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Class of 2025 offers an in-depth exploration of some of the issues that students from Oregon face today, seen through the lens of the students themselves.
Class Of 2025
Class Of 2025
Guest Episode: Transmission, from KNKX
27 FEB 2021 · The Class Of 2025 is in middle school but transitioning soon to high school. Here's an episode looking further out, and what it's like to be in a different transition - going away to college in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What’s it like teaching middle school in 2021?
8 FEB 2021 · Two middle school teachers talk to OPB Think Out Loud host Dave Miller about what it’s like in the virtual classroom right now -- how to keep students engaged, talk about current events, and what might happen when things go back to “normal.”
Guest Episode: RadioActive, from KUOW
2 FEB 2021 · Here’s another youth-produced podcast, this time from KUOW in Seattle. It’s called RadioActive. In this episode, teen reporters combine a fictional story with questions and answers about polarization, belonging, and social media.
Guest Episode: tbh
19 JAN 2021 · We’ve wrapped up this season of Class Of 2025, but we’re back to share another show we think you’ll like: tbh, from KALW. It’s a chance to hear straight from high school students in the Bay Area. This episode, they’re talking about race, education, and punishment.
Season 2, Epilogue: The Road to 2025 continues
12 JAN 2021 · Middle school is almost over for the Class Of 2025 -- high school is next. An update on 8th grade, and a look to the future.
Season 2, Ep 6: Why some Black students may do better at home
5 JAN 2021 · For two Black students in the Class Of 2025, learning at home has been better than getting an education in-person. Why? How do these students’ experiences in school with peers and teachers compare to being at home with parents and pets? We hear Rayshawn and Josh’ stories, plus talk to a couple of University of Virginia professors.
Season 2, Ep 5.5: What’s it like running a middle school in 2020?
28 DEC 2020 · We’ll be back next week with episode 6, but here’s a bonus in the meantime - a conversation with OPB host Geoff Norcross and Michael Contreras, principal of Ron Russell Middle School - where most of the Class Of 2025 goes to school.
Season 2, Ep 5: Boys “Fall Apart” in middle school
21 DEC 2020 · Middle school is a time of changes -- academic, social, emotional, and physical. For boys, puberty tends to start in the middle of middle school -- later than for girls. What effect does that have on differences between boys' and girls' learning and behavior? How much do "old school" gender roles play into it? Johnathan and Joel share their challenges with middle school, and we'll talk brains with a neuroscientist.
Season 2, Ep 4: Lessons from The Plague - new teachers in 2020
14 DEC 2020 · It’s Friday the 13th, the last day of in-person school, and Nathan Tew was teaching about the bubonic plague. New teachers to a middle school reflect on how the school year blew up, their scramble to maintain contact with students, and how things are going now.
Season 2, Ep 3: The year that screen time was all the time
7 DEC 2020 · Teens are online a lot, and the pandemic pushed teens online even more -- whether through a computer or phone screen. At the same time, adolescence is an important time for building friendships and social connections. How are teens staying connected? Kaylie, Ava, Osvaldo, and Josh share their digital insights.
Class of 2025 offers an in-depth exploration of some of the issues that students from Oregon face today, seen through the lens of the students themselves.
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