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Covid 19 Education

Aaron Hoffman

Aaron is a teacher at Ellington High School. In response to the call by the CEA to have teachers wear black in a call for heightened mitigation measures in Connecticut schools, Aaron called for teachers to wear red in declaring a red alert for children and their mental health.

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Education Labor Unions

Aaron Withe

Aaron is the CEO of the Freedom Foundation, an organization that helps workers opt out of their unions, both public and private. We talk about the rising tensions between political unions, teachers’ unions and parents.

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Authors Conspiracy Theories Education

Scott Shay

Some thin they’re hilarious. Others take them quite seriously. Scott Shay, the author of Conspiracy U: A Case Study tells us about the actual damage that is being done by university faculty as they spread conspiracy theories and why they do it.

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Education

Adam Tyner

Adam is the associate director of research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He joins me with details on a significant new report from the organization entitled America’s Best and Worst Metro Areas for School Quality.

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Advocacy Education

Dr. Vermelle D. Greene

Dr. Greene has been a schoolteacher and administrator for more than 45 years. She is also the author of Please Teach Me Like a Boy: Ten Steps to His Success in School and in Life as well as the founder of the Boys Initiative.

She joins me to share her thoughts about the recent gubernatorial election on Virginia.

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Education Waterbury

Karen Harvey

For the first in a decade and a half, Karen Harvey’s name did not appear on the ballot in Waterbury on election day. As the popular commissioner of the Board of Education steps down, she joins me to reflect on her service and what;s ahead in the next chapter.

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Education Waterbury

Dr. Verna Ruffin

Dr. Ruffin is the Superintendent of Waterbury Public Schools. She joins me to give us an update on how the 2021/2022 school year is progressing, now that they are back to full in-person learning.

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Advocacy Authors Education

Dr. Vermelle D. Greene

Dr. Greene is a former teacher and administrator and also the author of Please Teach Me Like I’m a Boy: Ten steps to His Success om School and Life. She joins me today t discuss the continuing effort to defame Christopher Columbus and why it is happening.

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Advocacy Economy Education

Joe DeLong

The executive director and CEO of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities joins me to discuss a few under-reported issues facing the state.

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Authors Cyberbullying Education

Dr, Gary Giumetti

Quinnipiac Professor Giumetti has details on a new study that he led, ahead of National Bullying month.