The election and the classroom

Pretty simple summary here: like many teachers and educators out there, we have a lot of thoughts about the election and what it means for our classrooms and students—so we decided to take some time to talk about what we’re thinking two weeks later.

Not our normal type of episode, but we’d rather be authentic about what’s on our mind in this moment. (Note: we recognize and respect this might not be the episode for you right now, but it was the conversation we both wanted to have as friends and teachers.)

The articles and posts mentioned in the episode are linked here:

• a link to the video Jim references regarding President Trump’s threat of “severe consequences” for teachers and school officials

• the NY Times interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders mentioned by Jim with the Sanders’s takeaway from the election

• the article detailing the Ohio principal being placed on leave for assuring staff that they would continue to value and celebrate diversity

• the Inside Higher Ed piece by John Warner emphasizing the need to prioritize “the work” over the job in this moment

As always, we are always open hearing your thoughts! Along with commenting or emailing us, you even also leave us an audio message to be featured on a future episode: fanlist.com/brokencopier

Thanks, as always, to: 

Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro. 

Email us here: thebrokencopier@substack.com.

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