We start this week with a call to action as the American Gestapo are attempting to deport a student for protesting against genocide. Our headlines section this week includes the Oscars, Long Island power plant workers, a first contract for battery plant workers, and Sesame Street.  The fight for a contract with VW is heating up, and workers at a parts distribution warehouse in New Jersey are joining the fight. We've got a Canadian double header this week, as thousands of education workers strike in Alberta while picketers in Waterloo face violence on the picket line. Workers at REI are taking the fight for a union to the company's board elections. Finally, we do our best to cover the whirlwind of attacks on government workers from the Trump-Musk Administration.

Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX 

Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

More info on the show at http://workstoppagepod.com/

Ep 249 - Free Mahmoud Khalil

In episode 212, Dan and Michael chat with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) about her fiction and nonfiction books for young people.

Episode 212: Cherokee Storytelling with Traci Sorell

Walmart / FUCK MY TEACHERS

If you find FreshEd a valuable educational resource, please consider becoming a member. You can sign up at our website, Freshedpodcast.com. 

Also, if you’re going to be at the comparative and international education society’s annual conference this week, stop by the FreshEd booth. Me and a few other FreshEd team members will be there!
--
Today we explore the status of the teaching profession across the world. With me are Xavier Dumay, Tore Bernt Sorensen and Lynn Paine, the co-editors of the 2025 World Yearbook of Education. The volume explores teacher polices, teacher employment relations, and teacher education.

Xavier Dumay is a Professor of Education at UCLouvain in Belgium; Tore Bernt Sorensen is a Lecturer of Education at the School of Education, University of Glasgow in the UK; and Lynn Paine is an Emerita Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, in the USA. They co-edited the 2025 World year Book of Education entitled “The Teaching Profession in a Globalizing World: Governance, Career, Learning.”

freshedpodcast.com/dumay-sorensen-paine/
--
Get in touch!
Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast
Facebook: FreshEd
Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

FreshEd #385 – The Teaching Profession in a Globalizing World (Xavier Dumay, Tore Bernt Sorensen, Lynn Paine)

Longtime REFI educator Susie Shomo on formation of Rockingham  Education Foundation, what they need and what they provide teachers for their classrooms

REFI helps teachers be better prepared to help our school kids in Rockingham County

We've got another supersized episode this week! We start with headlines from Japan, Chile, Chicago, Chattanooga, Missouri, Rhode Island, and San Jose. For our first store we discuss the fight by Indian tech workers to have a right to time outside of work.  Next, a recent report from IGN reveals how video game companies are working to cut actors out of the business with AI. The war on student workers escalated again this week as Columbia works with the Trump Administration to attack anti-genocide speech. Finally, we close with a roundup on the attacks on federal workers, attempts to shut the Department of Education and gut the Department of Labor, and the growing fight back against the gutting of the government.

Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX 

Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

More info on the show at http://workstoppagepod.com/

Ep 250 - Halfway to Halfway to 1000!

Sarah George talks with Andrew Leigh about his latest book, How Economics Explains the World. The book is available in hardcover and ebook. You can learn more about the book here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/how-economics-explains-the-world-andrew-leigh?variant=42112692453410 

Andrew Leigh

Dr Sophie King-Hill is an Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham. She specialises in sexual behaviours and assessment in children and young people, sexual health, sibling sexual abuse, misogyny, relationships & sex education and the importance of youth voice.

The focus of this episode is the Netflix series “Adolescence” and the response we’ve seen on social media and the news since its release.

I talk to Sophie about:

- What the program gets right 

- Problems with the program and the response we’ve seen on the internet and in the news

- Her thoughts on the proposal to show the program in schools and her reaction to anti-misogyny classes for boys

- What would be effective in tackling these issues

- The work her and her colleagues are doing to help move things in the right direction

- & much more

Connect with Sophie:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/social-policy/king-hill-sophie
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sophie-king-hill-2659b651/

Listeners also loved these episodes:

#130 | Solo Episode | Life goals, clarity, cringe & more - https://theinsightpodcast.com/s130

#125 | The Truth About Exercise & Mental Health | Dr Brendon Stubbs - https://theinsightpodcast.com/s125

#111 | Dating in 2024, how to find real connection, honest self-reflection & more | Eimear Draper - https://theinsightpodcast.com/s111

Connect with me:
https://theinsightpodcast.com
https://www.instagram.com/samuelcwhart
https://www.facebook.com/samuelcwhart
https://bsky.app/profile/theinsightpodcast.com

#149 | The Truth About "Adolescence" | Dr Sophie King-Hill

In this episode, Brenna Woods explores how school leaders can directly address teacher burnout to improve retention. They discuss systemic strategies that support educator wellness, from better scheduling to emotional support systems. The key takeaway: retaining teachers begins with prioritizing their well-being at every level.

Brenna Woods | Why Solving Teacher Burnout Starts With Leadership

CTU's Powerful Blueprint Resists Trump Ed Cuts

This high tempo hit from Learning Thru Music will get your Science students up on their feet and singing about the different properties of air! Visit the Learning Thru Music Teachers Pay Teachers store for activities and assessments to further engage the students! Enjoy the instrumental version of the song and a genres of music activity package as a bonus!


Science Notes

Properties of Air

This story starts with a bag of shoes that helped a school community heal after the tragic deaths of two students. That story blossomed into a unique project called the “Shoe Club” that fosters empathy and breaks barriers in a Michigan middle school. The founder of the club and guest on this episode is Matt Hamilton, a 2025 Horace Mann and NEA Award-winning teacher from East Jordan Public Schools in Michigan.

The Club has gotten national attention with inscribed shoe donations from the likes of Jane Goodall, Michael Jordan, moon-walking astronaut Chalie Duke, Dolly Parton, and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. 

Hear about the unique requirements for joining the Shoe Club, which now include reading the book Value Up, co-authored by Hamilton. Students also donate one of their own shoes with a meaningful inscription. Matt explains how the club evolved to include community service and the creation of dream boards, all designed to empower students with a sense of purpose. 

Joining Matt are two student Club members from East Jordan: Hannah Wyman, an eighth-grader active in theater, and Rylan McVannel, an eleventh-grader with a passion for disc golf. Both are integral to the Shoe Club's story and offer firsthand perspectives on its significance within their school community.

A central theme of the conversation is the concept of students wearing "masks" and the pain that can lie hidden beneath the surface. Matt, Hannah, and Rylan discuss the Shoe Club's role in encouraging students to see beyond these facades and creating a safe space for understanding and connection. They share powerful insights into how the club promotes listening, appreciating diverse perspectives, and bridging the powerful forces that often divide students. 

For educators intrigued by the Shoe Club, Matt generously offers guidance on how educators and students elsewhere can start something similar in their own schools. 

This episode is a testament to the power of a teacher's vision and the remarkable capacity of students to create positive change. Through the simple yet profound act of sharing stories and "walking in each other's shoes," the Shoe Club in East Jordan is a powerful antidote to division and a beacon of hope for building more empathetic and connected school communities.

The Shoe Club: Walking Towards Empathy and Connection in a Michigan School

https://amandawritenow.com/finding-calm-amongst-the-chaos-of-life/

Contact Me: https://amandawritenow.com/contact-form/

Amanda returns after a long hiatus, excited to start a new season focused on mindfulness, neurodiversity, equity, and student engagement. In this special episode, Amanda shares a recording of her first mindfulness class from her practicum, which is part of her Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher Training Certification Program(MMTCP). The class includes a 10-minute talk on the challenges of slowing down and using the breath to do so, followed by an 8-minute meditation to practice using the breath as an anchor. Amanda discusses the significance of breath as a tool for calm and peace amid the chaos of life, particularly for teachers. She also introduces various breathing techniques and their benefits. The episode concludes with a guided meditation exercise aimed at helping listeners find tranquility.

00:00 Welcome Back!
01:00 Introducing the Practicum
04:35 The Power of Breath
10:05 Personal Meditation Journey
13:09 Breathing Techniques
19:39 Guided Meditation
28:01 Closing Thoughts

99. Finding Calm Amongst the Chaos of Life Part I: The Breath as Your Anchor

Headlines this week from New Bedford, Seattle, Utah, Chicago, and Missouri. A recent piece from Amir Khafagy reveals the criminal underfunding of one of the few institutions of New York City government actually intended to help working people. The Trump and Musk assault on the NLRB continued this week with attacks on NLRB precedent, theft of sensitive NLRB data, and increasing numbers of workers calling for unity in the fightback. Zenimax workers are standing up and preparing for one of the first strikes in the video game industry's history. Finally, workers with independent Mexican union SINTTIA have once again won major gains through militant action, raising standards for autoworkers across the country.

Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX 

Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

More info on the show at http://workstoppagepod.com/

Ep 255 - Fighting Unions, Not Friendly Unions

Deborah Netolicky talks with Dr Fiona Longmuir. Fiona is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. She is also co-leader of the Education Workforce for the Future Research Impact Lab. Her most recent projects have focused on examining working conditions for educators. In other research Fiona has investigated interactions of school and system leadership with student engagement and agency; the emotional labour of school leadership; leading schools through crises; and, leading for social cohesion and social justice. She publishes on topics of leading schools in complex contexts, teachers working conditions and teacher retention, accountability, policy enactment and student agency in school change. Fiona teaches in the Master of Educational Leadership in units focused on social justice and leading educational change and contributes to leadership programs for international school and system leaders. She previously worked for over 15 years for the Victorian Department of Education and Training as a primary school teacher, curriculum and school leader, and leader of school networks. Fiona is a Victorian Fellow of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders. 


Want to know more?
- https://www.monash.edu/education/research/education-workforce-lab
- https://www.monash.edu/education/research/projects/what-the-teaching-profession-needs-now-for-the-future
- https://www.monash.edu/perceptions-of-teaching/report2022 
- https://www.monash.edu/education/research/projects/school-principals-emotional-labour-in-volatile-times

Join the conversation on social media.
- Deb: @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram
- The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Instagram


Fiona Longmuir on teacher workforce, workload and wellbeing

Force and Motion Rap (Prod. by Faraazio)

Is 36 the new "Over the Hill"? Teachers college. Panic in Leaf-land!
Celeb Stuff. How old is the cutoff for asking friends to help move.
And the concept of "Paying it Backwards"  #RockMornings

Apr 30/25 Craig & Lucky On Demand

It's finally here! Our 100th episode that's really episode 112. Jonathan interviews Crystal - the founder - on what it was like creating this podcast to begin with. We look back, think about what's changed, and we have a big announcement of what's to come, so you won't want to miss it!

Spiccato: Word Teasers - Silly Debates

Our Social Media: @CHClassroom
Find Us on Instagram and YouTube.
Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/CHClassroom

Crystal Pridmore: @mrs.pridmore
Jonathan Seligman: @mrSeligman 

Crystal Pridmore is a co-host of Chaotic Harmony Classroom. To see more of what she is doing, visit Crystal Pridmore's home page at www.crystalpridmore.com

Jonathan Seligman is a co-host of Chaotic Harmony. To see his happenings and all he's doing, go check his website at www.jonseligman.com

112: We've Done this Podcast for 6 Years?? Looking Back - Chaotic Harmony Podcast

“You can take all of my belongings. You can make me carry my life in a trash bag. I can be homeless. You can even take my family from me if that's what you must do, but you can't take Monica from Monica.”

Those are the words of Monica Juliana, a high school student from West Virginia who endured an especially challenging upbringing, the kind that would have prevented most children from succeeding in school.  “A lot of my childhood was bouncing around, living in cars, panhandling for money while my dad was in jail.  We lived in a U-Haul for a little bit. I would say I was a backwards child. I mean, I didn't speak for the first couple of years of my life,” Monica recalled.

But a veteran math teacher named Susan McMichael took notice of an intriguing new 8th-grade student at her middle school. “Even though it was less than a minute encounter with Monica, the way she held herself, the way she walked across the room, I felt something special there,” Susan said. Soon, she would take Monica in as a foster child and eventually adopt her. 

“I always worked especially hard with the girls,” Susan said.  She would tell them, “You are important, but you need an education to get you through life.” Noting that many girls don’t want to appear smarter than their male counterparts, Susan would say, “‘You're just as good as the boys. Don't dumb down'…I challenged them to be shining…I always looked toward those girls who had that special quality.” 

When asked if she worried about being smarter than the boys, Monica replied, “Oh, I don't mind at all.  I take quite a lot of pleasure in it, actually.”

Monica didn’t just excel in math, but in all of her subjects. With unwavering support from Susan and an insatiable desire to learn, Monica exceeded most everyone’s academic expectations. Except perhaps her own and Susan’s.  She was named valedictorian of her graduating class of 2025 and received a full-ride scholarship to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where she will major in Government and minor in Economics. 

“My identity very early on just happened to be with learning,” Monica said.  “I was curious, sometimes too curious. People would be like, ‘Monica, shut up. You're asking too many questions.’ I loved to read…that, very early on, was something that was really special. It was really my way of escaping, my way of preserving who I was and asserting myself in the world.”

The world is lucky to have Monica. The world is also lucky to have teachers like Susan McMichael. 

“You Can’t Take Monica from Monica”

Milkdrinkers are an influential and controversial duo from Toronto consisting of @26lost and Lil Spiegel, founded in 1802. They have been described by critics as "Unlistenable" and "Sometimes almost decent". Critics recommend their sound to "nobody with ears". Their debut album Milkdrinkers LP was a breakout hit, garnering the duo significant amounts of money, which they then spent on copius amounts of black market milk. The duo are now broke, but looking for a way back to their wealthy status with their upcoming EP. Stay tuned.

An assistant principal and passionate educator, Brenna Woods is dedicated to student success and school leadership. Outside of work, they enjoy singing, volunteering, and exploring creative hobbies like gaming and cross-stitching.

Learning Thru Music: Science Notes
Science. Music. Fun!

FreshEd is a weekly podcast that makes complex ideas in educational research easily understood. Five shows. Three languages. 

Airs Monday.

Visit us at www.FreshEdpodcast.com

Twitter: @FreshEdPodcast

All FreshEd Podcasts are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Visions of Education is an education podcast where education professor Dan Krutka and high school social studies teacher Michael Milton have conversations with educators to discuss their big ideas in education. VoE also partners with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and associated groups to provide the latest from classroom teachers, education, professors, and researchers on social studies education.

The Edu Salon podcast is a space for connection and conversation around education. Each episode, Dr Deborah Netolicky talks with a global education thought leader to provide insights into where education is now and where it might move next.

Like the French salons of the 18th century, this podcast is a place for a diverse range of voices to explore ideas and generate discussion in order to change the world for the better. It has at its heart a focus on humanity, equity, democracy, and the experiences of young people.

Available on:
Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-edu-salon/id1606510793
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3DbqF7WZ6Xx81B1maC2H95
Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com.au/podcasts/6b4ca0bb-1794-4945-ad0a-617937373367/the-edu-salon
Audible https://www.audible.com.au/podcast/The-Edu-Salon/B09VZX636S?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

Join the conversation on Instagram @theedusalon and by connecting with Deb on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-deborah-netolicky-29a51190/ .

Welcome to HarperAcademic Calling.  Our podcast is designed to give educators, students, as well as every reader, a behind-the-scenes chat with a range of our authors--from well-loved favorites to up-and-coming debut writers--about their books.

Amanda has been a passionate full time classroom teacher for 14 years. She’s worked in a wide range of educational settings teaching students grades 3rd-8th. Amanda worked for a Title I, charter, magnet, and National Blue Ribbon school and now she homeschools her twice exceptional daughter.

No matter what type of school or grade she’s taught, engaging and empowering students has always been at the forefront of her work as an educator and teacher author.

Amanda understands that helping students find their voice is core to being an effective teacher and social justice advocate.

Even with a teacher willing to listen, there are many barriers that exist and hinder movement towards more equitable schools. Amanda has experienced first hand the many problems that exist in K-12 education. Listening to students is only the first step on a long road ahead. Amanda’s website, courses, lesson resources, and podcast are dedicated to supporting teachers and students in this important work for change.

in·sight
[ˈɪnsʌɪt]

"(the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of someone or something."

Welcome to the Insight Podcast.

A space to discuss psychology, science, mental health and more.

I hope these conversations inspire insight and wisdom in you, and help you find clarity, calm and connection.

Enjoy.

Listeners also loved these episodes:

#130 | Solo Episode | Life goals, clarity, cringe & more - https://theinsightpodcast.com/s130

#125 | The Truth About Exercise & Mental Health | Dr Brendon Stubbs - https://theinsightpodcast.com/s125

#111 | Dating in 2024, how to find real connection, honest self-reflection & more | Eimear Draper - https://theinsightpodcast.com/s111

Connect with me: 
https://theinsightpodcast.com
https://www.instagram.com/samuelcwhart
https://www.facebook.com/samuelcwhart
https://www.youtube.com/@samuelcwhart
https://bsky.app/profile/theinsightpodcast.com

* If you're enjoying this podcast, please show your support by following the show and leaving a review. Just a couple of clicks will help spread the word. *

TeacherStories.org celebrates teachers and the important role they play in our lives and communities. 

Do you have a teacher story that you would like to share? https://teacherstories.org/submit-story

Led by Crystal Pridmore and Jonathan Seligman, conversations between elementary music teachers who explore the joys and struggles of teaching music in public schools.

Hello, I am BHOP, the Clean Rapper. I do short raps and poetry. I just want to improve as an artist and be a role model. Thank you for all the support. I appreciate all feedback. My main goal is to just get better. My music comes from a place of love. Thank you!

New tracks tagged #Teachers