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The panic before school episode
Poem: Interrogative by Sister M. Therese
Statement of the Whole: As soon as summer starts, the clock starts clicking loudly. What do good teachers do with their summers? How do you start a new school year off better than ever before? Jason and Steve dig into what makes the first month of school so special and important on this “Back to School Special” episode of the Backporch Education podcast.
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Poem: Choruses from the Rock VI, by T.S. Eliot
Statement of the Whole: Steve and Jason look at the last 250 years of education in America in a brief survey format. Gleaning a few lessons only whets the appetite to dig in deeper. Join them for this quick flight through the fancies of American education and where all the past might be taking us in the future.
Notes:
Coming soon: Steve’s full presentation of A History of Education in America. A series of monologues in which Steve outlines the history of education in America and traces the roots of where we are today. This will be available behind our paywall soon, once we open up our shop, The Sideporch.
Black·board /ˈblakbôrd/ noun. a large board with a smooth, typically dark, surface attached to a wall or supported on an easel and used for writing on with chalk, especially by teachers in schools.
Books mentioned:
Marrou, Henri Irenee. A History of Education in Antiquity. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1982.
Ravitch, Diane. Left Back: A Century of Battles over School Reform. Touchstone, 2001.