Classroom Brew

464: Ryan's summer enrichment is primarily middle-schoolers, which has been a fun experience so far this summer... Patreon: patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: instagram.com/classroombrew

463: Ryan's summer is off to a hot start with his new and improved summer enrichment course, while CPS CEO Macquline King takes the hot seat before congress... Patreon: patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: instagram.com/classroombrew

462: Ryan's last week of the school year and first week of summer was... odd... Patreon: patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: instagram.com/classroombrew

461: This week's episode covers a major faux pas for teachers who share a classroom, letting seniors be seniors on their last day, gratitude for Ryan's best year in his career, and more! Patreon: patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: instagram.com/classroombrew

460: From a pivotal union vote on whether dues should be increased, to a lack of awareness from students during movies, to Macquline King being subpoenaed, and even some Ryan updates, this episode has a bit of a wide breadth... Patreon: patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: instagram.com/classroombrew

459: Aside from one brief story about a careless driver in a school-zone, the main focus today is on the non-profit organization Embarc Chicago. Please consider pledging to save this program; Classroom Brew is not associated or sponsored by Embarc Chicago. Just a concerned teacher, hoping that others can help save experiential learning for students. Pledge to help save Embarc: embarcchicago.org/donate  Patreon: patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: instagram.com/classroombrew

458: The year is winding down... slowly... so Ryan covers some mid- and post-AP Exam approaches by students and parents, among many other things... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

457: Ryan's supposed to be in almost complete victory lap mode, with 1 out of 2 AP Exams over, but this week has had drastically different plans... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

456: Shame on who? Ryan gets into a fellow teacher's frustration with apathy, audacious and unannounced arrivals from students, staff members haphazardly undermining instructional time, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

455: Kirk Moore is a hero and Ryan gets into the lack of media attention on his heroic story, as well as the audacity of students and administrative, prompting the titular question... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

454: Ryan's been dealing with rude coworkers, leaving to get donuts for a class, productivity walls after leaps and bounds, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

453: Ryan's got some updates on summer planning, the Chicago Board of Education urging Illinois' Governor Pritzker to protect public school funding, a fun idea from an Instagram Teacher, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

452: Ryan recaps some weird moments from parent-teacher conferences, emails received during spring break, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

451: Shannon joins Ryan this week to talk about her career balancing act, the world of higher education, weird student behavior on zoom, and more! Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew Shannon's Website: https://sites.google.com/view/spanishconshannon/home?authuser=0 Shannon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanish_con_shannon  Shannon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonbarnes-8687/ Shannon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannon.barnes.391/ 

450: Sometimes you have a gut instinct to not go to work... is this what happens when you don't listen..? Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

449: Rogue fire alarms, audacious students/parents/teachers, and a handful to deal with: Ryan covers the latest on this week's episode! Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

448: Ryan's recap of the hilariously wild sequence of events from the past few weeks, from student mishaps, to summer planning, to student observers (?), and more! Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

447: Shorter episode this week... you'll see why as Ryan recounts what's been going on, but also a weird student phenomenon that we'll call "John 1, John 2." Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

446: Everyone's been on one this month—teachers, students, practitioners—all in the classroom, too! Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

445: The audacity of students and staff has returned (or never left), but luckily Ryan's pettiness can outpace them...  Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

444: Ryan's weekly recap includes some audacious staff members, last minute student requests, an infuriating targeting of teachers, and more! Use Code "BREW75" for 75% off your first month of Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Email us: [email protected]  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

443: Ryan brings back the Comment Hero(es) of the Week, covers some annoying, disconcerting, and truly puzzling emails and updates, and more on this week's episode! Email us: [email protected]  Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

442: Ryan's woes with CollegeBoard end anticlimactically, students let a staff member know what they think at an assembly... and they double-down, the district is tone deaf with its own students, staff, and community members, and much more this week! Email us: [email protected]  Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

441: Ryan's fighting off a cold but still covering topics like the Illinois State Board of Education's (ISBE) major error that caused a panic throughout the state, weird indulgences as a teacher, the district creating a calendar in spite of students/staff/parents/community votes, and more! Email us: [email protected]  Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

440: Ryan's first week back after winter break had some high's, some low's, and some concerns... Email us: [email protected]  Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

439: Maybe 2026 will be the year of the decrease in A.I. being shoved down our throats? This, and more, in the first episode of 2026! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

438: After some time off, Ryan closes out 2025 with a final episode, covering penny-pinching tactics that put the cart before the horse, lack of communication by other professionals in a school, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

437: Ryan's school is through the thick of finals week and the grade-grubbing this year will surprise you... We also follow up on the A.I. blocking from last week's episode and address the need for more people like Steve from "Too Much Scrolling" to do morning announcements... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

436: As the semester winds down, Ryan has to break an egg to make an omelette... This, and more this week! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

435: This week's episode covers some logistical concerns that administrations may not be considering, frustrations about A.I. and sports betting, and the chore of teaching AP Gov at a time when Gov... sucks... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

434: Never a dull moment with some parent emails... Ryan keeps this episode short and sweet for Thanksgiving.  A huge thank you to you, the listener, as well as James, Lish, Cyndi, Melynda, Sabrina, Leo, Haden, Cheryl, Martia, Jeremy Mary Pat, Javier, Christian, Katy, and Sydney for supporting our Patreon! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

433: While cringey savior movies are everywhere, unlike Abbott Elementary, most teacher-based shows do not survive... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

432: Justice for Abby Zwerner, finally! We also discuss other things, like the use of the word "scholars" for students and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

431: Ryan covers the facilitation of Mock Election, some frustrations after a long day of teaching, and more in this week's episode! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

430: With Mock Election underway, current events and student safety concerns, 28 phones to sort through, and the ultimate tip for productive, efficient grading, Ryan gets into a lot in this compact episode! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

429: Ryan's past couple of weeks were marked with his school district further relying on Google and AWS, adding barriers to log in, providing inequitable teacher assignments, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

428: Ryan recaps a tough week, given current events in Chicago, a weird email from a substitute teacher, an audacious email from a 4th grade parent, standardized testing qualms, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

427: Ryan gets into everything from being taken off guard/startled by an excited student, to a 22-year old man pretending to be a high schooler, to logistical concerns with standardized testing, potential school closures, Jeopardy interruptions, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

426: Ryan's trip to Salem included teacher shoutouts, while his return to work had mixed experiences with two different substitutes... All this and more, as Ryan struggles to find time to prep and grade during consistent national crises! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

425: Ryan covers some new year changes in his second year at the new school; some good, some bad... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

424: Tracking teacher copies can be a slippery slope... This week, Ryan gets into covering current events that are turbulent in classes, district employees being put on leave or laid off for comments, silly required videos to show your advisory class, and the aforementioned slippery slope as it relates to paper in schools... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

423: Ryan's recap on the old switcheroo, finding a good workflow, addressing good questions about questionable government action as a government/politics teacher, the weird chicken-or-egg scenario with permission slips, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

422: The first few weeks of school are nearly done, juuuust as the first health ailment hits Ryan: Allergies... Also discussed: the National Guard potentially policing the city of Chicago, teaching when you sound sick, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

421: Ryan covers "news" on exterior bathroom doors in Oak Park River Forest High School, buying weird combinations of supplies for a lesson, more unfortunate news—this time from Minnesota—and much more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

420: The first day of classes have been happening for centuries... why are so many schools so unprepared for this? Ryan tackles this question from personal experience, Oklahoma’s right-wing initiative, and more on this week's episode. Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

419: Lish joins the podcast this week to talk about similarities and differences for Minnesota teachers and Illinois teachers, logistics that only teachers need to concern themselves with, and more as Ryan's summer comes to a close! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

418: As Ryan gears up for the new school year, we get into how e-GiftCards take advantage of teachers, a Florida teacher's fallout from calling a student by their nickname, the dread of summer ending, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

417: This Teacher Pep Talk from Ryan covers something we should all take stock of every once and a while... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

416: This week, Ryan covers CBS/Paramount stifling Colbert and the media, a cringe-worthy memory as a teacher, an update from a student from 2019's student series of this podcast, Oklahoma's right-wing curriculum indoctrination, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew

415: Ryan's summer has consisted of getting over [some/most of] his imposter syndrome at his new school, thanks to AP scores, as well as the process of moving up salary lanes, perplexing flair pen usage, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew