Wednesday, March 14 – Kirsten Baesler, the ND superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction, joins us to discuss a number of issues facing education in the state. ~~~ EdCamp North Dakota is a professional development opportunity for educators with a unique twist, with the participants determining the agenda. Prairie Public’s Darcy Bakkegard joins us to explain. ~~~ Continuing on an education theme, we share another excerpt from the Cutting Ed podcast as host Tom Gerhardt visits with Tom Klapp, Northern Cass teacher of the year and finalist for ND teacher of the year. ~~~ Nationally, the secretary of education is Betsy DeVos. In this morning’s Takeaway show, heard on selected Prairie Public stations, host Todd Zwillich visited with Liz Willen, the editor-in-chief of The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit news education outlet focused on innovation and inequality in education. She assess DeVos's first year.
Supt. of Education Kirsten Baesler ~ EdCamp for Teachers ~ Educator Tom Klapp
