Talk Out of School

Results of Ed Week's national survey of teachers

Episode Summary

After a recap of the latest NYC education news, Holly Kurtz of Education Week explains the results of their nationwide survey of teachers, including trends in teacher morale, their views on class size, student discipline, use of AI and computers, and whether they believe they are respected in their communities and nationwide

Episode Notes

Class Size Matters' testimony on the DOE's preliminary budget for FY 2027, https://classsizematters.org/testimony-on-the-doe-preliminary-education-budget-for-fy-2027/

Class Size Working Group final report, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gSiFUcuLOjJ49PLCMptkroFjXBHow2b_/view

AI Moratorium Coalition rejects DOE's inadequate AI guidance, https://studentprivacymatters.org/ai-moratorium-coalition-rejects-doe-inadequate-ai-guidance/

Daily News, NYC public schools to release guidelines for AI use in classroom, https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/23/nyc-public-schools-ai-guidelines-classroom/?share=chnlnm3clrwhc0scoy2y

Gothamist, NYC schools get AI guidance using 'red light, green light' model. https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-schools-get-ai-guidance-using-red-light-green-light-model

Petition calling for an AI moratorium, https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/please-enact-a-two-year-moratorium-on-the-use-of-ai-in-nyc-public-schools?clear_id=true

EdWeek, The State of Teaching 2026, https://www.edweek.org/the-state-of-teaching/2026