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Welcome back to Breaking the Fourth Wall of Public Education. On this episode, Kevin and David discuss the terrible idea of paying teachers for standardized test results that Houston, TX has decided to give a whirl. The issues within this idea are unpacked throughout this episode as Kevin and David attempt to make sense of this, somehow. Enjoy the show!!

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Welcome back to Breaking the Fourth Wall of Public Education. On this mid-week episode, we discuss The Ideal School with Eric Franzen. He is the director of the school and he requested a spot on the show to discuss his vision for education of the future. Listen as David and Kevin discuss these new and interesting ideas for education.

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Welcome back to another entertaining and insightful episode of Breaking the Fourth Wall of Public Education. On this episode, David and Kevin interview former teacher Danielle Marshall about why she decided to leave education. Her story will resonate with anyone who ever worked in public education. Danielle worked overseas, has won awards, and was a highly respected public school teacher for many years. Her story of gaslighting and intimidation tactics at the hands of school administration shed light on why there is such a temendous Teacher Retention Issue in the United States today. Listen in as Danielle, Kevin, and David take another gloves off approach to the issues facing public education on this epsiode of Breaking the Fourth Wall of Public Education.

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Welcome back to another entertaining and insightful episode of Breaking the Fourth Wall of Public Education. On this episode, David and Kevin interview former teacher Yehee Son about why she decided to leave education. Her story of teaching will be familiar to educators everywhere. However, the story Yehee shares about finally attaining her dream job as a teacher, only to find it utterly disapppinting, is certainly more unique and rife with challenges most people never face to get where they want to be. This is certainly one episode you do not want to miss!

Yehee Son is the host of the brand new and exciting podcat Hello, My Darlings... Her show brings to light the accomplishments of disabled people from all walks of life. In addition, she shares stories of hope and inspiration geared toward... well, everyone.

Join Yehee for her first episode of Hello, My Darlings... on Sunday August 21, 2023. You can find her show on your favorite podcast channel.

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Welcome back listeners! Thank you for tuning in and sharing your time with us. On this episode, Kevin and David discuss some of the lasting effects of COVID on public education. Coming back into the classroom after almost two years of distance learning has had lasting effects on how public schools operate as well as policies that have altered the landscape of public education. If you are interested in the opinion of teachers who taught during the COVID crisis, this is the episode for you.

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Welcome back listeners! Kevin and David are back with another controversial topic that teachers and educators deal with every day, cellphones. The collective grown of teachers everywhere can be heard loud and clear at Breaking the Fourth Wall of Public Education. On this episode, David and Kevin swap some great stories relating to their experiences with cellphones in the classroom as well as provide some insights into public school policies regarding cellphones that erode the authority of educators, demoralize teachers, and promote a culture of noncompliance in classrooms and schools across the nation. Join us as we tackle this controversial topic with honesty and true stories.

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Welcome back to another episode of Breaking the Fourth Wall of Public Education. On this episode, we discuss the many aspects and experiences of teachers transitioning out of the classroom into new careers. Since 2020, over 600K teachers have left the classroom to pursue other options. This has caused a teacher shortage, which is a teacher retention and recruitment issue brought upon by decades of de-professionalization and malignment of teachers by the media, administrators, and the public at large. Teachers will continue to leave the profession in droves and recruitment of new professionals will continue to decline until these and a plethora of other issues are dealt with by the real culprits of educational demise. These culprits are the politicians that make the rules and the many spinless administrators that do their bidding. The politics of Education will be its own demise. Listen as the truth about public education is peeled back and exposed for all to see.