amplifiED Podcast
EdAllies’ amplifiED podcast digs into the nuances, details, and lesser-known aspects of education equity through discussions that poke and prod at policymaking, systems, and much more. Hosted by Josh Crosson, EdAllies’ Executive Director and Margaret Sullivan, EdAllies’ Programs and Outreach Manager, amplifiED has discussed topics such as student discipline, innovative schools, chronic absenteeism, teacher diversity, literacy reform, legislative progress, the power of youth advocacy, and more!
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This is AmplifiEd, the EdAllies podcast.
At EdAllies, we partner with schools, families, and communities to ensure that all Minnesota students have access to a rigorous and engaging education. We advance policies that put underserved students first, remove barriers facing successful schools and programs, and foster an inclusive conversation about what’s possible for students.
In the AmplifiEd podcast, we dig into the issues of the day, the opportunities and challenges facing students, educators, and families, and the ways policy, advocacy, and collaboration can ensure better outcomes for us all.
In this special live recording of amplifiED, hosts Margaret Sullivan and Josh Crosson are joined by EdAllies' Senior Policy Director Matt Shaver for a candid mid-session breakdown of what's happening at the Minnesota Capitol and what it means for students.
With a tied House, a one-seat Senate majority, an election on the horizon, and a session backdrop that includes a school shooting, federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota schools, and mounting federal funding cuts, Matt unpacks where key education priorities stand with about a month left in session. The conversation covers protecting immigrant students' right to education, the 15-day attendance drop policy and why kids are being quietly unenrolled from schools, school safety funding in the wake of the Annunciation shooting, Read Act implementation, the growing fiscal threats to special education and school funding, and what's at stake on school discipline as hard-won protections for Minnesota's youngest learners face rollback attempts.
We end with a look ahead for what’s in store for the rest of the session and calling out key issues we expect to be discussed before summer begins.