Education Conversations

46:45 | Apr 30th, 2019

Our newest episode features a conversation with Lindsey Nelson, Literacy Coordinator at the Tennessee State Department of Education. Lindsey has served as a MNPS classroom teacher, instructional coach...Show More

56:46 | Jan 29th, 2019

In this episode you will hear a roundtable discussion with teachers in the Educators' Cooperative. Greg O'Loughlin, who you'll remember from Episode 16, is back for this episode, along with teachers A...Show More

48:50 | Sep 19th, 2018

Today's guest, Greg O'Loughlin, is the founder of the Educators' Cooperative. In our chat you will hear about Greg's path to creating the Cooperative and the myriad ways the Cooperative is benefitting...Show More

58:03 | Aug 9th, 2018

Today's guest, Cary Rayson, is the community engagement coordinator at Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee. Cary facilitates Stewards of Children training, which is a program to help adults learn how to pre...Show More

20:02 | Jul 11th, 2018

This summer I had the pleasure of teaching a podcasting camp at the Westwood Baptist Church. This year’s camp theme is Wise, creative, innovative thinkers, and Minister Elois Freeman, the last guest o...Show More

41:56 | Jun 11th, 2018

This week's guest is North Nashville educator, Elois Freeman. Elois is direct, authentic, and carries a wisdom that can only be acquired through a long and meaningful life. Elois grew up going to segr...Show More

49:16 | May 16th, 2018

This week's guest is Dr. Ansley T. Erickson, author of Making the Unequal Metropolis: School Desegregation and its Limits. Ansley is an Associate Professor of History and Education at Teachers Colleg...Show More

45:30 | Apr 20th, 2018

Dr. Mary Crnobori is the trauma-informed coordinator for Metro Nashville Public Schools and she is doing incredibly important work to raise awareness about trauma-informed practices and adverse childh...Show More

46:01 | Apr 5th, 2018

What do you say when a student asks, "Did you vote for Donald Trump?" In this episode, we discuss how to respond to difficult questions, how to get students to engage in civil discourse in these turbu...Show More

16:05 | Mar 20th, 2018

Today’s episode is about corporal punishment in Tennessee schools. Did you know that 109 districts in TN still allow corporal punishment? Did you know that students with disabilities are hit at higher...Show More