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The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome to The Edu20/20 Podcast where Courtney and Shannon take the real, messy challenges teachers and coaches face and turn them into simple moves that actually work.
They’ve spent years in classrooms, PLCs, and district offices, so they’ve seen plenty, learned even more, and aren’t shy about laughing at the parts we all recognize and can relate to. You’ll hear clear language, straight answers, and the kind of stories that make you feel like you’re sitting with two friends who genuinely understand the work.
Each episode tackles a topic educators are wrestling with right now and turns it into practical steps you can use tomorrow. If you want clarity, confidence, and a little comic relief, hit follow.
Episodes
30 episodes
Episode 30: The Wildest Things Teachers Get Roped Into After School | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Teaching is already a full-time job. Naturally, schools also find approximately 47 other things for teachers to do.In this After Hours episode, Courtney and Shannon share some of the extracurriculars, clubs, coaching jobs, fundraisers, ...
Episode 29: Do Teachers Still Need Lesson Plans? | The Edu20/20 Podcast
With high-quality instructional materials doing much of the heavy lifting, do teachers still need to lesson plan? Yes, but that doesn't mean spending hours creating detailed plans no one ever looks at.In this episode, Courtney and Shann...
Episode 28: Get to Know Us: Books, Concerts, Cult Stories & Teacher Stress | The Edu20/20 Podcast
What happens when we ditch the education talk and just start asking each other questions? Things get weird pretty quickly.In this After Hours episode, Courtney and Shannon share their favorite books, concerts and TV shows, tell a few cu...
Episode 27: 3 Strategies to Make Learning Stick | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Students can look like they're listening, complete every assignment, and still not actually learn the content.In this episode, Courtney and Shannon share three simple teaching strategies that help students retrieve, process, and practic...
The Teachers You’ll Find in Every Professional Development | The Edu20/20 Podcast | Episode 26
Every professional development session has the same cast of characters: the eager learner, the side talkers, the emergency phone-call person, the paper grader, and the one who always has something to add or question.In this After Hours ...
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Classroom Walkthrough Red Flags That Break Teacher Trust | The Edu20/20 Podcast | Episode 25
Classroom walkthroughs should help leaders make better decisions about coaching and teacher support. But when the purpose is unclear, the data goes unused, or teachers never receive feedback, walkthroughs can quickly damage trust.In thi...
Bad Leadership Behaviors in Professional Development | The Edu20/20 Podcast | Episode 24
What happens when the leaders in the room are the ones making professional development harder?In this After Hours episode, Courtney and Shannon unpack the leadership behaviors that can derail even great PD, from sitting on the sidelines...
3 Back-to-School Teacher Tips That Will Save You Hours | The Edu20/20 Podcast | Episode 23
The first weeks of school can set the tone for your entire year. In this episode, Courtney Dumas and Shannon Streett share three simple strategies to improve classroom management, streamline parent communication, and get into your content faste...
Episode 22: State Testing Stories That Shouldn’t Be Real | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome to the Edu20/20 After Hours Podcast… and yes, we’re ending the season with state testing. Because what better way to wrap things up than revisiting one of the most stressful and chaotic times of the school year?In this episode, ...
Episode 21: What to Do After Testing (When Everyone Is Checked Out) | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome back to the Edu20/20 Podcast… and yes, this is the season finale.We’re talking about that very specific time of year. Testing? Done. Kids? Done.Teachers? Definitely DONE.And somehow, you still have weeks left. This e...
Episode 20: What We Did Before Teaching (And Why It Actually Matters) | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome to the Edu20/20 After Hours Podcast… where we’re nearing the end of the season by going all the way back to the beginning.In this episode, we’re talking about who we were before education-- the random jobs, weird experiences, an...
Episode 19: Study Guides Aren’t Working (Here’s What Actually Does) | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome back to the Edu20/20 Podcast… where we take the things we’ve all done in classrooms and actually look at whether they’re working.This episode is all about study guides. We’ve all used them. We’ve all handed them out before a tes...
Episode 18: Teacher Life Hacks You'll Actually Use | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome to the Edu20/20 After Hours Podcast, where we’re not solving education today, we’re just trying to survive it. This episode is all about teacher life hacks.We’re talking about:• The tiny changes that save your sanity during ...
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Episode 17 | The Problem With Success Criteria | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome back to the Edu20/20 Podcast. This episode is all about success criteria and why it’s become one of the most misunderstood (and overcomplicated) things happening in classrooms right now.After hundreds of classroom observations, ...
Episode 16 | The Craziest Things We’ve Heard in the Classroom | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome to the Edu20/20 After Hours Podcast. This is your official warning to not listen to this one with your kids in the car.In this episode, we’re sharing some of the wildest, most unhinged things we’ve heard in the classroom, from s...
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Episode 15| Why Your School Goals Aren't Working | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome to the Edu20/20 Podcast, where we take the things everyone says we “have to do” in education and talk about whether they actually make sense.This episode is all about goals and why they so often feel like a moving target. We bre...
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Episode 14: Courtney's Foster & Adoption Story | The Edu20/20 Podcast
In this After Hours episode of The Edu20/20 Podcast, Shannon flips the script and puts Courtney in the hot seat.We talk about her journey into foster care and adoption--how she went from zero kids to two in 48 hours (and eventually thre...
Episode 13 | Checks for Understanding | The Edu20/20 Podcast
In this episode of The Edu20/20 Podcast, we’re continuing the conversation on lesson planning and zooming in on one of the most overlooked (but critical) parts: checks for understanding.The reality is kids can be doing all the things an...
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Episode 12 | Shannon’s “Arranged” Marriage & Escape Story | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome to the Edu20/20 After Hours Podcast, AKA the version of us that probably shouldn’t be mic’d up, but here we are.This episode is fully dedicated to Shannon because she casually dropped one of the most unhinged life stories we’ve ...
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Simplifying Lesson Planning | Episode 11 | The Edu20/20 Podcast
In this episode, we’re breaking down a game-changing practice: lesson framing.If your students constantly ask:“Is this for a grade?”“Why I gotta do this?”…it might not be defiance. It might be that the lesson wasn’t framed c...
Edu20/20 Travel Stories (& Trauma) | Episode 10 | The Edu20/20 Podcast
In this episode of The Edu20/20 Podcast After Hours, Courtney Dumas and Shannon Street take you behind the scenes of life on the road as co-owners of Edu20/20. When you travel across states supporting teachers and leaders, you collect stories… ...
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Lesson Framing | Episode 9 | The Edu20/20 Podcast
In this episode, we’re breaking down a game-changing practice: lesson framing.If your students constantly ask:“Is this for a grade?”“Why I gotta do this?”…it might not be defiance. It might be that the lesson wasn’t framed c...
Teacher Prank Stories | Episode 8 | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Welcome back to the Edu20/20 Podcast: After Hours where the vibes are relaxed, and the stories are unfiltered.In this episode, Shannon Street and Courtney Dumas swap teacher-and-student prank stories.You’ll hear:- The remote...
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From Goals to Impact | Episode 7 | The Edu20/20 Podcast #education #teachereducation
Welcome back to the Edu20/20 Podcast! Courtney Dumas and Shannon Street are back (with a new studio setup, look at us movin' on up in the world 👀).This episode tackles moving toward instructional goals and why so many goals don’t go any...
Student Engagement, Part 2: Letting Go Without Losing Control | Episode 6 | The Edu20/20 Podcast
Student engagement sounds great in theory—until you’re standing in front of 37 students wondering how to let go without losing control or running out of time.In Part 2 of our student engagement series, Courtney and Shannon get practical...
