
PEP Talk Episode 30: The New Nutrition Regulations
On this episode of PEP Talk, Kat Sturdevant welcomes back Tara Thomas, AASA policy analyst, to discuss the changes and updates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the school nutrition st...
16 Maj 202426min

PEP Talk Episode 29: The School Voucher Legal Saga
On this episode of PEP Talk, Kat Sturdevant interviews Jessica Levin, litigation director at the Education Law Center about the ongoing litigations about school voucher programs in states, and the rh...
18 Apr 202435min

PEP Talk Episode 28: Title I and You!
On this episode of PEP Talk, Kat Sturdevant interviews Nora Gordon, professor, McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University about all things Title I; what it is, how it's funded, and who i...
21 Mars 202424min

PEP Talk Episode 27: Superintendent Attrition, Mobility and Gender
On this episode of PEP Talk, producer Kat Sturdevant interviews Dr. Rachel S. White, assistant professor of educational leadership & policy studies at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville about the r...
22 Feb 202437min

PEP Talk Episode 26: Secure Rural Schools Program
On this episode of PEP Talk, producer Kat Sturdevant and policy analyst Tara Thomas continue their conversation on rural schools, but this time with a focus on the Secure Rural Schools Program. Tara T...
18 Jan 202425min

PEP Talk Episode 25: Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) Survey Report
On this special episode of PEP Talk, producer Kat Sturdevant interviews AASA policy analyst Tara Thomas all about rural schools and the findings in the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) Surve...
16 Nov 202328min

PEP Talk Episode 24: Student & Child Privacy
AASA's Advocacy team interviews Amelia Vance, chief counsel, and Morgan Leftwich, project director from AASA's Student & Child Privacy Center to get us up to speed about current privacy laws, the land...
19 Okt 202328min

PEP Talk Episode 23: Congressional Appropriations
AASA's Advocacy team interviews Sarah Abernathy, executive director of the Committee for Education Funding (CEF) about how education funding is procured in Congress, how a budget is set, and outlooks ...
3 Okt 202337min



















