It’s back-to-school season! Big box stores have put out special school supplies displays, and the airwaves are full of commercials for backpacks, clothes and markers.
It’s a pretty familiar phenomenon, but it’s also impossible to deny that a lot has changed about education over the past few years, from the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic to new laws that impact what can be taught in the classroom. What is this time of year — this year — like for Middle Tennessee’s teachers? To learn more, we’re joined by educators and MNPS officials.
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But first, we’ll hear from our newsroom about the results of yesterday’s election.
Guests:
- Blaise Gainey, WPLN News political reporter
- Julia Ritchey, WPLN News afternoon news editor
- Laura Delgado, Program Director of the Pionero Scholars Program at the Lipscomb College of Education
- Daven Oglesby, exceptional education teacher at Lakeview Elementary Design Center
- Susan Strasinger, teacher at Hillsboro High School
- Michele Sheriff, President of the Metropolitan Nashville Education Association
- Dr. Mason Bellamy, Chief of Academics and Schools for Metro Nashville Public Schools
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