2 Teachers & a Mic

Check out the latest episode of 2 Teachers & a Mic. This week Remington and Halim talk with special guest, Kristen, about what they’ve learned as school leaders leading and growing through the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this week’s episode of 2TAAM, Remington, Halim, and special guest and political correspondent, Ethan Tillman discuss the aftermath of the 2020 Presidential Election. They discuss whether Americans will elect into more chaos or do the difficult, yet necessary work, to rebuild as a Community. Remington, Halim, and Ethan tackle hard questions about White supremacy, American democracy, and what it means to move forward into a truly progress America centered around equity for all.

This week Remington and Halim dive into the first part of a two part series on the upcoming presidential election and schools.

On this week’s episode, Halim and Remington talk about the somehow controversial statement “Black lives matter” and what it feels like to be a Black educator in Trump’s America. The dynamic duo calls out the false binary that White supremacy creates and promotes when discussing the seemingly novel idea that schools should be a place to teach students, adults, and families what it means to advocate for justice and equity for people of color in the United States through our education system.

This week Remington and Halim discuss the functions of behavior and how we can use what we know about applied behavior analysis to betters support students and their families.

This week, Remington and Halim tackle the reality of schools reopening and what it means for children and their families across the country.

In this episode, Remington and Halim discuss the current pandemic (Covid 19) and the challenges facing students, families, and educators as schools across the country prepare to reopen.

This week, 2 Teachers & a Mic discusses the disproportionate representation of Black children in school discipline by exploring statistics uncovered in an article called “Get Out.” The article details the percentages of Black students suspended for various “offenses” in schools in California. Remington and Halim take on the task of uncovering the inequity behind the policies, mindsets, and decision-making processes that lead to the injustices we see play out each day in our schools and on a larger scale, in American society.

This week, we explore what it feels like to go to an urban school in the South by taking a look into school handbooks from several Metro Nashville traditional public schools and charter schools. We also talk about what it means to pursue mental health and healing from the traumas of racism and poverty in the Black community in ways that enable us to continue to do this work from a place of mental wellness.

This week, Remington and Halim discuss the state of education and are joined by our good friend, Cierra. Enjoy.

New School, Who Dis? by Remington & Halim