Podcast appearances and mentions of James E Ford

From the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED), this is Deep Rooted: An Audio Exploration of Race and Education in North Carolina. Written by Ethan Roy and James E. Ford, Deep Rooted is a historical companion piece to CREED's E(race)ing Inequities Report. You can access both reports at our website: CREED-NC.org. Over four episodes, this podcast lays out the history of educational opportunity for Black North Carolinians. Episode 1 highlights learning during enslavement and the Civil War. 

From the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED), this is Deep Rooted: An Audio Exploration of Race and Education in North Carolina. Written by Ethan Roy and James E. Ford, Deep Rooted is a historical companion piece to CREED's E(race)ing Inequities Report. You can access both reports at our website: CREED-NC.org. Over four episodes, this podcast lays out the history of educational opportunity for Black North Carolinians. Episode 2 focuses on promise and peril following the Civil War. 

From the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED), this is Deep Rooted: An Audio Exploration of Race and Education in North Carolina. Written by Ethan Roy and James E. Ford, Deep Rooted is a historical companion piece to CREED's E(race)ing Inequities Report. You can access both reports at our website: CREED-NC.org. Over four episodes, this podcast lays out the history of educational opportunity for Black North Carolinians. Episode 3 details the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision and its aftermath.

From the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED), this is Deep Rooted: An Audio Exploration of Race and Education in North Carolina. Written by Ethan Roy and James E. Ford, Deep Rooted is a historical companion piece to CREED's E(race)ing Inequities Report. You can access both reports at our website: CREED-NC.org. Over four episodes, this podcast lays out the history of educational opportunity for Black North Carolinians. Episode 4 highlights public school desegregation efforts and recent resegregation across North Carolina.

This an encore broadcast of an interview that first aired in August. The post James E. Ford, State Board of Education member and executive director of the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED) appeared first on NC Policy Watch.

James Ford, State Board of Education member and executive director of the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED) discusses the big and worrisome teacher shortage and some of the other top challenges and controversies confronting North Carolina public education leaders. The post James E. Ford, State Board of Education member and executive director of the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED) appeared first on NC Policy Watch.

Liz and Marpheen come back from a hiatus to talk with James E. Ford. Mr. Ford embodies a number of roles and identities: He is a Black man of African descent, who is tracing his lineage to the middle passage, and who owns land in Georgia on which his ancestors were slaves. He is an educator and facilitator, having been recently appointed by Governor Janet Mills to the Maine State Board of Education. He is currently working on a number of equity and justice related projects as an employee of Lewiston Public Schools. We are so excited to introduce you to our friend, James! DEFINITIONS: Culturally Responsive Teaching is defined by Geneva Gay as "using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant to and effective for them." RESOURCES: New America: Understanding Culturally Responsive Teaching Edutopia: Getting Started With Culturally Responsive Teaching Portland Empowered Culturally Responsive Teaching: A 50-State Survey of Teaching Standards

James E. Ford joins Ryan and Justin in-studio to talk race and politics in Charlotte and North Carolina in 2021.

The DA declared the shooting death of Andrew Brown was justified, Mecklenburg County officials hold back funding and demand a plan to improve student performance. A bill around the teaching of race and history is on its way to the Senate. Host, Deborah Holt Noel, gets perspective from Jesse McCoy, Kerwin Pittman, Commissioner George Dunlap, Councilman Braxton Winston, and James E. Ford.

Welcome to our conversation with James Ford, executive director of CREED (https://www.creed-nc.org) and a member of the NC State Board of Education (https://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov), a leading voice in the discussion around equity for all students in NC Public Schools. Co-host Randi Davis, who worked with Ford in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, joins host Kevin Smith and special guest James Ford to learn more about the background and future of equity work at the state and local level throughout North Carolina's public schools. Ford weaves personal storytelling into a review of timely and critical research showing the importance of all stakeholders—not only in NC Public Schools but in all related fields—coming together to close opportunity gaps and ensure a sound, basic education for every child in the state. Kevin Smith is Community Relations Coordinator for Transylvania County Schools and NCSPRA State Coordinator. Randi Davis is Internal Communications Specialist for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Vice-President of NCSPRA. About James Ford: James E. Ford is an award-winning educator and consultant on issues of equity in education. He is Principal Consultant at Filling the Gap Educational Consultants, LLC. and the Executive Director of the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED). He was appointed by Gov. Cooper in 2018 to serve as a member of the North Carolina State Board of Education, representing the Southwest Region. In 2014-15 Ford was the North Carolina Teacher of the Year and the representative for 95,000 public school teachers throughout the state. For a full year, he traveled the state and country speaking before thousands of teachers, students, business leaders and policymakers about the importance of education. Ford taught World History at Garinger High School in Charlotte, NC starting in 2010. Ford earned a bachelor of science in mass communication from Illinois State University in 2003 and a master’s degree in teaching from Rockford University in 2009. He received his Add-On Certificate from Wingate University in 2014 and holds an NC Principals License. He is currently pursuing his PhD at UNC-Charlotte in Urban Education. He is a civic leader in Charlotte, having served as the co-chair for the Leading on Opportunity Council, an effort change the systemic barriers to economic mobility in the city. Before deciding to become a teacher, Ford’s early career cemented his connection to children and youth. He worked as a truancy intervention specialist in high schools and director of a teen center that provided educational and after-school activities for youth at risk of dropping out of school. He considers his work and extension of his greater life-calling. He is an activist, writer, minister, husband and father. Learn more James Ford → https://www.jameseford.net/about-james Freedom Hill Coalition → https://www.creed-nc.org/freedom-hill-coalition On The Margins podcast → https://www.creed-nc.org/podcast Music: “Hip Jazz,” Bensound.com All other content ©2021, NCSPRA.

On the Margins Podcast is produced by CREED (or the Center for Racial Equity in Education). Even though this is our second season of the program, it's the first year CREED has officially been in operation publicly. In this episode (recorded on 8/19/20) co-founders James E. Ford and Janeen Bryant reflect on the work of CREED, successes and challenges with discussing race and offer some highlights from Season 2 of the podcast. They share insights about what they envision for moving the organization forward and reflect on ways the state of North Carolina could adopt more race conscious practices for systemic change in education. To commemorate our One Year Anniversary, we have an individual giving fundraising goal of $10,000. If you want to support our work, feel free to click on this link: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/center-for-racial-equity-in-education/creed-s-one-year-black-philanthropy-month OR text the code "GIVECREED" to 44-321

This is an absolute dream episode with someone we deeply admire and love. We were very tempted to title this episode "James Ford (Future President of the United States)".  James E. Ford is an award-winning educator and consultant on issues of equity in education. He was recently appointed by Gov. Cooper to serve as a member of the North Carolina State Board of Education, representing the Southwest Region. He is the former Program Director at the Public School Forum of North Carolina, an education think-tank and policy advocacy organization. Prior to this, he served as the 2014-15 North Carolina Teacher of the Year and the representative for 95,000 public school teachers throughout the state. For a full year, he traveled the state and country speaking before thousands of teachers, students, business leaders and policymakers about the importance of education. In Spring 2015, He, along with 54 other state teachers were invited to the White House to be honored by President Obama in the Rose Garden during Teacher Appreciation Week. Ford taught World History at Garinger High School in Charlotte, NC starting in 2010. He is a civic leader in Charlotte, serving as the co-chair for the Leading on Opportunity Council, an effort change the systemic barriers to economic mobility in the city. He also is the Principal at Filling the Gap Educational Consultants, LLC. We know you're going to love this episode.

Guilford County Schools (NC) Superintendent Dr. Sharon Contreras sits down with James E. Ford to discuss what inspires her leadership at the district-level. She shares about her early love for education, being denied access to gifted education as an adolescent, her identity as an Afro-Latina and how greater systemic problems such as racism and inequality are the root causes of opportunity gaps in achievement.

Today we were joined by James E. Ford to discuss his path to being North Carolina's Teacher of the Year and how that has taken him to his role on the Leading on Opportunity Council. It was an incredible conversation that we hope you enjoy. We also learn about Earl “the Goat” Manigault and teachers were lifted up by Supportive Guy.

In this episode, I welcome three guests – Josh Parker, William Anderson and James E. Ford – to a discussion about the unique challenges of being part of the 2% demographic population of black, male teachers in this country. These three educators speak openly and honestly about everything from teaching craft to code switching to the "invisible tax" on black, male educators. 

How does race affect student outcomes in North Carolina? Does race correlate with educational opportunity in ways that diminish the likelihood of success for students of color? We explore this week with three experts. Guests: • Donovan Livingston, Ph.D. Candidate and Asst. Director for Tutoring Services, UNC-Greensboro • James E. Ford, Program Director, Public School Forum of NC • Dr. Rodney Trice, Assistant Superintendent for Equity Affairs, Wake County Public School System

“Expanding Educational Opportunity in North Carolina” is the title of the just released report and action plan from the Public School Forum of North Carolina and the topic of this week’s show. Looking at the challenges effective teachers and leaders face every day, what would it really take to help them ensure every student in NC has the opportunities guaranteed to them in our state constitution of equal opportunity for a sound basic education? Guests: • Dr. Michael Priddy, Chairman, Public School Forum of NC • Dr. Dudley Flood, Educational Consultant • Dr. Katie Rosanbalm, Research Scientist, Duke Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University • James E. Ford, Director of Programs, Public School Forum of NC & 2014 NC Teacher of the Year