All of the Above Podcast

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All of the Above

Welcome to All of the Above, the show that gives you an un-standardized take on education! We're your home for news and analysis of all the complex, relevant, and controversial issues impacting our schools today. Hosted by the super-dope duo of history teacher Dr. Manuel Rustin and principal-leader Jeffrey Garrett, two Black male lifelong educators based in Los Angeles. This is the podcast version of our video series. Check out the dopest education show on YouTube and subscribe to our channel at YouTube.com/AlloftheAbove !

Episodes · 25

UC System Debates Bringing Back the SAT Amidst Growing Math Skills Crisis

Jun 13, 2026 · 1h 11m

What Makes A Good Teacher? Surprisingly, Dems and Repubs Agree

Jun 6, 2026 · 21m

Florida Unleashes Conservative History Curriculum Focused On “FACTs”

May 30, 2026 · 18m

Test Scores Show A “Generation-Long Decline.” Is The Sky Falling?

May 23, 2026 · 24m

Cell Phone Bans Are Here… But Does The Data Show They Work?

May 16, 2026 · 17m

They Got Money For War But Can’t Feed The Poor… or Protect Libraries

May 2, 2026 · 1h 4m

So Much for Chromebooks -- Los Angeles Moves to Limit Screen Time in Schools

Apr 25, 2026 · 1h 9m

Parents Sue Big Ed Tech and States Push the “Success Sequence”

Apr 18, 2026 · 1h 11m

Is Grade Inflation a Problem? And Conversion Therapy Returns

Apr 4, 2026 · 1h 11m

Cesar Chavez’s Legacy Shattered, Social Media Addiction Damages, and Melania’s Robots are Coming for Teachers’ Jobs

Mar 28, 2026 · 1h 13m

Did A 4 Day School Week Doom Oregon Students’ Scores?

Mar 21, 2026 · 17m

Parents Trust Grades More Than Test Scores… Are They Right?

Mar 14, 2026 · 18m

Supreme Court Backs Conservative Christian Effort to Overturn Gender Disclosure Ruling

Mar 8, 2026 · 20m

Impending Teacher Strikes And A New Rule Threatens to Cut College Majors That Don’t Make Money

Feb 28, 2026 · 1h 8m

Student Walkouts, Kicking Undocumented Kids Out of School, and the Cesspool of Misinformation Online

Feb 21, 2026 · 1h 6m

Are Students “Quiet Quitting” School?

Feb 7, 2026 · 1h 5m

Trump Admin Drops Appeal on “Dear Colleague Letter” and New Research Shows Lasting Effects of ICE Terrorism on Children

Jan 31, 2026 · 1h 9m

ICE Terrorism in Minnesota Hits Home and School

Jan 10, 2026 · 57m

A Teacher-less, AI Instructed School Gains Interest as Elite College Alumni Can’t Get Jobs, Replaced by AI

Jan 3, 2026 · 19m

Free Reign on Discrimination in Schools as DOJ Guts Civil Rights Act of 1964

Dec 27, 2025 · 18m

The Latest Casualty of the Anti DEI Hysteria: White Men

Dec 20, 2025 · 59m

Almost 40% of Students at Stanford are Disabled. What’s Happening with Gen Z?

Dec 13, 2025 · 1h 0m

Are Male Teachers Going Out of Style?

Nov 22, 2025 · 59m

ICE terrorism hurts student learning… and water is wet

Nov 19, 2025 · 18m

While the USDOE Trolls us Online, Voters in Colorado Say Tax the Rich to Feed the Kids

Nov 15, 2025 · 59m