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Issues in Education – Tech, Student Behavior, SATs – 10/07/24

Issues in Education – Tech, Student Behavior, SATs – 10/07/24

Issues in Education

An on-air feature and podcast from Family Life News – 10/07/2024

Kids Behaving Badly

The S-A-T

Helping Rural Schools Keep Up with Technology

 

Dr. Ralph Kerr at the “Teaching and Learning Institute” discusses education “trends” and topics of interest that impact our public schools. Listen for “Issues in Education” on alternating Mondays on during Family Life’s newscasts and podcasts.

 

Issues in Education – Back to School edition – 9/09/24

Issues in Education – Back to School edition – 9/09/24

Issues in Education” is back, for back to school

This Family Life News Feature gets analysis and commentary on big issues for local schools, families, students and educators. Retired school administrator Dr. Ralph Kerr joins Bob Price for that important practical conversation.

As this program returns from its summer break, here are the topics for this podcast:

  • What are we doing right and what are we doing wrong when it comes to Public Education?
  • Cellphones in School
  • Is Homework necessary any longer?

Dr. Ralph Kerr founded the Teaching and Learning Institute which seeks to motivate people of faith to advocate in their home school district. Resources for potential school board candidates are on their website WhyRun.org, as are Kerr’s commentaries on other educational matters in Pennsylvania and New York.

Issues in Education is one of our Monday news features in the Noon Report and 5 O’Clock Report. You can hear these newscasts on the radio, on our live stream, and from our podcast feeds. All of our features and extended interviews also are posted to www.FamilyLife.org/newspodcasts.

Issues in Education – Heat Days, KidsCount, Summer learning – 6/17/24

Issues in Education – Heat Days, KidsCount, Summer learning – 6/17/24

It’s “Issues in Education” on Family Life

Dr. Ralph Kerr, founder of the “Teaching and Learning Institute”, has the latest education issues in the news, in this conversation with Family Life’s Bob Price.

This week:

  • Heat Day in School
  • Mitigating Brain Drain
  • KidsCount Survey

 

This week’s edition of “Issues in Education” is our 2023-24 “season finale”, as this program takes a “summer break”.

Dr. Kerr will be back when this Family Life News Feature returns just ahead of the upcoming school year, to help you analyze issues and actions in school districts where you live, and throughout Pennsylvania and New York. 

In the meantime, TLI’s website WhyRun.org has ongoing information for parents, taxpayers and educators.

Issues in Education – Budgets, Absentees, Commencement Addresses – 5/20/24

Issues in Education – Budgets, Absentees, Commencement Addresses – 5/20/24

 

School Budget Vote in New York

Combatting Chronic Absenteeism

Controversial Graduation Speech

 

 

Dr. Ralph Kerr with the “Teaching and Learning Institute” sounds off on the important issues impacting our public schools each Monday on “Issues in Education”

 

Issues in Education – Short-term Covid Cash leads to Long-term Layoffs – 4/15/24

Issues in Education – Short-term Covid Cash leads to Long-term Layoffs – 4/15/24

School Layoffs

Paying Student Teachers

Deadline for School Board Candidates

 

 

Dr. Ralph Kerr with the Teaching and Learning Institute has a mission to encourage Christians to get involved with their local public schools.  Here’s the latest on this week’s “Issues in Education” report.

 

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