A podcast fueled by educators. Each month, School Me brings you advice from fellow educators, expert breakdowns of education trends and news, and the encouragement you need to give your students your very best each day. Brought to you by the National Education Association.
Protecting Schools and Sacred Spaces From ICE
35 mins; November 13, 2025
Making Labor History Relevant for Young People
34 mins; October 29, 2025
Teaching Kids the Science of Perception, Misinformation, and Disinformation
28 mins; October 01, 2025
Why Are Billionaires Messing With Public Education? Part 2
29 mins; August 27, 2025
Why Are Billionaires Messing With Public Education? Part 1
35 mins; August 12, 2025
Paid Student Teaching is the Future
37 mins; July 09, 2025
An Expert Explains: Medicaid Cuts Will Hurt Us All
37 mins; June 01, 2025
Lawyers Explain: Anti-Immigrant Policies and Education
36 mins; May 11, 2025
A Lawyer Explains: "DEI" and Anti-Equity Policies in Schools
38 mins; April 23, 2025
What can we do about cyberbullying?
32 mins; March 27, 2025
All the Books for All the Kids With Kwame Alexander
33 mins; March 01, 2025
Collective Bargaining is Back in Fairfax
25 mins; February 16, 2025
Moments From a Teacher’s Monthly Grocery Run
4 mins; January 30, 2025
An Innovative Apprenticeship Program for Teachers
39 mins; January 14, 2025
Read (and Rap) Across America with Dwayne Reed
33 mins; December 17, 2024
Your Questions About Retirement
29 mins; November 15, 2024
Moments From a See Educators Run Training
5 mins; October 28, 2024
AI in Education
35 mins; October 16, 2024
Moments From a High School Culinary Class
5 mins; July 02, 2024
The ESP Bill of Rights
35 mins; June 14, 2024
Defend Black History with Rashad Robinson
36 mins; May 31, 2024
70 Years of Brown v. Board
34 mins; May 14, 2024
Mental Health in Higher Education
25 mins; April 30, 2024
How to Be Strike-Ready
34 mins; April 14, 2024
The State of Community Schools
33 mins; March 31, 2024
Supporting Students with Disabilities
25 mins; March 14, 2024
Why New Teachers and ESPs Make a Dynamic Team
32 mins; February 29, 2024
Moments from A Nature-Based, Outdoor Pre-Kindergarten
5 mins; February 16, 2024
Demystifying AP African American Studies
33 mins; January 30, 2024
Taking Action on Gun Violence
39 mins; January 16, 2024
Encore: Battling Educator Stress
38 mins; December 17, 2023
Recognizing Yourself as a Leader
32 mins; November 30, 2023
Update: The State of Student Debt
28 mins; November 15, 2023
Rise Up for LGBTQ+ Youth with GLSEN
28 mins; October 31, 2023
What Behavioral Specialists Want You To Know
38 mins; October 15, 2023
Champion the Freedom to Read With Author Duncan Tonatiuh
34 mins; September 25, 2023
Parent Partnership and Family Engagement
34 mins; September 14, 2023
Winning Higher Pay
39 mins; August 31, 2023
Organizing, Member to Member
33 mins; August 09, 2023
Education and the Supreme Court
39 mins; August 02, 2023
Educator Advocacy Rights
28 mins; July 14, 2023
Update: Navigating Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws at School
17 mins; June 29, 2023
Introducing Our 2023 ESP of the Year
31 mins; June 21, 2023
Rethinking Standardized Testing
44 mins; June 01, 2023
#TeacherTok: Educators as Influencers
37 mins; May 11, 2023
How Educators Build Community Schools
34 mins; April 23, 2023
Bonus Episode: Special Education and Inclusion from OEA Grow
23 mins; March 22, 2023
Battling Educator Stress
38 mins; March 14, 2023
Books as Mirrors and Windows
35 mins; March 01, 2023
The Power of Pre-K
31 mins; February 14, 2023
Teaching Black History, Meaningfully
36 mins; January 27, 2023
Social and Emotional Learning 101
33 mins; January 11, 2023
Navigating Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws at School
40 mins; December 02, 2022
How to Become a Teacher - Pt. 3 - My Path to the Classroom
40 mins; November 16, 2022
Educators and Elections
27 mins; November 03, 2022
Supporting Student Advocacy With Rahaf Othman
26 mins; September 29, 2022
How to Win With Collective Bargaining and Member Advocacy
43 mins; August 24, 2022
Representation matters with author Wendy Shang
29 mins; August 01, 2022
Educating Students With Disabilities in a Pandemic Context
23 mins; July 19, 2022
Living Your Authentic Self as an LGTBQ+ Educator
21 mins; June 17, 2022
Fighting Period Poverty in Schools
33 mins; May 23, 2022
Supporting Grieving Students
28 mins; April 29, 2022
The Educator Shortage
29 mins; April 15, 2022
How to Become a Teacher - Pt. 2 - Student Teaching
37 mins; March 10, 2022
The Power of Storytelling With Author Andrea Davis Pinkney
28 mins; February 09, 2022
When Educators Run for Office
32 mins; January 26, 2022
The PSLF Changes That Could Change Your Life
25 mins; January 09, 2022
The Science of Learning, Continued
24 mins; December 14, 2021
How to Become a Teacher - Pt. 1 - Licensure
39 mins; October 29, 2021
Know your rights, teach the truth - Alice O'Brien
28 mins; October 13, 2021
Read Across America with author Donna Barba Higuera
23 mins; September 13, 2021
Tackling Remote Learning as a Deaf Educator
28 mins; August 17, 2021
Battling Student Debt as an Educator
24 mins; July 27, 2021
Leaning on Your Fellow Educators in a Pandemic
32 mins; July 07, 2021
Mental Health Matters for Aspiring Educators
24 mins; May 06, 2021
Restorative Justice and Practices in School - Part 2
16 mins; March 11, 2021
Restorative Justice and Practices in School - Part 1
25 mins; March 04, 2021
Educating Students With Disabilities in a Pandemic
23 mins; January 25, 2021
A bigger vision with NEA President Becky Pringle
28 mins; December 17, 2020
The ESP who's training thousands on implicit bias
31 mins; November 17, 2020
Becoming an educator in the COVID-19 era with the NEA Aspiring Ed Chair
28 mins; October 28, 2020
Living Your Authentic Self: LGBTQ+ Educators
22 mins; September 24, 2020
Back to School: Your Rights, Explained - Part 2
17 mins; August 26, 2020
Back to School: Your Rights, Explained - Part 1
29 mins; August 19, 2020
Cancel Student Loan Debt!
25 mins; August 05, 2020
Leading with a Social Justice Lens
24 mins; June 23, 2020
Lessons in Trauma-Informed Instruction from a Maryland Teacher of the Year
27 mins; May 29, 2020
Your Rights and Benefits During the Pandemic
26 mins; May 04, 2020
A Mom's Advice for Her Aspiring Educator Son
29 mins; April 15, 2020
Effective Communication Tips for ESPs
21 mins; March 19, 2020
Finding your voice as a man of color in the classroom
21 mins; February 20, 2020
When You’re the Only One: Navigating a Lack of Diversity
31 mins; February 05, 2020
Resources for Paraeducators and Fine-Tuning Your Skills
23 mins; January 22, 2020
From Aspiring Educator to Full-Time Teacher
23 mins; January 08, 2020
Bridging the Generation Gap
23 mins; December 17, 2019
How Educators of Color Can Define Their Own Path
15 mins; December 04, 2019
Standing with ESPs
32 mins; November 18, 2019
Bringing the Black Lives Matter Week of Action to Your School
