Classroom Brew

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Inequitable Teacher Responsibilities Oct 23, 2025

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429: Ryan's past couple of weeks were marked with his school district further relying on Google and AWS, adding barriers to log in, providing inequitable teacher assignments, and more!

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Pretentious Emails Galore Oct 16, 2025

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428: Ryan recaps a tough week, given current events in Chicago, a weird email from a substitute teacher, an audacious email from a 4th grade parent, standardized testing qualms, and more!

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Technologically Allergic Oct 09, 2025

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427: Ryan gets into everything from being taken off guard/startled by an excited student, to a 22-year old man pretending to be a high schooler, to logistical concerns with standardized testing, potential school closures, Jeopardy interruptions, and more!

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Even More of a Quite of a Time Oct 02, 2025

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426: Ryan's trip to Salem included teacher shoutouts, while his return to work had mixed experiences with two different substitutes... All this and more, as Ryan struggles to find time to prep and grade during consistent national crises!

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Free the Knee! Sep 25, 2025

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425: Ryan covers some new year changes in his second year at the new school; some good, some bad...

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School Toilet Paper Crisis Sep 18, 2025

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424: Tracking teacher copies can be a slippery slope... This week, Ryan gets into covering current events that are turbulent in classes, district employees being put on leave or laid off for comments, silly required videos to show your advisory class, and the aforementioned slippery slope as it relates to paper in schools...

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Advisory Switcheroo Sep 11, 2025

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423: Ryan's recap on the old switcheroo, finding a good workflow, addressing good questions about questionable government action as a government/politics teacher, the weird chicken-or-egg scenario with permission slips, and more!

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Allergic to Teaching Sep 04, 2025

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422: The first few weeks of school are nearly done, juuuust as the first health ailment hits Ryan: Allergies... Also discussed: the National Guard potentially policing the city of Chicago, teaching when you sound sick, and more!

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The Snaky Bathroom Wall Thing Aug 28, 2025

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421: Ryan covers "news" on exterior bathroom doors in Oak Park River Forest High School, buying weird combinations of supplies for a lesson, more unfortunate news—this time from Minnesota—and much more!

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No Toilet Paper?! Aug 21, 2025

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420: The first day of classes have been happening for centuries... why are so many schools so unprepared for this? Ryan tackles this question from personal experience, Oklahoma’s right-wing initiative, and more on this week's episode.

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