Welcome back to the Edu20/20 Podcast: After Hours where the vibes are relaxed, and the stories are unfiltered.

In this episode, Shannon Street and Courtney Dumas swap teacher-and-student prank stories.

You’ll hear:
- The remote-control fart machine prank that had an entire class convinced Shannon was guilty
- Courtney’s “good kid gone rogue” moment involving stolen transparencies… and an April Fools expulsion prank that nearly ended her emotionally
- A classroom “fire” prank that turned into full-on Lord of the Flies in the woods
- The coordinated chaos of middle school students (pencils dropping, fake fainting, mystery kitten noises)
- The time a science “anatomy body” was used as a bathroom prank… and why Shannon immediately retired from pranking forever 😬

Got a prank story that’s family-friendly (or at least technically legal)? Drop it in the comments. We want to hear your best ones.

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Welcome back to the Edu20/20 Podcast! Courtney Dumas and Shannon Street are back (with a new studio setup, look at us movin' on up in the world 👀).

This episode tackles moving toward instructional goals and why so many goals don’t go anywhere: because we don’t break them into the knowledge and skills teachers (and students) actually need.

You’ll hear:
- Why “busy” isn’t the same as progress
- How to reverse-engineer a goal into clear action steps
- The 3 pathways that must align to move goals: PD, collaboration, and coaching
- How focus and alignment can drive real growth (without the scattershot chaos)

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Student engagement sounds great in theory—until you’re standing in front of 37 students wondering how to let go without losing control or running out of time.

In Part 2 of our student engagement series, Courtney and Shannon get practical. They talk about the real fears teachers have around engagement and how to build engagement for learning step by step without chaos.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ Why fear (not style) keeps teachers stuck in lecture mode
✅ How classroom management is the foundation of engagement
✅ Simple ways to structure turn-and-talk so students don’t opt out
✅ Why segmenting and timers change everything
✅ How to move from checking for completion to checking for comprehension
✅ Why leaders need to model engagement in PD (yes, really)

This episode is for teachers, instructional coaches, and school leaders who want engagement that actually leads to learning and not just movement or clever themes.

👉 Be sure to listen to Part 1 before this episode for the full framework on the 3 levels of student engagement.
👉 Resources, blogs, and tools mentioned are linked in the show notes.

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