Posts Tagged ‘K12’
Perfect Attendance Can Win High School Students A New Car | What Do You Think? | SDP201
Have you imagined that not missing a day of high school could put you square in the driver’s seat of a new car? What began as a novel truancy pilot roughly twenty years ago is becoming increasingly popular in high schools across America. Why are cash-strapped schools ponying up cars for students with perfect, or…
Read MoreMichigan Bill Would Ban Cellphones in Schools | 7 Reasons For And 7 Against Cellphones | SDP185
James David Dickson, managing editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential, wrote an article about Michigan House Bill 6171, introduced in June (2022) by Representative Gary Eisen. The proposed bill reads: “Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall…
Read MoreCognitive Offloading: How the Internet is Taking Over Human Memory | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #136
[Podcast] Memory is changing. Research shows that as we use the Internet to support and extend our memory we become more reliant on it. Whereas before we might have tried to recall something on our own, now we don’t bother. As more information becomes available via smartphones and other devices, we become progressively more reliant…
Read MorePandemic Lingo | Shaking a Contact Tracer | Bacon Maldito Interview | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #135 [Livestream]
[Podcast] Guest Bacon Maldito talks about new terms since the COVID19 pandemic, shaking Contact Tracers, closing city streets for green space, permanent protocol changes for a temporary event, & deals at Dissmore’s IGA. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP135-AUDIO PANDEMIC LINGO – 15 NEW TERMS SINCE MARCH In a mere sixty days, Americans have…
Read MoreIs Special Ed Dead? | Canada’s Dystopian Back to School Informational Videos | SAFETY DOC PODCAST
[PODCAST] Before 1961, the United States did not publicly educate any children with any disabilities. If a child had cognitive or emotional disabilities, deafness, blindness or needed speech therapy, parents had to educate their children at home or pay for private education. In 1975, the US voted to ensure that all children, regardless of their…
Read MoreReturn of Chuck Mak: Face Validity from Pittsburgh | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #133
[Podcast] Chuck Mak delivers face validity from Pittsburgh, describing the rapid scale up of University of Pittsburgh Medical’s campus for influx of coronavirus patients; the biggest IT challenges; essential worker papers; COVID19 GIS hotspots tracked by phone; economic smash landing; and locus of control. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP133-AUDIO SCALING UP ONE OF…
Read MoreSchools Won’t Open This Fall – Here’s Why | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #132
[Podcast] The coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools this spring. Something else will keep them closed this fall. Doc explains the trifecta that will keep schools closed for some or all of 2020-2021. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP132-AUDIO TEACHERS UNIONS CONSIDERING STRIKES AND PROTESTS OVER COVID19 Politico’s Nicole Gaudiano, John Hendel and Leah Nylen wrote: “Teachers…
Read MoreDrastic Austerity Measures for K-12 | Preparing for Deep Cuts to Education | THE SAFETY DOC PODCAST #126
[Podcast] Schools brace for brutal 20% (or greater) slash to funding as coronavirus crashes economies; Doc’s face validity check in; Washington State’s “report your neighbors” website; the basics of school funding; austerity measures for the 2020-2021 school year; what will get cut; what will get funded; what happens to school safety? DIRECT LINK to MP3…
Read MoreHow Thinking About a Bagel Can Get You Through the Worst Day of Your Life | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #122
[Podcast – LIVESTREAM] Doc talks about what it means to enter chaos from the perspective of someone that has researches crises. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP122-AUDIO THINK OF A BAGEL It’s tasty as hell and also a metaphor for our lives and routines. Humans expect things to be similar and go bananas when…
Read MoreInsider Truth About How Schools Will Respond to Coronavirus | SAFETY DOC PODCAST 120 [Podcast]
[Podcast] Schools aren’t prepared to handle long-term closures due to the coronavirus. Don’t be fooled by germ-zapping robots or custodians fogging hallways with disinfectant. If a pandemic hits, the schools will close – and probably for the rest of 2019-2020 school year! I worked in school for 20 years with most of those being a…
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