The Cog Podcast
Welcome to The Cog Podcast, where we talk about all things public education. My name is Megg Acquilano and we call our podcast The Cog for a couple of reasons. Reason #1 is that I believe teaching is the profession that allows all other professions to exist. It's the cog or the center from which the spokes of our democracy originate. Reason #2 is that we're recording from the granite state, otherwise known as New Hampshire. NH is the home of the cog railway that climbs Mt. Washington — which is the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway and has been in operation since 1869.
The Cog Podcast
Schooling in the 5th Season
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Megg Acquilano
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Season 1
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Episode 4
This podcast is a summary/analysis of ASCD's article "Schooling in the Fifth Season" by Justin Reich. The original novel by N.K. Jeminsin (2015) introduces us to the changes we can expect of typical cycles of seasons.
The concept is that climatic emergencies will require reorganization and reimagination of 'how we do school'.
This means much greater weight placed on robust approaches to interruption if schools need to switch between in-person, hybrid, or remote learning.