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The Broken Copier — 130 episodes · page 1 of 2
Why the conversation about reading matters
Do we really need grades?
A word I'm thinking about going into this new school year
Teacher agency–and what we do with it
A brief, important reminder for teachers
The AI Conversation in Education
What should AI Literacy actually look like?
More supportive and inclusive classrooms
What is the online education space right now?
How should educators show up in this uncertain moment?
How do we help students arrive at their own meaning?
A hopeful ending to this school year
How do you say goodbye to a classroom?
Why teaching is really good/difficult right now
Two good stories from the classroom
What does "good teaching" even look like?
What if we tended the soil of our schools?
What should reading look like in our classrooms?
A no-zeroes grading policy that...works?
What should homework look like in 2026?
On Giving Teachers Enough Time
Two Teachers Talking About Reading
On The Broken Copier
What Should "Support" Look Like?
How to Make Reading Meaningful for Students
What Has This School Year Taught Us?
Finding Meaning in Teaching
A Better AI Conversation
On Empty Desks
On Losing Patience
On Challenging Students
The Heaviness of Teaching
A Better, More-Authentic Assessment
Where Learning Can Take Place
The Value of a 6-Week Check-in
The Art of Classroom Conversation
What I'm Doing With AI (I Think)
Better Discussions in the Classroom
Taught For America, Pt. 2
Taught For America, Pt. 1
What a School Can Be
Let's Talk About Grading
Adrian and Marcus: Talking Teaching
What Middle School Can Be
The Classroom As It Is
AI in the Classroom
KTC #20: Trust Me—Choose Transparency
Being a Teacher
Let's Talk About Testing
KTC #19: Pause and Take a Classroom Pulse Check
To Teach in This Moment
KTC #18: Add This Question to the End of Your Next Assignment
"Is 100% Engagement a Myth?" with Adrian Neibauer
When a School District Intentionally Leans Into AI
Writing in this AI Era with John Warner
KTC #17: Have Every Student Share a One-Word Answer
KTC #16: Find Your Ritual
"Becoming an Everyday Changemaker" with Alex Shevrin Venet and Adrian Neibauer
"Being a Part of Their Village" with Jireh Keys
More Like ChatGPA
KTC #15: Write Down One Win Each Day
The election and the classroom
We've been reading that students aren't reading anymore?
KTC #14: Teaching Through an Election
Return of the Education Buzzword Hot Seat
"Falling in Love with Teaching—Again" with Adrian Neibauer
We want teaching to be sustainable. (The question: how?)
KTC #13: "Before You Give Feedback, Think of an Umbrella"
"How Are Cell Phone Bans Going?" with Paige Tutt
"Better Teacher PD?" with Trevor Aleo
"How Educators Should Be Thinking About AI" with Marc Watkins
"Is Assessment a Learning Experience For Your Students?" with Dr. Julie Arnold
KTC #12: Differentiation Needs To Start With Conversations
"What the 5th Grade Classroom Feels Like" with Adrian Neibauer
KTC #11: Take The Time To Laminate Your Wins
Cyndi Mahne
What did I miss yesterday?
KTC #10: This Is When You Lean Into Classroom Community
You want to do what with my gradebook?
KTC #9: Don’t Forget How Often You’ve Been Wrong
We're Done Talking About Break
KTC #8: Do You Know How Your Students See Themselves As Learners?
KTC #7: Don’t Underestimate a Good Classroom
KTC #6: Thoughts on Saying "No" as a Teacher
How should we talk about college?
KTC #5: Accountability Without Late Penalties?
KTC #4: Just Write Them a Note
Welcome Back!
Kicking the Copier #3: How to Return Feedback to Students
Kicking the Copier #2: Two Simple Questions For Every Teacher, Every Day
"Reporting" on the Teacher-Blaming "Report"
Kicking the Copier #1: Don't Try to Catch Your Students Cheating
The Dog Days Aren't Over
To Pause for a Poem with Purpose
How to end a school year?
Did you know about Sijo?
Much Ado About Grading
What's the point of grading?
What counts as work?
Gwen Won Gold