Suzanne’s incredible journey from concerned parent, to advocate, to teacher, and finally to inspiring author has been recognized along the way by national organizations, publications, the media, and many others. Below is a sample of those interactions.
How ‘Equity Grading’ Fails Students
In Baltimore, the negative outcomes outweighed the positive intent.
Getting Unstuck Podcast - Episode 196 - Suzanne talks about her book and her experience from a perspective of transformation.
Suzanne talks with Jeff Ikler about her transformation from a mother to an education change agent. Learn the ten steps that she took to successfully make a change in public education on a national level. Anyone can use these steps to reform public education before it is too late.
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The Out of the Trenches Podcast - Episode 125 - Suzanne explains why all classrooms should have teacher microphones and speakers.
Suzanne talks with Dana Goodier about why she wrote a book, how her journey began to teach others about the hearing needs of students, and explains why every classroom should be equipped with teacher microphones and speakers.
The Homeschool Project Podcast - Episode 102 - Suzanne talks about the problems in public education and the need for reform.
Suzanne talks with Nathan and Anita, advocates of homeschooling, around their campsite fire. Grab a seat by the fire as they travel to Baltimore to discuss the decline of the education system and the importance of advocating for a change!
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Transformative Principal Podcast - Episode 444 - Suzanne talks about the problems with attaching standards to grade-levels.
Suzanne talks with Jethro Jones about problems with pushing students through the K-12 system when they are not ready and the idea of individual educational programs for each student so they can move at their own pace.
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Fox45 News - "There's a Problem:" Former teacher says schools doing disservice to students
Suzanne talks to Fox45 reporter, Jeff Abell, and says it's time school administrators address the problem of promoting failing students. She confronts the problems with the K-12 system and suggests something different.
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The Official Journal of The American Consortium for Equity in Education - “Can Students Really Hear Their Teachers?” Aug. 2021 Issue (pgs. 16-20)
Every day, millions of children walk into classrooms under the premise that when their teacher speaks, they will be able to hear and understand what is being said. But the reality is that students often miss hearing parts of sentences or words, or fail to distinguish between similar sounding words, compromising their ability to understand and learn.
Teaching, Learning, Leading, K-12 Podcast - Episode 375 - Suzanne talks about her book, Can You Hear Me Now?
Suzanne talks with Steve Miletto about her own fight in public education to help her son and about problems that she saw as a teacher such as: teaching to the test, computers for young children, grading policies, and behaviors. There is no topic off-limits. Join the courageous conversation.
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teachthought - “How The English Language Learning System is Failing in America”
English Language Learners (ELLs) face a plethora of challenges. Some may come from backgrounds where violence is commonplace and education is either inadequate or contrasts sharply with the forms in the US. Some are even entering schools for the first time in their lives.
Education Talk Radio Podcast - Teaching Children with Hearing Difficulties - Suzanne talks about her advocacy in education.
Suzanne talks with Larry Jacobs how she advocated for teacher microphones to help all children hear better in the classroom and why she now, as a teacher, is encouraging others to advocate for improvements to public education.
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Teach Me, Teacher Podcast - Episode 208 pt. 1 - Suzanne talks about advocating for change.
Suzanne discusses with Jacob Chastain how she initiated a nationwide change in education as a parent, some problems that she saw as a classroom teacher that prompted her to advocate again, and some new ideas including a new way to think about equity in education.
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Teach Me, Teacher Podcast - Episode 209 pt. 2 - Suzanne talks about how YOU can advocate for change.
Suzanne continues her discussion with Jacob Chastain on how she initiated a nationwide change in education and gives you the steps to make change happen.
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Education on Fire Podcast - Episode 199 - Suzanne talks about using your passion to initiate change.
Suzanne talks with Mark Taylor about problems in education, passions of parents and teachers that lead to change, and how to get to the other side of that brick wall.
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Classroom Matters Podcast - Episode 58 - Suzanne talks about speaking up on education problems as an educator.
Suzanne discusses with Kristy Houle the challenges that educators face when attempting to make educational change and initiating courageous conversations.
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Neurodiverging Podcast - Episode 24 - Suzanne talks about auditory processing disorders at home and inside the classroom.
Suzanne discusses with Danielle Sullivan her family's experience with auditory processing disorder, practical ideas for supporting kids dealing with the issue at home and at school, and what it was like fighting for microphones in the classroom at the national level.
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Lasting Learning Podcast - Episode 168 - Suzanne explains how to advocate for the change all kids deserve
Suzanne answers tough questions from host David Schmittou in this in-depth discussion about how she got started, why she wrote the book, and out-of-the-box thinking on how we might revamp our education system so that it becomes a better choice for all children.
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Radio K: Real College Podcast - Spring Cleaning 2021 - Suzanne talks about school reform
Suzanne speaks to socially conscious young people through Radio K of the University of Minnesota. She tells host Casey McCabe about why she wrote the book, why she believes the education system isn’t working, the good and bad of Common Core, teaching to the test, and English Language Learner programs.
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The K12 Engineering Education Podcast - Episode 103 - Suzanne explains how to make changes in the education system
Suzanne talks about how parents and teachers might change the education system from the bottom-up with host Pius Wong. Suzanne draws on her own experiences as a teacher, a mother, and as an advocate for sound enhancement technology in classrooms across the country. She also talks about how COVID has affected her opinions on testing, 1-to-1 device policies for elementary schools, and more.
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Fox45 News - 'Fair and thorough'? City Schools investigating itself at Augusta Fells
Suzanne talks to Fox45 reporter, Jeff Abell, about Baltimore City Schools as part of their Project Baltimore series holding schools accountable and the district investigating itself over grading irregularities.
Authority Magazine - “Ideas in the Wild: Author Suzanne DeMallie On How The Public Education System is Failing Our Children”
… I realized at that moment, the public school system was failing: failing to meet the academic needs of its students, failing to be honest with the parents, failing to adequately prepare students for the real world, and failing society.
WBAL NEWSRADIO 1090/FM 101.5 - THE C4 AND BRYAN NEHMAN PODCAST
Suzanne spends seven minutes with two of Maryland’s most popular media personalities, C4 and Bryan Nehman, discussing grading policies, teachers unions, and more.
Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wealth Podcast - Episode 17
Suzanne talks with host Marcy Predmore about hearing issues in the classroom, and how an ordinary mom was able to make an extraordinary difference in education.
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Author Hour Podcast - “Can You Hear Me Now?: Suzanne Rupp DeMallie”
During this podcast, you will gain insight into struggles that teachers face, challenges of parents to get help for their children, why we can't keep passing students through the system when they haven't met the standards, and some steps that I took to make improvement to classrooms on a national level.
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Can Your Children Hear Their Teachers?
An eight-year-old boy comes home from school very excited to share information he learned in health class. He turns to his mother and asks, “Mom, did you ever have the mums before?”
“M-U-M-S, are you sure you mean the word M-U-M-S like the plant, or do you mean the word M-U-M-P-S?” she asks him.
“No”, he says emphatically, “I mean M-U-M-S. You know, it’s this sickness where your neck hurts.”
The mother is certain that the correct word is mumps. But he insists that the teacher said “M-U-M-S.” The boy is upset and frustrated.
This true story represents the potential ineffectiveness of auditory (sound) learning in our schools that threatens every student’s academic potential.
Baltimore County Council PTA Press Release
A resolution promoting sound enhancement technology in classrooms, ratified by the Baltimore County PTA Council in October 2006 and the National PTA in June 2007, is a PTA priority during the pre-operating budget planning process for FY2009. The Classroom Auditory Learning Issues resolution has been integrated into National PTA's legislative platform, thus enabling advocacy for integrating sound enhancement in the classroom at the national level.
Sound Solutions
Poor classroom acoustics are impairing students’ hearing and their ability to learn. The need for audio amplification systems is coming through loud and clear.
Propelled by her son’s own classroom auditory troubles, one parent became an advocate for sound enhancement technology.
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Volume rises in debate on classroom acoustics
Surround sound does the job at the movie theater and in many family rooms and finished basements. Why not in the classroom? The Baltimore County school board has set aside $400,000 in its proposed budget to install and test "sound enhancement" systems - wireless microphones and speakers designed to distribute a teacher's voice evenly around the room.
Mother’s Mission Paying Off
Three months ago we brought you the story of a Baltimore County mother on a mission to make sure kids in every classroom can hear the teacher. Now we have learned her hard work is paying off. ABC 2 News education reporter Jenny Glick has the update for us.
Mother On a Crusade
It's a much bigger problem than most parents and teachers realize. Thousands of children losing out on critical instruction time simply because they can't hear. ABC 2 News education reporter Jenny Glick has the story of a mother who is on a crusade to make sure that children who don't sit in front and center don't wind up behind.
Sound Advice
Suzanne DeMallie has learned about auditory problems in classrooms the hard way. Now she is trying to get school officials to listen. All classrooms should be equipped with sound enhancement systems, DeMallie claims. "If you want our children to read better, they need to hear better," says the 37-year-old Wiltondale resident who used to be a certified public accountant with USF&G…