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NEW: Ep.062 -- Neal McCluskey -- School Choice & Liberty (4/5/21 -- School Choice Series #3)
Ep.061 -- Jennifer Berkshire -- The False Promises of School Choice (3/29/21 -- School Choice Series #2)
Ep.060 -- Citizen Stewart -- School Choice & Educational Opportunity (3/21/21 -- School Choice Series #1)
Ep.059 -- Tibbens -- The Lies of Learning Loss (3/8/21)
Ep.058 -- Iman Ghanizada -- The Certs Guy: Google Certifications, Decentralizing Learning, & the Future of Education (3/1/21)
Ep.057 -- Tibbens -- Returning to School: Money, Power, & Pandemic (2/21/2021)
Ep.056 -- Rachelle Dene Poth -- Virtual Reality in Schools & Evolving Education (2/14/2021)
Ep.055 -- Clement Townsend -- Media Production & Broadcasting Career Mentor in Schools (2/7/2021)
Ep.054 -- Tibbens -- A Teachable Moment: Rethinking Policy to Abolish Factory Schooling (1/26/2021)
Ep.053 -- Dr. Matthew Rhoads -- Pandemic & Beyond: The Toggled Term & The Future of EdTech (1/17/2021)
Ep.052 -- Sandy Sullivan -- LEA President on Unions, COVID, & Community Relations (1/3/2020)
Special -- Tibbens -- The Best of 2020 (12/30/20)
Ep.051 -- Devin Siebold -- America's Favorite Teacher-Comedian (12/20/2020)
Ep.050 -- Tibbens -- In Defense of Snow Days (12/16/2020)
Ep.049 -- Craig Randall -- Improving Education by Improving Teacher Evaluations (12/6/2020)
Ep.048 -- Tibbens -- How to Work Well w/ Others: Reserving Judgments (Gatsby) (11/22/2020)
Ep.047 -- Shane Lawrence -- The Ed Podcast & Making School Better (11/12/2020)
Ep.046 -- Taylor Freeman -- Virtual & Augmented Reality: Schools of Tomorrow, Today (11/1/2020)
Ep.045 -- Tibbens -- DL, Hybrid, & Concurrent Models: Getting "Back to School" (10/25/2020)
Ep.044 -- Matt Bass -- Candidate for Clarke County Board of Supervisors on Life & School in a Small Town (10/16/2020)
Ep.043 -- Tibbens -- Censorship, Banned Books Week, Antiracism, & Huckleberry Finn (10/1/2020)
Ep.042 -- Joe Pizzo -- 47 Year Veteran Teacher & AMLE 2020 Educator of the Year (9/24/2020)
Ep.041 -- Tibbens -- Antiracism, Hypocrisy, Protests, & Education (9/14/2020)
Ep.040 -- Garrett Pierce -- Distance Learning, Mental Health, Brewing, & Learning by Doing (9/10/2020)
Ep.039 -- Mike Bergin & Amy Seeley -- Standardized Tests & the Rest (8/16/2020)
Ep.038 -- Janet LoSole -- World Schooling, Travel, & the Chicken Bus (8/14/2020)
Ep.037 -- Jeremy Wayne Tate -- Classical Education, School Choice, & the CLT Exam (8/8/2020)
Ep.036 -- Allies for Black Voices -- Creating Platforms for Anti-Racism (7/31/2020)
Ep.035 -- Sara Potler LaHayne -- Social Emotional Learning & Move This World (7/24/20)
Ep.034 -- Catina Franklin Sweedy -- Unschooling, Self-Directed Education, & Progress (7/16/20)
Ep.033 -- Tibbens -- School Reopenings: Composure & Compromise (7/8/2020)
Ep.032 -- Benjamin Caldarelli -- College Prep & Improving Education (6/28/2020)
Ep.031 -- Camryn Thompson -- Racism in Schools (& What to Do about It) (6/18/2020)
Ep.030 -- Leleda Beraki -- Class of 2020, Better Schools, Pandemics, Racism, & More (6/11/2020)
Ep.029 -- Megan O'Connor -- Kaplan's Boost Year, Entrepreneurship, & Changing Education (6/5/2020)
Ep.028 -- Safa & Falak Koreshi -- Homeschooling, Unschooling, Public Schooling, & Improving Education (5/31/2020)
Ep.027 -- Julia Rogers -- Gap Years, Travel, & Improving the College Experience (5/24/2020)
Ep.026 -- Megan Oyler Moffett -- Helping Our Youngest Learners at Home & at School (5/14/2020)
Ep. 025 -- Tibbens -- COVID-19 & Subs, Pay, Appreciation, & Grades (5/5/2020)
Ep. 024 -- Jason Miller -- Coaching, Parenting, Sports, & Great Schools Amid School Closures (4/21/2020)
Ep. 023 -- Jim Dunning -- College, High School, & Critical Thinking in the Era of COVID-19 (4/9/2020)
Ep. 022 -- Tibbens -- Coming to Terms with (& Capitalizing on) Coronavirus School Closings (4/1/2020)
Ep. 021 -- Ashley Tibbens -- Dance, School, Business, Progress, & Coronavirus Response (3/22/2020)
Ep. 020 -- Jon Kasica -- Implementing an LMS, Blended/Distance Learning, Covid-19, and More (3/15/2020)
Ep. 019 -- Tim "The Shop Teacher" Gregory -- On Why We Need Shop Class, Vo-tech, Hard Work, & Failure (3/4/2020)
Ep. 018 -- Tibbens -- The Significance of Knowledge Acquisition (2/22/2020)
Ep. 017 -- Sam Mull -- Libraries, GIS, Being a Renaissance Man, Books, & More (2/9/2020)
Ep.016 -- Tibbens -- Learning Styles < Relationships (1/25/2020)
Ep. 015 -- Mike Wagner -- GIS, Weather-Forecasting, & Better Schools (1/18/2020)
Ep. 014 -- Tibbens -- First Solo Episode (Purpose of the ClassCast Podcast) (1/3/2020)
Ep. 013 -- Beth Konkoski -- Teachers, Classes, Students, and Progress (12/15/2019)
Ep. 012 -- Sierra Wharton -- The Benefits of Studying Abroad (11/24/2019)
Ep. 011 -- Ryan Orr -- PreHealth Pivot, DropDeadPremed.com, & Changing Paths in College (11/10/2019)
Ep. 010 -- Ian Serotkin -- Candidate for Loudoun County (VA) School Board (10/17/2019)
Ep. 009 -- Ram Venkatachalam -- Candidate for Loudoun County (VA) School Board (10/17/2019)
Ep. 008 -- Melanie Turner -- Candidate for Loudoun County (VA) School Board (10/7/2019)
Ep. 007 -- Donna Fortier-- Mobile Hope & Young Adult Homelessness (9/29/2019)
Ep. 006 -- US Army Sgt. Brandon Middleton -- School, Military Service, & Life (9/15/2019)
Promo for Episodes 001-006 (9/12/2020)
Ep. 005 -- Jim Dunning -- School, Morality, Data, & Challenging the Status Quo (8/17/2019)
Ep. 004 -- Esraa Abo Oun -- English Language Learning, Art & Film, Religion, & Empowering Students (8/11/2019)
Ep. 003 -- Jessica Berg -- Women's Studies, Feminism, School Improvement, & Teaching (7/27/2019)
Ep.002 -- Esther Kim -- Student Experience, Student Loans, Teaching Yourself, & Improving Schools (7/22/2019)
Ep.001 -- Eric Hernandez -- Business, Boxing, Personal Training, Family, & Relationships (7/20/2019)

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