EP 58: Florida’s Book Bans Are Back! Plus How A School Board Member Lobbies In D.C.

Steph and Eddie return to discuss Steph’s education-related travels. But first Steph delves into news of layoffs at OCPS and the unfortunate reality behind them. (3:42). Then book banning is back, and we walk through the latest letter from the FL Board of Education trying to upend the rules, yet again, to get their desired outcome: more books off school shelves (12:55). However, Eddie and Steph have praise for the state board when it comes to another issue: Artificial Intelligence in schools (23:58). Then Steph talks about her trip to meet with the Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards down in Miami and how they’re setting school board legislative priorities (28:07). Finally, Steph walks through her first lobbying trip to Washington D.C. as a school board member and how the Florida School Board Association made some positive progress at the Department of Education (yes, that one) (35:00).

• Extracurricular Podcast
• Stephanie Vanos
• Eddie Geller