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Where We Teach: Elementary Education in Connecticut

Odane Campbell
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CPBN Learning Lab JMA Satellite Campus
Elementary school teachers and education experts joined our Where We Teach panel to share experiences from the classroom.

Last year, we hosted our first “Where We Teach” panel. It was built out of a very practical need: we have a daily talk show that airs at 9:00 am, and often discuss education issues. But a core group of people aren’t available to talk at 9:00 am - teachers.

So, we wanted to bring together a panel and audience of teachers to talk about the challenges and struggles, as well as the achievements and victories that they deal with everyday. It’s a chance for us to ask one simple question: What’s it like to be a teacher today?

For our second Where We Teach panel hosted last week, we decided to focus on elementary education - in part because so much of the focus of the media on schools tends to be on the high school years.

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GUESTS:

  • Norma Ferguson - 4th grade teacher at Metacomet Elementary School in Bloomfield
  • Michelle McKnight - 6th grade math intervention specialist at Bennett Academy in Manchester
  • Douglas Kaufman - Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at UConn's Neag School of Education
  • Jodi Kabat - 3rd grade teacher at Burns Latino Studies Academy in Hartford

John Dankosky, Catie Talarski, Heather Brandon, and Lydia Brown contributed to this show.

For more on elementary education, "180 Days: Hartsville" premieres on Tuesday, March 17 at 8:00 pm on CPTV.

Tucker Ives is WNPR's morning news producer.

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