Back to school with Nashville's teachers
Episode description
It’s back-to-school season! Big box stores have put out special school supplies displays, and the airwaves are full of commercials for backpacks, clothes and markers.
It’s a pretty familiar phenomenon, but it’s also impossible to deny that a lot has changed about education over the past few years, from the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic to new laws that impact what can be taught in the classroom. What is this time of year — this year — like for Middle Tennessee’s teachers? To learn more, we're joined by educators and MNPS officials.
But first, we'll hear from our newsroom about the results of yesterday's election.
Guests:
Blaise Gainey, WPLN News political reporter
Julia Ritchey, WPLN News afternoon news editor
Laura Delgado, Program Director of the Pionero Scholars Program at the Lipscomb College of Education
Daven Oglesby, exceptional education teacher at Lakeview Elementary Design Center
Susan Strasinger, teacher at Hillsboro High School
Michele Sheriff, President of the Metropolitan Nashville Education Association
Dr. Mason Bellamy, Chief of Academics and Schools for Metro Nashville Public Schools