
PEP Talk Episode 46: The Budgetary Impact of Health Care Costs on School Districts
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant explores the findings of the new AASA/ASBO report, "Rising Premiums, Falling Opportunities: The Budgetary Impact of Health Care Costs on School Districts," ...
30 Jun 28min

PEP Talk Episode 45: The FCC's New E-Rate Bidding Portal
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant catches up with Jon Bernstein, president of Bernstein Strategy Group and Joey Wender, executive director of the Schools Health & Libraries Broadband Coaliti...
28 Mai 25min

PEP Talk Episode 44: The ED Interagency Agreements
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant speaks with Tiffany Kessler, partner at The Bruman Group about the Interagency Agreements at the Department of Education; what programs are moving, what are...
26 Mar 39min

PEP Talk Episode 43: The State of Student Privacy & AI
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant catches up with Amelia Vance, founder and president of the Public Interest Privacy Center who staffs the AASA Student and Child Privacy Center, to discuss r...
29 Jan 30min

PEP Talk Episode 42: Rethinking Special Education Dispute Resolution at IDEA’s 50th Anniversary
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant interviews two of the authors of AASA's new report Rethinking Special Education Dispute Resolution at IDEA’s 50th Anniversary. Angela L. Balsley, Ed.D., fou...
20 Nov 202527min

PEP Talk Episode 40: The Impact of Impact Aid
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant speaks with Quincy Natay, superintendent of Chinle Unified School District #24 in Chinle, AZ about the critical need of Impact Aid funding, the nation’s old...
18 Sep 202522min

PEP Talk Episode 39: How Do YOU Advocate?
On this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant interviews superintendents from around the country about how they advocate for public education not only for their schools, but also for their communities a...
26 Jun 202533min



















