Podcasts about disrupttexts

In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto is joined by distinguished guest Tricia Ebarvia. An experienced high school English teacher, Tricia is also the co-founder of #DisruptTexts and author of the masterpiece, "Get Free: Anti-Bias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers." The interview explores this groundbreaking book that aims to liberate from socialization forms that perpetuate oppression. They discuss her intentional choice of artwork reflecting her cultural and ethnic experiences and our personal battles with language and cultural identity. A co-founder of #DisruptTexts, Tricia Ebarvia advocates for literacy instruction rooted in equity and liberation through critical literacy. Tricia taught high school English for 20 years and is currently the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at an independent school in Philadelphia. She is the co-founder of the Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy (IREL), a National Writing Project educator, and the author of Get Free: Anti-Bias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers (Corwin). Welcome to Our Classroom! Order your copy of Get Free!

We know that students are more engaged and feel affirmed and centered when they're doing work that is relevant and meaningful to them. But how can we design units that are truly useful to students? Today, we'll hear from teacher, author, consultant, and DisruptTexts co-founder Lorena Gèrman. In this excerpt from her audiobook Textured Teaching, Lorena reminds us that making work relevant means knowing students and centering on community within and beyond the classroom.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Our Classroom Lorena German joins me to discuss Florida's Black History Curriculum. Classroom Notes Brief explanation of the new standards The so-called benefits of slavery Strategic framing to retell & minimize history Lorena Germán is a two time nationally awarded Dominican American educator focused on anti racist and anti bias education. She has taught English Language Arts from 6th through 12th grades in both public and private schools. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NCTE's journals, ASCD, and more. She's a co-founder of #DisruptTexts through which she encourages teachers to work toward an inclusive ELA curriculum. As Co-Founder and Academic Director at Multicultural Classroom she leads professional development for teachers and creates teaching materials with and for leading literacy organizations. Lorena is also the Chair of NCTE's Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. She lives in Tampa, Florida. Welcome to Our Classroom! #teacherssupportteachers #teacherauthor #teachergoals #education #school #educators #teaching #teacher #multiculturalclassroom #ourclassroom #ABAR

In this episode of Our Classroom, Dr. Kimberly N. Parker, author of Literacy Is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching, discusses one of the CRTs that are driving some folks crazy. Classroom notes: Her best-selling book Literacy is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching The focus on Culturally Relevant Teaching and how it has guided her work An overview of Culturally Relevant Intentional Literacy Communities (CRILCs) CRILCs are places where vulnerability is necessary. Kimberly N. Parker, PhD, has been working in literacy communities with young people for more than 20 years. She has always believed in the power of literacy to normalize the high achievement of all students, especially Black, Latinx, and other students of color. Her career has included public school teaching, preparing preservice teachers, conducting research about how to support the success of Black boy readers, and delivering professional development across the country. She is currently the director of the Crimson Summer Academy at Harvard University, the 2020 recipient of the NCTE Outstanding Elementary Educator Award, a cofounder of #DisruptTexts and #31DaysIBPOC, and the current president of the Black Educators' Alliance of MA (BEAM). Welcome to Our Classroom! Follow: IG - @drkimparker / Twitter - @TchKimPossible Don't be late to class! Subscribe to Our Classroom today. For more education resources subscribe to Multicultural Classroom. Resources - Books & Curriculum / Blog / Merch

In this episode of Our Classroom, Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul invites Lorena Germán to join her in one of the RedClayEd Community Conversations. As we transition from summer fun and flexibility, Sonja challenges the audience to consider the following themes: Nourishment Rejuvenation Preparation Anticipation Reflection Questions How are we feeding ourselves physically, spiritually, emotionally? How are we restoring ourselves with new ideas and ways of moving through the world? How are we readying ourselves for all that we hope to accomplish, both personally and professionally? How are we reenergizing ourselves about the future and the possibilities ahead? Key Takeaways Brief discussion and processing of the book The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs Upcoming projects for Redclay Educators & Multicultural Classroom About Our Guests Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul is the adapter of the #1 New York Times Best Seller, Stamped (For Kids). She is an educator, author, founder of Red Clay Educators, and co-founder of the Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy. She is the host of The Black Creators Series, an education-focused platform that highlights the work of Black authors and illustrators. Sonja provides professional development for schools and organizations on advancing the work of antiracism and equity. Follow Sonja @redclayed Lorena Germán is a two time nationally awarded Dominican American educator focused on anti racist and anti bias education. She has taught English Language Arts from 6th through 12th grades in both public and private schools. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NCTE's journals, ASCD, and more. She's a co-founder of #DisruptTexts through which she encourages teachers to work toward an inclusive ELA curriculum. As Co-Founder and Academic Director at Multicultural Classroom she leads professional development for teachers and creates teaching materials with and for leading literacy organizations. Lorena is also the Chair of NCTE's Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. She lives in Tampa, Florida. For more education resources subscribe to multiculturalclassroom.com. #teacherssupportteachers #teacherauthor #teachergoals #education #school #educators #teaching #teacher #multiculturalclassroom #ourclassroom #ABAR

Pre-Order the Leading Equity Book Today! About Roberto Germán Roberto is an award-winning Dominican American educator with over 15 years of educational administrative experience. Since teaching 9th grade English, he has worked in and led schools from Prek to 12th grades in the public, private, and charter sectors. He has brought innovative leadership ideas to revamp school cultures in order to meet student needs and help them improve. His work is characterized by a passion for supporting young people, prioritizing social justice, and a dedication to excellence. Currently, he's Co-Founder and Executive Director of Multicultural Classroom and lives in Tampa, FL. About Lorena Germán Lorena is a two time nationally awarded Dominican American educator focused on anti racist and anti bias education. She's been featured in the New York Times, NPR, PBS, Rethinking Schools, EdWeek, Learning for Justice Magazine, and more. She published The Anti Racist Teacher: Reading Instruction Workbook, and Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices about curriculum & lesson development focused on social justice. She's a co-founder of #DisruptTexts and Multicultural Classroom. Lorena is also the Chair of NCTE's Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. She lives in Tampa, Florida where she is a mami and wife- two of her most important roles. Show Highlights Culturally Responsive, Relevant, and Sustaining Pedagogy Connect with Roberto and Lorena Twitter Instagram Facebook Website Additional Resources Learn more about the Advocacy Room Free Course on Implicit Bias 20 Diversity Equity and Inclusion Activities Annihilating Racial Injustice in School Course FREE AUDIO COURSE: Race, Advocacy, and Social Justice Studies

For the first time in our podcast's history, we are featuring our first married educator couple, Lorena & Roberto Germán. In our conversation, they shared about their collective journey in education, the founding of their company Multicultural Classroom, the importance of incorporating culturally sustaining practices into our classrooms, and so much more! To learn more about the Germáns' work, you can visit their website at multiculturalclassroom.com or follow them on Instagram (@multiculturalclassroom) and Twitter (@nenagerman). BIO: LORENA: Lorena is an immigrant from Dominican Republic and raised in the U.S. She attended public schooling from first grade through high school. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in English Communication from Emmanuel College and her Master of Arts in English from Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English. She is an advocate for the practice of a culturally sustaining pedagogical approach in education. Lorena has been in the field of education, working in various settings, since 2001. Her extensive experience in myriad of settings ranging from extracurricular youth work to community spaces to the traditional classroom equips her to offer sound advice on strong teaching practices. Specifically, her classroom experience has been as an ELA teacher from grades 6th through 12th. Lorena has held educational leadership positions at the department level, school-wide level, and in the larger district level from designing curriculum to strategizing for improvement. She is the Chair of the National Council of English Teacher's Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English and she's a co-founder of #DisruptTexts. She's also Director of Pedagogy at EduColor. ROBERTO: Roberto Germán is a Dominican-American native of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He is a product of Lawrence Public Schools, Central Catholic High School, and the Boys and Girls Club in Lawrence. As Director of the Middle School at Headwaters School, he brought inclusivity and social justice ideas into every aspect of his work there. Before that, he supported the opening of Magnolia Montessori For All, Austin's First Public Montessori School, serving as Director of Student Affairs and Services. Previously, Roberto served as Assistant Principal at the Guilmette Middle School in Lawrence, MA. Prior to that, he served as Director of Multicultural Affairs and Community Development for seven years at St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, MA, where he led the school in fostering a culture that promoted social justice and equity. During his tenure at SJP, he was also a basketball coach and Spanish teacher. Mr. Germán is an alumnus of Andover Bread Loaf and an active member of the Bread Loaf Teacher Network. His role within ABL and with the BLTN is at the center of ABL's educational justice work within the public schools, youth, and community organizations. When he was twenty years old, Roberto introduced and co-led a spoken word movement in the city of Lawrence that took the city by storm from 2001-2003. This movement became the beginning of a writing revolution that inspired young people in the city of Lawrence to find their voices through the arts, particularly spoken word poetry and rap. He accomplished this with his former performing arts group, the Soul Kaliber Movement, and by his ability to collaborate with diverse organizations and individuals. Roberto's teaching experience includes serving as an English teacher at Lawrence High School and as a Spanish teacher at St. John's Preparatory School. He holds a Master's Degree from Boston College's Lynch School of Education in Educational Administration and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English, from Merrimack College. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/identitytalk4educators/support

Since y'all kept stressing me about bringing Lorena Germán back on the podcast, I found a way to do it without giving her an opportunity to turn my interview into a flirt session with me! This is the shortest episode that I have published, yet it is fruitful. This is an excerpt from her Textured Teaching presentation several months ago at the ICTE (Iowa Council of Teachers of English) Conference. In this excerpt Lorena emphasizes the fact that You Have Agency! Lorena Germán is a two time nationally awarded Dominican American educator focused on anti racist and anti bias education. She has taught English Language Arts from 6th through 12th grades in both public and private schools. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NCTE's journals, ASCD, and more. She's a co-founder of #DisruptTexts through which she encourages teachers to work toward an inclusive ELA curriculum. As Co-Founder and Academic Director at Multicultural Classroom she leads professional development for teachers and creates teaching materials with and for leading literacy organizations. Lorena is also the Chair of NCTE's Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. She lives in Tampa, Florida. This episode is sponsored by Heinemann --- a publisher of professional resources and a provider of educational services for teachers, kindergarten through college. Textured Teaching by author Lorena Germán is a must read book! This secondary professional learning guide will help you: Implement social justice work while building literacy skills Add layers of “texture” into the English curriculum inclusive of diversity Create a framework for teaching and learning centered in love “In our fight for positive social transformation, we nurture and sustain students' hearts through the tool of books.” Learn more and purchase Textured Teaching now at Heinemann.com For more education resources subscribe to: www.multiculturalclassroom.com

Well… I tried to keep the interview focused on Textured Teaching but your girl Lorena was wildin' (dropped the “g” because she was out of control)!Nonetheless, before she snuck in to give me a kiss, we managed to discuss: ◦ The impact of Textured Teaching since being published in Sept 2021 ◦ What has surprised her along the way ◦ Textured Teaching can being utilized on the college/university levelI hope y'all enjoy this interview because it might be the last! I ain't gon' let Lorena turn Our Classroom into Love & Hip Hop! Sorry, not sorry!Lorena Germán is a two time nationally awarded Dominican American educator focused on anti racist and anti bias education. She has taught English Language Arts from 6th through 12th grades in both public and private schools. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NCTE's journals, ASCD, and more. She's a co-founder of #DisruptTexts through which she encourages teachers to work toward an inclusive ELA curriculum. As Co-Founder and Academic Director at Multicultural Classroom she leads professional development for teachers and creates teaching materials with and for leading literacy organizations. Lorena is also the Chair of NCTE's Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. She lives in Tampa, Florida. This episode is sponsored by Heinemann --- a publisher of professional resources and a provider of educational services for teachers, kindergarten through college. Textured Teaching by author Lorena Germán is a must read book! This secondary professional learning guide will help you: Implement social justice work while building literacy skills Add layers of “texture” into the English curriculum inclusive of diversity Create a framework for teaching and learning centered in love “In our fight for positive social transformation, we nurture and sustain students' hearts through the tool of books.” Learn more and purchase Textured Teaching now at Heinemann.com For more education resources subscribe to: www.multiculturalclassroom.com

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Dr. Kim Parker about her new book, Literacy is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching. We also get into how teachers can navigate communities in which certain politicians have manipulated the term “Critical Race Theory” to cause trouble for teachers who try to advocate for a more culturally relevant approach. Dr. Kim Parker's book: https://www.ascd.org/books/literacy-is-liberation?variant=122024 Dr. Parker's website: https://drkimparker.org Follow Dr. Parker on Twitter: @TchKimPossible The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP's Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. Submit a a question, topic, or poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu

In this episode, I had the honor of chatting with teacher-librarian extraordinaire Julia E. Torres about her personal journey in education, her evolution in librarianship, the current banned books controversy impacting schools during the pandemic, and so much more! To learn more about Julia's work, you can visit her website at juliaetorres.com and you can also follow her on Instagram & Twitter (@juliaerin80). BIO: Julia E. Torres is a veteran language arts teacher and librarian in Denver Public schools. She is a teacher/activist committed to education as a practice of freedom. Her practice is grounded in the work of empowering students to use Language Arts to fuel transformative resistance and social progress. Julia has been awarded the 2020 NCTE Colorado Affiliate Teacher of Excellence award chosen as a 2020 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, and serves educators as a member of the ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE) Board of Directors, Educolor Collective Steering Committee member, Book Love Foundation Board Member and Co-founder of #DisruptTexts. Through her work with The Educator Collaborative, and other organizations, Julia facilitates workshops and professional conversations about anti-bias/anti-racist education, social justice, and culturally sustaining pedagogies in Language Arts, as well as digital literacy and librarianship. Her work has been featured in several publications including NCTE's Council Chronicle, NPR, AlJazeera's The Stream, PBS Education, KQED's MindShift, NY Times Learning Network, The Chicago Tribune, ASCD's Education Update, Rethinking Schools, School Library Journal, and many more. Her forthcoming co-authored title Liven Up Your Library will be published by ISTE in 2022. LINKS: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/identitytalk4educatorslive/ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/identity-talk-4-educators-live/id1509599570 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/23k0HRkXxi1OJSahtqS7xO Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMDNjZGQ2Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwiA6NSi6rT1AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en Anchor - https://anchor.fm/identitytalk4educators --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/identitytalk4educators/support

Be inspired by all the ways Sandra Davis using creative problem solving to inspire a love of reading in her school community. I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.   Capstone *use UNITED for $20 off $100 or more on print and ebooks Editable PD Certificate FAQ's and ISO (In search of…) Online Doctoral Programs SLU Playlists Twitter: @sakdavis1 @smithallc, @ProjectLITComm, @diversebooks, @FReadomFighters, @DisruptTexts, @ProjectLitAbes Smitha Library Learning Commons https://firstbook.org/ https://bulkbookstore.com/ Forged by Reading by Kylene Beers and Bob Probst NCTE Statement on Independent Reading https://www.loc.gov/engage/ Photos  Outline of Sandra's strategies linked with previous episodes E52 Schoolwide Culture of Reading E77 Virtual Culture of Reading

#DisruptTexts is a grassroots effort by teachers for teachers to challenge the traditional canon in order to create a more inclusive, representative, and equitable language arts curriculum. DisruptTexts believes that books can be transformative, especially when they are part of a more equitable curriculum and antiracist education. Literature study in U.S. classrooms has largely focused on the experiences of White (and male) dominated society, as perpetuated through a traditional, Euro-centric canon. All students deserve an education that is inclusive of the rich diversity of the human experience. They deserve one that introduces them to and affirms the voices both inside and outside their individual lives. In this session—for educators by educators—we will discuss what voices—authors or characters—are marginalized or missing in our classrooms? How do our biases affect the way we teach and engage with students? How does a text support or challenge issues of representation, fairness, or justice? How a text perpetuates or subverts dominant power dynamics and ideologies? How can we ask students to wrestle with these tensions? How can we collaborate to identify, revise, or create instructional resources that can center and do justice to the experiences of historically marginalized communities? Led by Lorena Germán, Chair of the National Council of English Teacher's Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English and she's a co-founder of #DisruptTexts. She's also Director of Pedagogy at EduColor. Moderated by Latinx KidLit Festival co-founder and author, Ismée Williams. #DisruptTexts Principles: Continuously interrogate our own biases and how they inform our thinking. Center Black, Indigenous, and voices of color in literature. Apply a critical literacy lens to our teaching practices. Work in community with other antiracist educators, especially Black, Indigenous, and other educators

The concept of culturally sustaining pedagogies is resonating with a growing number of educators, but what does it look like in practice? And with so much vitriol being directed at educators who #TeachTruth and lean into curriculum that challenges racism, how does one embrace culturally sustaining practices in the face of the racist backlash? Lorena Germán, who is an educator extraordinaire, a co-founder of #DisruptTexts, and the author of the new book Textured Teaching, joins the show to help us explore these issues. But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including vaccine mandates for students and a move towards abolishing the middle school model! Wait, what? → Get your Teach the Truth T-Shirt here! → View this episode on YouTube! AGENDA 0:00 - Welcome! 8:35 - School District Issues Vaccine Mandate 20:45 - Abolish Middle School? 36:13 - Textured Teaching w/ Lorena Germán 1:07:07 - #BlackGirlMagic and #TeachTruth FTW!! DO-NOW STORIES: Culver City Unified mandates Covid vaccine for students, possibly a first for California California District Becomes First in Nation to Require COVID Vaccine for Students 12 & Up, But Experts Expect Legal Challenges Can you fix middle school by getting rid of it? More from our guest: Textured Teaching by Lorena Germán The Anti Racist Teacher: Reading Instruction Workbook by Lorena Germán Lorena Germán on Twitter Website: Multicultural Classroom Lorena Germán for #DisruptTexts Get MORE All of the Above: - Website - Podcast on multiple platforms via Anchor - Podcast via Apple Podcast - Podcast via Spotify - Twitter - Facebook Page Theme Music by its tajonthabeat --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aota/support

Hello everyone! Today we are seeing more and more people discuss education. While this is good in many ways, it is also leading to multiple groups accidentally—and in some cases, purposefully—misusing terms embedded inside of quality pedagogy. Words and phrases such as equity and social emotional learning are now feared and demonized in many circles. Other circles simply want to know what it's all about. If you missed part one of this talk, click here.  Lorena Germán is the author of the upcoming book Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices. Lorena Germán is a Dominican American educator focused on anti-racist and antibias work in education. She's a cofounder of the groups #DisruptTexts, and Multicultural Classroom. She is the director of pedagogy at EduColor and is also the chair of National Council of Teachers of English's Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. In this discussion, we cover Social justice, and what it looks like in the classroom The power of narratives Facts about how education has and continues to fail many communities ENJOY! (PS: I believe the last 10 minutes of Lorena's closing thoughts are some of the best of the show. Don't miss it!)   This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and by their new book Teaching Writing in Small Groups by Jennifer Serravallo. Everyone's turning to groups in this unique school year so they can teach more efficiently and spread the learning further. Jen shows you how to make the most of small groups. She gives you seven different options that help meet any students' needs. Like strategy groups, guided writing, writing clubs, and more. She provides writing progressions to help you decide which students to group and why. There's even video that demonstrates Jen's teaching in a variety of classrooms. If you don't have Teaching Writing in Small Groups, head on over to Heinemann.com to read a sample chapter. Find out what you're missing and order yourself a copy today.   Planbook has been the established leader in online lesson planning since 2010, offering collaborative lesson sharing, flexible administrator access, and even student view tools for just $15 a year. Using Planbook, educators can build customized school years, classes, and lessons 100% online, directly inputting class materials and up-to-date standards from all over the world. Enter code “TeachMe” (one word, no space) at sign up to join over 800,000 Planbook teachers today and get your first year for only $5!

Hello everyone! Welcome to season 6 of the podcast! Today we are seeing more and more people discuss education. While this is good in many ways, it is also leading to multiple groups accidentally—and in some cases, purposefully—misusing terms embedded inside of quality pedagogy. Words and phrases such as equity and social emotional learning are now feared and demonized in many circles. Other circles simply want to know what it's all about. Luckily, we are speaking with and diving in deep with none other than Lorena Germán, author of the upcoming book Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices. Lorena Germán is a Dominican American educator focused on anti-racist and antibias work in education. She's a cofounder of the groups #DisruptTexts, and Multicultural Classroom. She is the director of pedagogy at EduColor and is also the chair of National Council of Teachers of English's Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. In this discussion, we cover What culturally sustaining practice is The molasses of terms being thrown irresponsibly and methodically CRT and the misinformation around it The power of narratives and the disrupting of them   ENJOY!     This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and by their new book Teaching Writing in Small Groups by Jennifer Serravallo. Everyone's turning to groups in this unique school year so they can teach more efficiently and spread the learning further. Jen shows you how to make the most of small groups. She gives you seven different options that help meet any students' needs. Like strategy groups, guided writing, writing clubs, and more. She provides writing progressions to help you decide which students to group and why. There's even video that demonstrates Jen's teaching in a variety of classrooms. If you don't have Teaching Writing in Small Groups, head on over to Heinemann.com to read a sample chapter. Find out what you're missing and order yourself a copy today.   Planbook has been the established leader in online lesson planning since 2010, offering collaborative lesson sharing, flexible administrator access, and even student view tools for just $15 a year. Using Planbook, educators can build customized school years, classes, and lessons 100% online, directly inputting class materials and up-to-date standards from all over the world. Enter code “TeachMe” (one word, no space) at sign up to join over 800,000 Planbook teachers today and get your first year for only $5!  

We had the amazing opportunity to sit down with Lorena Germán and to discuss so many great topics about her work and about her journey to where she is now.  Her new book, "Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices" is available for pre-order now and will be available in September.  You may know her from one of her many other projects in education and education reform like Multicultural Classroom or the #DisruptTexts movement - I truly do not how she does it all.  We go into her projects and work but also her motivation and why she is hopeful moving forward. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did and be sure subscribe!You can also find the work of Age of Awareness authors on our publication at Age of Awareness. There we are connecting 500,000 monthly readers with over 1,000 authors from around the world on the topics of all things education reform. You can also find all of our podcast episodes on aoapodast.com. Thank you for listening! 

Today on the podcast we're joined by Dr. Sonja Cherry Paul and Tricia Ebarvia.Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul's research and work stem from an unyielding commitment to antibias and antiracist pedagogy and practices in K-12 schools. She is an educator, a curriculum developer and author of several books for teachers, and she has adapted Stamped For Kids.A co-founder of #DisruptTexts, Tricia Ebarvia advocates for literacy instruction rooted in equity and liberation through critical literacy. An educator with 20 years of experience, she also has an upcoming book with Heinemann.This summer, in collaboration with Heinemann PD Services, Sonja and Tricia are offering two virtual Institutes for Racial Equity in Literacy focused on racial equity, social justice, and anti-racist pedagogy.Today, Sonja and Tricia discuss Sonja's recent adaptation of Stamped for Kids, the myriad forces that continue to inhibit the work of antiracism, and why opportunities like IREL are so important.Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

Teach Me, Teacher has released a lot of episodes about literacy, books, choice, and fostering a love for reading in students. In several of those episodes, we have discussed the literary canon, and its role in modern classrooms. In general, those episodes do not put the canon in a positive light. Because I believe in diverse viewpoints and giving several sides to an issue, I wanted to change the one sided look at the literary canon on Teach Me, Teacher and bring on someone who not only defends it, but uses sound reasoning for doing so. Matthew Ryan is a high school teacher and host of #CanonChat on Twitter. In this discussion, we start by examining why educators are casting out the canon and why he believes we shouldn't. From there, we examine how educators who support #DisruptTexts and educators like himself have a lot more in common than debates on Twitter might allow for teachers to realize. If you are familiar with the canon debates, or are just passionate about books and how to use them in the classroom, this is a great discussion worth your time.   This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers by Thomas Newkirk. Writing Unbound is about the value of writing fiction in secondary classrooms.  Tom Newkirk asks a tough question:  if reading fiction is the center of most English classrooms, why is writing fiction often ignored? Why do we separate fiction reading and fiction writing? Tom argues that when our writing curriculum is too analytical, students think of “writing” as impersonal, formulaic, and…well…boring. He says that opening a door to fiction writing can ignite students’ interest and convince them of the value of writing. He even argues that allowing kids to write fiction will improve their analytic writing. Learn more about how fiction can transform student writers. Visit Heinemann.com to download a sample from Writing Unbound.       Teachers, if you’re looking for new ways to elevate your classroom and accelerate learning – then listen up! RISE Math and ELA program bundles from McGraw Hill, are less than $30 a year for grades 3 through 8!That’s right – less than $30 a year. RISE identifies learning gaps and creates a unique learning sequence and pace for each child. Covering over a thousand key grade learning objectives in math and ELA, teachers get real-time feedback and progress.Plus, kids can access RISE offline too through the app. Teachers, check out RISE today for your students!Go to mheonline.com/rise1.  RISE Math and ELA program bundles from McGraw Hill, are less than $30 a year for grades 3 through 8. That’s so affordable! Check out RISE today.

This week's parent guest is Tricia Ebarvia, a high school English teacher and a mom of three boys who is one of the four co-founders of the #DisruptTexts movement - a “crowdsourced, grass roots effort by teachers for teachers to diversify literature taught in schools in order to create a more inclusive, representative, and equitable language arts curriculum” (Disrupt Texts website). In this episode, we explore what the Disrupt Text collective is really about, clearing up misunderstandings and misinformation about the movement to highlight why this work is so necessary. We also provide parents with tangible steps on how to support their children and teachers in this work.    ***Episode Notes*** Understanding the Disrupt Texts movements The four Disrupt Text principles Parents roles in supporting their children in disrupting texts Why some parents push back against disrupting texts Parents roles in supporting teachers/schools to disrupt texts Why speaking up matters Follow Tricia and the Disrupt Text collective on twitter at: @disrupttexts #DisruptTexts

English teachers took note when Penguin Young Readers invited #DisruptTexts to create a discussion guide for Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem, "The Hill We Climb." But it was not surprising. Teachers who want to expand the range and diversity of literature in their classrooms have looked to the #DisruptTexts movement for inspiration and guidance. Now a widespread movement with discussions, activities, and local affiliates, #DisruptTexts was founded by four educators: Tricia Ebarvia, Lorena Germán, Kimberly Parker, and Julia Torres. In this segment from the network, Julia Torres talks with Noah Waspe of the Ohio Writing Project podcast Write Answers about the first steps that teachers might take when introducing literature by BIPOC authors into their teaching.

English teachers took note when Penguin Young Readers invited #DisruptTexts to create a discussion guide for Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem, “The Hill We Climb.” But it was not surprising. Teachers who want to expand the range and diversity of literature in their classrooms have looked to the #DisruptTexts movement for inspiration and guidance. Now a widespread movement with discussions, activities, and local affiliates, #DisruptTexts was founded by four educators: Tricia Ebarvia, Lorena Germán, Kimberly Parker, and Julia Torres. In this segment from the network, Julia Torres talks with Noah Waspe of the Ohio Writing Project podcast Write Answers about the first steps that teachers might take when introducing literature by BIPOC authors into their teaching.

Listen in as Lorena Germán, co-founder of #DistruptTexts, joins Michelle Morris Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to unpack the Heart, Head, and Hands of Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist (ABAR) Teaching. At the heart of ABAR teaching lies Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (Paris & Alim, 2017) and the importance of exploring one's own identity, implicit biases, and instructional practices. Lorena encourages all educators in an invitational yet firm way to consider, "Whose values are we holding onto tightly and how are those values impacting young people? and In what ways can our teaching be more inclusive of others?" The what of ABAR teaching is the head and requires us to ask, "What do we teach and why do we teach it?" Moving from occasional performative experiences that feature a multicultural text, a holiday, or event in history to a culturally sustaining curriculum requires us to re-envision our curriculum, units of study, materials and lessons. Our planning practices must evolve to include the planning question, "How does this (topic, text, concept, etc.) move us toward positive social transformation?" So what might ABAR teaching look like on Monday morning? Well that is the how or hands of ABAR teaching. Lorena introduces her framework for ABAR education, Textured Teaching, explaining that it is flexible, interdisciplinary, community centered & student driven, and experiential. Lorena and Michelle link these elements of ABAR Teaching to the areas of planning, community and workshop of the PEBC Teaching Framework which is published in Phenomenal Teaching by Wendy Ward Hoffer. Lorena is is the Chair of the NCTE's Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English and she's a co-founder of #DisruptTexts. Lorena also co-founded Multicultural Classroom with her husband and education leader, Roberto Hermán and serves as the Director of Pedagogy at EduColor. Lorena has held educational leadership positions at the department level, school-wide level, and in the larger district level from designing curriculum to strategizing for improvement. She is the author of “The Anti Racist Teacher: Reading Instruction Workbook” and upcoming Textured Teaching. To learn more about Lorena's work please visit https://www.multiculturalclassroomconsulting.com/

Dr. Anika Prather joins Jeremy with a group of her humanities students from Howard University—Nia Anderson, Joseph Andrew Jordan, and Joshua Hughes. The students discuss the meaning of classical education within the African-American intellectual tradition, to include such important figures as Phillis Wheatley, Anna Julia Cooper, Frederick Douglass, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor Prather and her students also discuss the #DisruptTexts movement and what it means for the future of education—the removal of books from curricula may be the product of good intentions, but will likely have harmful educational outcomes.  Host Jeremy Tate @JeremyTate41Guest Dr. Anika Prather @AnikaFreeindeed

Se fosse un film comico, potremmo intitolarlo La scuola più pazza del mondo. Purtroppo, però, non è un film. È cronaca. Una scuola americana, la Lawrence High School, nel Massachusetts, ha abolito lo studio dell'Odissea perché l'opera sarebbe razzista e maschilista.

Note: This is Part 1 of our conversation with Dr. West. Renowned public philosopher Dr. Cornel West joins Jeremy to share his insight into the current cultural moment and efforts to remove the Classics from school curricula. He discusses his famous friendship with Princeton's Robert P. George and highlights the troubles that arise when friendships hinge only on ideological agreement, and how society is fractured by conversations halted due to cancel culture. He also shares his views on the #DisruptTexts movement by exploring the distinctions that separate an education rooted in deep intellectual and moral formation from modern-day "schooling," and examines why texts rich in terms of generating conversation are being lost to polarization. Dr. West also discusses his time studying with Hans-Georg Gadamer, and shines light on conceptions of tradition and the Greek idea of paedeia, and reflects on Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy in terms of love, justice, and courage. Send questions or comments to anchored@cltexam.com.Host Jeremy Tate @JeremyTate41Guest Dr. Cornel West @CornelWest 

Note: This is Part 1 of an episode co-release detailing responses to the #DisruptTexts movement which caught national attention. As Superintendent of Schools for the Boston Archdiocese, Thomas Carroll joins Jeremy to discuss the challenges that he faced in his new role during a global pandemic.  Amid public statements by Massachusetts' three largest teachers unions indicating that schools would continue remote-learning indefinitely, Mr. Carroll weighed the evidence and sought to re-open Catholic schools in Boston. His decision—while initially receiving backlash—produced outcomes lauded by Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker, and the reopenings were featured in several national newspapers. Mr. Carroll discusses these events, as well as his larger goals and work toward revitalizing Catholic education by moving the schools away from secularization and re-focusing on religious formation. Tom also discusses his response to the #DisruptTexts movement which caught national attention on Twitter as members of the coalition congratulated their work in having Homer's Odyssey removed from a Mass. school curriculum. Host Jeremy Tate @JeremyTate41Guest Thomas Carroll @BostonCathSuptHow Boston Catholic Schools Opened for In-Person Learning Amid the PandemicCovid and the Catholic Schools—WSJ

Note: This is Part 2 of an episode co-release detailing responses to the #DisruptTexts movement which caught national attention. Meghan Cox Gurdon is an author and weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal, where she writes on children's books. Her recent op-ed in the WSJ, entitled "Even Homer Gets Mobbed," outlined efforts by the group #DisruptTexts to have works of the Western Canon removed from school curricula (the movement's official statement: #DisruptTexts is a crowdsourced, grass roots effort by teachers for teachers to challenge the traditional canon in order to create a more inclusive, representative, and equitable language arts curriculum that our students deserve. It is part of our mission to aid and develop teachers committed to anti-racist/anti-bias teaching pedagogy and practices). In this episode, Meghan joins Jeremy to discuss not only the impetus for writing this article, but also the overwhelming response that she received in response, as well as the larger movement of critical theory within our institutions. While discussing the laudable efforts toward more representative literature for children, she describes the results of misguided efforts to declare texts not reflective of modern sensibilities as "dangerous" and "harmful." She also discusses her book The Enchanted Hour, which examines the social, mental, and physiological benefits of reading aloud. Send questions or comments to anchored@cltexam.com.Host Jeremy Tate @JeremyTate41Guest Meghan Cox GurdonEven Homer Gets Mobbed#DisruptTextsThe Enchanted Hour

Kat and Phoebe discuss the controversy over a "vitriolic, violent" Twitter thread that resulted in a YA author's cancellation (no, not the worms guy), before answering burning questions from listeners about who's causing all this drama, the impact of young adult fiction shenanigans on the culture at large, and the craziest MeTooing Kat ever witnessed in her years on the YA beat.Links:The inaugural article on all things YA Twitter:  The Toxic Drama on YA TwitterKat in Refinery29: How The OwnVoices Movement Is Changing YA LiteratureAnother rundown of the Jessica Cluess/ Lorena German beef: What is #DisruptTexts?The Sarah Dessen controversy: Sarah Dessen & Brooke Nelson Twitter Controversy, ExplainedOne book blogger's writeup on the Tristina Wright debacle:  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe

It's the monthly solo episode and I am getting the last word on the #DisruptTexts movement, the destruction of the canon, William Shakespeare, the literary attack on my character, young adult novelists, diversity and every last liberal bluecheck who dared defy me. This is a piece of art: THROW AWAY YOUR BOOKS..... rally in the street. 書を捨てよ町へ出よう。　 the violence issue of the i'm so popular zine out now: https://etsy.me/39xvybM impopular.me

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Kimberly N. Parker, educator, adolescent literacy expert and co-founder of #DisruptTexts and #31DaysIBPOC., about how she's working to disrupt the books that are taught to Black and LatinX children, her work with #Disrupttexts and tips to help parents advocate for a more inclusive curriculum in schools.Organizations mentioned in episode:Disrupttexts.orgProducer/Host: Jacqueline DougeMusic produced by: Manni FestoFollow us at @whatisblkSign up for our newsletter at whatisblack.co.This episode sponsored by Puzzle Huddle. Learn more at puzzlehuddle.com

What does Jane Austen have to do with a Drake mixtape? For this episode, I was joined by Vermont rockstar librarian Meg Alison, in discussing Ibi Zoboi’s Pride, a Pride and Prejudice Remix. We talk about gentrification, agency, and the amazing power of spoken word poetry, we give a shout out to DisruptTexts and ask … Continue reading #vted Reads: Pride with Meg Allison → The post #vted Reads: Pride with Meg Allison appeared first on Innovative Education in VT.