Classroom Brew

Latest Episodes:

Parking Lot Parents Jun 05, 2025

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409: The end of the year is near! Graduation, comparing last year around this time to this year, some students of concern, parents of concern, and more!

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Really Coulda Been an Email May 29, 2025

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408: The year is winding down and Ryan's feeling the fatigue and frustration... But why is everybody testing it?

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What Are We Doing? May 22, 2025

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407: As the year winds down, Ryan gets into the frustrations of Senioritis and entitlement, ChalkBeat's article on Chicago Public Schools' rising truancy but somehow rising graduation rate, IEP and 504 meeting etiquette/head-scratchers, and more!

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Losing a Student to the Void (Hallway) May 15, 2025

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406: Ryan's displaced classes due to AP testing, the uncomfortable time between the end of AP exams and the end of the year, a new idea for a hall pass, and more!

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Don't You See How That's Worse? May 08, 2025

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405: Ryan's [supposed to be] in cruise control, now that the AP exam is over... While students felt great about the exam, unfortunately, the first day after the AP exam wasn't smooth sailing... Cheers to this episode.

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47 Me Versus Gorilla May 01, 2025

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404: Ryan's school year winds down, just as he overcommits to things during crunch time before AP Exams... Also discussed: how to become the most confident teacher (human) possible, things overheard from students, our upcoming series for the podcast, and more!

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Entitled Rudeness Apr 24, 2025

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403: Ryan lets off a bit of steam, addressing a truly frustrating occurrence from this school year; we also get into the plan for the upcoming podcast/video series that was alluded to last week, as well as an update on that initiative!

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Time for a Change Apr 17, 2025

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402: Ryan gets into the testing debacle at the hands of ACT, resurrecting an old unit from before the pandemic, the need to change things up a bit, and more!

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We Wrote Three Children's Books! Apr 10, 2025

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401: Before getting to Ryan's children's book synopses, there's the topic of a substitute teacher taking a stand, the need to shorten (eliminate) meeting opening moves, and more!

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Artificial Intelligence Leading the Unintelligent Apr 03, 2025

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400: Ryan recaps weird elementary school memories, parent conferences (as a teacher in 2025) from this semester, the pervasiveness of AI, and more!

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