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Wide Ruled highlights stories of teachers innovating in their classrooms while contextualizing these stories in the wider education system, past and present. In addition to the podcast, see Wide Ruled’s Facebook page for articles, questions, and Live Streams of Wide Ruled events.

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    • Dec 21, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    S2, EP11: GIFT-giving with Brandon Calloway and Cornell Gorman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021


    Two of the co-founders of GIFT explore how their organization is doing the most with donor dollars. GIFT is an organization dedicated to building wealth in the Black community through...

    S2, EP11: GIFT-giving with Brandon Calloway and Cornell Gorman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021


    Two of the co-founders of GIFT explore how their organization is doing the most with donor dollars. GIFT is an organization dedicated to building wealth in the Black community through...

    S2, EP10: Unpacking Latinx Identity with Edgar Palacios

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021


    Founder and CEO of the Latinx Education Collaborative Edgar Palacios unpacks how he came to identify as Latinx in this episode of Wide Ruled. The Latinx Education Collaborative is doing...

    S2, EP10: Unpacking Latinx Identity with Edgar Palacios

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021


    Founder and CEO of the Latinx Education Collaborative Edgar Palacios unpacks how he came to identify as Latinx in this episode of Wide Ruled. The Latinx Education Collaborative is doing...

    S2, EP9: Keep the BLOC Hot with Cornell Ellis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021


    The presence of Black male educators in the classroom benefits everyone. For Black students, it means seeing yourself in a position of power and leadership. For other students, it means...

    S2, EP9: Keep the BLOC Hot with Cornell Ellis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021


    The presence of Black male educators in the classroom benefits everyone. For Black students, it means seeing yourself in a position of power and leadership. For other students, it means...

    S2, EP8: What is Education Teaching Us? with Nico Giles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021


    If education were to be the great equalizer, than it must diminish inequities in power and privilege that exist atop 400 years of racist policy and class separation. If that’s...

    S2, EP8: What is Education Teaching Us? with Nico Giles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021


    If education were to be the great equalizer, than it must diminish inequities in power and privilege that exist atop 400 years of racist policy and class separation. If that’s...

    S2, EP7: Holding Teachers Accountable with Aj Hopes-Pflumm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021


    Recently, an Olathe North teacher was fired for using the n-word at a school function. While it was an acute incident which led to the teacher’s termination, one acquaintance of...

    S2, EP7: Holding Teachers Accountable with Aj Hopes-Pflumm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021


    Recently, an Olathe North teacher was fired for using the n-word at a school function. While it was an acute incident which led to the teacher’s termination, one acquaintance of...

    S2, EP6: #TeachTruth with Carmaletta Williams, Ph.D, Executive Director of the Black Archives

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021


    Be anti-anti-CRT; in other words, teach truth. The history of the United States is the history of racism. It’s the history of the constant evolution of a constructed idea of...

    S2, EP6: #TeachTruth with Carmaletta Williams, Ph.D, Executive Director of the Black Archives

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021


    Be anti-anti-CRT; in other words, teach truth. The history of the United States is the history of racism. It’s the history of the constant evolution of a constructed idea of...

    S2, EP5 BONUS: Over-involvement, Grades, and Homework

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021


    Lucas Vincent and Stephanie Alderman-Oler talk about the challenges students face when juggling homework, grades, and involvement in all sorts of extra-curricular activities. This bonus episode extends the conversation from...

    S2, EP5 BONUS: Over-involvement, Grades, and Homework

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021


    Lucas Vincent and Stephanie Alderman-Oler talk about the challenges students face when juggling homework, grades, and involvement in all sorts of extra-curricular activities. This bonus episode extends the conversation from...

    S2, EP5: Magnets, How Do They Work? with Lucas Vincent and Stephanie Alderman-Oler

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021


    Magnet schools are most well-known as a half-hearted remedy to the foibles of post-Brown integration. The concept is still alive, however, in the form of specialty programs that allow students...

    S2, EP5: Magnets, How Do They Work? with Lucas Vincent and Stephanie Alderman-Oler

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021


    Magnet schools are most well-known as a half-hearted remedy to the foibles of post-Brown integration. The concept is still alive, however, in the form of specialty programs that allow students...

    S2, EP4: Self Care for Teachers with Elizabeth Kaufman, M.S., LCMFT

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021


    While teaching has long been a profession fraught with burnout and laden with stress, COVID 19 made it worse: heaping onto the camel's back the need for teacher's to become...

    S2, EP4: Self Care for Teachers with Elizabeth Kaufman, M.S., LCMFT

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021


    While teaching has long been a profession fraught with burnout and laden with stress, COVID 19 made it worse: heaping onto the camel's back the need for teacher's to become...

    S2, EP3: Alex Ochoa – Debt-Free College Graduate

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021


    In episode 3 of season 2 of Wide Ruled, Alex Ochoa shares his journey to $0 in college debt. His decision to go debt free was one of guts, persistence,...

    S2, EP3: Alex Ochoa – Debt-Free College Graduate

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021


    In episode 3 of season 2 of Wide Ruled, Alex Ochoa shares his journey to $0 in college debt. His decision to go debt free was one of guts, persistence,...

    S2, EP2: Brian Dolezal – It's Dangerous to Go Alone!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2021


    Brian Dolezal is Assistant Principal at Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas. He was about to go on vacation in spring break of 2020 when things hit the fan. A...

    S2, EP2: Brian Dolezal – It's Dangerous to Go Alone!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2021


    Brian Dolezal is Assistant Principal at Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas. He was about to go on vacation in spring break of 2020 when things hit the fan. A...

    Wide Ruled S2, EP1: David Muhammad

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021


    David Muhammad is an educator, sensei and rapper. In this episode of Wide Ruled, Nathaniel and David talk about school demographics, how planning and resources led to differential school reactions...

    Wide Ruled S2, EP1: David Muhammad

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021


    David Muhammad is an educator, sensei and rapper. In this episode of Wide Ruled, Nathaniel and David talk about school demographics, how planning and resources led to differential school reactions...

    Wide Ruled – Season 2 Coming Soon!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021


    Season 2 of Wide Ruled is coming soon! Become a patron on Patreon if you'd like to support!

    Wide Ruled – Season 2 Coming Soon!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021


    Season 2 of Wide Ruled is coming soon! Become a patron on Patreon if you'd like to support!

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 018: Diversity Talks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018


    Starting with a chance meeting, Taliq Tillman, Taiwo Demola and Kiara Butler aim to take an incredible new notion of professional development from idea to reality. This entrepreneurial journey will not be without its struggles.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 018: Diversity Talks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018


    Starting with a chance meeting, Taliq Tillman, Taiwo Demola and Kiara Butler aim to take an incredible new notion of professional development from idea to reality. This entrepreneurial journey will not be without its struggles.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 017: What English Words Can't Describe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017


    Diane Mora explains why standardized testing disproportionately affects English Language Learners.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 017: What English Words Can’t Describe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2017


    Diane Mora explains why standardized testing disproportionately affects English Language Learners.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 016: Thinking Through Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2017


    The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is partnering with local schools to teach Visual Thinking Strategies. But student outcomes go way beyond just aesthetic development.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 016: Thinking Through Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017


    The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is partnering with local schools to teach Visual Thinking Strategies. But student outcomes go way beyond just aesthetic development.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 015: Literacy's Leading Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2017


    The Leading Men Fellowship is connecting recent graduates of color with pre-K kids to write a new narrative about men of color.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 015: Literacy’s Leading Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2017


    The Leading Men Fellowship is connecting recent graduates of color with pre-K kids to write a new narrative about men of color.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 014: You've Got the Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017


    Marquitta Fields tells her story of growing up in Detroit and demonstrates the power of context and awareness.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 014: You’ve Got the Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017


    Marquitta Fields tells her story of growing up in Detroit and demonstrates the power of context and awareness.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 013: Minnesota is FIRE: Fighting Inequality and Racism in Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2017


    Minnesota's statewide teachers union staff and members tell the story of how they're fighting racism by making it personal.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 013: Minnesota is FIRE: Fighting Inequality and Racism in Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2017


    Minnesota’s statewide teachers union staff and members tell the story of how they’re fighting racism by making it personal.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 012: House Bill 7069 is Not a Test

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2017


    Florida educators allege that recent legislation in Florida comes as part and parcel of an ongoing onslaught on our kids.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 012: House Bill 7069 is Not a Test

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2017


    Florida educators allege that recent legislation in Florida comes as part and parcel of an ongoing onslaught on our kids.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 011: And the Two Shall Become One School

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2017


    PAC Superintendent Joe Kramer and former KCMSD Assistant Superintendent Mary Esselman talk about school consolidation in rural and urban settings

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 011: And the Two Shall Become One School

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2017


    PAC Superintendent Joe Kramer and former KCMSD Assistant Superintendent Mary Esselman talk about school consolidation in rural and urban settings

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 010: Every SpEd a GenEd

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2017


    Two rural educators discuss the long journey to equity for students with disabilities.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 010: Every SpEd a GenEd

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2017


    Two rural educators discuss the long journey to equity for students with disabilities.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 009: What the Heck is May Term?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2017


    Students and teachers in rural Iowa talk about their innovative approach to the final weeks of the school year

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 009: What the Heck is May Term?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2017


    Students and teachers in rural Iowa talk about their innovative approach to the final weeks of the school year

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 008: Kansas School Redesign: A Little Crazy, a Little Nuts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2017


    Kansas Commissioner of Education Randy Watson talks about the Kansas School redesign initiative, Kansans Can, and inequity in Kansas education.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 008: Kansas School Redesign: A Little Crazy, a Little Nuts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2017


    Kansas Commissioner of Education Randy Watson talks about the Kansas School redesign initiative, Kansans Can, and inequity in Kansas education.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 007: 13 Players on the Pitch

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2017


    Coach Chris Graham and an Olathe Northwest alumnus tell the story that compelled the district to take new measures to care for the mental health of their students.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 007: 13 Players on the Pitch

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2017


    Coach Chris Graham and an Olathe Northwest alumnus tell the story that compelled the district to take new measures to care for the mental health of their students.

    Wide Ruled – Ep. 006: Charters to the Rescue!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2017


    Community organizer Andrew Johnson and executive director Kristin Droege tell the story of the Citizens of the World KC charter school.

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