. are women. With chronic underrepresentation in STEM fields at all levels of the professional pipeline and educational system, female professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics face unique challenges. From combating deeply-engrained stereotypes to the push for paid parental leave to salary disparities and more, we have a long way to go to guarantee that everyone can discover, nurture, and execute on plans for professional success in STEM careers.

Sources:

AAUW - The STEM Gap: Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

National Archives - Morrill Act 1862

Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 By Members of the 2005 "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" Committee; Prepared for the Presidents of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine

Brittanica.com - STEM education curriculum

MIT Management Sloan School -  In boardrooms and in STEM, women talk about where they see more representation by Meredith Somers

Inside Higher ED - Broken Link Between Pay and Productivity for Women in STEM by Colleen Flaherty

Catalyst.org - Women on Corporate Boards (Quick Take)

TeacherATI - Gender diversity: women in the data centre talent pipeline by Nicole Cappella

UNICEF - Mapping gender equality in STEM from school to work

Maryville University - Women in STEM: A Guide to Bridging the Gender Gap

National Girls Collaborative Project - Current State of STEM

The Atlantic - The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM By Olga Khazan

Smithsonian - Girls and Women in STEM

informED - 10 Programs Closing the Gender Gap in STEM By Jennifer Lachs

Society of STEM Women of Color

]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:45:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Women make up approximately half of the population, but less than a third of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in the U.S. are women. With chronic underrepresentation in STEM fields at all levels of the professional pipeline and educational system, female professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics face unique challenges. From combating deeply-engrained stereotypes to the push for paid parental leave to salary disparities and more, we have a long way to go to guarantee that everyone can discover, nurture, and execute on plans for professional success in STEM careers.

Sources:

AAUW - The STEM Gap: Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

National Archives - Morrill Act 1862

Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 By Members of the 2005 "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" Committee; Prepared for the Presidents of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine

Brittanica.com - STEM education curriculum

MIT Management Sloan School -  In boardrooms and in STEM, women talk about where they see more representation by Meredith Somers

Inside Higher ED - Broken Link Between Pay and Productivity for Women in STEM by Colleen Flaherty

Catalyst.org - Women on Corporate Boards (Quick Take)

TeacherATI - Gender diversity: women in the data centre talent pipeline by Nicole Cappella

UNICEF - Mapping gender equality in STEM from school to work

Maryville University - Women in STEM: A Guide to Bridging the Gender Gap

National Girls Collaborative Project - Current State of STEM

The Atlantic - The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM By Olga Khazan

Smithsonian - Girls and Women in STEM

informED - 10 Programs Closing the Gender Gap in STEM By Jennifer Lachs

Society of STEM Women of Color

]]> Women in STEM Moonbeam Multimedia 00:41:36 Women make up approximately half of the population, but less than a third of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in the U.S. are women. Why? Let's find out! Women make up approximately half of the population, but less than a third of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in the U.S. are women. Why? Let's find out! hiring, science, tech, wage, stem, wage gap, computer, degree, learning, computer science, women, teaching, education, parental leave, school, college, math, phd, leadership, technology, gender, maternity leave, engineering false full 68 1 2ad95fe3-e525-4807-8be1-5945f4397ea1 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

]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ 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

]]> For-Profit Colleges & Student Loans Moonbeam Multimedia 00:49:12 A deep dive into for-profit colleges and the Biden administration's latest student loan relief proposal. A deep dive into for-profit colleges and the Biden administration's latest student loan relief proposal. university, debt, loan, for-profit, finance, learning, business, teaching, education, forgiveness, savings, money, college, biden, profit false full 67 1 4e1db45c-f5c1-496e-ba3c-8591e45afdd4 Columbus Teachers on Strike 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

Jacques Ze Whipper

 

]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2022 09:55:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ 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

Jacques Ze Whipper

 

]]> Columbus Teachers on Strike Moonbeam Multimedia 00:53:35 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. Learn about this and other teachers strikes happening around the world on this week's episode of 16:1. 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. Learn about this and other teachers strikes happening around the world on this week's episode of 16:1. class, pay, salary, student, classroom, learning, picket, teacher, wages, teaching, union, education, labor, columbus, school, ccs, negotiation, cea, collective bargaining, contract, strike false full 66 1 a55d97f5-a3ab-4a42-b660-6558ffc0f518 Against the Assault of Laughter Knock, knock!

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.

Thanks for listening!

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

 

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Knock, knock!

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.

Thanks for listening!

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

 

]]> Against the Assault of Laughter Moonbeam Multimedia 01:02:17 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? 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? laugh, student, laughter, classroom, comedian, learning, humor, laughing, teaching, comedy, hannah gadsby, funny, joke false full 65 1 77df5db2-0f89-4f66-9bd1-05f8fae9caf4 TED, Lassoed This week, the hosts discuss the origin story and ongoing impact of TED, the annual conference turned globally-accessible repository of free, online video content focusing on technology, entertainment, and design.

Sources:

TED.com

Life Sciences Education - Effective Educational Videos: Principles and Guidelines for Maximizing Student Learning from Video Content by Cynthia J. Brame

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - The danger of a single story

George Takei - Why I love a country that once betrayed me

Shonda Rhimes - My year of saying yes to everything

Aicha el-Wafi + Phyllis Rodriguez - The mothers who found forgiveness, friendship

Jarrett J. Krosoczka - Why lunch ladies are heroes

Sue Klebold - My son was a Columbine shooter. This is my story

Amanda Gorman - Using your voice is a political choice

Brené Brown - The power of vulnerability

Monica Lewinsky - The price of shame

The New York Times- Joni Mitchell Reclaims Her Voice at Newport by Lindsay Zoladz

TED Conferences

Sir Ken Robinson

Money Crashers - What Is TED Conference – History & Criticisms of TED Talks By Michael Lewis

]]> Thu, 4 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, the hosts discuss the origin story and ongoing impact of TED, the annual conference turned globally-accessible repository of free, online video content focusing on technology, entertainment, and design.

Sources:

TED.com

Life Sciences Education - Effective Educational Videos: Principles and Guidelines for Maximizing Student Learning from Video Content by Cynthia J. Brame

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - The danger of a single story

George Takei - Why I love a country that once betrayed me

Shonda Rhimes - My year of saying yes to everything

Aicha el-Wafi + Phyllis Rodriguez - The mothers who found forgiveness, friendship

Jarrett J. Krosoczka - Why lunch ladies are heroes

Sue Klebold - My son was a Columbine shooter. This is my story

Amanda Gorman - Using your voice is a political choice

Brené Brown - The power of vulnerability

Monica Lewinsky - The price of shame

The New York Times- Joni Mitchell Reclaims Her Voice at Newport by Lindsay Zoladz

TED Conferences

Sir Ken Robinson

Money Crashers - What Is TED Conference – History & Criticisms of TED Talks By Michael Lewis

]]> TED, Lassoed Moonbeam Multimedia 01:10:34 This week, the hosts discuss the origin story and ongoing impact of TED, the annual conference turned globally-accessible repository of free, online video content focusing on technology, entertainment, and design. This week, the hosts discuss the origin story and ongoing impact of TED, the annual conference turned globally-accessible repository of free, online video content focusing on technology, entertainment, and design. video, student, design, ted, curriculum, learning, teacher, teaching, conference, education, school, talk, technology, entertainment, ted talk false full 64 1 6375aca3-f668-404f-b019-59f0e7b574b7 The Teacher Shortage The national teacher shortage is a serious problem. With the compounding effects of pandemic burnout, chronic underpayment, poor working conditions, violence in schools, and political activism causing teachers to leave the profession (or never enter in the first place), schools in all 50 states are scrambling to fill vacancies ahead of the 2022-2023 school year. STEM fields are experiencing the most intense shortages, with many districts offering stipends, moving cost vouchers, and fast-tracked certification pathways to attract new teaching talent. With many short-term fixes but little traction on future-thinking solutions to school funding models, school leaders and politicians are growing increasingly frustrated, as the U.S. continues to fall behind its peer nations in many education-related metrics.

The Hill - Here’s what’s driving the nationwide teacher shortage By Adam Barnes | April 21, 2022

ABC 15 - Republicans think they have an answer to help with Arizona's teacher shortage By: Mark Phillips

Universities.com - Top 10 States with the Highest Teacher Shortages 2022 by Sarah Harris

American School and University - Arizona no longer requires a college degree to begin teaching by Brooke Just

NBC 4 - Beating burnout: Ohio lawmaker’s plan to pull teachers from brink of resignation by: Maeve Walsh

Boston Herald - Teacher shortage: One-third of teachers say they’re likely to quit this year by Marie Szaniszlo

Economic Policy Institute - Teachers are paid almost 20% less than similar workers

Arizona Education Association

OECD Data - Teachers' salaries

OECD Data - Adult education level

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America By Richard Rothstein

Broken Horses: A Memoir By Brandi Carlile

 

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]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ The national teacher shortage is a serious problem. With the compounding effects of pandemic burnout, chronic underpayment, poor working conditions, violence in schools, and political activism causing teachers to leave the profession (or never enter in the first place), schools in all 50 states are scrambling to fill vacancies ahead of the 2022-2023 school year. STEM fields are experiencing the most intense shortages, with many districts offering stipends, moving cost vouchers, and fast-tracked certification pathways to attract new teaching talent. With many short-term fixes but little traction on future-thinking solutions to school funding models, school leaders and politicians are growing increasingly frustrated, as the U.S. continues to fall behind its peer nations in many education-related metrics.

The Hill - Here’s what’s driving the nationwide teacher shortage By Adam Barnes | April 21, 2022

ABC 15 - Republicans think they have an answer to help with Arizona's teacher shortage By: Mark Phillips

Universities.com - Top 10 States with the Highest Teacher Shortages 2022 by Sarah Harris

American School and University - Arizona no longer requires a college degree to begin teaching by Brooke Just

NBC 4 - Beating burnout: Ohio lawmaker’s plan to pull teachers from brink of resignation by: Maeve Walsh

Boston Herald - Teacher shortage: One-third of teachers say they’re likely to quit this year by Marie Szaniszlo

Economic Policy Institute - Teachers are paid almost 20% less than similar workers

Arizona Education Association

OECD Data - Teachers' salaries

OECD Data - Adult education level

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America By Richard Rothstein

Broken Horses: A Memoir By Brandi Carlile

 

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]]> The Teacher Shortage Moonbeam Multimedia 00:59:10 The national teacher shortage is a serious problem. With the compounding effects of pandemic burnout, chronic underpayment, poor working conditions, violence in schools, and political activism causing teachers to leave the profession, schools in all 50 states are scrambling to fill vacancies ahead of the 2022-2023 school year. The national teacher shortage is a serious problem. With the compounding effects of pandemic burnout, chronic underpayment, poor working conditions, violence in schools, and political activism causing teachers to leave the profession, schools in all 50 states are scrambling to fill vacancies ahead of the 2022-2023 school year. hiring, rothstein, economy, staff, stem, staffing, academic, teacher, professional, job, teaching, teacher shortage, education, the color of law, shortage, housing, recruiting, race, certification false full 63 1 68efb117-7a2e-49ef-b533-566dee017832 Commencing Countdown, Engines On Many of us dream of becoming astronauts when we are kids, but only about 600 humans have achieved spaceflight. What does it take to make it into space? Do you have... the right stuff? This week, join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss astronaut candidate school at NASA, the grueling program of training and readiness undertaken by aspiring astronauts. Hear what retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, and singer(!) Chris Hadfield has said about his own experience with astronaut training. Kate discusses the Teacher in Space Project and the legacy of educators' involvement with NASA programs.

Sources and Stories:

UVA Miller Center -The Space Race- Soviets and Americans race to the stars By Maddie Davis

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Astronaut Selection and Training

Chris Hadfield MasterClass

Wikipedia - Teacher in Space Project

Wikipedia - Barbara Morgan

CNBC - Meet the 12 Americans training to be NASA’s newest astronauts by Marguerite Ward

Podcast - Gastropod

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Challenger The Final Flight

TikTok - Pat the Puzzle Man 

IMDB - The Astronaut Wives Club

IMDB - Hidden Figures

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

]]> Thu, 7 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Many of us dream of becoming astronauts when we are kids, but only about 600 humans have achieved spaceflight. What does it take to make it into space? Do you have... the right stuff? This week, join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss astronaut candidate school at NASA, the grueling program of training and readiness undertaken by aspiring astronauts. Hear what retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, and singer(!) Chris Hadfield has said about his own experience with astronaut training. Kate discusses the Teacher in Space Project and the legacy of educators' involvement with NASA programs.

Sources and Stories:

UVA Miller Center -The Space Race- Soviets and Americans race to the stars By Maddie Davis

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Astronaut Selection and Training

Chris Hadfield MasterClass

Wikipedia - Teacher in Space Project

Wikipedia - Barbara Morgan

CNBC - Meet the 12 Americans training to be NASA’s newest astronauts by Marguerite Ward

Podcast - Gastropod

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Challenger The Final Flight

TikTok - Pat the Puzzle Man 

IMDB - The Astronaut Wives Club

IMDB - Hidden Figures

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

]]> Commencing Countdown, Engines On Moonbeam Multimedia 01:01:49 Many of us dream of becoming astronauts when we are kids, but only about 600 humans have achieved spaceflight. What does it take to make it into space? Do you have... the right stuff? This week, join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss astronaut candidate school at NASA, the grueling program of training and readiness undertaken by aspiring astronauts. Many of us dream of becoming astronauts when we are kids, but only about 600 humans have achieved spaceflight. What does it take to make it into space? Do you have... the right stuff? This week, join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss astronaut candidate school at NASA, the grueling program of training and readiness undertaken by aspiring astronauts. false full 62 1 97152e99-17c0-4ccb-bf71-2e40442302c7 Year in Review: Volume 1 As the school year draws to a close for many of America's teachers, Katie and Chelsea begin a new tradition of reflecting on what we've learned over the course of the academic year. This is our first annual Year in Review. Thanks for listening!

Sources & Stories:

NBC 4 - Columbus, Ohio - AEP Info

99% Invisible - Episode 480 "Broken Heart Park"

Twenty Thousand Hertz - "The Windsor Hum"

Catster - Siamese Cats Are Temperature-Sensitive Albinos, a.k.a. Walking Heat Maps By Lisa Richman

Crocodile Floating in Water YouTube Video

11 Alive - City of Atlanta cracking down on Airbnb, short term rentals by Savannah Levins

Libby App

GLSEN - Marsha P. Johnson

The Disconnect (Podcast)

]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:30:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ As the school year draws to a close for many of America's teachers, Katie and Chelsea begin a new tradition of reflecting on what we've learned over the course of the academic year. This is our first annual Year in Review. Thanks for listening!

Sources & Stories:

NBC 4 - Columbus, Ohio - AEP Info

99% Invisible - Episode 480 "Broken Heart Park"

Twenty Thousand Hertz - "The Windsor Hum"

Catster - Siamese Cats Are Temperature-Sensitive Albinos, a.k.a. Walking Heat Maps By Lisa Richman

Crocodile Floating in Water YouTube Video

11 Alive - City of Atlanta cracking down on Airbnb, short term rentals by Savannah Levins

Libby App

GLSEN - Marsha P. Johnson

The Disconnect (Podcast)

]]> Year in Review: Volume 1 Moonbeam Multimedia 00:50:19 As the school year draws to a close for many of America's teachers, Katie and Chelsea begin a new tradition of reflecting on what we've learned over the course of the academic year. As the school year draws to a close for many of America's teachers, Katie and Chelsea begin a new tradition of reflecting on what we've learned over the course of the academic year. student, edchat, review, learning, teacher, lesson, thinker, teaching, educhat, education, knowledge, school false full 61 1 7567c1e6-ac67-4fc7-afd9-87d37221a044 Where No Mann Has Gone Before A passionate advocate for education, Horace Mann served as secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education for 20 years and almost single-handedly revolutionized public schooling in America. Join Kate and Chelsea as they explore Mann's achievements and legacy (as well as his unexpected distaste for phonics). 

Sources:

Wikipedia - Horace Mann

Britannica - Horace Mann

Wikipedia - Normal School

]]> Thu, 9 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ A passionate advocate for education, Horace Mann served as secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education for 20 years and almost single-handedly revolutionized public schooling in America. Join Kate and Chelsea as they explore Mann's achievements and legacy (as well as his unexpected distaste for phonics). 

Sources:

Wikipedia - Horace Mann

Britannica - Horace Mann

Wikipedia - Normal School

]]> Where No Mann Has Gone Before Moonbeam Multimedia 00:50:20 A passionate advocate for education, Horace Mann served as secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education for 20 years and almost single-handedly revolutionized public schooling in America. Join Kate and Chelsea as they explore Mann's achievements and legacy (as well as his unexpected distaste for phonics).  A passionate advocate for education, Horace Mann served as secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education for 20 years and almost single-handedly revolutionized public schooling in America. Join Kate and Chelsea as they explore Mann's achievements and legacy (as well as his unexpected distaste for phonics).  university, student, teach, massachusetts, teachers, learning, teacher, mann, lesson, teaching, education, secretary, school, college, horace mann false full 60 1 c057b64b-425d-4060-a611-a41e09d7e153 BOOK IT! This week Chelsea and Kate recall a big part of their childhoods as they discuss BOOK IT!, a reading incentive program for PreK-6th grade classrooms, parents, and homeschooling families.

Sources:

Wikipedia - Pizza Hut

Every Child A Reader - Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program

The Psychological Record, 1999, 49, 3-14 - Effects of Extrinsic Reinforcement for Reading During Childhood on Reported Reading Habits of College Students by Stephen R. Flora and David B. Flora

Book It!

First Book

]]> Thu, 26 May 2022 09:30:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week Chelsea and Kate recall a big part of their childhoods as they discuss BOOK IT!, a reading incentive program for PreK-6th grade classrooms, parents, and homeschooling families.

Sources:

Wikipedia - Pizza Hut

Every Child A Reader - Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program

The Psychological Record, 1999, 49, 3-14 - Effects of Extrinsic Reinforcement for Reading During Childhood on Reported Reading Habits of College Students by Stephen R. Flora and David B. Flora

Book It!

First Book

]]> BOOK IT! Moonbeam Multimedia 00:42:49 This week Chelsea and Kate recall a big part of their childhoods as they discuss BOOK IT!, a reading incentive program for PreK-6th grade classrooms, parents, and homeschooling families. This week Chelsea and Kate recall a big part of their childhoods as they discuss BOOK IT!, a reading incentive program for PreK-6th grade classrooms, parents, and homeschooling families. homeschool, literacy, summer, summer slide, reading, learning, teacher, teaching, education, read, summer reading, school, book, elementary school, book it false full 59 1 aa63c96a-c45a-4c7c-a344-04f9601a87bb Teachers in Talkies In this episode, Katie and Chelsea develop a very complex and completely ridiculous teacher evaluation system in order to put some of their favorite educators from nostalgia-inducing movies and tv shows to the test. Chelsea makes a compelling argument against Yoda, while Katie firmly supports Miss Honey from "Matilda" with ten out of five pencils (it will make sense if you listen)! Katie shares what she learns from the mothers in her workplace, and Chelsea covers a bad combination of birds being and algae. We know teachers across the US are dealing with the stresses of the end of a school year, so we're keeping this one light. Make sure you are taking care of yourselves!

Sources:

Wikipedia - Yoda

Wikipedia - "The Birds" Film

Wikipedia - "Mean Girls" Film

Wikipedia - "Dead Poets Society" Film

Wikipedia - "Matilda" Film

John Spencer - "Was Yoda a Good Teacher?"

Boy Meets World Fandom - Mr. Feeny

Wikipedia - Teacher in Space Project

 

]]> Thu, 12 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ In this episode, Katie and Chelsea develop a very complex and completely ridiculous teacher evaluation system in order to put some of their favorite educators from nostalgia-inducing movies and tv shows to the test. Chelsea makes a compelling argument against Yoda, while Katie firmly supports Miss Honey from "Matilda" with ten out of five pencils (it will make sense if you listen)! Katie shares what she learns from the mothers in her workplace, and Chelsea covers a bad combination of birds being and algae. We know teachers across the US are dealing with the stresses of the end of a school year, so we're keeping this one light. Make sure you are taking care of yourselves!

Sources:

Wikipedia - Yoda

Wikipedia - "The Birds" Film

Wikipedia - "Mean Girls" Film

Wikipedia - "Dead Poets Society" Film

Wikipedia - "Matilda" Film

John Spencer - "Was Yoda a Good Teacher?"

Boy Meets World Fandom - Mr. Feeny

Wikipedia - Teacher in Space Project

 

]]> Teachers in Talkies Moonbeam Multimedia 00:53:26 In this episode, Katie and Chelsea develop a very complex and completely ridiculous teacher evaluation system in order to put some of their favorite educators from nostalgia-inducing movies and tv shows to the test. In this episode, Katie and Chelsea develop a very complex and completely ridiculous teacher evaluation system in order to put some of their favorite educators from nostalgia-inducing movies and tv shows to the test. mean girls, student, tv, alfred hitchcock, review, learning, teacher, film, movie, teaching, star wars, education, movie review, school, movies false full 58 1 5a907e07-53a8-443a-869f-8243efa51831 For Your Edutainment This week, Chelsea and Katie discuss edutainment-- what it is, who makes it, how it is consumed, and how it is used in schools and classrooms. From National Geographic documentaries to podcasts to Broderbund software (looking at you, Carmen Sandiego!), edutainment seems to be everywhere. Most of us want learning to be fun. Is the edutainment industry fulfilling its promise?

Sources:

Wikipedia - Educational Entertainment

Future Market Insights - Edutainment Market Outlook 2022-2032

Undark - "In YouTube ‘Edutainment,’ Minimal Control for Scientific Accuracy" By Dan Garisto

University of San Diego Online - "Edutainment in the Classroom: How Technology Is Changing the Game" by Joseph Lathan, PhD

Wikipedia - White Wilderness (Film)

LSE - "What is ‘play’ and ‘playfulness’, and what does it mean to join either term together with learning?"

LSE - "Why does free play matter in a digital world?" By: Sonia Livingstone and Kruakae Pothong

“That's Edutainment!” Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 62, no. 38. By William Germano.

"Selling Learning Towards a Political Economy of Edutainment Media" Institute of Education, London University, UK Media. Culture and Society Vol. 27, No. 1, 41-58, 2005.  By David Buckingham and Margaret Scanlon.

"The Engaging Classroom - Edutainment or Effective Technology Integration?" by Jennifer Boyle

"Edutainment: is learning at risk?" British Journal of Educational Technology Vol 34 No 3 2003 255–264. by Zühal Okan.

Frontlines- "Where in the Globalized Economy Is Carmen San Diego? The downfall of Broderbund Software and its ‘edutainment’ star." By Phillip Jeffrey

The Science Teacher - Science for All: 19th Century “Edutainment” by Michael Apfeldorf. April/May 2019

Jarvin, L. (2015). "Edutainment, games, and the future of education in a digital world." In E. L. Grigorenko (Ed.), The global context for new directions for child and adolescent development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 147, 33–40.

Virvou, M., Katsionis, G., & Manos, K. (2005). "Combining Software Games with Education: Evaluation of its Educational Effectiveness." Educational Technology & Society, 8 (2), 54-65.

TikTok - Grizzly 399 - @savannahrosewildlife

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, Chelsea and Katie discuss edutainment-- what it is, who makes it, how it is consumed, and how it is used in schools and classrooms. From National Geographic documentaries to podcasts to Broderbund software (looking at you, Carmen Sandiego!), edutainment seems to be everywhere. Most of us want learning to be fun. Is the edutainment industry fulfilling its promise?

Sources:

Wikipedia - Educational Entertainment

Future Market Insights - Edutainment Market Outlook 2022-2032

Undark - "In YouTube ‘Edutainment,’ Minimal Control for Scientific Accuracy" By Dan Garisto

University of San Diego Online - "Edutainment in the Classroom: How Technology Is Changing the Game" by Joseph Lathan, PhD

Wikipedia - White Wilderness (Film)

LSE - "What is ‘play’ and ‘playfulness’, and what does it mean to join either term together with learning?"

LSE - "Why does free play matter in a digital world?" By: Sonia Livingstone and Kruakae Pothong

“That's Edutainment!” Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 62, no. 38. By William Germano.

"Selling Learning Towards a Political Economy of Edutainment Media" Institute of Education, London University, UK Media. Culture and Society Vol. 27, No. 1, 41-58, 2005.  By David Buckingham and Margaret Scanlon.

"The Engaging Classroom - Edutainment or Effective Technology Integration?" by Jennifer Boyle

"Edutainment: is learning at risk?" British Journal of Educational Technology Vol 34 No 3 2003 255–264. by Zühal Okan.

Frontlines- "Where in the Globalized Economy Is Carmen San Diego? The downfall of Broderbund Software and its ‘edutainment’ star." By Phillip Jeffrey

The Science Teacher - Science for All: 19th Century “Edutainment” by Michael Apfeldorf. April/May 2019

Jarvin, L. (2015). "Edutainment, games, and the future of education in a digital world." In E. L. Grigorenko (Ed.), The global context for new directions for child and adolescent development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 147, 33–40.

Virvou, M., Katsionis, G., & Manos, K. (2005). "Combining Software Games with Education: Evaluation of its Educational Effectiveness." Educational Technology & Society, 8 (2), 54-65.

TikTok - Grizzly 399 - @savannahrosewildlife

]]> For Your Edutainment Moonbeam Multimedia 01:03:57 This week, Chelsea and Katie discuss edutainment-- what it is, who makes it, how it is consumed, and how it is used in schools and classrooms. From National Geographic documentaries to podcasts to Broderbund software (looking at you, Carmen Sandiego!), edutainment seems to be everywhere. Most of us want learning to be fun. Is the edutainment industry fulfilling its promise? This week, Chelsea and Katie discuss edutainment-- what it is, who makes it, how it is consumed, and how it is used in schools and classrooms. From National Geographic documentaries to podcasts to Broderbund software (looking at you, Carmen Sandiego!), edutainment seems to be everywhere. Most of us want learning to be fun. Is the edutainment industry fulfilling its promise? broderbund, laptop, classroom, learning, teaching, lesson plan, education, school, cell phone, shark tank, phone, smart phone, technology, video game, digital literacy, edutainment, digital false full 57 1 eb9123e2-92fb-49b2-9555-2ae63271c960 Bully for You! Bullying has always been around, but social media has created new ways for students to bully and to be bullied. Join Katie and Chelsea as they take a look at how social media continues to evolve the way that parents, administrators, and peers engage with bullying in schools. In the attention economy, digital literacy and good digital citizenship aren't just good ideas-- they are important tools for managing mental health.

Sources:

Stop Bullying

Ohio Department of Education - Anti-Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) Policy Guidance for Student Action 

PBIS

EdSource - Is crackdown on social media for kids too late? by Carolyn Jones

Protecting Youth Mental Health - The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory

Washington Post - Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok By Taylor Lorenz and Drew Harwell 

Esquire - The Life and Death of r/Place, Home to the Internet's Greatest Art War By Cameron Sherrill

Entrepreneur - Ken Burns: 'Mark Zuckerberg Should Be in Jail' By Dan Bova

Eleventy

]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Bullying has always been around, but social media has created new ways for students to bully and to be bullied. Join Katie and Chelsea as they take a look at how social media continues to evolve the way that parents, administrators, and peers engage with bullying in schools. In the attention economy, digital literacy and good digital citizenship aren't just good ideas-- they are important tools for managing mental health.

Sources:

Stop Bullying

Ohio Department of Education - Anti-Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) Policy Guidance for Student Action 

PBIS

EdSource - Is crackdown on social media for kids too late? by Carolyn Jones

Protecting Youth Mental Health - The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory

Washington Post - Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok By Taylor Lorenz and Drew Harwell 

Esquire - The Life and Death of r/Place, Home to the Internet's Greatest Art War By Cameron Sherrill

Entrepreneur - Ken Burns: 'Mark Zuckerberg Should Be in Jail' By Dan Bova

Eleventy

]]> Bully for You! Moonbeam Multimedia 01:12:34 Bullying has always been around, but social media has created new ways for students to bully and to be bullied. Join Katie and Chelsea as they take a look at how social media continues to evolve the way that parents, administrators, and peers engage with bullying in schools. In the attention economy, digital literacy and good digital citizenship aren't just good ideas-- they are important tools for managing mental health. Bullying has always been around, but social media has created new ways for students to bully and to be bullied. Join Katie and Chelsea as they take a look at how social media continues to evolve the way that parents, administrators, and peers engage with bullying in schools. In the attention economy, digital literacy and good digital citizenship aren't just good ideas-- they are important tools for managing mental health. student, snapchat, cyberbullying, facebook, tiktok, learn, learning, discipline, bullying, teaching, education, punish, school, media, cyberbully, cell phone, twitter, social media, bully, instagram, digital literacy false full 56 1 134c4ab2-00f8-40f1-b553-37a7cef25082 School Sports Volleyball! Softball! Baseball! Basketball! All of the balls! Join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss the history of modern sports programs in public schools in America. From the late 1800s on, high school rivalries and intercollegiate competitions have motivated students to get and stay fit, but they've also applied an increasing amount of pressure on student athletes. Funding sports programs is another big concern, particularly when athletics often compete with academic programs for limited dollars. Hear Katie's perspective as a former coach and Chelsea's view as a less-than-stellar athlete in this episode of 16:1. Thanks, listeners!

Show Notes:

OHSAA Eligibility

Home Work by Julie Andrews - Book Loft Link

Wikipedia - Student Athlete

iSport 360 - A History of Youth Sports in the US by Axios

The University of Kansas - Study Shows High School Athletes Perform Better In School, Persist To Graduation More Than Non-Athletes by Mike Krings

The Atlantic -The Case Against High-School Sports By Amanda Ripley

The Today Show - Former Ohio St. football player delivers powerful message to anyone struggling with depression

99% Invisible - Episode 483 Grid Locked

KUT & KUTX Studios — The Disconnect: Power, Politics And The Texas Blackout by Mose Buchele

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Volleyball! Softball! Baseball! Basketball! All of the balls! Join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss the history of modern sports programs in public schools in America. From the late 1800s on, high school rivalries and intercollegiate competitions have motivated students to get and stay fit, but they've also applied an increasing amount of pressure on student athletes. Funding sports programs is another big concern, particularly when athletics often compete with academic programs for limited dollars. Hear Katie's perspective as a former coach and Chelsea's view as a less-than-stellar athlete in this episode of 16:1. Thanks, listeners!

Show Notes:

OHSAA Eligibility

Home Work by Julie Andrews - Book Loft Link

Wikipedia - Student Athlete

iSport 360 - A History of Youth Sports in the US by Axios

The University of Kansas - Study Shows High School Athletes Perform Better In School, Persist To Graduation More Than Non-Athletes by Mike Krings

The Atlantic -The Case Against High-School Sports By Amanda Ripley

The Today Show - Former Ohio St. football player delivers powerful message to anyone struggling with depression

99% Invisible - Episode 483 Grid Locked

KUT & KUTX Studios — The Disconnect: Power, Politics And The Texas Blackout by Mose Buchele

]]> School Sports Moonbeam Multimedia 01:22:40 Volleyball! Softball! Baseball! Basketball! All of the balls! Join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss the history of modern sports programs in public schools in America. Volleyball! Softball! Baseball! Basketball! All of the balls! Join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss the history of modern sports programs in public schools in America. league, fitness, learning, athletics, teaching, competition, training, ncaa, education, athlete, school, sports, gym false full 55 1 6cfa8c82-d9ab-415b-9ba9-dd97d44f719e For the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge This week, Katie and Chelsea take you on a virtual tour of the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution. Founded with funds from an English chemist who never set foot in America, the Smithsonian as we know it now is a cultural and educational treasure. From Chelsea's favorite Air and Space Museum to Katie's National Museum of American History, join your hosts as they discuss curation, planning your trip, and resources for your students.

Ohio attempts censorship!

OSU Senate Response to Ohio HB 327

Smithsonian - History

Smithsonian Mag - "How James Smithson’s Money Built the Smithsonian" by Edward Park

Wikipedia - Smithsonian Institution

Brittanica - Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution

Youtube - Smithsonian Institute

Smithsonian - For Educators

Tiktok - Skywalkermovies

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, Katie and Chelsea take you on a virtual tour of the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution. Founded with funds from an English chemist who never set foot in America, the Smithsonian as we know it now is a cultural and educational treasure. From Chelsea's favorite Air and Space Museum to Katie's National Museum of American History, join your hosts as they discuss curation, planning your trip, and resources for your students.

Ohio attempts censorship!

OSU Senate Response to Ohio HB 327

Smithsonian - History

Smithsonian Mag - "How James Smithson’s Money Built the Smithsonian" by Edward Park

Wikipedia - Smithsonian Institution

Brittanica - Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution

Youtube - Smithsonian Institute

Smithsonian - For Educators

Tiktok - Skywalkermovies

]]> For the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Moonbeam Multimedia 00:45:12 This week, Katie and Chelsea take you on a virtual tour of the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution. This week, Katie and Chelsea take you on a virtual tour of the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution. student, travel, museum, classroom, washington dc, learn, learning, air and space, teacher, smithsonian, teaching, education, school, history, institution false full 54 1 858a54a7-c43b-40e8-aa84-74fedb1e8937 Go with the FLOW Welcome to Episode 53 - Go with the FLOW. Join Katie and Chelsea on a deep dive into the state of consciousness known as flow, a concept pioneered by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Have you ever been so consumed by a project or task that you lost all track of time? You might have been in a state of flow. Chelsea discusses her experiences with flow during coding and composing music, and Katie laments the fact that her career as a classroom educator means she doesn't have as many opportunities to enter a flow state as she might like.

Sources: 

Wikipedia - Flow (psychology)

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

flow- The Psychology of Optimal Experience - by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Medium.com - Finding the Flow; Why Hyperfocus is not the “superpower” of ADHD and Flow is something we should all aim for. by Mirte P. van der Lugt

The Cut - When Adult ADHD Looks Something Like ‘Flow’ By Jenara Nerenberg

Ukraine Support - Together Rising

NBC News- Russia criticized after Ukraine says Kyiv airstrike hits near Holocaust memorial site By Alexander Smith

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome to Episode 53 - Go with the FLOW. Join Katie and Chelsea on a deep dive into the state of consciousness known as flow, a concept pioneered by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Have you ever been so consumed by a project or task that you lost all track of time? You might have been in a state of flow. Chelsea discusses her experiences with flow during coding and composing music, and Katie laments the fact that her career as a classroom educator means she doesn't have as many opportunities to enter a flow state as she might like.

Sources: 

Wikipedia - Flow (psychology)

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

flow- The Psychology of Optimal Experience - by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Medium.com - Finding the Flow; Why Hyperfocus is not the “superpower” of ADHD and Flow is something we should all aim for. by Mirte P. van der Lugt

The Cut - When Adult ADHD Looks Something Like ‘Flow’ By Jenara Nerenberg

Ukraine Support - Together Rising

NBC News- Russia criticized after Ukraine says Kyiv airstrike hits near Holocaust memorial site By Alexander Smith

]]> Go with the FLOW Moonbeam Multimedia 00:49:40 Episode 53 - Go with the FLOW. Join Katie and Chelsea on a deep dive into the state of consciousness known as flow, a concept pioneered by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Episode 53 - Go with the FLOW. Join Katie and Chelsea on a deep dive into the state of consciousness known as flow, a concept pioneered by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. a concept pioneered by psychologist mihaly csikszentmihalyi., flow, ocd, mihaly csikszentmihalyi, learning, psychology, teaching, education, school, adhd, psychologist, positive psychology false full 53 1 ed79baf7-b4de-4641-b4ce-6b22fc5a3cc0 Holocaust Education This week, Katie takes the lead in a discussion of one of her passions-- Holocaust education. As with many difficult historical topics, there are dos and don'ts to keep in mind, and your hosts will help you navigate these discussions with your students and peers. Katie's focus on Holocaust education has given her the chance to discover a multitude of high-quality classroom teaching resources, and she also outlines a few of the best professional development opportunities for educators who wish to deepen their understanding of the Holocaust and related world events. Thanks for listening!

The Olga Lengyel Institute For Holocaust Studies And Human Rights

Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz (Paperback) By Olga Lengyel

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center

Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz (Paperback) By Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri

The Story of Eva Mozes Kor

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum YouTube Channel

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Professional Development Opportunities

Yad Vashem The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Memorial de la Shoah - What is the Shoah?

USC Shoah Foundation - Virtual History Archive Online

USC Shoah Foundation - IWitness

Echoes and Reflections

Irena Sendler

Night by Elie Wiesel

Unpacking (Steam)

Medium - "The Original Big Short Squeeze" by Grace Huang

 

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, Katie takes the lead in a discussion of one of her passions-- Holocaust education. As with many difficult historical topics, there are dos and don'ts to keep in mind, and your hosts will help you navigate these discussions with your students and peers. Katie's focus on Holocaust education has given her the chance to discover a multitude of high-quality classroom teaching resources, and she also outlines a few of the best professional development opportunities for educators who wish to deepen their understanding of the Holocaust and related world events. Thanks for listening!

The Olga Lengyel Institute For Holocaust Studies And Human Rights

Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz (Paperback) By Olga Lengyel

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center

Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz (Paperback) By Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri

The Story of Eva Mozes Kor

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum YouTube Channel

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Professional Development Opportunities

Yad Vashem The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Memorial de la Shoah - What is the Shoah?

USC Shoah Foundation - Virtual History Archive Online

USC Shoah Foundation - IWitness

Echoes and Reflections

Irena Sendler

Night by Elie Wiesel

Unpacking (Steam)

Medium - "The Original Big Short Squeeze" by Grace Huang

 

]]> Holocaust Education Moonbeam Multimedia 00:55:10 This week, Katie takes the lead in a discussion of one of her passions-- Holocaust education. This week, Katie takes the lead in a discussion of one of her passions-- Holocaust education. student, toli, world war 2, professional development, classroom, learning, holocaust, teacher, remembrance, world war ii, candles, teaching, shoah, education, ushmm, wwii, history, nazi, resistance false full 52 1 6dec063c-a107-45fe-9597-fea929707380 Left Behind No Child Left Behind was the dominant topic in educational policy circles for much of the early and mid 2000s. The legislation, enacted by Congress under the G.W. Bush administration, created a chaotic tangle of testing, accountability, credentialing, and training for public school educators in the United States. Join Kate and Chelsea as they discuss the lasting legacy of NCLB.

Sources:

AP News - "Holocaust novel ‘Maus’ banned in Tennessee school district" 

NBC News - "Banned: Books on race and sexuality are disappearing from Texas schools in record numbers" By Mike Hixenbaugh

Wikipedia - No Child Left Behind

Wikipedia - Every Student Succeeds Act

NPR - "No Child Left Behind: What Worked, What Didn't" by Cory Turner

Understood - "What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?" by By Andrew M.I. Lee, JD

Vox - "The scariest lesson of No Child Left Behind" by Libby Nelson

The Washington Post - "‘No Child Left Behind’ has failed" by Lily Eskelsen García and Otha Thornton

The Washington Post - "Are states really trying to overcome the harmful legacy of No Child Left Behind?" by Valerie Strauss

 

]]> Thu, 3 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ No Child Left Behind was the dominant topic in educational policy circles for much of the early and mid 2000s. The legislation, enacted by Congress under the G.W. Bush administration, created a chaotic tangle of testing, accountability, credentialing, and training for public school educators in the United States. Join Kate and Chelsea as they discuss the lasting legacy of NCLB.

Sources:

AP News - "Holocaust novel ‘Maus’ banned in Tennessee school district" 

NBC News - "Banned: Books on race and sexuality are disappearing from Texas schools in record numbers" By Mike Hixenbaugh

Wikipedia - No Child Left Behind

Wikipedia - Every Student Succeeds Act

NPR - "No Child Left Behind: What Worked, What Didn't" by Cory Turner

Understood - "What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?" by By Andrew M.I. Lee, JD

Vox - "The scariest lesson of No Child Left Behind" by Libby Nelson

The Washington Post - "‘No Child Left Behind’ has failed" by Lily Eskelsen García and Otha Thornton

The Washington Post - "Are states really trying to overcome the harmful legacy of No Child Left Behind?" by Valerie Strauss

 

]]> Left Behind Moonbeam Multimedia 00:52:17 No Child Left Behind was the dominant topic in educational policy circles for much of the early and mid 2000s. The legislation, enacted by Congress under the G.W. Bush administration, created a chaotic tangle of testing, accountability, credentialing, and training for public school educators in the United States. Join Kate and Chelsea as they discuss the lasting legacy of NCLB. No Child Left Behind was the dominant topic in educational policy circles for much of the early and mid 2000s. The legislation, enacted by Congress under the G.W. Bush administration, created a chaotic tangle of testing, accountability, credentialing, and training for public school educators in the United States. Join Kate and Chelsea as they discuss the lasting legacy of NCLB. lyndon johnson, student, policy, ronald reagan, nclb, george bush, standardized testing, learning, administrator, teaching, no child left behind, district, education, bush, principal, school, schools false full 51 1 dae295bd-ee21-4726-add9-8296d48c2055 Banned Books feat. Risha Allen Welcome to Episode 50! Thanks for joining us for a milestone episode. We are celebrating our big 5-0 by bringing on our very first guest, Risha Allen, who is something of an expert in banned books. When we dreamed up the list of possible show topics for 16:1 several years ago, banned books was one of the first things we discussed, and we are happy that we saved it for this special guest! If you don't know Risha Allen, you can find her on Instagram at @rishaallen and as Tiktok's Music Teacher at @rishdishfish. Risha is a National Board Certified educator who is spending her 15th year of teaching doing something she's never done before: teaching music! Prior to teaching music at the elementary level, Risha developed her mastery teaching high school English in three different states (Kentucky, Ohio, and North Dakota). Her relationship to banned books? Well... it involves young adult literature, a bit of witchcraft, and a LOT of committees. Listen to find out why Risha is southeastern Kentucky's most notorious leader of literature circles! Join Katie and Chelsea as they get to hear Risha's never-before-told story of censorship, the power of social media, and the lasting gifts of falling in love with reading.

Content note: discussions of sexual assault and other adult content are included in this episode.

Authors Mentioned:

Laurie Halse Anderson

Chris Crutcher

Jo Knowles

Irving Roth

Sheri Reynolds

Nikki Giovanni

 

Sources:

Banned Books Week

American Library Association - List of America's Libraries 2021 Special Report: Covid - 19

NBC News - "Book bans in schools are catching fire. Black authors say uproar isn’t about students." by Tat Bellamy-Walker

PEN America - The Freedom to Write

20 Thousand Hertz - Aural Exam

The Book Loft - "Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady" by Susan Quinn

Reading Partners - "The little-known history of banned books in the United States" By Ally Bush

The New York Times - "Where Are the Hardest Places to Live in the U.S.?" by Alan Flippen

Tiktok - @mndiaye_97

]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Risha Allen) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome to Episode 50! Thanks for joining us for a milestone episode. We are celebrating our big 5-0 by bringing on our very first guest, Risha Allen, who is something of an expert in banned books. When we dreamed up the list of possible show topics for 16:1 several years ago, banned books was one of the first things we discussed, and we are happy that we saved it for this special guest! If you don't know Risha Allen, you can find her on Instagram at @rishaallen and as Tiktok's Music Teacher at @rishdishfish. Risha is a National Board Certified educator who is spending her 15th year of teaching doing something she's never done before: teaching music! Prior to teaching music at the elementary level, Risha developed her mastery teaching high school English in three different states (Kentucky, Ohio, and North Dakota). Her relationship to banned books? Well... it involves young adult literature, a bit of witchcraft, and a LOT of committees. Listen to find out why Risha is southeastern Kentucky's most notorious leader of literature circles! Join Katie and Chelsea as they get to hear Risha's never-before-told story of censorship, the power of social media, and the lasting gifts of falling in love with reading.

Content note: discussions of sexual assault and other adult content are included in this episode.

Authors Mentioned:

Laurie Halse Anderson

Chris Crutcher

Jo Knowles

Irving Roth

Sheri Reynolds

Nikki Giovanni

 

Sources:

Banned Books Week

American Library Association - List of America's Libraries 2021 Special Report: Covid - 19

NBC News - "Book bans in schools are catching fire. Black authors say uproar isn’t about students." by Tat Bellamy-Walker

PEN America - The Freedom to Write

20 Thousand Hertz - Aural Exam

The Book Loft - "Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady" by Susan Quinn

Reading Partners - "The little-known history of banned books in the United States" By Ally Bush

The New York Times - "Where Are the Hardest Places to Live in the U.S.?" by Alan Flippen

Tiktok - @mndiaye_97

]]> Banned Books feat. Risha Allen Risha Allen 02:46:27 We are celebrating our big 5-0 by bringing on our very first guest, Risha Allen, who is something of an expert in banned books! Join Katie and Chelsea as they hear Risha's never-before-told story of censorship, the power of social media, and the lasting gifts of falling in love with reading. We are celebrating our big 5-0 by bringing on our very first guest, Risha Allen, who is something of an expert in banned books! Join Katie and Chelsea as they hear Risha's never-before-told story of censorship, the power of social media, and the lasting gifts of falling in love with reading. nikki giovanni, literacy, tiktok, reading, laurie halse anderson, libraries, music, learning, elementary, teacher, censorship, teaching, literature, education, crt, banned books, sheri reynolds, library, jo knowles, school, social media, librarian, schools, young adult literature, chris crutcher, banned books week, ya, high school, irving roth false full 50 1 25aab646-44e4-475d-9c56-2cf8f9e4b467 Becoming Your Own Teacher Welcome to the first episode of 2022! This week everyone gets to learn a new word: autodidacticism! Episode 49 discusses being your own teacher and methods for teaching yourself. In Chelsea's case, most of her career exists thanks to self-teaching. Meanwhile, Katie struggled to figure out what she has ever taught herself (if anything). Your hosts break the big news about our 50th episode and the very first guest we will ever have on our show, Risha Allen! As always, please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on whatever platform you use to listen!

Learning From Autodidacts by Pat Galagan

99% Invisible - Built on Sand

Annapolis Makerspace

]]> Thu, 6 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome to the first episode of 2022! This week everyone gets to learn a new word: autodidacticism! Episode 49 discusses being your own teacher and methods for teaching yourself. In Chelsea's case, most of her career exists thanks to self-teaching. Meanwhile, Katie struggled to figure out what she has ever taught herself (if anything). Your hosts break the big news about our 50th episode and the very first guest we will ever have on our show, Risha Allen! As always, please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on whatever platform you use to listen!

Learning From Autodidacts by Pat Galagan

99% Invisible - Built on Sand

Annapolis Makerspace

]]> Becoming Your Own Teacher Moonbeam Multimedia 00:57:53 Autodidacticism: a big word to represent a thing most of us will do in our lives. If you've ever taught yourself something, or if you've made a New Year's resolution to start learning something new, this is the episode for you. Autodidacticism: a big word to represent a thing most of us will do in our lives. If you've ever taught yourself something, or if you've made a New Year's resolution to start learning something new, this is the episode for you. autodidact, student, self-teach, self-education, self-learning, learning, teacher, teaching, self-directed learning, education, auto-didacticism, school, autodidacticism false full 49 1 6e5e8597-75e1-4b91-88e6-c2060538a2b4 The Disappearing Internet Welcome and thanks for listening to episode 48, The Disappearing Internet! This episode deals with the ephemeral nature of the internet and the lasting impacts of losing websites, software, and other pieces of technology (and the content that is associated with them) over time. While it may seem natural for the internet to grow and evolve, we seldom contemplate the lost of our social, political, cultural, and creative history on the web. How does the internet disappear, and who is doing the work to archive and preserve all of the ridiculous Tweets and blog posts we create? From the demise of Yahoo Answers and Xanga to preservation efforts headed up by The Internet Archive and the Library of Congress, Katie and Chelsea discuss the vanishing content that you don't miss until it's gone forever. Friendly reminder, we are taking the next episode off for Christmas and family time. Please take some time this Holiday season to take care of yourself! We will see you in January!

The Million Dollar Homepage

The Internet Archive

NPR - "Library Of Congress Will No Longer Archive Every Tweet" by Laurel Wamsley

BBC - "Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet sells for $2.9m" By Justin Harper

Fast Company - "Parts of the web are disappearing every day. Here’s how to save Internet history" By Kayla Harris AND Christina Beis AND Stephanie Shreffler

The New York Times - "Yahoo Answers, a Haven for the Confused, Is Shutting Down" By Daniel Victor

Video Game History Foundation

Wikipedia - Discord

Polygon - "Video game archivists celebrate new victory in preservation of abandoned games (update)" By Allergra Frank

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Internet Archive - Software Library

BBC - "Why there’s so little left of the early internet" By Stephen Dowling

The Verge - "Myspace deleted 12 years’ worth of music in a botched server migration" By Jon Porter

how is prangent formed - YouTube/Yahoo Answers meme video

Creative Bloq - The Evolution of Twitter's Logo

Ina Garten's Real Margarita Recipe

]]> Thu, 9 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome and thanks for listening to episode 48, The Disappearing Internet! This episode deals with the ephemeral nature of the internet and the lasting impacts of losing websites, software, and other pieces of technology (and the content that is associated with them) over time. While it may seem natural for the internet to grow and evolve, we seldom contemplate the lost of our social, political, cultural, and creative history on the web. How does the internet disappear, and who is doing the work to archive and preserve all of the ridiculous Tweets and blog posts we create? From the demise of Yahoo Answers and Xanga to preservation efforts headed up by The Internet Archive and the Library of Congress, Katie and Chelsea discuss the vanishing content that you don't miss until it's gone forever. Friendly reminder, we are taking the next episode off for Christmas and family time. Please take some time this Holiday season to take care of yourself! We will see you in January!

The Million Dollar Homepage

The Internet Archive

NPR - "Library Of Congress Will No Longer Archive Every Tweet" by Laurel Wamsley

BBC - "Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet sells for $2.9m" By Justin Harper

Fast Company - "Parts of the web are disappearing every day. Here’s how to save Internet history" By Kayla Harris AND Christina Beis AND Stephanie Shreffler

The New York Times - "Yahoo Answers, a Haven for the Confused, Is Shutting Down" By Daniel Victor

Video Game History Foundation

Wikipedia - Discord

Polygon - "Video game archivists celebrate new victory in preservation of abandoned games (update)" By Allergra Frank

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Internet Archive - Software Library

BBC - "Why there’s so little left of the early internet" By Stephen Dowling

The Verge - "Myspace deleted 12 years’ worth of music in a botched server migration" By Jon Porter

how is prangent formed - YouTube/Yahoo Answers meme video

Creative Bloq - The Evolution of Twitter's Logo

Ina Garten's Real Margarita Recipe

]]> The Disappearing Internet Moonbeam Multimedia 00:55:52 This episode deals with the ephemeral nature of the internet and the lasting impacts of losing websites, software, and other pieces of technology (and the content that is associated with them) over time. While it may seem natural for the internet to grow and evolve, we seldom contemplate the lost of our social, political, cultural, and creative history on the web. How does the internet disappear, and who is doing the work to archive and preserve all of the ridiculous Tweets and blog posts we create? This episode deals with the ephemeral nature of the internet and the lasting impacts of losing websites, software, and other pieces of technology (and the content that is associated with them) over time. While it may seem natural for the internet to grow and evolve, we seldom contemplate the lost of our social, political, cultural, and creative history on the web. How does the internet disappear, and who is doing the work to archive and preserve all of the ridiculous Tweets and blog posts we create? computer, library of congress, internet archive, website, learning, open internet, archival, research, teaching, web, education, knowledge, school, history, twitter, art, archive, technology, video game, internet false full 48 1 9434eadc-0966-4e38-8bff-178ab5f8628e Educational Psychology This week's episode delves deep into the field of educational psychology. Behaviorism, neuroscience, information processing-- we're serving as your guides as we walk through the textbook highlights. Katie learns about the family trees of President George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II, and Chelsea shares about having fun with Unity.

Psychology Discussion Net - Gestalt Theory of Learning (With Objections)

Wikipedia - Psychology of Learning

Wikipedia - Jean Piaget

Wikipedia - B. F. Skinner

Frontiers in Psychology - Why Educational Neuroscience Needs Educational and School Psychology to Effectively Translate Neuroscience to Educational Practice by Gabrielle Wilcox

Marian University Indianapolis - The Three Disciplines of Educational Neuroscience

The Social Cognitive Theory - Boston University School of Public Health - Wayne W. LaMorte, MD, PhD, MPH

]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week's episode delves deep into the field of educational psychology. Behaviorism, neuroscience, information processing-- we're serving as your guides as we walk through the textbook highlights. Katie learns about the family trees of President George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II, and Chelsea shares about having fun with Unity.

Psychology Discussion Net - Gestalt Theory of Learning (With Objections)

Wikipedia - Psychology of Learning

Wikipedia - Jean Piaget

Wikipedia - B. F. Skinner

Frontiers in Psychology - Why Educational Neuroscience Needs Educational and School Psychology to Effectively Translate Neuroscience to Educational Practice by Gabrielle Wilcox

Marian University Indianapolis - The Three Disciplines of Educational Neuroscience

The Social Cognitive Theory - Boston University School of Public Health - Wayne W. LaMorte, MD, PhD, MPH

]]> Educational Psychology Moonbeam Multimedia 00:46:16 This week's episode delves deep into the field of educational psychology. Behaviorism, neuroscience, information processing-- we're serving as your guides as we walk through the textbook highlights. This week's episode delves deep into the field of educational psychology. Behaviorism, neuroscience, information processing-- we're serving as your guides as we walk through the textbook highlights. pavlov, constructivism, student, information, cognition, behaviorism, cognitive, counselor, piaget, learning, psychology, teaching, neuroscience, education, processing, school, brain, psychologist, neuro, motivation, behavior false full 47 1 974fa45a-85f3-4cb4-b431-11e2aa9e066a Science Rules! Episode 46! This week the hosts discuss popular science and science literacy. Chelsea tackles the history of popular science, the conduit through which the general public receives information about scientific advancements. Katie covers a few pop sci figures of the 1990s and declares her love and admiration of Lily Tomlin as Miss Frizzle. Your hosts cover the challenges faced by journalists who cover topics of popular science, the impact of digital media on skepticism and relativism in narratives involving science, and the ways that science fiction can encourage science literacy. Chelsea and Katie bring it home for Fill in the Blank, when Katie reveals answers about her favorite Grand Teton animal, Grizzly Bear 399!

Wikipedia - Popular Science

Wikipedia - Bill Nye

Wikipedia - The Magic School Bus

Wikipedia - Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - "(Mis)informed about what? What it means to be a science-literate citizen in a digital world"

The Crazy True Story of the Zanesville Zoo Escape

]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Episode 46! This week the hosts discuss popular science and science literacy. Chelsea tackles the history of popular science, the conduit through which the general public receives information about scientific advancements. Katie covers a few pop sci figures of the 1990s and declares her love and admiration of Lily Tomlin as Miss Frizzle. Your hosts cover the challenges faced by journalists who cover topics of popular science, the impact of digital media on skepticism and relativism in narratives involving science, and the ways that science fiction can encourage science literacy. Chelsea and Katie bring it home for Fill in the Blank, when Katie reveals answers about her favorite Grand Teton animal, Grizzly Bear 399!

Wikipedia - Popular Science

Wikipedia - Bill Nye

Wikipedia - The Magic School Bus

Wikipedia - Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - "(Mis)informed about what? What it means to be a science-literate citizen in a digital world"

The Crazy True Story of the Zanesville Zoo Escape

]]> Science Rules! Moonbeam Multimedia 00:55:45 The episode tackles the history and current nature of popular science publishing and science literacy, the conduits through which the general public receives information about scientific advancements. The episode tackles the history and current nature of popular science publishing and science literacy, the conduits through which the general public receives information about scientific advancements. public television, science, information, literacy, the magic schoolbus, relativism, zoo, conspiracy theories, pop sci, animals, conspiracy, digital media, bill nye, popular science, jack hannah, social media, science literacy, journalism, skepticism, columbus zoo false full 46 1 3f154527-e475-419b-b617-0aa6f85620ba Follow the Money This week on 16:1, the hosts follow the money in an in-depth analysis of the sources of (and strings attached to) public school funding in the United States. Learn about the competing funding formulas that are occasionally unconstitutional, the levies that might greet you at the ballot box, and the struggles that state departments of education face to balance budgets. Since last episode, Chelsea has spent some time learning about arts and crafts, and Kate has become familiar with an unusual bear.

Sources:

Understanding Levies, Ohio School Boards Association

The Next 400: School funding system ruled unconstitutional 4 times, failing students in poor rural, urban areas

Ohio Budget Bill - Fordham Institute

The Cutest Bear

]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:45:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week on 16:1, the hosts follow the money in an in-depth analysis of the sources of (and strings attached to) public school funding in the United States. Learn about the competing funding formulas that are occasionally unconstitutional, the levies that might greet you at the ballot box, and the struggles that state departments of education face to balance budgets. Since last episode, Chelsea has spent some time learning about arts and crafts, and Kate has become familiar with an unusual bear.

Sources:

Understanding Levies, Ohio School Boards Association

The Next 400: School funding system ruled unconstitutional 4 times, failing students in poor rural, urban areas

Ohio Budget Bill - Fordham Institute

The Cutest Bear

]]> Follow the Money Moonbeam Multimedia 00:48:15 This week on 16:1, the hosts follow the money in an in-depth analysis of the sources of (and strings attached to) public school funding in the United States. This week on 16:1, the hosts follow the money in an in-depth analysis of the sources of (and strings attached to) public school funding in the United States. student, voting, budget, learn, learning, vote, tax, fund, teacher, teaching, education, levy, money, school, levies, ballot, funding, fundraising false full 45 1 62fb3da2-475c-4744-9baf-6bd085bbc933 Assistive Technology Another week, another episode of 16:1! This episode is all about Assistive Technology and what that can look like in a classroom. Your hosts discuss the myths and misconceptions surrounding assistive technology. Katie talks about what assistive technology looks like in her classroom and the ways that is sometimes appears without even intentionally preparing for it. Chelsea and Katie share about what they have learned over the past two weeks, including how to mod a video game and the realities of the justice system.

IRIS Center - Assistive Technology

EdTech - "Using Assistive Technology to Empower Students with Disabilities" by Micah Castelo

Wired - "The Internet Is for Everyone, Right? Not With a Screen Reader" by Arielle Pardes

Wikipedia - Perkins School for the Blind

]]> Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:45:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Another week, another episode of 16:1! This episode is all about Assistive Technology and what that can look like in a classroom. Your hosts discuss the myths and misconceptions surrounding assistive technology. Katie talks about what assistive technology looks like in her classroom and the ways that is sometimes appears without even intentionally preparing for it. Chelsea and Katie share about what they have learned over the past two weeks, including how to mod a video game and the realities of the justice system.

IRIS Center - Assistive Technology

EdTech - "Using Assistive Technology to Empower Students with Disabilities" by Micah Castelo

Wired - "The Internet Is for Everyone, Right? Not With a Screen Reader" by Arielle Pardes

Wikipedia - Perkins School for the Blind

]]> Assistive Technology Moonbeam Multimedia 00:46:56 Another week, another episode of 16:1! This episode is all about Assistive Technology and what that can look like in a classroom. Low tech, mid tech, or high tech-- this is what AT can mean for you and your students. Another week, another episode of 16:1! This episode is all about Assistive Technology and what that can look like in a classroom. Low tech, mid tech, or high tech-- this is what AT can mean for you and your students. mobility, assistive technology, student, idea, screen reader, text to speech, learn, learning, snp, teacher, teaching, education, able gamers, school, dyslexia, assistive, speech to text, technology, disability false full 44 1 d769294d-327a-49bc-bf1c-0ed4071166aa If You See Something, Say Something On this episode of 16:1, your hosts tackle propaganda! Chelsea and Katie talk about the types of propaganda and enjoy a friendly debate regarding whether propaganda is a good, bad, or neutral-valued term. Katie shares about how she teaches propaganda during her Holocaust unit and gives listeners a few ideas about how lessons concerning propaganda and propagandistic devices can be taught and incorporated into the classroom. In what we learned this week, Chelsea discusses how she has been creating music, and Katie fangirls over Come From Away, her new emotional support musical.

Wikipedia - Propaganda

Psychology Today - "The Con of Propaganda" by Noam Shpancer Ph.D.

Psychology Discussion - "Propaganda: Meaning, Definition and Need"

Harvard EdCast: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age

Motioncue - 11 Types of Propaganda Techniques in Advertising (With Examples)

]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:30:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ On this episode of 16:1, your hosts tackle propaganda! Chelsea and Katie talk about the types of propaganda and enjoy a friendly debate regarding whether propaganda is a good, bad, or neutral-valued term. Katie shares about how she teaches propaganda during her Holocaust unit and gives listeners a few ideas about how lessons concerning propaganda and propagandistic devices can be taught and incorporated into the classroom. In what we learned this week, Chelsea discusses how she has been creating music, and Katie fangirls over Come From Away, her new emotional support musical.

Wikipedia - Propaganda

Psychology Today - "The Con of Propaganda" by Noam Shpancer Ph.D.

Psychology Discussion - "Propaganda: Meaning, Definition and Need"

Harvard EdCast: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age

Motioncue - 11 Types of Propaganda Techniques in Advertising (With Examples)

]]> If You See Something, Say Something Moonbeam Multimedia 00:47:21 Propaganda is everywhere. What is it? How do we recognize it? How do we know when our brains are being bombarded by it? Join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss the media that can unite or divide us. Propaganda is everywhere. What is it? How do we recognize it? How do we know when our brains are being bombarded by it? Join Katie and Chelsea as they discuss the media that can unite or divide us. student, manipulation, bias, design, learn, learning, narrative, teacher, propaganda, teaching, ad, news, education, persuasion, persuade, school, media, wwii, ads, english, social media, advertising, politics false full 43 1 7a043f17-9add-4a6e-8316-3ddf76a17a7b Once More, Never Again Content note: This episode discusses gun violence and death. This week, the hosts tackle the gun violence epidemic in the United States and its intersection with schools and college campuses across the country. From Columbine to Sandy Hook to Virginia Tech, from lockdown drills and evacuations to gun control legislation, we're discussing our nation's track record and contemplating what students and teachers do to prepare for the worst. Join us as we review our sobering history and lean forward to #MarchForOurLives.

]]> Thu, 2 Sep 2021 09:30:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Content note: This episode discusses gun violence and death. This week, the hosts tackle the gun violence epidemic in the United States and its intersection with schools and college campuses across the country. From Columbine to Sandy Hook to Virginia Tech, from lockdown drills and evacuations to gun control legislation, we're discussing our nation's track record and contemplating what students and teachers do to prepare for the worst. Join us as we review our sobering history and lean forward to #MarchForOurLives.

]]> Once More, Never Again Moonbeam Multimedia 00:52:24 Content note: This episode discusses gun violence and death. This week, the hosts tackle the gun violence epidemic in the United States and its intersection with schools and college campuses across the country. Content note: This episode discusses gun violence and death. This week, the hosts tackle the gun violence epidemic in the United States and its intersection with schools and college campuses across the country. columbine, student, virginia tech, shooting, assault, weapon, learn, learning, mass shooting, teacher, handgun, march for our lives, death, teaching, march, parkland, gun, education, violence, school, survivor, legislation, sandy hook false full 42 1 aef16336-b270-42f9-bc8a-53dff061302c Clear The List Last episode of the summer! Welcome to Episode 41, where we are trying to help #ClearTheList! This week your hosts discuss how public schools are funded, which also means we talk a lot about how the burden of buying school supplies falls onto teachers. Chelsea explains the ways that public schools get their funding and shares some staggering information about how more education funding would (quite obviously) be better for everyone. Katie discusses the movement that started #ClearTheList and explains the differences between an Amazon list and a Donors Choose fundraising option. If you are a teacher and have a list or Donors Choose page to share, please send them to hello@sixteentoone.com! Katie will create a custom post on Instagram and Facebook for you to help promote your list and get your classroom ready for the school year!

Clear The List Foundation

Business Insider - "Here's how education and military spending compare" by Kyle Jaeger

Wikipedia - Public school funding in the United States

NEA - "Teacher Spending on School Supplies: A State-by-State Breakdown" by Tim Walker

Donors Choose

]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Last episode of the summer! Welcome to Episode 41, where we are trying to help #ClearTheList! This week your hosts discuss how public schools are funded, which also means we talk a lot about how the burden of buying school supplies falls onto teachers. Chelsea explains the ways that public schools get their funding and shares some staggering information about how more education funding would (quite obviously) be better for everyone. Katie discusses the movement that started #ClearTheList and explains the differences between an Amazon list and a Donors Choose fundraising option. If you are a teacher and have a list or Donors Choose page to share, please send them to hello@sixteentoone.com! Katie will create a custom post on Instagram and Facebook for you to help promote your list and get your classroom ready for the school year!

Clear The List Foundation

Business Insider - "Here's how education and military spending compare" by Kyle Jaeger

Wikipedia - Public school funding in the United States

NEA - "Teacher Spending on School Supplies: A State-by-State Breakdown" by Tim Walker

Donors Choose

]]> Clear The List Moonbeam Multimedia 00:36:44 Last episode of the summer! Welcome to Episode 41, where we are trying to help #ClearTheList! This week your hosts discuss how public schools are funded, which also means we talk a lot about how the burden of buying school supplies falls onto teachers. Last episode of the summer! Welcome to Episode 41, where we are trying to help #ClearTheList! This week your hosts discuss how public schools are funded, which also means we talk a lot about how the burden of buying school supplies falls onto teachers. student, budget, back to school, learning, teacher, teaching, invest, education, levy, #clearthelist, clear the list, donors choose, legislation, state, schools, spending, funding, federal false full 41 1 74342f9c-c1f8-479c-ad88-95262282286c A More Perfect Union? This week, the co-hosts jump into the complicated history and ongoing work of the country's major teachers unions. The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers have played an important part in the nation's political activities, and they've given teachers, staff, administrators, and education professionals a platform to negotiate everything from COVID mandates to better pay and smaller class sizes. Dive in to learn about these organizations and how they impact education in America.

Sources:

National Education Association

American Federation of Teachers

NEA/AFT Attempted Merger

Unions + COVID Reopening

]]> Thu, 5 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, the co-hosts jump into the complicated history and ongoing work of the country's major teachers unions. The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers have played an important part in the nation's political activities, and they've given teachers, staff, administrators, and education professionals a platform to negotiate everything from COVID mandates to better pay and smaller class sizes. Dive in to learn about these organizations and how they impact education in America.

Sources:

National Education Association

American Federation of Teachers

NEA/AFT Attempted Merger

Unions + COVID Reopening

]]> A More Perfect Union? Moonbeam Multimedia 00:57:17 This week, the co-hosts jump into the complicated history and ongoing work of the country's major teachers unions. This week, the co-hosts jump into the complicated history and ongoing work of the country's major teachers unions. student, democrats, afl, staff, professor, rights, worker, teacher, administrator, union, nea, education, labor, school, college, republicans, educator, organizing, working, politics, aft, leftism false full 40 1 64549c3a-fe0d-4b7d-b76d-67172a253238 License and Registration, Please Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a public school teacher? It's a lot more than just a degree! Join your hosts as they discuss how to obtain and maintain a teaching license. Chelsea covers the history of teacher education programs and revisits the topic of her (boy)friend, Horace Mann. Katie talks about the steps you must take to become a teacher and how to keep a teaching license, with looks at Praxis, RESA, and other hoops through which teachers must jump. Although the hosts are back home and recording in their pod-office, Katie shares what she learned about the Appalachian Mountains, and Chelsea shares about how to start your own LLC.

New York University Steinhardt - Teacher Education Reinvented

Ohio Department of Education

Rewire - "Why New Teachers are Burning Out Early" by Gretchen Brown

]]> Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a public school teacher? It's a lot more than just a degree! Join your hosts as they discuss how to obtain and maintain a teaching license. Chelsea covers the history of teacher education programs and revisits the topic of her (boy)friend, Horace Mann. Katie talks about the steps you must take to become a teacher and how to keep a teaching license, with looks at Praxis, RESA, and other hoops through which teachers must jump. Although the hosts are back home and recording in their pod-office, Katie shares what she learned about the Appalachian Mountains, and Chelsea shares about how to start your own LLC.

New York University Steinhardt - Teacher Education Reinvented

Ohio Department of Education

Rewire - "Why New Teachers are Burning Out Early" by Gretchen Brown

]]> License and Registration, Please Moonbeam Multimedia 00:50:33 Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a public school teacher? It's a lot more than just a degree! Join your hosts as they discuss how to obtain and maintain a teaching license. Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a public school teacher? It's a lot more than just a degree! Join your hosts as they discuss how to obtain and maintain a teaching license. student, administration, professional development, degree, learning, teacher, teaching, education, coursework, license, school, college, department, course, certification false full 39 1 5ccb7a58-407c-45f8-b92f-f6643001fd6c Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires! Welcome to Episode 38, where your hosts take you along with them on their National Park adventure! This episode features live recordings from Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park and Firehole River at Yellowstone National Park. Katie and Chelsea take the show on the road and share about the establishment of the National Park Service (NPS), the educational opportunities provided by the NPS, and about a few of their favorite parks to visit. Chelsea picks a spot on Jenny Lake that becomes difficult as boats pass, and Katie complains about the critters and bugs in Yellowstone.

Sources:

About The National Park Service

National Park Service (Wikipedia)

Every Kid Outdoors Program

NPS Resources for Educators

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome to Episode 38, where your hosts take you along with them on their National Park adventure! This episode features live recordings from Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park and Firehole River at Yellowstone National Park. Katie and Chelsea take the show on the road and share about the establishment of the National Park Service (NPS), the educational opportunities provided by the NPS, and about a few of their favorite parks to visit. Chelsea picks a spot on Jenny Lake that becomes difficult as boats pass, and Katie complains about the critters and bugs in Yellowstone.

Sources:

About The National Park Service

National Park Service (Wikipedia)

Every Kid Outdoors Program

NPS Resources for Educators

]]> Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires! Moonbeam Multimedia 00:29:10 Welcome to Episode 38, where your hosts take you along with them on their National Park adventure! This episode features live recordings from Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park and Firehole River at Yellowstone National Park. Welcome to Episode 38, where your hosts take you along with them on their National Park adventure! This episode features live recordings from Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park and Firehole River at Yellowstone National Park. student, hiking, nps, summer, nature, learning, teacher, 4th grade, geological, teaching, education, ecology, vacation, volcanic, national park, history, educator, teton, park ranger, yellowstone false full 38 1 74d957c1-d4a1-462a-a64a-ad92da42354b The Truth Is Out There This week, Kate and Chelsea dive deep into the world of conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking. Against the backdrop of the January 6th attacks in D.C., how do we investigate conspiracies, how they are spread, and who benefits from their propagation? The hosts investigate how conspiracy theories have been spread by social media and traditional forms of media, how they can be tools or weapons, and how fear and insecurity are psychological factors that contribute to the strong holds such theories can have on our imaginations.

Sources:

Huffington Post - "A Lawyer For Jan. 6 Defendants Is Giving Her Clients Remedial Lessons In American History" by Ryan J. Reilly

AEI - "When it comes to conspiracy theories, education matters" by Daniel A. Cox and Jacqueline Clemence

"Why Education Predicts Decreased Belief in Conspiracy Theories" by Jan-Willem Van Prooijen

Ad Fontes Media - Interactive Media Bias Chart

Education and Training Foundation - "Why do people adopt conspiracy theories?"

Wikipedia - Edward Snowden

NPR - "Is Education Tied To Conspiracy Theory Belief? by Tania Lombrozo

Euro Scientist - "Education Can Help Against Conspiracy Theories" interview with Michael Butter

]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, Kate and Chelsea dive deep into the world of conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking. Against the backdrop of the January 6th attacks in D.C., how do we investigate conspiracies, how they are spread, and who benefits from their propagation? The hosts investigate how conspiracy theories have been spread by social media and traditional forms of media, how they can be tools or weapons, and how fear and insecurity are psychological factors that contribute to the strong holds such theories can have on our imaginations.

Sources:

Huffington Post - "A Lawyer For Jan. 6 Defendants Is Giving Her Clients Remedial Lessons In American History" by Ryan J. Reilly

AEI - "When it comes to conspiracy theories, education matters" by Daniel A. Cox and Jacqueline Clemence

"Why Education Predicts Decreased Belief in Conspiracy Theories" by Jan-Willem Van Prooijen

Ad Fontes Media - Interactive Media Bias Chart

Education and Training Foundation - "Why do people adopt conspiracy theories?"

Wikipedia - Edward Snowden

NPR - "Is Education Tied To Conspiracy Theory Belief? by Tania Lombrozo

Euro Scientist - "Education Can Help Against Conspiracy Theories" interview with Michael Butter

]]> The Truth Is Out There Moonbeam Multimedia 01:03:16 This week, Kate and Chelsea dive deep into the world of conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking. Against the backdrop of the January 6th attacks in D.C., how do we investigate conspiracies, how they are spread, and who benefits from their propagation? The hosts investigate how conspiracy theories have been spread by social media and traditional forms of media, how they can be tools or weapons, and how fear and insecurity are psychological factors that contribute to the strong holds such theories can have on our imaginations. This week, Kate and Chelsea dive deep into the world of conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking. Against the backdrop of the January 6th attacks in D.C., how do we investigate conspiracies, how they are spread, and who benefits from their propagation? The hosts investigate how conspiracy theories have been spread by social media and traditional forms of media, how they can be tools or weapons, and how fear and insecurity are psychological factors that contribute to the strong holds such theories can have on our imaginations. democracy, insurrection, facebook, qanon, narrative, conspiratorial, conspiracy, fear, theory, publisher, youtube, revolt, media, trump, twitter, conspiracy theory, social media, truth, politics, theories false full 37 1 f701a838-8ce0-49df-95ac-27a1babd9d19 Architecture is Destiny Welcome to Episode 36 - Architecture is Destiny! Chelsea starts by doing what she always does, taking us in the way back machine to the Greek and Roman days of education. Katie shares the history of one-room schoolhouses in the United States and the work of Horace Mann. From there, the hosts break down the good and the bad of school design over the years, comparing examples of the schools that they attended growing up. Chelsea shares her distaste for current school designs and Katie builds a dream classroom. Be sure to check out all the links below for information about our current favorite game and a couple of books we are enjoying at the moment. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe!

Wikipedia - One Room Schoolhouse

Wikipedia - Horace Mann

Center on Education Policy - History and Evolution of Public Education in the US

Building Enclosure - Strategies for Retrofitting School Buildings for Sustainability

Wikipedia - Lyceum (Classical)

Wikipedia - Education in Ancient Rome

Mosaic Science - "School Design through the decades" by Bryn Nelson

Britain Express - "Medieval schools and universities"

Historic Education - Education Buildings

Game - It Takes Two

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - Purchase from The Book Loft! 

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green - Purchase from The Book Loft! 

]]> Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome to Episode 36 - Architecture is Destiny! Chelsea starts by doing what she always does, taking us in the way back machine to the Greek and Roman days of education. Katie shares the history of one-room schoolhouses in the United States and the work of Horace Mann. From there, the hosts break down the good and the bad of school design over the years, comparing examples of the schools that they attended growing up. Chelsea shares her distaste for current school designs and Katie builds a dream classroom. Be sure to check out all the links below for information about our current favorite game and a couple of books we are enjoying at the moment. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe!

Wikipedia - One Room Schoolhouse

Wikipedia - Horace Mann

Center on Education Policy - History and Evolution of Public Education in the US

Building Enclosure - Strategies for Retrofitting School Buildings for Sustainability

Wikipedia - Lyceum (Classical)

Wikipedia - Education in Ancient Rome

Mosaic Science - "School Design through the decades" by Bryn Nelson

Britain Express - "Medieval schools and universities"

Historic Education - Education Buildings

Game - It Takes Two

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - Purchase from The Book Loft! 

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green - Purchase from The Book Loft! 

]]> Architecture is Destiny Moonbeam Multimedia 01:04:08 Architecture is destiny. This week on 16:1, the hosts discuss how the physical design of school buildings and campuses throughout the ages has evolved into the model we know now. From the Lyceum to the elementary school down the street, we cover the fundamentals of architecture, layout, and planning that have guided builders of our educational institutions. Architecture is destiny. This week on 16:1, the hosts discuss how the physical design of school buildings and campuses throughout the ages has evolved into the model we know now. From the Lyceum to the elementary school down the street, we cover the fundamentals of architecture, layout, and planning that have guided builders of our educational institutions. layout, student, design, learning, physical, teacher, teaching, education, school, architecture, building, campus false full 36 1 b003de66-f9f5-4d68-b075-d98ffab2e12f Imposter Syndrome This week, hosts Katie and Chelsea discuss imposter syndrome and the impact that it can have on our academic and professional pursuits. Learn what imposter syndrome is, what the "five types" are, and tips for how to talk yourself out of those nagging doubts and suspicions. Katie learns about the Ford Lightning, and Chelsea gains a little bit of expertise in making the perfect pizza pie.

Psychology Today - Imposter Syndrome

PR Newswire - "Imposter Syndrome affects 65% of professionals, new study finds"

The Muse - "5 Different Types of Imposter Syndrome (and 5 ways to Battle Each One)" by Melody J. Wilding

Cengage - Today's Learner - "How Imposter Syndrome Affects Students - and Instructors" by Gabrielle Schock

Brown - The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning - "Imposter Phenomenon in the Classroom" newsletter by Anastasia Tsylina Williams

]]> Thu, 27 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, hosts Katie and Chelsea discuss imposter syndrome and the impact that it can have on our academic and professional pursuits. Learn what imposter syndrome is, what the "five types" are, and tips for how to talk yourself out of those nagging doubts and suspicions. Katie learns about the Ford Lightning, and Chelsea gains a little bit of expertise in making the perfect pizza pie.

Psychology Today - Imposter Syndrome

PR Newswire - "Imposter Syndrome affects 65% of professionals, new study finds"

The Muse - "5 Different Types of Imposter Syndrome (and 5 ways to Battle Each One)" by Melody J. Wilding

Cengage - Today's Learner - "How Imposter Syndrome Affects Students - and Instructors" by Gabrielle Schock

Brown - The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning - "Imposter Phenomenon in the Classroom" newsletter by Anastasia Tsylina Williams

]]> Imposter Syndrome Moonbeam Multimedia 00:44:31 This week, hosts Katie and Chelsea discuss imposter syndrome and the impact that it can have on our academic and professional pursuits. This week, hosts Katie and Chelsea discuss imposter syndrome and the impact that it can have on our academic and professional pursuits. student, imposter syndrome, imposter, learning, teacher, psychology, professional, academia, teaching, education, syndrome, school, doubt false full 35 1 3fc00bab-6074-41e8-9e81-8569d7d364ad CAMP! Salute your shorts! It's camp week here on 16:1! Space Camp! Asthma Camp! This one time at band camp! Chelsea and Katie go in the way back machine to reminisce about all their favorite (and least favorite) camp experiences. Chelsea shares about the funding concerns surrounding making these camp opportunities available to all kinds of students, while Katie talks about the issues surrounding the length of the American summer break from school.

 

American Camp Association - "The Impact of Camp Experiences on Social Skills and Happiness" by Audrey Monke, MA (November 2015)

American Camp Assocation - Research Book 2005

Journal of Youth and Adolescence - "Youth Development Outcomes of the Camp Experience: Evidence for Multidimensional Growth" by Christopher A. Thurber, Margaret M. Scanlin, Leslie Scheuler, and Karla A. Henderson

New America - "The Summer Care Gap" by Amanda Lenhart

Idea Stream - Report: "Poor Children 5 Times Less Likely to Attend Summer Camp" by Ashton Marra

U.S. Department of Education - "U.S. Department of Education Launches National Summer Learning & Enrichment Collaborative to Help Students Most Impacted by the Pandemic"

U.S. News - "Is Summer Breaking America's Schools?" by Seth Cline

]]> Thu, 13 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Salute your shorts! It's camp week here on 16:1! Space Camp! Asthma Camp! This one time at band camp! Chelsea and Katie go in the way back machine to reminisce about all their favorite (and least favorite) camp experiences. Chelsea shares about the funding concerns surrounding making these camp opportunities available to all kinds of students, while Katie talks about the issues surrounding the length of the American summer break from school.

 

American Camp Association - "The Impact of Camp Experiences on Social Skills and Happiness" by Audrey Monke, MA (November 2015)

American Camp Assocation - Research Book 2005

Journal of Youth and Adolescence - "Youth Development Outcomes of the Camp Experience: Evidence for Multidimensional Growth" by Christopher A. Thurber, Margaret M. Scanlin, Leslie Scheuler, and Karla A. Henderson

New America - "The Summer Care Gap" by Amanda Lenhart

Idea Stream - Report: "Poor Children 5 Times Less Likely to Attend Summer Camp" by Ashton Marra

U.S. Department of Education - "U.S. Department of Education Launches National Summer Learning & Enrichment Collaborative to Help Students Most Impacted by the Pandemic"

U.S. News - "Is Summer Breaking America's Schools?" by Seth Cline

]]> CAMP! Moonbeam Multimedia 00:42:23 Salute your shorts! It's camp week here on 16:1! Space Camp! Asthma Camp! This one time at band camp! Chelsea and Katie go in the way back machine to reminisce about all their favorite (and least favorite) camp experiences. Salute your shorts! It's camp week here on 16:1! Space Camp! Asthma Camp! This one time at band camp! Chelsea and Katie go in the way back machine to reminisce about all their favorite (and least favorite) camp experiences. girl scouts, student, day camp, summer, space camp, learning, teacher, camp, teaching, education, boy scouts, school, camping, ymca, sleep away, summer camp false full 34 1 281af341-f7f9-494b-b513-d736260cc0f9 Sex Education Join Katie and Chelsea for this week's episode of 16:1, Sex Education. In this exploration of a rather touchy subject, you'll learn what Graham crackers have to with masturbation, what World War I had to do with federal involvement in the funding of sex ed, and just how much money ($1.75 BILLION, to be precise) has been spent on forms of sex ed that don't actually work. Katie discusses the art world and Chelsea dives deep into Microsoft Windows on the "What We Learned" segment. Thanks for listening!

Planned Parenthood - History of Sex Education in the US

Newsweek - "A Brief History of Sex Ed in America" by Johannah Cornblatt

The New York Times Magazine - "The Woman Who Made Vincent van Gogh" by Russell Shorto

The New York Times Magazine - "Rembrandt in the Blood: An Obsessive Aristocrat, Rediscovered Paintings and an Art-World Feud" by Russell Shorto

]]> Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Join Katie and Chelsea for this week's episode of 16:1, Sex Education. In this exploration of a rather touchy subject, you'll learn what Graham crackers have to with masturbation, what World War I had to do with federal involvement in the funding of sex ed, and just how much money ($1.75 BILLION, to be precise) has been spent on forms of sex ed that don't actually work. Katie discusses the art world and Chelsea dives deep into Microsoft Windows on the "What We Learned" segment. Thanks for listening!

Planned Parenthood - History of Sex Education in the US

Newsweek - "A Brief History of Sex Ed in America" by Johannah Cornblatt

The New York Times Magazine - "The Woman Who Made Vincent van Gogh" by Russell Shorto

The New York Times Magazine - "Rembrandt in the Blood: An Obsessive Aristocrat, Rediscovered Paintings and an Art-World Feud" by Russell Shorto

]]> Sex Education Moonbeam Multimedia 00:52:42 Join Katie and Chelsea for this week's episode of 16:1, Sex Education. In this exploration of a rather touchy subject, you'll learn what Graham crackers have to with masturbation, what World War I had to do with federal involvement in the funding of sex ed, and just how much money ($1.75 BILLION, to be precise) has been spent on forms of sex ed that don't actually work. Join Katie and Chelsea for this week's episode of 16:1, Sex Education. In this exploration of a rather touchy subject, you'll learn what Graham crackers have to with masturbation, what World War I had to do with federal involvement in the funding of sex ed, and just how much money ($1.75 BILLION, to be precise) has been spent on forms of sex ed that don't actually work. student, sex, graham cracker, learning, sexual, condom, teaching, sex ed, education, school, birth control, masturbation false full 33 1 9b007e9b-456b-48c9-8934-90adc88bcc9d Public Libraries Public libraries are an important part of our social infrastructure. This week, Chelsea and Katie share their love of public libraries and everything they do for communities. Your hosts discuss the sorts of activities they loved being able to participate in as children, including tracking dog poop all the way through the bookmobile and visits from pirates and Johnny Appleseed at story time. Chelsea (as usual) delves into history, and Katie explains just a few of the ways that libraries serve their communities.

Wikipedia - Anti-Literacy laws in the US

New America - Public Libraries and the Pandemic

ALA - Before 1876 History

History - 8 Legendary Ancient Libraries

PBS - "Ex Libris"

99 Percent Invisible - "Palaces for the People."

Wikipedia - Public Library

Wikipedia - Circulating Library

The Book Loft - "Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America"

Save Howard University Classics

 

]]> Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Public libraries are an important part of our social infrastructure. This week, Chelsea and Katie share their love of public libraries and everything they do for communities. Your hosts discuss the sorts of activities they loved being able to participate in as children, including tracking dog poop all the way through the bookmobile and visits from pirates and Johnny Appleseed at story time. Chelsea (as usual) delves into history, and Katie explains just a few of the ways that libraries serve their communities.

Wikipedia - Anti-Literacy laws in the US

New America - Public Libraries and the Pandemic

ALA - Before 1876 History

History - 8 Legendary Ancient Libraries

PBS - "Ex Libris"

99 Percent Invisible - "Palaces for the People."

Wikipedia - Public Library

Wikipedia - Circulating Library

The Book Loft - "Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America"

Save Howard University Classics

 

]]> Public Libraries Moonbeam Multimedia 00:55:55 Public libraries are an important part of our social infrastructure. This week, Chelsea and Katie share their love of public libraries and everything they do for communities around the world. Public libraries are an important part of our social infrastructure. This week, Chelsea and Katie share their love of public libraries and everything they do for communities around the world. student, library science, reading, libraries, learning, philosophy, books, civic, teaching, social, public, education, read, infrastructure, library, school, book, social worker, librarian, politics false full 32 1 3394723f-5f0b-40b9-a1f7-515de5ff5d12 Teacher Evaluations Happy April Fool's Day! This episode is all about teacher evaluation systems. Chelsea shares about the history of No Child Left Behind and its evolution into the Every Student Succeeds Act, both of which place focus on teacher evaluations. Katie shares what evaluation cycles look like in Ohio and provides Chelsea handouts of data used to assign her rating each year. Your hosts share what they learned this week, including making a delicious meal and being reminded that the Suez Canal exists and is very important to our economy. The good news? The boat is free!

Ohio Educator Evaluator System

NEA - Teacher Evaluations under ESSA

Department of Education - NCLB

NCES - Teacher Performance Evaluations in US Public Schools

Wikipedia - No Child Left Behind

Ed Glossary - Value-Added

]]> Thu, 1 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Happy April Fool's Day! This episode is all about teacher evaluation systems. Chelsea shares about the history of No Child Left Behind and its evolution into the Every Student Succeeds Act, both of which place focus on teacher evaluations. Katie shares what evaluation cycles look like in Ohio and provides Chelsea handouts of data used to assign her rating each year. Your hosts share what they learned this week, including making a delicious meal and being reminded that the Suez Canal exists and is very important to our economy. The good news? The boat is free!

Ohio Educator Evaluator System

NEA - Teacher Evaluations under ESSA

Department of Education - NCLB

NCES - Teacher Performance Evaluations in US Public Schools

Wikipedia - No Child Left Behind

Ed Glossary - Value-Added

]]> Teacher Evaluations Moonbeam Multimedia 00:55:03 Happy April Fool's Day! This episode is all about teacher evaluation systems-- the laws that mandate them, the states that try to develop them, and the educators who are scrutinized by then. Happy April Fool's Day! This episode is all about teacher evaluation systems-- the laws that mandate them, the states that try to develop them, and the educators who are scrutinized by then. student, essa, law, nclb, george bush, data, obama, report card, learning, teacher, job, administrator, rating, no child left behind, evaluation, school, reform false full 31 1 b0fa234c-2d6f-43b6-9dcd-786d01d21e4b Education in Fiction Episode 30 is all about "Education in Fiction" and includes your hosts talking about some of their favorite (and least favorite) teachers in movies, shows, and books. This is a really fun episode! Chelsea shares the Cave Allegory from Plato's Republic and breaks down parts of Émile by Jean Jacques Rousseau. Katie takes a stand in defense of 13 Reasons Why as she describes how it's not a book/show that glorifies suicide, but rather a piece that really perfectly shows what guilt and trauma can look like in schools. Chelsea shares her love of Narnia and Katie breaks down all things Matilda and Miss Honey.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -Plato’s Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Jean Jacques Rousseau

Wikipedia - Emile

“Too Old for Narnia”: Belief, Fandom, and the End of Wonder" by Matt Mikalatos

Stimulus information for those experiencing homelessness

]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Episode 30 is all about "Education in Fiction" and includes your hosts talking about some of their favorite (and least favorite) teachers in movies, shows, and books. This is a really fun episode! Chelsea shares the Cave Allegory from Plato's Republic and breaks down parts of Émile by Jean Jacques Rousseau. Katie takes a stand in defense of 13 Reasons Why as she describes how it's not a book/show that glorifies suicide, but rather a piece that really perfectly shows what guilt and trauma can look like in schools. Chelsea shares her love of Narnia and Katie breaks down all things Matilda and Miss Honey.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -Plato’s Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Jean Jacques Rousseau

Wikipedia - Emile

“Too Old for Narnia”: Belief, Fandom, and the End of Wonder" by Matt Mikalatos

Stimulus information for those experiencing homelessness

]]> Education in Fiction Moonbeam Multimedia 01:02:50 Episode 30 is all about "Education in Fiction" and includes your hosts talking about some of their favorite (and least favorite) teachers in movies, shows, and books. Episode 30 is all about "Education in Fiction" and includes your hosts talking about some of their favorite (and least favorite) teachers in movies, shows, and books. taxes, hogwarts, rousseau, tv, thirteen reasons why, show, harry potter, learning, philosophy, socrates, books, emile, movie, fiction, teaching, education, john green, plato, looking for alaska, school, republic, 13 reasons why, narnia, matilda, nft false full 30 1 7aaee551-2444-471e-adce-a5ddcf355c12 Discipline & Consequences This week Chelsea and Katie cover the ins and outs of discipline and consequences in schools. Katie talks about the paperwork required for office referrals, and Chelsea details the racial disparities that exist in disciplining students of color. The hosts discuss the history of corporal punishment in the United States, and Katie shares stories from her parents about their experiences on both sides of the paddle.

We Are Teachers - "OPINION: What Schools Are Getting Wrong on Discipline" by Stephanie Hauck

Education Writers Association - "What Do Teachers Really Think About School Discipline Reform?" by David Loewenberg

Wikipedia - School Discipline

"Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools: Prevalence, Disparities in Use, and Status in State and Federal Policy" by Elizabeth T. Gershoff and Sarah A. Font

]]> Thu, 4 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week Chelsea and Katie cover the ins and outs of discipline and consequences in schools. Katie talks about the paperwork required for office referrals, and Chelsea details the racial disparities that exist in disciplining students of color. The hosts discuss the history of corporal punishment in the United States, and Katie shares stories from her parents about their experiences on both sides of the paddle.

We Are Teachers - "OPINION: What Schools Are Getting Wrong on Discipline" by Stephanie Hauck

Education Writers Association - "What Do Teachers Really Think About School Discipline Reform?" by David Loewenberg

Wikipedia - School Discipline

"Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools: Prevalence, Disparities in Use, and Status in State and Federal Policy" by Elizabeth T. Gershoff and Sarah A. Font

]]> Discipline & Consequences Moonbeam Multimedia 01:03:49 This week Chelsea and Katie cover the ins and outs of discipline and consequences in schools. This week Chelsea and Katie cover the ins and outs of discipline and consequences in schools. detention, student, learning, discipline, teaching, punishment, education, school, expulsion false full 29 1 df43db0a-7ae7-4799-a25a-001be2c75abd Crunching Numbers Your favorite podcast about teaching and learning is back this week with an episode that's all about data! Chelsea talks about the requirements of No Child Left Behind, including standardized testing for grades 3-8. Katie shares about some of her favorite and most useful data, and the ways in which it informs planning lessons. Chelsea accidentally asks Katie a question that is required on every formal evaluation of teachers in the state of Ohio, and Katie shares her love of wine windows and Stanley Tucci.

 

Education Week - "No Child Left Behind: An Overview" by Alyson Klein

ODE - Ohio's State Tests in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies

NCES - The Condition of Education

Los Angeles Times - "Why do U.S. schoolchildren underperform academically compared with students in other countries?" by The Times Editorial Board

The Atlantic - "American Schools vs. the World: Expensive, Unequal, Bad at Math" by Julia Ryan

 

]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Your favorite podcast about teaching and learning is back this week with an episode that's all about data! Chelsea talks about the requirements of No Child Left Behind, including standardized testing for grades 3-8. Katie shares about some of her favorite and most useful data, and the ways in which it informs planning lessons. Chelsea accidentally asks Katie a question that is required on every formal evaluation of teachers in the state of Ohio, and Katie shares her love of wine windows and Stanley Tucci.

 

Education Week - "No Child Left Behind: An Overview" by Alyson Klein

ODE - Ohio's State Tests in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies

NCES - The Condition of Education

Los Angeles Times - "Why do U.S. schoolchildren underperform academically compared with students in other countries?" by The Times Editorial Board

The Atlantic - "American Schools vs. the World: Expensive, Unequal, Bad at Math" by Julia Ryan

 

]]> Crunching Numbers Moonbeam Multimedia 00:59:08 Data-- we are all swimming in it at all times. What is the role of data in schools around the world? What does crunching numbers get us? Join Kate and Chelsea as they crunch the numbers on this week's episode of 16:1. Data-- we are all swimming in it at all times. What is the role of data in schools around the world? What does crunching numbers get us? Join Kate and Chelsea as they crunch the numbers on this week's episode of 16:1. false full 28 1 47ba3a8d-2722-42b4-9019-392ab8ce793c Black History Month This episode of 16:1 celebrates Black History Month. Katie talks about Dr. Carter G. Woodson's work in championing Negro History Week and how it laid the foundation for those at Kent State University in 1969 to create what we now know as Black History Month. Chelsea shares various critical perspectives that come with the topic of Black History Month. Katie discusses ways to incorporate these topics into your classrooms and how to support different organizations and Black-owned businesses during the month of February and beyond. Chelsea learns a few factoids about Scientology, and Katie's interest in Disney comes through clutch as she learns about the Dyatlov Pass incident. Be checking our Instagram and Facebook page throughout this month for information about Ohio's three Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and for other Black History Month-related news and information.

Wikipedia - Black History Month

African American History Month

NY Mag - Where to donate to support Black Lives Matter

USA Today - Black Lives Matters nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Wikipedia - Sam Cooke

USA Today - Black History Month 2021

Association for the Study of African American Life and HistoryBook Discussion With Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain Kicks Off Black History Month Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

NAACP - Black History Month

Brennan Center for Justice - "America Is Losing the Real Meaning of Black History Month" by Theodore R. Johnson

The Hill - "How some of the biggest brands are kicking off Black History Month" by Austa Somvichian-Clausen

Obama White House Archive -Meet the 106-Year-Old Who Got to Dance with the President and the First Lady by Melanie Garunay

 

]]> Thu, 4 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This episode of 16:1 celebrates Black History Month. Katie talks about Dr. Carter G. Woodson's work in championing Negro History Week and how it laid the foundation for those at Kent State University in 1969 to create what we now know as Black History Month. Chelsea shares various critical perspectives that come with the topic of Black History Month. Katie discusses ways to incorporate these topics into your classrooms and how to support different organizations and Black-owned businesses during the month of February and beyond. Chelsea learns a few factoids about Scientology, and Katie's interest in Disney comes through clutch as she learns about the Dyatlov Pass incident. Be checking our Instagram and Facebook page throughout this month for information about Ohio's three Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and for other Black History Month-related news and information.

Wikipedia - Black History Month

African American History Month

NY Mag - Where to donate to support Black Lives Matter

USA Today - Black Lives Matters nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Wikipedia - Sam Cooke

USA Today - Black History Month 2021

Association for the Study of African American Life and HistoryBook Discussion With Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain Kicks Off Black History Month Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

NAACP - Black History Month

Brennan Center for Justice - "America Is Losing the Real Meaning of Black History Month" by Theodore R. Johnson

The Hill - "How some of the biggest brands are kicking off Black History Month" by Austa Somvichian-Clausen

Obama White House Archive -Meet the 106-Year-Old Who Got to Dance with the President and the First Lady by Melanie Garunay

 

]]> Black History Month Moonbeam Multimedia 00:49:10 This episode of 16:1 celebrates Black History Month. Katie talks about Dr. Carter G. Woodson's work in championing Negro History Week and how it laid the foundation for those at Kent State University in 1969 to create what we now know as Black History Month. Chelsea shares various critical perspectives on Black History Month. This episode of 16:1 celebrates Black History Month. Katie talks about Dr. Carter G. Woodson's work in championing Negro History Week and how it laid the foundation for those at Kent State University in 1969 to create what we now know as Black History Month. Chelsea shares various critical perspectives on Black History Month. students, teachers, black, learning, carter g woodson, black history month, teaching, education, school, racism, african american false full 27 1 397b865a-55a6-4204-b943-8d0e26cae1e5 Persons Deprived of Liberty Welcome to episode 26! This week your hosts do a deep dive into the prison education system. Chelsea talks about the history of educational opportunities for incarcerated people in the U.S., and Katie discusses what the education system in Ohio has to offer for those imprisoned. While there is much work to be done in terms of prison reform in this country, steps are slowing (finally!) being taken to help ensure access to education for incarcerated persons. Katie shares her disappointment in the outlet mall stores not being true outlet stores, and Chelsea talks pyrotechnics. 

Northwestern Prison Education Program - Benefits of Prison Education

Second chances: "Why providing Pell Grants for prison inmates is a sound investment" by Gerard Robinson

Prison Studies Project

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction - OCSS Overview

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction - Inmate Education

Wikipedia - North America Prison Education

Center for American Progress - "Education Opportunities in Prison Are Key to Reducing Crime" by Kathleen Bender

Inside Higher Ed - "A Sure Bet" by Doran Larson

CNN Money - Education vs Prison Costs

Federal Bureau of Prisons - Education Programs

 

]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome to episode 26! This week your hosts do a deep dive into the prison education system. Chelsea talks about the history of educational opportunities for incarcerated people in the U.S., and Katie discusses what the education system in Ohio has to offer for those imprisoned. While there is much work to be done in terms of prison reform in this country, steps are slowing (finally!) being taken to help ensure access to education for incarcerated persons. Katie shares her disappointment in the outlet mall stores not being true outlet stores, and Chelsea talks pyrotechnics. 

Northwestern Prison Education Program - Benefits of Prison Education

Second chances: "Why providing Pell Grants for prison inmates is a sound investment" by Gerard Robinson

Prison Studies Project

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction - OCSS Overview

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction - Inmate Education

Wikipedia - North America Prison Education

Center for American Progress - "Education Opportunities in Prison Are Key to Reducing Crime" by Kathleen Bender

Inside Higher Ed - "A Sure Bet" by Doran Larson

CNN Money - Education vs Prison Costs

Federal Bureau of Prisons - Education Programs

 

]]> Persons Deprived of Liberty Moonbeam Multimedia 00:47:51 Join Katie and Chelsea for a deep dive into educational opportunities for incarcerated persons in the United States. Join Katie and Chelsea for a deep dive into educational opportunities for incarcerated persons in the United States. jail, detention, students, prison, juvenile detention, learning, teacher, incarceration, teaching, education, pell grant, prison studies project, incarcerated, school false full 26 1 87f7a40e-1f7b-47cf-9e65-f30d01a63615 Until the Last Minute Welcome to the first episode of 2021! 2020 is over! This week we talk about Chelsea's arch nemesis, procrastination. Katie discusses how Future Katie has a lot coming her way next Christmas, and Chelsea cannot hide her strong boomer energy as she talks about her first TikTok.

This podcast episode was recorded prior to the attempted coup in DC on January 6th, 2021. We aren't trying to avoid it. It just hadn't happened yet. Hold onto your butts!

New York Times - "Why You Procrastinate" by Charlotte Lieberman

Forbes - "10 Scientifically Proven Tips for Beating Procrastination" by Vanessa Loder

The History Place

Wikipedia - Whig Party

American Psychological Association - "Procrastination or 'intentional delay'?" by Amy Novotney

@mommyfarmer on TikTok

Academic Procrastination (study)

The study of the relationship between mental health and academic performance

 

]]> Thu, 7 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome to the first episode of 2021! 2020 is over! This week we talk about Chelsea's arch nemesis, procrastination. Katie discusses how Future Katie has a lot coming her way next Christmas, and Chelsea cannot hide her strong boomer energy as she talks about her first TikTok.

This podcast episode was recorded prior to the attempted coup in DC on January 6th, 2021. We aren't trying to avoid it. It just hadn't happened yet. Hold onto your butts!

New York Times - "Why You Procrastinate" by Charlotte Lieberman

Forbes - "10 Scientifically Proven Tips for Beating Procrastination" by Vanessa Loder

The History Place

Wikipedia - Whig Party

American Psychological Association - "Procrastination or 'intentional delay'?" by Amy Novotney

@mommyfarmer on TikTok

Academic Procrastination (study)

The study of the relationship between mental health and academic performance

 

]]> Until the Last Minute Moonbeam Multimedia 00:43:04 Welcome to the first episode of 2021! 2020 is over! This week we talk about Chelsea's arch nemesis, procrastination. Welcome to the first episode of 2021! 2020 is over! This week we talk about Chelsea's arch nemesis, procrastination. student, learning, teacher, psychology, procrastination, teaching, education, wait, school, mental health false full 25 1 89df8211-b4bd-402d-ab3b-e44ba3fd8d5f Doing More with Less Welcome to the last episode of 2020! This week, Chelsea and Katie talk about all the ways that educators have had to "do more with less." Chelsea shares about the incredible work that the Tokyo Women's Medical University is doing to incorporate virtual reality into the learning process so that students can still observe medical procedures while adhering to COVID protocols. Katie becomes emotional thinking about how lonely this school year has been, and she discusses the struggles of growing a hearty Chia Pet.

We hope that you and yours have a wonderful and safe holiday season. We will see you in 2021!

Chalkbeat New York - "No instruments, no problem: Amid the pandemic, this Bronx teacher is embracing new ways of making music"

Springwise - "Top 5 Education innovations in response to Coronavirus"

Baldwin Wallace virtual production of "Spring Awakening"

Connecticut State Department of Education - Resources to Support Student Learning

KTLA 5 - "P.E. teachers get creative with gym class during Covid-19 pandemic"

Nebrasky Plumbing - Everything you Need to Know About a Water Heater Anode Rod

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome to the last episode of 2020! This week, Chelsea and Katie talk about all the ways that educators have had to "do more with less." Chelsea shares about the incredible work that the Tokyo Women's Medical University is doing to incorporate virtual reality into the learning process so that students can still observe medical procedures while adhering to COVID protocols. Katie becomes emotional thinking about how lonely this school year has been, and she discusses the struggles of growing a hearty Chia Pet.

We hope that you and yours have a wonderful and safe holiday season. We will see you in 2021!

Chalkbeat New York - "No instruments, no problem: Amid the pandemic, this Bronx teacher is embracing new ways of making music"

Springwise - "Top 5 Education innovations in response to Coronavirus"

Baldwin Wallace virtual production of "Spring Awakening"

Connecticut State Department of Education - Resources to Support Student Learning

KTLA 5 - "P.E. teachers get creative with gym class during Covid-19 pandemic"

Nebrasky Plumbing - Everything you Need to Know About a Water Heater Anode Rod

]]> Doing More with Less Moonbeam Multimedia 00:44:18 Welcome to the last episode of 2020! This week, Chelsea and Katie talk about all the ways that educators have had to "do more with less." Welcome to the last episode of 2020! This week, Chelsea and Katie talk about all the ways that educators have had to "do more with less." students, teachers, learning, remote, teaching, covid, classes, education, social distancing, school, online, coronavirus, innovation false full 24 1 504f9e4f-c97b-45bb-9188-c1b8cfb59e38 Bye Bye, Betsy! This week, Katie and Chelsea have a special send-off for the outgoing Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. They cover policy and guidelines in both DeVos's home state of Michigan and on the national stage that have impacted educators over the last four years. Katie learns about pounds per square inch, and Chelsea makes the same mistake twice in a week.

Newsweek - Betsy DeVos Lavish Lifestyle

Wikipedia - Betsy DeVos

The New York Times - "To Understand Betsy DeVos’s Educational Views, View Her Education"

BBC News - "Why is Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for education secretary, so unpopular?"

US News - "Unusual, But Not Uncommon"

NEA - Education Votes - "Students and Educators Can’t Take Four More Years of Betsy DeVos and Donald Trump"

NPR - "The Florida Recount Of 2000: A Nightmare That Goes On Haunting"

The Washington Post - "A sobering look at what Betsy DeVos did to education in Michigan — and what she might do as secretary of education"

The New York Times Magazine - "Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost."

FindLaw - "Compulsory Education Laws: Background"

Politico - DeVos' Michigan schools experiment gets poor grades

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, Katie and Chelsea have a special send-off for the outgoing Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. They cover policy and guidelines in both DeVos's home state of Michigan and on the national stage that have impacted educators over the last four years. Katie learns about pounds per square inch, and Chelsea makes the same mistake twice in a week.

Newsweek - Betsy DeVos Lavish Lifestyle

Wikipedia - Betsy DeVos

The New York Times - "To Understand Betsy DeVos’s Educational Views, View Her Education"

BBC News - "Why is Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for education secretary, so unpopular?"

US News - "Unusual, But Not Uncommon"

NEA - Education Votes - "Students and Educators Can’t Take Four More Years of Betsy DeVos and Donald Trump"

NPR - "The Florida Recount Of 2000: A Nightmare That Goes On Haunting"

The Washington Post - "A sobering look at what Betsy DeVos did to education in Michigan — and what she might do as secretary of education"

The New York Times Magazine - "Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost."

FindLaw - "Compulsory Education Laws: Background"

Politico - DeVos' Michigan schools experiment gets poor grades

]]> Bye Bye, Betsy! Moonbeam Multimedia 00:58:52 This week, Katie and Chelsea have a special send-off for the outgoing Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. This week, Katie and Chelsea have a special send-off for the outgoing Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. student, policy, system, betsy, teachers, learning, charter school, department of education, teaching, education, michigan, school, betsy devos, trump, public school, devos false full 23 1 fceb8007-4a48-4537-8d1e-ce6034aa825e Curiouser and Curiouser! Welcome to a rabbit hole of an episode. In our 22nd episode, Chelsea and Katie talk about falling down rabbit holes. Chelsea traces the phrase "rabbit hole" back to Lewis Carroll and discusses how social media platforms ensure you never run out of content. Katie talks about the dangers of conspiracy theory addiction and shares the awesome conspiracy theory chart she found on TikTok (thanks to @tofology). Chelsea learned all about a piece of music called the Dies Irae, and Katie reminds you to vote!

Wikipedia- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The New Yorker- "The Rabbit-Hole Rabbit Hole" by Kathryn Schulz

BBC- "Five things Alice in Wonderland reveals about the brain" by David Robson

The Print- "Facebook, Instagram like ‘weird rabbit holes’ — social media anxiety is real & here to stay" by Nandita Singh

UMASS- "Down the Rabbit Hole" by Laura Marjorie Miller

Wikipedia- Flow (Psychology)

The New York Times- "Welcome to the 'Rabbit Hole'" by Kevin Roose

The Addiction Center- Conspiracy Theory Addiction

Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast- Dies Irae Episode

Conspiracy Theory Chart- Abbie Richards @tofology on TikTok

 

 

 

 

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome to a rabbit hole of an episode. In our 22nd episode, Chelsea and Katie talk about falling down rabbit holes. Chelsea traces the phrase "rabbit hole" back to Lewis Carroll and discusses how social media platforms ensure you never run out of content. Katie talks about the dangers of conspiracy theory addiction and shares the awesome conspiracy theory chart she found on TikTok (thanks to @tofology). Chelsea learned all about a piece of music called the Dies Irae, and Katie reminds you to vote!

Wikipedia- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The New Yorker- "The Rabbit-Hole Rabbit Hole" by Kathryn Schulz

BBC- "Five things Alice in Wonderland reveals about the brain" by David Robson

The Print- "Facebook, Instagram like ‘weird rabbit holes’ — social media anxiety is real & here to stay" by Nandita Singh

UMASS- "Down the Rabbit Hole" by Laura Marjorie Miller

Wikipedia- Flow (Psychology)

The New York Times- "Welcome to the 'Rabbit Hole'" by Kevin Roose

The Addiction Center- Conspiracy Theory Addiction

Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast- Dies Irae Episode

Conspiracy Theory Chart- Abbie Richards @tofology on TikTok

 

 

 

 

]]> Curiouser and Curiouser! Moonbeam Multimedia 00:48:16 Join Chelsea and Kate as they explore the sometimes dizzying and disorienting experience of falling down rabbit holes. Join Chelsea and Kate as they explore the sometimes dizzying and disorienting experience of falling down rabbit holes. students, curiouser, learning, the matrix, red pill, rabbit hole, lewis carroll, teaching, alice, education, alice in wonderland, conspiracy theory, social media, mental health, addiction false full 22 1 c93b7642-adc0-4472-abe3-03493801a75d Recess! Welcome to the episode where Chelsea and Katie fight about who was the tetherball champion in elementary school. This week, we cover recess! Chelsea talks about her extensive rock collection from her early years as a penguin, and Katie talks about Mark Zuckerberg finally doing one right thing. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe!

"Recess: Its Role in Education and Development" by Anthony D. Pellegrini

The Death of Recess in America - The Best Schools

"Is Recess Important for Kids or a Waste of Time?" - by Kate Reilly - TIME

"Time to Play" - by Brittany Shammas - Edutopia

"Physical Activity During School: Providing Recess to All Students" - CDC

"More states weighing mandatory recess, physical activity laws" - by Amelia Harper - Education Dive

"The US Recess Predicament" by Ariana Eunjung Cha - The Washington Post

"The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus To America" by Christopher Klein - History.com

"Bespoken Spirits" by Frederick Lardinois - TechCrunch

Recess State by State Guide - State of Childhood Obesity

 

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Welcome to the episode where Chelsea and Katie fight about who was the tetherball champion in elementary school. This week, we cover recess! Chelsea talks about her extensive rock collection from her early years as a penguin, and Katie talks about Mark Zuckerberg finally doing one right thing. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe!

"Recess: Its Role in Education and Development" by Anthony D. Pellegrini

The Death of Recess in America - The Best Schools

"Is Recess Important for Kids or a Waste of Time?" - by Kate Reilly - TIME

"Time to Play" - by Brittany Shammas - Edutopia

"Physical Activity During School: Providing Recess to All Students" - CDC

"More states weighing mandatory recess, physical activity laws" - by Amelia Harper - Education Dive

"The US Recess Predicament" by Ariana Eunjung Cha - The Washington Post

"The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus To America" by Christopher Klein - History.com

"Bespoken Spirits" by Frederick Lardinois - TechCrunch

Recess State by State Guide - State of Childhood Obesity

 

]]> Recess! Moonbeam Multimedia 00:43:08 Welcome to the episode where Chelsea and Katie fight about who was the tetherball champion in elementary school. This week, we cover recess! Welcome to the episode where Chelsea and Katie fight about who was the tetherball champion in elementary school. This week, we cover recess! student, imagination, recess, learning, teacher, teaching, education, school, gym, play, exercise false full 21 1 9aa82616-3f50-45dd-aa9c-3111fafb272c Civic Education In this episode, the hosts discuss civic education, voting, and being a good citizen. What does learning about citizenship, government, and voting look like for students in U.S. schools? What is taught well, what is taught badly, and what isn't taught at all? Kate learned about a new tool for remote learning, and Chelsea learned some really weird stuff about cults and turkeys. Don't forget to vote!

Voting Resources-

Click here to make sure you're all ready to vote! - www.vote.org

Personalized Voting Information - www.vote411.com

Become a poll worker! - https://www.eac.gov/voters/become-poll-worker

Resources for Voters - https://www.eac.gov/voters/resourcesforvoters

Find your local election office website - https://www.usa.gov/election-office

Episode Resources-

BBC - "What is the Electoral College?" 

Business Insider - Voting History

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Civic Education

Pew Research Center - Voter Turnout

Time - "The Troubling Reason the Electoral College Exists"

Loom Screen Recording

]]> Thu, 1 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ In this episode, the hosts discuss civic education, voting, and being a good citizen. What does learning about citizenship, government, and voting look like for students in U.S. schools? What is taught well, what is taught badly, and what isn't taught at all? Kate learned about a new tool for remote learning, and Chelsea learned some really weird stuff about cults and turkeys. Don't forget to vote!

Voting Resources-

Click here to make sure you're all ready to vote! - www.vote.org

Personalized Voting Information - www.vote411.com

Become a poll worker! - https://www.eac.gov/voters/become-poll-worker

Resources for Voters - https://www.eac.gov/voters/resourcesforvoters

Find your local election office website - https://www.usa.gov/election-office

Episode Resources-

BBC - "What is the Electoral College?" 

Business Insider - Voting History

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Civic Education

Pew Research Center - Voter Turnout

Time - "The Troubling Reason the Electoral College Exists"

Loom Screen Recording

]]> Civic Education Moonbeam Multimedia 01:05:34 In this episode, the hosts discuss civic education, voting, and being a good citizen. In this episode, the hosts discuss civic education, voting, and being a good citizen. student, voting, democracy, voter, america, learning, vote, civic education, teacher, civic, teaching, education, government, school, republic, citizenship, citizen false full 20 1 5d540f67-e302-4799-ade3-03c2361a31be The Cost of Higher Education Why is higher education so expensive? On this episode of your favorite podcast, Chelsea and Katie break down the factors impacting the cost of post-secondary learning. Chelsea shares about the impact of administrative bloat on universities while Katie dives into the cost of an education in the US as compared to other countries. They share what they learned leading up to the recording of the episode, and it's a combination of the origin story of McDonald's and the tale of Julius Caesar's (maybe) children.

Maybe we should stop defunding education!

Black Lives Matter.

Business Insider - "College is more expensive..."

The Atlantic - "Why is College in America So Expensive?"

NCES Fast Facts: Tuition Costs

Best Value Schools - "Understanding the Rising Costs of Higher Education"

Insider - "Here's what college costs in 28 countries around the world"

The Guardian - "US Universities are charging full fees..."

Inside Higher Ed - "Tuition Policy in a Pandemic"

Education Data - The Average Cost of College & Tuition

The College Post - "Breaking Down Administrative Bloat"

James G. Martin Center - "Administrative Bloat: Where Does It Come From and What Is It?"

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:15:22 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Why is higher education so expensive? On this episode of your favorite podcast, Chelsea and Katie break down the factors impacting the cost of post-secondary learning. Chelsea shares about the impact of administrative bloat on universities while Katie dives into the cost of an education in the US as compared to other countries. They share what they learned leading up to the recording of the episode, and it's a combination of the origin story of McDonald's and the tale of Julius Caesar's (maybe) children.

Maybe we should stop defunding education!

Black Lives Matter.

Business Insider - "College is more expensive..."

The Atlantic - "Why is College in America So Expensive?"

NCES Fast Facts: Tuition Costs

Best Value Schools - "Understanding the Rising Costs of Higher Education"

Insider - "Here's what college costs in 28 countries around the world"

The Guardian - "US Universities are charging full fees..."

Inside Higher Ed - "Tuition Policy in a Pandemic"

Education Data - The Average Cost of College & Tuition

The College Post - "Breaking Down Administrative Bloat"

James G. Martin Center - "Administrative Bloat: Where Does It Come From and What Is It?"

]]> The Cost of Higher Education Moonbeam Multimedia 01:00:52 Why is higher education so expensive? On this episode of your favorite podcast, Chelsea and Katie break down the factors impacting the cost of post-secondary learning. Why is higher education so expensive? On this episode of your favorite podcast, Chelsea and Katie break down the factors impacting the cost of post-secondary learning. higher education, debt, administration, loan, learning, teaching, scholarship, administrative bloat, education, money, school, college, student loan, cost, funding false full 19 1 df10860a-9ded-417e-bf75-749e903e604e Why Education? Episode 18 is our origin story! This week Chelsea and Katie discuss "Why Education?" Chelsea discusses her background in philosophy and education and her hopes of someday combining her interests in education with her passion for technology. Katie talks about why so many teachers feel like they are never doing enough and recounts her woes of never being able to attend "take your child to work day." There's a new fill in the blank, Chelsea falls down a Twitter hole about "re-enactments," and Kate has a new fear of a household appliance.

]]> Thu, 3 Sep 2020 10:00:13 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Episode 18 is our origin story! This week Chelsea and Katie discuss "Why Education?" Chelsea discusses her background in philosophy and education and her hopes of someday combining her interests in education with her passion for technology. Katie talks about why so many teachers feel like they are never doing enough and recounts her woes of never being able to attend "take your child to work day." There's a new fill in the blank, Chelsea falls down a Twitter hole about "re-enactments," and Kate has a new fear of a household appliance.

]]> Why Education? Moonbeam Multimedia 00:50:20 Why education? Why teaching and learning? Hear our origin story and our hopes for the future of education. Why education? Why teaching and learning? Hear our origin story and our hopes for the future of education. students, teachers, learning, philosophy, teaching, education, schools false full 18 1 a89d1f76-035b-49a0-a69b-504a99ddf634 Dyslexia This week Chelsea and Katie talk about Dyslexia. In their chat they discuss the symptoms and signs of Dyslexia and also include some ways that teachers can make their classroom more friendly for those who have been diagnosed with Dyslexia. Katie shares why Comic Sans is her new favorite font, and Chelsea shares her love of watching scammers get scammed.

PS- We hit 1000 downloads! Thank you so much for your support!

The Mayo Clinic - Dyslexia Info

Dyslexia in the Classroom - What Everyone Needs to Know

The Cut - The Reason Comic Sans is a Public Good

Podcast - 99 Percent Invisible

Kitboga Scamming Scammers

 

]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2020 10:00:19 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week Chelsea and Katie talk about Dyslexia. In their chat they discuss the symptoms and signs of Dyslexia and also include some ways that teachers can make their classroom more friendly for those who have been diagnosed with Dyslexia. Katie shares why Comic Sans is her new favorite font, and Chelsea shares her love of watching scammers get scammed.

PS- We hit 1000 downloads! Thank you so much for your support!

The Mayo Clinic - Dyslexia Info

Dyslexia in the Classroom - What Everyone Needs to Know

The Cut - The Reason Comic Sans is a Public Good

Podcast - 99 Percent Invisible

Kitboga Scamming Scammers

 

]]> Dyslexia Moonbeam Multimedia 00:50:19 This week the hosts tackle Dyslexia-- its signs, symptoms, and ways to help students with Dyslexia navigate your classrooms more easily. This week the hosts tackle Dyslexia-- its signs, symptoms, and ways to help students with Dyslexia navigate your classrooms more easily. student, spelling, reading, learning, teacher, learning disability, teaching, writing, education, school, dyslexia, disability false full 17 1 94c39051-1c84-4189-8dc6-a7846fa2c1f1 Project Based Learning This week your hosts tackle everything about Project Based Learning (PBL)! Chelsea recalls a favorite project of hers where she wrote a piece of music based on a reading of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, and Katie shares a few ways to use PBL in your classroom. Stick around for the fill in the blank. Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to 16:1 wherever you listen to podcasts!

Hey... maybe we should stop defunding education!

 

What is PBL?

Project Based Learning- Wikipedia

"What the Heck is Project Based Learning?"

John Dewey- Wikipedia

Jean Piaget Facts

Steve Ramsey YouTube

]]> Thu, 6 Aug 2020 10:00:26 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week your hosts tackle everything about Project Based Learning (PBL)! Chelsea recalls a favorite project of hers where she wrote a piece of music based on a reading of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, and Katie shares a few ways to use PBL in your classroom. Stick around for the fill in the blank. Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to 16:1 wherever you listen to podcasts!

Hey... maybe we should stop defunding education!

 

What is PBL?

Project Based Learning- Wikipedia

"What the Heck is Project Based Learning?"

John Dewey- Wikipedia

Jean Piaget Facts

Steve Ramsey YouTube

]]> Project Based Learning Moonbeam Multimedia 00:38:12 This week your hosts tackle everything about Project Based Learning (PBL)! This week your hosts tackle everything about Project Based Learning (PBL)! student, project based learning, classroom, learning, teacher, project, teaching, education, school, pbl false full 16 1 0ba55958-c7ba-46e2-a575-931727829f8d The Effects of Stress This week, Katie and Chelsea cover the effects of stress on both students and teachers. Katie talks about the ACEs Test created by the CDC in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, and Chelsea talks about the difference between teacher burnout and demoralization. Chelsea shares her knowledge of smoking meat, and Katie shares her fear of the Yellowstone Caldera.

Please wear a mask.

Kids Health - Effects of Stress

Center for Anxiety Disorders

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ACEs Study

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health - Stress

ACEs Too High

Association of California School Administrators - "Stress: What happens to a teacher's brain when it reaches burnout?"

National Education Association Today - "Teacher Burnout or Demoralization? What's the Difference and Why it Matters"

]]> Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:30:10 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, Katie and Chelsea cover the effects of stress on both students and teachers. Katie talks about the ACEs Test created by the CDC in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, and Chelsea talks about the difference between teacher burnout and demoralization. Chelsea shares her knowledge of smoking meat, and Katie shares her fear of the Yellowstone Caldera.

Please wear a mask.

Kids Health - Effects of Stress

Center for Anxiety Disorders

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ACEs Study

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health - Stress

ACEs Too High

Association of California School Administrators - "Stress: What happens to a teacher's brain when it reaches burnout?"

National Education Association Today - "Teacher Burnout or Demoralization? What's the Difference and Why it Matters"

]]> The Effects of Stress Moonbeam Multimedia 00:51:40 This week, Katie and Chelsea cover the effects of stress on both students and teachers. This week, Katie and Chelsea cover the effects of stress on both students and teachers. false full 15 1 d00c7921-6010-4054-9f61-07885e811ab0 Montessori Schools Chelsea and Kate spend this week exploring the history and application of Montessori education. Kate dives deep into Montessori history, and Chelsea discusses core tenets of the Montessori approach to classroom learning. There's a new fill in the blank segment, so be sure to submit your answers to hello@sixteentoone.com. Kate learns about Schoology, and Chelsea goes spelunking in Minecraft Dungeons.

Sources:

American Montessori Society

Famous Alums of Montessori

Waldorf Education

Exploring Pros and Cons of Montessori

"Montessori Comes to America" by Phyllis Povell

 

]]> Thu, 9 Jul 2020 10:00:08 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Chelsea and Kate spend this week exploring the history and application of Montessori education. Kate dives deep into Montessori history, and Chelsea discusses core tenets of the Montessori approach to classroom learning. There's a new fill in the blank segment, so be sure to submit your answers to hello@sixteentoone.com. Kate learns about Schoology, and Chelsea goes spelunking in Minecraft Dungeons.

Sources:

American Montessori Society

Famous Alums of Montessori

Waldorf Education

Exploring Pros and Cons of Montessori

"Montessori Comes to America" by Phyllis Povell

 

]]> Montessori Schools Moonbeam Multimedia 00:42:41 Chelsea and Kate spend this week exploring the history of Montessori education and schools. Chelsea and Kate spend this week exploring the history of Montessori education and schools. student, classroom, montessori, learning, schoology, teacher, teaching, education, minecraft, school, pedagogy false full 14 1 63c3463d-2199-46c0-8c5a-123835450101 The School Calendar When do students go to school, and why? This week, the hosts tackle the origins of the school calendar, its agrarian roots and the urban compromise, and the question of the ideal school calendar. How did we get the long summer break? Why do we measure school in days? Hours? Minutes? Seconds? Kate explores the celebration of Juneteenth, and Chelsea goes spelunking in the local public library (again).

State Education Reforms- list by state hour/day

ODE Minimum Hours

ODE School Schedules

Wikipedia School Holidays in the US

Wikipedia First Day of School

Wikipedia Gregorian Calendar

The Organization of School Time in Europe

Wikipedia Juneteenth

PBS "The Myth of Summer"

The Atlantic - "Fixing America's Broken School Calendar"

Wikipedia History of Education in the US

]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:00:24 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ When do students go to school, and why? This week, the hosts tackle the origins of the school calendar, its agrarian roots and the urban compromise, and the question of the ideal school calendar. How did we get the long summer break? Why do we measure school in days? Hours? Minutes? Seconds? Kate explores the celebration of Juneteenth, and Chelsea goes spelunking in the local public library (again).

State Education Reforms- list by state hour/day

ODE Minimum Hours

ODE School Schedules

Wikipedia School Holidays in the US

Wikipedia First Day of School

Wikipedia Gregorian Calendar

The Organization of School Time in Europe

Wikipedia Juneteenth

PBS "The Myth of Summer"

The Atlantic - "Fixing America's Broken School Calendar"

Wikipedia History of Education in the US

]]> The School Calendar Moonbeam Multimedia 00:51:25 When do students go to school, and why? This week, the hosts tackle the origins of the school calendar, its agrarian roots and the urban compromise, and the question of the ideal school calendar. When do students go to school, and why? This week, the hosts tackle the origins of the school calendar, its agrarian roots and the urban compromise, and the question of the ideal school calendar. student, calendar, planning, learning, farming, teacher, school calendar, teaching, education, library, school, juneteenth, urban planning, farms, urban false full 13 1 0cdd9160-ad84-46a2-b389-12be47afcad4 Ruby Bridges This week, the hosts explore the story of Ruby Bridges to contextualize and deepen understanding of issues of racism and segregation in America. A brief overview of Supreme Court cases leading up to Brown v. Board of Education reveals how our relatively recent past is impacting present day events. In studying the story of a 6-year-old girl who led a nation toward the desegregation of public schools, we can start to better understand how systemic forces of racism still attach themselves to our public and private institutions. Chelsea shares what she learned in a reading of White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, and Kate shares about ways you can help support anti-racism initiatives around the country.

Sources:

Black Lives Matter

Dred Scott Case Wikipedia

Civil Rights Act of 1875 from Encyclopedia Britannica

Civil Rights Cases Wikipedia

Plessy v. Ferguson Wikipedia

Brown v. Board from US Courts

Norman Rockwell Painting of Ruby Bridges Wikipedia

Robert Coles Wikipedia

Ruby Bridges Wikipedia

Women's History- Ruby Bridges

Barbara Henry Wikipedia

In Her Own Words- Barbara Henry

Redlining- Wikipedia

NPR Interview of Ruby Bridges

Podcast - “Culture Wars with Jonathon Van Maren- Interviews Ruby Bridges on Civil Rights History” October 26th 2015

Lessons from Ruby Bridges

Monetized YouTube Videos to Support BLM

 

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:00:09 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, the hosts explore the story of Ruby Bridges to contextualize and deepen understanding of issues of racism and segregation in America. A brief overview of Supreme Court cases leading up to Brown v. Board of Education reveals how our relatively recent past is impacting present day events. In studying the story of a 6-year-old girl who led a nation toward the desegregation of public schools, we can start to better understand how systemic forces of racism still attach themselves to our public and private institutions. Chelsea shares what she learned in a reading of White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, and Kate shares about ways you can help support anti-racism initiatives around the country.

Sources:

Black Lives Matter

Dred Scott Case Wikipedia

Civil Rights Act of 1875 from Encyclopedia Britannica

Civil Rights Cases Wikipedia

Plessy v. Ferguson Wikipedia

Brown v. Board from US Courts

Norman Rockwell Painting of Ruby Bridges Wikipedia

Robert Coles Wikipedia

Ruby Bridges Wikipedia

Women's History- Ruby Bridges

Barbara Henry Wikipedia

In Her Own Words- Barbara Henry

Redlining- Wikipedia

NPR Interview of Ruby Bridges

Podcast - “Culture Wars with Jonathon Van Maren- Interviews Ruby Bridges on Civil Rights History” October 26th 2015

Lessons from Ruby Bridges

Monetized YouTube Videos to Support BLM

 

]]> Ruby Bridges Moonbeam Multimedia 00:49:50 This week, the hosts explore the story of Ruby Bridges to contextualize and deepen understanding of issues of racism and segregation in America. This week, the hosts explore the story of Ruby Bridges to contextualize and deepen understanding of issues of racism and segregation in America. student, civil rights, desegregation, black lives matter, learning, teacher, teaching, separate but equal, equal protection, school, ruby bridges, brown v. board, racism, segregation, supreme court false full 12 1 37f71274-9e80-46e0-92dc-d8d055b42997 Maslow's Hierarchy This week, the hosts discuss one of education psychology's most commonly-taught theories: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. While the model for interpreting human needs has received plenty of criticism, it still serves as a useful tool for assessing often unseen factors that may contribute to a student's success, or her struggles. Kate learns some good news, and Chelsea has a warning about working with power tools.

Maslow's Hierarchy

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

History of Memorial Day

]]> Thu, 28 May 2020 12:00:06 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, the hosts discuss one of education psychology's most commonly-taught theories: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. While the model for interpreting human needs has received plenty of criticism, it still serves as a useful tool for assessing often unseen factors that may contribute to a student's success, or her struggles. Kate learns some good news, and Chelsea has a warning about working with power tools.

Maslow's Hierarchy

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

History of Memorial Day

]]> Maslow's Hierarchy Moonbeam Multimedia 00:43:11 This week, the hosts discuss one of education psychology's most commonly-taught theories: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. This week, the hosts discuss one of education psychology's most commonly-taught theories: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. maslow, student, students, learning, teacher, psychology, hierarchy, theory, teaching, education, school, college false full 11 1 ba8a0eb1-2159-4c19-bd01-f6fe53193e84 E-Sports and Education This week, the hosts talk about what they've done to pass the time during quarantine, and they focus on one of their favorite forms of entertainment: video games. E-Sports in particular are becoming a very popular form of entertainment and competition, and schools are not exempt from the trend. Kate and Chelsea cover gaming, streaming, competitive leagues, what e-sports look like as a career option, and more. Kate learns a fascinating fact about gorillas, and Chelsea is doing a bit of home improvement.

"The History and Evolution of E-Sports"

Wikipedia: E-Sports

"Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing"

High School Esports League

PLAYVS High School League

"The biggest prize money winners in esports history"

"Is This the Most Virus-Proof Job in the World?"

Collegiate Varsity Esports Programs

NAC E-Sports

Professional Overwatch League

Gorillas Hum/Sing when they eat!

]]> Thu, 14 May 2020 13:00:09 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, the hosts talk about what they've done to pass the time during quarantine, and they focus on one of their favorite forms of entertainment: video games. E-Sports in particular are becoming a very popular form of entertainment and competition, and schools are not exempt from the trend. Kate and Chelsea cover gaming, streaming, competitive leagues, what e-sports look like as a career option, and more. Kate learns a fascinating fact about gorillas, and Chelsea is doing a bit of home improvement.

"The History and Evolution of E-Sports"

Wikipedia: E-Sports

"Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing"

High School Esports League

PLAYVS High School League

"The biggest prize money winners in esports history"

"Is This the Most Virus-Proof Job in the World?"

Collegiate Varsity Esports Programs

NAC E-Sports

Professional Overwatch League

Gorillas Hum/Sing when they eat!

]]> E-Sports and Education Moonbeam Multimedia 00:45:32 This week, the hosts talk about what they've done to pass the time during quarantine, and they focus on one of their favorite forms of entertainment: e-sports. This week, the hosts talk about what they've done to pass the time during quarantine, and they focus on one of their favorite forms of entertainment: e-sports. gaming, computer, learning, games, e-sports, teaching, competition, education, esports, school, sports false full 10 1 4a57afc5-384f-4d1e-b2e0-17fce62e85aa Teaching & Learning During a National Emergency On today's episode, Kate and Chelsea check in with the state of teaching and learning under the stresses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The hosts analyze the challenges that public schools and colleges are facing because of quarantines, and they discuss resources and innovations that are making remote learning a bit easier. Chelsea learned a fascinating tidbit about a recently released French film, and Kate shares her appreciation for a local book shop.

Sources:

Today Show- "When will schools open?"

The Journal- "Updated List of Statewide School Closures with Closure Dates"

We Are Teachers- Resource List

The Columbus Dispatch- "Coronavirus school closures: Will learning become even harder for Ohio’s disadvantaged kids?"

Vox- "The devastating detail hiding in the French grammar of Portrait of a Lady on Fire"

G Suite for Education

Zoom

Schoology

Membean

Teachers Pay Teachers

Remind

Flipgrid

Audible- "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Book 1"

Rotten Tomatoes- "Portrait of a Lady on Fire"

The Book Loft of German Village, Columbus, Ohio

 

]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:00:08 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ On today's episode, Kate and Chelsea check in with the state of teaching and learning under the stresses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The hosts analyze the challenges that public schools and colleges are facing because of quarantines, and they discuss resources and innovations that are making remote learning a bit easier. Chelsea learned a fascinating tidbit about a recently released French film, and Kate shares her appreciation for a local book shop.

Sources:

Today Show- "When will schools open?"

The Journal- "Updated List of Statewide School Closures with Closure Dates"

We Are Teachers- Resource List

The Columbus Dispatch- "Coronavirus school closures: Will learning become even harder for Ohio’s disadvantaged kids?"

Vox- "The devastating detail hiding in the French grammar of Portrait of a Lady on Fire"

G Suite for Education

Zoom

Schoology

Membean

Teachers Pay Teachers

Remind

Flipgrid

Audible- "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Book 1"

Rotten Tomatoes- "Portrait of a Lady on Fire"

The Book Loft of German Village, Columbus, Ohio

 

]]> Teaching & Learning During a National Emergency Moonbeam Multimedia 00:50:41 Kate and Chelsea check in with the state of teaching and learning under the stresses associated with a national emergency. Kate and Chelsea check in with the state of teaching and learning under the stresses associated with a national emergency. university, student, students, distance learning, classroom, zoom, teachers, learn, learning, teacher, remote, lesson, teaching, covid-19, school, quarantine, college, coronavirus false full 9 1 aa1ce3d8-8fe5-4716-9a48-c190f6f3df32 Teaching Shakespeare All things William Shakespeare this week! William Shakespeare is the only prescribed author listed in the Common Core, so where does he belong in the public school curriculum, and how do teachers make him appropriate for teenagers? Kate and Chelsea share and quote a few of their favorite Shakespeare plays, and they talk about how to teach Shakespearean language to all sorts of learners. Katie shares her love of a pop-up book, and Chelsea tells us all about a Press Secretary who never addressed the press.

Globe Theater Pop-Up Book

Agecroft Hall Richmond, VA

No Fear Shakespeare

Crash Course YouTube Channel

Folger Shakespeare Library

Shakespeare Retold

Royal Shakespeare Company Complete Works

]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:00:09 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ All things William Shakespeare this week! William Shakespeare is the only prescribed author listed in the Common Core, so where does he belong in the public school curriculum, and how do teachers make him appropriate for teenagers? Kate and Chelsea share and quote a few of their favorite Shakespeare plays, and they talk about how to teach Shakespearean language to all sorts of learners. Katie shares her love of a pop-up book, and Chelsea tells us all about a Press Secretary who never addressed the press.

Globe Theater Pop-Up Book

Agecroft Hall Richmond, VA

No Fear Shakespeare

Crash Course YouTube Channel

Folger Shakespeare Library

Shakespeare Retold

Royal Shakespeare Company Complete Works

]]> Teaching Shakespeare Moonbeam Multimedia 00:54:03 All things William Shakespeare this week! William Shakespeare is the only prescribed author listed in the Common Core, so where does he belong in the public school curriculum, and how do teachers make him appropriate for teenagers? Kate and Chelsea share and quote a few of their favorite Shakespeare plays, and they talk about how to teach Shakespearean language to all sorts of learners. Katie shares her love of a pop-up book, and Chelsea tells us all about a Press Secretary who never addressed the press. All things William Shakespeare this week! William Shakespeare is the only prescribed author listed in the Common Core, so where does he belong in the public school curriculum, and how do teachers make him appropriate for teenagers? Kate and Chelsea share and quote a few of their favorite Shakespeare plays, and they talk about how to teach Shakespearean language to all sorts of learners. Katie shares her love of a pop-up book, and Chelsea tells us all about a Press Secretary who never addressed the press. class, theatre, student, students, theater, teachers, shakespeare, perform, learning, teacher, the globe, teaching, william, school, english, play, podcast false full 8 1 d1c51463-5cb6-43f2-af9a-46f75360aba6 Fitness & Nutrition in Schools Gym class, fitness, health, and nutrition are the list of subjects covered in this week's episode. Learn about the origins of physical education in schools, legislation and funding initiatives aimed at keeping students healthy, and changes to school nutrition standards that caused a bit of a stir. The hosts also discuss the NFL's Play 60 program and the importance of accepting physical education as part of a well-rounded schooling. This week, the hosts learned about flossing and cherry blossoms.

Episode note: This week's episode was recorded before the outbreak of the coronavirus that has shut down much of the hospitality industry around the U.S., so please be aware that we aren't currently recommending travel to D.C. to view the cherry blossoms.

Sources:

Combating Obesity in K-12 Learners, Claudia Guedes

Approaches to Physical Education in Schools

Wikipedia: Physical Education

Let's Move Initiative

Plato's Republic

Wikipedia: The Turner Movement

CDC Obesity Facts

USDA Press Release on School Meals

NFL Play 60 Program

SHAPE America

Education Post Article on Physical Education

]]> Thu, 2 Apr 2020 09:30:15 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Gym class, fitness, health, and nutrition are the list of subjects covered in this week's episode. Learn about the origins of physical education in schools, legislation and funding initiatives aimed at keeping students healthy, and changes to school nutrition standards that caused a bit of a stir. The hosts also discuss the NFL's Play 60 program and the importance of accepting physical education as part of a well-rounded schooling. This week, the hosts learned about flossing and cherry blossoms.

Episode note: This week's episode was recorded before the outbreak of the coronavirus that has shut down much of the hospitality industry around the U.S., so please be aware that we aren't currently recommending travel to D.C. to view the cherry blossoms.

Sources:

Combating Obesity in K-12 Learners, Claudia Guedes

Approaches to Physical Education in Schools

Wikipedia: Physical Education

Let's Move Initiative

Plato's Republic

Wikipedia: The Turner Movement

CDC Obesity Facts

USDA Press Release on School Meals

NFL Play 60 Program

SHAPE America

Education Post Article on Physical Education

]]> Fitness & Nutrition in Schools Moonbeam Multimedia 00:45:38 Gym class, fitness, health, and nutrition are the list of subjects covered in this week's episode. Learn about legislation and funding initiatives aimed at keeping students healthy and recent changes to school nutrition standards. Gym class, fitness, health, and nutrition are the list of subjects covered in this week's episode. Learn about legislation and funding initiatives aimed at keeping students healthy and recent changes to school nutrition standards. obama, fitness, learning, physical, lunch, nutrition, teaching, education, school, gym, play60, health false full 7 1 b9a3ce1c-0135-4712-babe-9257fa200ec6 The School to Prison Pipeline This week, the hosts tackle a difficult topic: the school to prison pipeline. In the U.S., the school-to-prison pipeline (SPP) is the name given to the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies. Chelsea and Kate discuss how the SPP is fueled by certain policies, practices, and conditions, the populations most impacted by the SPP, and whether or not zero tolerance policies and other measures that send school-aged children to prison actually have an impact on violence reduction in schools.

In the "What We Learned This Week" segment, Chelsea discusses making videos with AfterEffects, and Kate dives deep into the world of Reddit. Both hosts discuss their infatuation with trashy television.

Sources:

Rehabilitation Enables Dreams: The School to Prison Pipeline

The Century Foundation: School Discipline without Racial Equity Is Discrimination

Wikipedia: The School to Prison Pipeline

Wikipedia: School Disturbance Laws

ACLU: School to Prison Pipeline

ACLU Report: Cops and No Counselors

American Psychological Association Zero Tolerance Task Force Report

Justice Police Institute: The School to Prison Pipeline Explained

U.S. Dept. of Education "Dear Colleague" Letter

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:00:15 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, the hosts tackle a difficult topic: the school to prison pipeline. In the U.S., the school-to-prison pipeline (SPP) is the name given to the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies. Chelsea and Kate discuss how the SPP is fueled by certain policies, practices, and conditions, the populations most impacted by the SPP, and whether or not zero tolerance policies and other measures that send school-aged children to prison actually have an impact on violence reduction in schools.

In the "What We Learned This Week" segment, Chelsea discusses making videos with AfterEffects, and Kate dives deep into the world of Reddit. Both hosts discuss their infatuation with trashy television.

Sources:

Rehabilitation Enables Dreams: The School to Prison Pipeline

The Century Foundation: School Discipline without Racial Equity Is Discrimination

Wikipedia: The School to Prison Pipeline

Wikipedia: School Disturbance Laws

ACLU: School to Prison Pipeline

ACLU Report: Cops and No Counselors

American Psychological Association Zero Tolerance Task Force Report

Justice Police Institute: The School to Prison Pipeline Explained

U.S. Dept. of Education "Dear Colleague" Letter

]]> The School to Prison Pipeline Moonbeam Multimedia 00:54:08 This week, the hosts tackle a difficult topic: the school to prison pipeline. In the U.S., the school-to-prison pipeline (SPP) is the name given to the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies. This week, the hosts tackle a difficult topic: the school to prison pipeline. In the U.S., the school-to-prison pipeline (SPP) is the name given to the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies. prison, police, education, violence, zero tolerance, school, arrest, school disturbance laws false full 6 1 1f16b82c-d0a1-4a14-922e-5b9d3180bd80 Cell Phones in Schools Cell phones are everywhere, but should they be in classrooms? This week the hosts approach the question of the appropriate use of cell phones and educational mobile technology in schools. Is it better to ban phones from schools altogether, or should we teach students about the appropriate use of phones in a variety of environments? Katie discusses some of her favorite educational apps and websites. Chelsea learned about RetroPie, and Katie discusses the Oscar-winning movie Parasite.

Sources:

Wikipedia: History of Mobile Phones

Forecasts for 1907 Cartoon

NPR Story on Childhood Cell Phone Use

Education Week Story on Banning Smart Phones in Schools

NPR Story on Laptop and Phone Bans

NEA Story on Mobile Phone Use

Oxford Learning: Should Cell Phones Be Allowed in Classrooms?

Parasite (Rotten Tomatoes)

Kahoot

Remind.com

Google Classroom

Discord

Quizlet

FreeCodeCamp

RetroPie

Raspberry Pi Retro Arcade Gaming Kit

]]> Thu, 5 Mar 2020 10:20:11 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Cell phones are everywhere, but should they be in classrooms? This week the hosts approach the question of the appropriate use of cell phones and educational mobile technology in schools. Is it better to ban phones from schools altogether, or should we teach students about the appropriate use of phones in a variety of environments? Katie discusses some of her favorite educational apps and websites. Chelsea learned about RetroPie, and Katie discusses the Oscar-winning movie Parasite.

Sources:

Wikipedia: History of Mobile Phones

Forecasts for 1907 Cartoon

NPR Story on Childhood Cell Phone Use

Education Week Story on Banning Smart Phones in Schools

NPR Story on Laptop and Phone Bans

NEA Story on Mobile Phone Use

Oxford Learning: Should Cell Phones Be Allowed in Classrooms?

Parasite (Rotten Tomatoes)

Kahoot

Remind.com

Google Classroom

Discord

Quizlet

FreeCodeCamp

RetroPie

Raspberry Pi Retro Arcade Gaming Kit

]]> Cell Phones in Schools Moonbeam Multimedia 00:45:29 Cell phones are everywhere, but should they be in classrooms? This week the hosts approach the question of the appropriate use of cell phones and educational mobile technology in schools. Cell phones are everywhere, but should they be in classrooms? This week the hosts approach the question of the appropriate use of cell phones and educational mobile technology in schools. learning, education, cell, school, app, mobile, phone false full 5 1 5d82f7ac-deac-4e43-94ef-b52563bd23fd Music Education This week, the hosts tackle music education. They explore the history of music instruction in American public schools, and they survey the research on the cognitive and developmental impacts of learning to play instruments. Kate spells the name of an odd instrument, and Chelsea learns about the tensile strength of Tungsten.

Sources:

www.nafme.org

www.giveanote.org

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/13/nyregion/nyc-music-high-school.html?module=inline

http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Ohio-s-Graduation-Requirements/Complete-Courses-Classes-of-2020-and-beyond

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/002242940605400403

https://www.educationnext.org/breaking-down-school-budgets-2/

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/TotalGroup-2012.pdf

https://online.campbellsville.edu/education/history-of-music-education/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins

]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:30:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Kate Day, Chelsea Adams) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, the hosts tackle music education. They explore the history of music instruction in American public schools, and they survey the research on the cognitive and developmental impacts of learning to play instruments. Kate spells the name of an odd instrument, and Chelsea learns about the tensile strength of Tungsten.

Sources:

www.nafme.org

www.giveanote.org

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/13/nyregion/nyc-music-high-school.html?module=inline

http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Ohio-s-Graduation-Requirements/Complete-Courses-Classes-of-2020-and-beyond

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/002242940605400403

https://www.educationnext.org/breaking-down-school-budgets-2/

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/TotalGroup-2012.pdf

https://online.campbellsville.edu/education/history-of-music-education/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins

]]> Music Education Kate Day, Chelsea Adams 00:49:12 This week, the hosts tackle music education. They explore the history of music instruction in American public schools, and they survey the research on the cognitive and developmental impacts of learning to play instruments. Kate spells the name of an odd instrument, and Chelsea learns about the tensile strength of Tungsten. This week, the hosts tackle music education. They explore the history of music instruction in American public schools, and they survey the research on the cognitive and developmental impacts of learning to play instruments. Kate spells the name of an odd instrument, and Chelsea learns about the tensile strength of Tungsten. music, instruments, band, choir, education, college, orchestra, elementary school, middle school, musical, high school false full 4 1 https://www.sixteentoone.com/?p=315 Common Core This week, the hosts tackle Common Core– what it is, how it came into being, and the impact it has had on public education in America. Chelsea wants to play Untitled Goose Game, and Kate wonders what you call a cow with no legs.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core_State_Standards_Initiative

https://chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/04/29/common-core-work-research/

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/05/27/307755798/the-common-core-faq

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/tests-standards/common-core-state-standards-what-you-need-to-know

]]> Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:00:14 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Chelsea Adams & Kate Day) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ This week, the hosts tackle Common Core– what it is, how it came into being, and the impact it has had on public education in America. Chelsea wants to play Untitled Goose Game, and Kate wonders what you call a cow with no legs.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core_State_Standards_Initiative

https://chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/04/29/common-core-work-research/

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/05/27/307755798/the-common-core-faq

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/tests-standards/common-core-state-standards-what-you-need-to-know

]]> Common Core Chelsea Adams & Kate Day 00:52:18 This week, the hosts tackle Common Core-- what it is, how it came into being, and the impact it has had on public education in America. Chelsea wants to play Untitled Goose Game, and Kate wonders what you call a cow with no legs. This week, the hosts tackle Common Core-- what it is, how it came into being, and the impact it has had on public education in America. Chelsea wants to play Untitled Goose Game, and Kate wonders what you call a cow with no legs. false full 3 1 https://www.sixteentoone.com/?p=298 Dress Code Kate and Chelsea get wrapped up in clothes, codes, and sneakerheads in an episode all about school dress codes and uniforms. Kate dives to the Titanic and Chelsea wants to investigate the Department of Peace.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethel_School_District_v._Fraser

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazelwood_School_District_v._Kuhlmeier

https://school-uniforms.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=006507

Bill Clinton's 1996 State of the Union Address

https://www.educationnext.org/breaking-down-school-budgets-2/

Recorded Aug. 2019

]]> Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:42:57 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Chelsea Adams & Kate Day) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Kate and Chelsea get wrapped up in clothes, codes, and sneakerheads in an episode all about school dress codes and uniforms. Kate dives to the Titanic and Chelsea wants to investigate the Department of Peace.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethel_School_District_v._Fraser

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazelwood_School_District_v._Kuhlmeier

https://school-uniforms.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=006507

Bill Clinton's 1996 State of the Union Address

https://www.educationnext.org/breaking-down-school-budgets-2/

Recorded Aug. 2019

]]> Dress Code Chelsea Adams & Kate Day 00:48:45 Kate and Chelsea get wrapped up in clothes, codes, and sneakerheads in an episode all about school dress codes and uniforms. Kate dives to the Titanic and Chelsea wants to investigate the Department of Peace. Kate and Chelsea get wrapped up in clothes, codes, and sneakerheads in an episode all about school dress codes and uniforms. Kate dives to the Titanic and Chelsea wants to investigate the Department of Peace. false full 2 1 http://www.sixteentoone.com/?p=245 The Oregon Trail In the inaugural episode of 16:1, Kate and Chelsea explore one of the most popular educational computer games of our generation and the real, historical events that led to its creation. Katie tells you about her favorite website in third grade, and Chelsea reveals the shocking truth of brownouts.

Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130731090300/http://mentalfloss.com/article/51930/legend-oregon-trail

https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/31/4575810/the-oregon-trail-was-made-in-just-two-weeks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail

Recorded Aug. 2019

]]> Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:23:14 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Chelsea Adams & Kate Day) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ In the inaugural episode of 16:1, Kate and Chelsea explore one of the most popular educational computer games of our generation and the real, historical events that led to its creation. Katie tells you about her favorite website in third grade, and Chelsea reveals the shocking truth of brownouts.

Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130731090300/http://mentalfloss.com/article/51930/legend-oregon-trail

https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/31/4575810/the-oregon-trail-was-made-in-just-two-weeks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail

Recorded Aug. 2019

]]> The Oregon Trail Chelsea Adams & Kate Day 00:33:58 In the inaugural episode of 16:1, Kate and Chelsea explore one of the most popular educational computer games of our generation and the real, historical events that led to its creation. Katie tells you about her favorite website in third grade, and Chelsea reveals the shocking truth of brownouts. In the inaugural episode of 16:1, Kate and Chelsea explore one of the most popular educational computer games of our generation and the real, historical events that led to its creation. Katie tells you about her favorite website in third grade, and Chelsea reveals the shocking truth of brownouts. false full 1 1 880bc640-1f86-458d-961f-e0502f7446c5 Intro - Welcome to 16:1 Kate & Chelsea introduce 16:1, a show about education, teaching, and learning.

]]> Wed, 1 Jan 2020 11:00:00 +0000 hello@sixteentoone.com (Moonbeam Multimedia) https://www.sixteentoone.com/ Kate & Chelsea introduce 16:1, a show about education, teaching, and learning.

]]> Intro - Welcome to 16:1 Moonbeam Multimedia 00:01:00 Kate & Chelsea introduce 16:1, a show about education, teaching, and learning. Kate & Chelsea introduce 16:1, a show about education, teaching, and learning. false full 0 1