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PEP Talk Episode 43: The State of Student Privacy & AIResource | Podcast | Student & Child Privacy, PEP Talk, Technology & AI, School Safety & Cybersecurity, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant catches up with Amelia Vance, founder and president of the … -
PEP Talk Episode 42: Rethinking Special Education Dispute Resolution at IDEA’s 50th Anniversary
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, Access & Opportunity, District & School Operations, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant interviews two of the authors of AASA's new report Rethinking … -
PEP Talk Episode 41: Changes to the H-1B Visa Program
Resource | Podcast | Staffing, HR & Talent Development, PEP Talk, School Staff Shortages, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant chats with AASA's senior government affairs manager Tara … -
PEP Talk Episode 40: The Impact of Impact Aid
Resource | Podcast | Education Funding, PEP Talk, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant speaks with Quincy Natay, superintendent of Chinle Unifed … -
PEP Talk Episode 39: How Do YOU Advocate?
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant interviews superintendents from around the country about … -
PEP Talk Episode 38: The K-12 Cases in the Supreme Court
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, Advocacy & Policy
Kat Sturdevant interviews Sonja Trainor, executive director of the National School Attorneys … -
PEP Talk Episode 37: How Medicaid Cuts Will Harm Students & Schools Report
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, Health & Wellness, Finance & Budgets, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant is joined by Jessie Mandle, National Program Director of … -
PEP Talk Episode 36: School Voucher Update 2025
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, District & School Operations, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant gets a much anticipated update from Sasha Pudelski, … -
PEP Talk Episode 35: The Cost of Divisive Conflict on School Districts and Superintendents
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, Communications & Public Relations, Board Relations, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Noelle Ellerson Ng interviews Dr. Rachel S. White, Associate Professor, … -
PEP Talk Episode 34: The E-Rate Saga
Resource | Podcast | E-Rate, PEP Talk, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant gets into the weeds on the current saga of the FCC's Universal … -
PEP Talk Episode 33: Education in the 2024 Election
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant deep dives the role of education in the 2024 presidential … -
PEP Talk Episode 32: School District Spending of American Rescue Plan Funding
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, American Rescue Plan, Finance & Budgets, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant discusses the newest edition of the American Rescue Plan … -
PEP Talk Episode 31: The 2024 Title IX Regulations
Resource | Podcast | Title IX, PEP Talk, Ethics, District & School Operations, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant interviews Holly McIntush, partner at Thompson & Horton LLP … -
PEP Talk Episode 30: The New Nutrition Regulations
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, School Nutrition, Health & Wellness, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk, Kat Sturdevant welcomes back Tara Thomas, AASA policy analyst, to discuss … -
PEP Talk Episode 29: The School Voucher Legal Saga
Resource | Podcast | Legal Matters, PEP Talk, District & School Operations, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk, Kat Sturdevant interviews Jessica Levin, litigation director at the Education … -
PEP Talk Episode 28: Title I and You!
Resource | Podcast | Education Funding, PEP Talk, Finance & Budgets, District & School Operations, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk, Kat Sturdevant interviews Nora Gordon, professor at the McCourt School of … -
PEP Talk Episode 27: Superintendent Attrition, Mobility and Gender
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, Leadership Development, District & School Operations, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk, Kat Sturdevant interviews Dr. Rachel S. White, assistant professor of educational … -
PEP Talk Episode 26: Secure Rural Schools Program
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, Rural Communities, District & School Operations, Advocacy & Policy
On this episode of PEP Talk, producer Kat Sturdevant and policy analyst Tara Thomas continue their conversation … -
PEP Talk Episode 25: Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) Survey Report
Resource | Podcast | PEP Talk, Rural Communities, District & School Operations, Advocacy & Policy
On this special episode of PEP Talk, producer Kat Sturdevant interviews AASA policy analyst Tara Thomas … -
PEP Talk Episode 24: Student & Child Privacy
Resource | Podcast | Student & Child Privacy, PEP Talk, Advocacy & Policy
AASA's Advocacy team interviews Amelia Vance, chief counsel, and Morgan Leftwich, project director from …
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