In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss the one year anniversary of the Parkland School Shooting, how extra arts education is boosting writing scores, the results of the Denver Strikes and our guests this week are NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellows Sarah Merchlewitz Kuehner and Noah Zeichner.

References:

Guest: Sarah Merchlewitz Kuehner

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Guest: Noah Zeichner

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• Twitter: https://twitter.com/nzeichner

Notes:

• Obviously the real loser is Donald Trump Jr. but here's an article about it anyways: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/02/16/why-donald-trump-jr-loser-teachers-comment-was-a-chilling-moment-educators-around-world/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ea0dcc3cb174
• Mike meant Rebel Media is the Alex Jones (Infowars) of Canada - We aren't not linking to it.
• Bump stocks will be illegal soon thank god: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/04/691287471/bump-stocks-will-soon-be-illegal-but-thats-not-slowing-sales
• Extra Arts Education Boosts Writing Scores: https://chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/02/12/study-arts-education-boosted-compassion-and-writing-scores/
• The Denver teachers strike is over. BIG WIN: https://www.vox.com/2019/2/14/18224848/denver-teachers-strike-over-deal
• Here is the agreement: https://www.dpsk12.org/wp-content/uploads/DPS-DCTA-Agreement.pdf

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