At the end of August PBS NewsHour Classroom launched season three of Educator Voice, a live monthly conversation with teachers and school staff across the country.

Sari Beth Rosenberg, who just started her 21st year teaching social studies in a New York City public school, returned in the host's seat once again. More than 60 educators attended from across the U.S. and Canada. The issue was back-to-school and what issues are most on educators' minds this 2022-2023 school year.

A group of dedicated educators stuck around and shared their takeaways from the evening with us. Here are their thoughts:

We will share more highlight clips this week, but we wanted to make sure you watched this clip of CherylAnn Patterson, Florida science teacher, who said after our discussion that she is most concerned about the book bans and their effects on teachers and students of color, in particular.

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