
(EP51) Smart Kids in Bad Schools with guest Brian Crosby
In Smart Kids, Bad Schools, award-winning author and educator Brian Crosby ( brian-crosby.com )draws on his many years as a high school Engl...
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Most new teachers don't make it past the five year mark, and its easy to understand why. Teachers are stressed from budget cuts, testings, discipline problems, parents, poor adminstrators, e...

In Smart Kids, Bad Schools, award-winning author and educator Brian Crosby ( brian-crosby.com )draws on his many years as a high school Engl...

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