TTT#353 Teachers Speaking Up-2 w/ Andrea Zellner, Katherine Schulten, Steve Zemelman, Jen Ochoa, Beth Sanders, Pat Delaney 6.19

Summary: Download. A provocative conversation about Teachers Speaking Up w/ @AndreaZellner, @KSchulten, @StevenZemelman, @Ochoajen @MsSandersTHS, and Pat Delaney on this episode of TTT (Please subscribe with this link: http://www.teachersteachingteachers.org/feed/podcast/ (And BTW http://cloud.feedly.com is a great replacement for Google Reader. The App, BeyondPod now integrates with Feedly.) On this episode of TTT, we are joined by: This episode is a follow up to TTT#351 Teachers Speaking Up w/ Jesse Hagopian, Diana Laufenberg, José Vilson, Steven Zemelman, Pat Delaney, Maribeth Whitehouse http://edtechtalk.com/node/5198 — and we plan more on this topic later this summer. Here are a few notes from the show: Look at what happened in Michigan today, Andrea Zellner writes: Our teachers are passionate and outspoken: http://www.michiganradio.org/post/teachers-rally-lansing-more-support-public-education Jen Ochoa’s “Give Them an Apple, or a Hug: Help Teachers and Students Survive Testing” http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/schoolbook/2013/apr/16/give-them-an-apple-or-a-hug-help-teachers-and-students-survive-testing/ Kevin Hodgson’s blog: http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/ Be sure to follow up at Teachers Speak Up http://teachersspeakup.com , a blog, where Steve Zemelman is a co-convener. Some of the interesting things going on in Philly for Teacher Voice - http://facesofthelayoffs.org/about-the-project/http://thenotebook.org/http://www.educationvoterspa.org/index.php/site/take-action/http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/school_files/ (Kristin’s live-tweeting of the SRC meetings is legendary and an amazing resource for the community)http://www.tagphilly.org/ Brave New Voices -http://youthspeaks.org/bravenewvoices/Fundraising link: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/team-atlanta-goes-to-brave-new-voices-2013 Lisa Neilsen’s group on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/homeschoolingunschooling/A place where parents, students, teens, and teachers frustrated with traditional schooling can come together to discuss the more effective options they are pursuing. Conversations often address things like opting out of testing and other traditional schooling issues. Go to EdTechTalk to see the chat that was happening during this live webcast.