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00:59:54

Practicing Democracy: Students Take to the Streets in...

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2026/10/10

This Week: Nearly 2000 high schools across France are closed amidst a wave of student protest that has taken over the nation. Demanding change to dilapidated conditions of school facilities, extreme heat and cold, leaky ceilings, exposure to toxic chemicals in aging buildings, staffing shortages, and more, the student protests have drawn an expanding set of the French population into a larger movement for change. Of course, violent police crackdowns are now capturing the eyes of the world as more

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01:08:40

The Impossible Choice: That Nikole Hannah-Jones...

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2026/09/26

This Week: Few things have gotten more people in America to have a (hopefully) substantive conversation about the core issue of segregation in American public education than has this phenomenal article by the legendary Nikole Hannah Jones in the NY Times magazine this week. In the nation’s largest school system, in a city boasting with pride about its democratic socialist mayor and its proud tradition of progressivism, lurks one of the most deeply segregated school systems in America. And, it is

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01:05:55

Plastics Propaganda in School, and Black Boy...

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2026/09/12

This Week: Who knew the plastics industry was infiltrating K-12 science curricula with lessons that help kids do things like pretending to be an employee of Dow Chemical and building a better plastic bag, or understanding the ubiquitous and positive nature of plastics in our lives? Yeah, it’s happening. Also, a sad, if not shocking piece in the Hechinger Report calls out persistent disproportionality in Black boys being retained a year in school, even as overall rates of retention fall across the

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01:08:11

NYC, LA Lead the Way on AI Pushback in Schools

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2026/09/05

This Week: It has been a busy few weeks of stories in education, so we begin with a lightning round of headlines covering everything from a hero teacher saving 900 students in Nepal, to the Catholic Bishops in Florida telling the attorney general to kick rocks. Then, we dig deep into the big news out of the nations’ two largest school systems - NYC and LA - which have both taken bold moves to restrict generative AI tolls and usage in schools, as well as screen time during the school day, especially

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00:20:13

So Much for the Promise of Virtual Tutoring

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2026/08/29

Today on AOTA Shorts: Varsity Tutors for Schools, one of the nation’s largest virtual tutoring providers, has abruptly closed up shop. Citing a lack of evidence of effectiveness, it appears their district partners had begun seeking other providers. As we emerge from the pandemic era, where billions in additional federal funding for education sparked a wave of high-dose tutoring and other ed tech based service providers, schools and districts are now forced to grapple with both costs and the harsh

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00:19:48

Still Separate and Unequal. What Now?

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2026/08/22

Today on AOTA Shorts: A group of families and education advocates in Massachusetts join a growing number of lawsuits challenging school segregation across the country. Since the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, America begrudgingly inched forward in its efforts to integrate public schools, and then almost immediately began backtracking on that promise systematically. Today schools are more segregated than they’ve been in decades, and with entrenched racial housing patterns,

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00:18:49

Judge Dismisses Trump Admin Suit Alleging...

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2026/08/15

Today on AOTA Shorts: Citing a lack of evidence showing any systemic pattern of antisemitism, a federal judge dismissed a Trump admin lawsuit against Harvard University. This is the latest in a growing number of legal losses the administration and its allies are experiencing as legal scrutiny is applied to their weaponized allegations of antisemitism, their fascist attempts to constrain free speech and suppress ideas they don’t like, and their manufactured hysteria about DEI. It’s one step in the

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00:58:44

Black Student Achievement on the Rise in LA and Texas...

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2026/08/08

This Week: Turns out if you invest resources equitably to meet the needs of students and communities who have been systematically underserved, you do see results. Shocker. In Los Angeles, the district’s Black Student Achievement Plan has faced racist legal challenges and the doom of an impending budget crisis. And yet, state test scores show the achievement gap for Black students is shrinking. And, in Texas a group of faculty have sued the Texas A&M System over a dystopian policy banning

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01:13:29

Hot Mess Roundup: Sex Robots in Class, Tuskegee Dress...

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2026/08/01

This Week: There’s a lot going on… and it’s a hot mess. Tuskegee University, one of the pillars of HBCUs in America, announces a new dress code that prevents students from wearing things like duy-rags, bonnets, and bedroom shoes in classes, dining halls, and other academic settings. The administration says it’s part of the school's “responsibility to prepare its students for professional environments after graduation.” A small school district in Western NY state, serving an Indian reservation

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01:08:41

Is Bloom’s Due for An Upgrade In the Age of AI?

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2026/07/25

This Week: A superintendent in Massachusetts has put out a fascinating take on a revision to the ubiquitous Bloom’s Taxonomy, the helpful tool which has defined orders of thinking for decades in education. In the age of AI, he claims, the hierarchical nature of Bloom’s no longer reflects the more complex arc of thinking students will do in a world where humans think with AI. It’s an interesting take, and solidly sidesteps all of the most perilous ramifications of the rush to bring AI into the

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01:11:50

Be Yourself: The NFL-ification of Classroom Posters...

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2026/07/18

This Week: The Romeo Community School District in Michigan has issued educators a list of 32 phrases that are pre approved for us on classroom posters. The phrases are, perhaps excruciatingly, unoffensive. Classics like: be yourself, you belong here, you matter, and lift others up, make the list. But, not coincidentally, absent from the list are any phrases making note of any identity markers, or that have become synonymous with movements for LGBTQ visibility in schools. The district claims this

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00:19:39

Company Housing for Teachers - Good Look, or Nah?

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2026/07/11

Today on AOTA Shorts: The price of housing has grown so astronomical in some parts of the country, like much of California, that districts are turning to a strategy of building their own housing in an effort to attract and retain teachers. Also, in some areas, community groups are organizing to solve this problem internally. In places like the Bay Area where a 1 bedroom apartment can cost $3500/month or more, having access to more affordable housing can be an important lifeline for educators and

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00:24:21

America 250… What Would We Do If School Were in...

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2026/07/04

Today on AOTA Shorts: As America turns 250 years old, the cold ripple effect of the right wing ascension in American politics is being felt in classrooms across the country, with more than 6 in 10 teachers worrying about the possible ramifications of teaching the truth about American history. Despite this hostile climate, and the potential threats they face, educators persist with bringing the important, critical questions about this nation to the classroom for discussion. In some ways, it’s a shame

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00:19:30

The (Many) High Costs of Summer Camp

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2026/06/27

Today on AOTA Shorts: For those in the AOTA family with kids, this comes as no surprise, but the process of finding good summer care for children can be cumbersome to navigate, unnecessarily complex, and insanely expensive. A new piece in the 19th profiles American moms who handle these complex arrangements for their children, and the real costs of providing summer care. It reveals the extent to which families are burdened, and children receive vastly unequal access to enrichment, learning, and

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01:08:16

Most Americans Support Educating Undocumented Kids...

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2026/06/21

This Week: In what can only be understood as a shocker, new survey data shows the vast majority of Americans of nearly all demographic groups support undocumented students having access to public education. With some variation across groups, this goes for all ages, races, and even religious groups. In fact the only group that had less than 50% agreement with this idea was Trump voters, which I mean, is what it is. Does this mean there’s hope for a sensible and moral path forward on this issue? Also,

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01:11:07

Most Americans Support Educating Undocumented Kids...

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2026/06/20

This Week: In what can only be understood as a shocker, new survey data shows the vast majority of Americans of nearly all demographic groups support undocumented students having access to public education. With some variation across groups, this goes for all ages, races, and even religious groups. In fact the only group that had less than 50% agreement with this idea was Trump voters, which I mean, is what it is. Does this mean there’s hope for a sensible and moral path forward on this issue? Also,

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01:11:07

UC System Debates Bringing Back the SAT Amidst...

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2026/06/13

This Week: The UC system mulls joining a number of elite universities around the country that have brought back the SAT/ACT testing requirements that went by the wayside during the pandemic. Citing examples of professors having to reteach middle school level math to undergrads, regardless of where you stand on testing, this feels like a canary in the mine shaft kind of moment. At the same time, AI use in higher ed is totally out of control, with some professors resorting to invasive surveillance

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00:21:14

What Makes A Good Teacher? Surprisingly, Dems and...

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2026/06/06

Today on AOTA Shorts: Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on much these days. Except, apparently, what it means to be a good teacher. Researchers at Arizona State and CSU East Bay have published fascinating new data showing that actually, Ds and Rs show striking alignment on the features of a good teacher, including caring about students, making learning relevant, and helping students with supports that meet their individual needs. This yet again raises the question of why so few of those core

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00:18:43

Florida Unleashes Conservative History Curriculum...

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2026/05/30

Today on AOTA Shorts: Gov. Ron Desantis is at it again, ensuring his state continues to lead the way on the most draconian and fascist education policies on the books. Florida has now unleashed its new suite of accelerated courses known as FACT - Florida Advanced Courses and Tests. The US History course aspires to challenge the College Board’s AP US History course, by pushing a decidedly biased curriculum, rooted in fundamental lies and mythology about America. American exceptionalism, seeing things

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00:24:13

Test Scores Show A “Generation-Long Decline.” Is The...

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2026/05/23

Today on AOTA Shorts: The learning loss hawks are back, maybe, and this time with new data. Almost everywhere in America students are performing worse than their peers were 10 years ago according to new data from the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford. From 2015-2025 the trend holds for nearly all demographic groups. Wealthy and poor districts, racial groups, students with special needs. It’s a disturbing trend, with exacerbating effects for the most marginalized. And, there could be many

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