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Episodes of OnEducation Now! are special editions of our weekly podcast: OnEducation. OnEducation Now! gives you easy to listen to information on what's going on right now in Education. We'll tell you everything you need to know about an important issue happening NOW. It's April 19th 2019, and Mike Washburn speaks to Ontario's Opposition Critic for Education Marit Stiles.
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In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss the purchase of Flocabulary by Nearpod and the amazing first images of a black hole taken this week. We have two amazing guests this week Claudio Zavala Jr. and Amy Cooper
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Guest: Claudio Zavala Jr.
Guest: Dr. Amy Cooper
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In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss what is going with education in Ontario, the student walkouts, and teacher protests that have happened over the last week. They will debate if there is a better way for companies to spend their marketing budget than giving away swag. Our guest this week is Dr. Chris Haskell from Boise State University.
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Guest: Chris Haskell
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In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss the Apple Special Event held last week and the looming teacher walkouts in Oregon, North Carolina & Kentucky. We’ll talk about why instructional coaches work well in some districts while failing miserably in others. Our guest this week is friend of the podcast, expert in many educational areas, and all around amazing guy Noah Geisel.
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Guest: Noah Geisel
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In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss playing video games instead of taking the SAT, a university that has offered free tuition to lower-income students, should we include students in teacher professional development and our amazing guest this week is educator and instructional coach Nate Green. On our 50th episode we review the last year of shows and talk about some of our favorite moments.
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Guest: Nate Green
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In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss the college admissions scandal, the education programs Trump wants to cut, why we should emphasize student growth over grades and we have two amazing guests: Brian Aspinall and Andrew Arevalo.
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Guest: Brian Aspinall
Guest: Andrew Arevelo
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In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss what high stakes tests are required by each state, how to go from building cities in games to building cities in real life and our guest this week is educator and author of the amazing book “The New Childhood” Jordan Shapiro.
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Guest: Jordan Shapiro
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In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss schools that are helping their teachers pay down their student loans, why charter school graduation rates are so low, should we be giving zeros to students and our guest this week is an amazing educational technologist and author Lisa Johnson.
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Guest: Lisa Johnson
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In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss teacher-centric approaches to professional development, why teachers keep on striking, how to attract new teachers and our guest this week is the amazing Carl Hooker from Eanes ISD in Austin, Texas
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Guest: Carl Hooker
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In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss the one year anniversary of the Parkland School Shooting, how extra arts education is boosting writing scores, the results of the Denver Strikes and our guests this week are NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellows Sarah Merchlewitz Kuehner and Noah Zeichner.
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Guest: Sarah Merchlewitz Kuehner
Guest: Noah Zeichner
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