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Episode 1: The Past, Present, and Future of Book Bans

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2025/10/09

PEN America has documented nearly 23,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021 with nearly 7,000 taking place in the 2024-25 school year. Coinciding with Banned Books Week, Santha and John discuss their own personal experiences with censorship in the classroom, which pale in comparison to the challenges faced by their colleagues in Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and others. Then, Dr. Ann David, professor at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio and co-editor of The Impac...

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Season #3 Trailer

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2025/10/04

Santha and John are back for a new season to discuss the latest developments in education and their impacts on the classroom; this time with 25% more profanity! This season they will focus on book bans, artificial intelligence, policies affecting trans students and those who are undocumented, as well as grading approaches and college admissions. You can support our show at buymeacoffee.com/thirdrailclassroom and visit our website: thirdrailclassroom.com

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Episode 8: So, What Did We Learn This Season?

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2024/09/12

Send us a textIn this final episode of the second season, Santha and John reflect on the topics they discussed during this season about improving teaching quality, including building level-PD, incorporating student feedback, and the teacher evaluation process. They also reflect on the teacher strike they went through earlier in the school year and the role that teacher unions might play in the future. Last, they share some goals and excitement they have for the upcoming school year, even as t...

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Bonus Episode: Live Teacher Roundtable

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2024/08/10

Send us a Text Message.Recorded live at the College Board’s annual Advanced Placement conference in Las Vegas, John and Santha host an engaging roundtable of teachers from around the country who represent multiple disciplines and grade-levels about they continue to improve as professionals. The guests are Kate Cordes, an English teacher from Billings, Montana, Matt Ellington, a social studies teacher in Chino Hills, California, Karen Hyers, a math teacher from Minnesota, and Jim Morris, a pro...

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Episode 7: How Can Student Feedback Help Teachers?

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2024/05/26

Send us a Text Message.Throughout this season, Santha and John have been talking about how to get better at their jobs as teachers, but have missed an invaluable resource for teacher improvement that is right in front of them…literally right in front of them: their students. In the first part of the episode, Santha coaches John on how to develop an effective survey of his students to get actionable feedback from them, and in the second half, they look at the results together and discuss...

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Episode 6: How Can Teachers Improve Student Attendance?

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2024/04/29

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Episode 5: Interview with Dr. Josh Bleiberg -- What...

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2024/03/20

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Episode 4: How Can Teachers Set More Meaningful Goals?

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2024/02/05

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Bonus Episode: "It's My Evaluation Year...Again?"

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2024/01/27

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Bonus Episode: Reflections on a Teacher Strike

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2023/12/15

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Episode 3: Interview with Dr. Eunice Han -- How do...

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2023/10/30

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Episode 2: Interview with Megan Harowitz -- What...

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2023/10/20

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Episode 1: How Do We Teachers Get Better At Our Jobs?

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2023/09/28

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Season #2 Trailer

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2023/08/12

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35:31

Episode 10: Bonus Teacher Roundtable

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2023/07/31

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47:16

Episode 9: What’s a Better Way?

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2023/07/25

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49:05

Episode 8: Are Grades Biased?

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2023/07/08

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Episode 7: What is the Most Equitable Way to...

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2023/05/13

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Episode 6: Do Some Grading Policies Hurt Students?

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2023/04/10

At the halfway point in the school year, Alex and John take some time to reflect on how their new approaches are going and have a discussion on why it might be appropriate to assign an "Incomplete" to a student rather than a "D" or an "F." Next, they talk about some very common grading practices: taking off points for late work, giving a "0" for plagiarism, assigning group grades, and grading for participation. Then, John interviews Dr. Sarah Zerwin, the

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Episode 5: What Do Students Think About Grades?

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2023/03/17

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