EP258 Envisioning what's next for schools: my personal reflections & hope for the future

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

Angela Watson

Education, Courses

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

LAST EP OF SEASON 15! We're wrapping up with thoughts on processing, healing, dreaming, and rebuilding as we find our path toward whatever is next for schools.

So in this unscripted episode, I share my broad observations, loosely-held conclusions, and partially-formulated ideas about what might be possible.

What is the future of public education?
How do we keep the dream alive with so many forces undermining, privatizing, and monetizing it?
In the midst of culture wars and opposing demands, can schools please all stakeholders?
How do we ensure that the responsibility for personalizing education for the preferences of each child/family does not fall solely on classroom teachers?

I'm talking from the heart about what I'm hopeful for right now, and why I'm choosing an optimistic take on the future of schools. I believe in public education, and the importance of not growing apathetic or hopeless about the state of education, our country, or our world.

I'll end the episode by sharing a bit about my summer plans and how I'm creating space for dreaming and vision-building … and encourage you to do the same.

The Truth for Teachers podcast will be back in August. In the meantime, check out the summer blog post articles from our writer's collective, our weekly email, and our posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.

And, if you've enjoyed this season of the podcast, leave us a review on iTunes! Your feedback is so, so important.

Click here to read the transcript and participate in the discussion or, join our podcast Facebook group here to connect with other teachers and discuss the Truth for Teachers' podcast episodes.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 258 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.
0:05.9	I'm your host, Angela Watson, and I'm here to speak encouragement into the hearts of
0:09.8	educators and get you informed and energized for the week ahead.
0:14.3	Today, I'm wrapping up season 15 of the podcast with some thoughts about where we go from
0:19.1	here and what's next in education.
0:22.5	Visit truthforteachers.com to get an easy to read, easy to share a version of this podcast
0:27.4	episode.
0:30.9	This episode is brought to you in part by the invited MBA.
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0:46.8	terminology, and solve real-world business challenges.
0:51.0	Former teacher and invited MBA graduate Gina Curran said, as a teacher, I always live
0:55.8	by, see it, hear it, do it.
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1:02.5	The invited MBA program did that for me.
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1:13.0	With the way demands on educators have increased and become more complex over recent years,
1:17.3	you might be wondering if you'll ever be able to get some semblance of a reasonable,
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1:22.8	Our 40-hour teacher workweek full-year program kicks off just once a year, every summer,
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