The Partial Credit Podcast

The Partial Credit Podcast

Partial Credit is the podcast that brings together education, pop-culture, and shenanigans! Your hosts, Jeffery Heil, Donnie Piercey, and Jesse Lubinsky, span 3 generations and they've got you covered coast to coast. Sit back, relax, and earn your partial credit.

Episodes

August 24, 2025 35 mins
In this episode of Partial Credit, the fellas dive into the excitement of fantasy draft season, but with a twist: they draft musicians to serve as teachers in a fictional school. Each host selected musicians for various subjects, leading to humorous debates and creative reasoning behind their choices. The conversa...
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This week, the boys talked about AI generated music in the classroom and sandwiches. Jeff also had a very important public service announcement.

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June 15, 2025 48 mins

Donnie, Jeff, and Jesse are going to start recording again.. for real this time.  And yes, we're going to start releasing more episodes.  

Also for real.  

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February 28, 2024 59 mins

After an extended hiatus, the Partial Credit crew is back and open for business!

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Mandy Perez, the 2023 Kentucky Teacher of the Year joins the boys to talk about her work.

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This week, the boys are joined by educator and author Bradley Lands to discuss his new book, KnowledgeABLE.

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Join special guest host Jim Sill and the guys as they celebrate 100 episodes of talking education, pop culture, and shenanigans with the first ever Partial Credit "Poddy" awards! There's laughter, tears, and some useless websites that Donnie found online.

Check out this playlist featuring some of the award winning episodes mentioned during the show:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6I6y62DOP85NyHV9GyKGgt?si=404ca0d3488d4c0c

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This week, the boys are joined by Matt Miller to talk about ChatGPT as well as the present and future of AI in education.

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This week, the guys are joined by the 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, Autumn Rivera. Will Donnie lose his claim to fame as the biggest Chaco fan on the show? Tune in to find out!

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Donnie and Jesse were joined by a multitude of guests including friends of the podcast Lisa Highfill, Dee Lanier, Kenneth Shelton, and Jim Sill at the ISTE 2022 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana for a live recording of the Partial Credit Podcast!

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Adam bellow, the head of BreakoutEDU, stops by the podcast to talk to the fellas about pop-culture.  

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Friend of the podcast, Dee Lanier, returns to the show to discuss his new book, Demarginalizing Design.

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This week, we were joined by Lee Perez, the 2022 Nebraska Teacher of the Year.

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This week, the boys crack open the TOY chest again with their very special guest, the 2020 National Teacher of the Year, Tabatha Rosproy.
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The boys were joined this week by Dr. Sabba Quidwai who discussed the value of design thinking and how to leverage it to reimagine our schools.
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In honor of National Poetry Month, our special guest this week is educator and poet, Taylor Mali the author of "What Teachers Make."

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This week, we welcomed the 2021 Illinois Teacher of the Year, Justin Johnson, who spoke to us about music education and the need the to hire and retain a diverse teaching community. 

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Friend of the podcast, Lisa Highfill, walks us through a virtual academy she's helped create and how it has changed the lives of her students. We also play a new game called "HyperDocs: Real or Fake."

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This week, the boys are joined by their good friend, author Tanya Avrith, to discuss creativity in the classroom.
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This week, the boys are joined by their friend Toby Price who's been all over the news the past few weeks. Toby shares his story of being fired as an Assistant Principal in Mississippi for reading the book "I Need a New Butt" to a group of second grade students.

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