Podcasts about rethinking schools

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 24:48

Welcome to class! This week's featured Educated Educator is Sam Long. Sam is a high school biology teacher, a writer for Rethinking Schools, and a proud trans-man. As a biology teacher, he knows the arguments often phrased about "basic biology" dictating that there are two and only two sexes in the human species. And he knows those arguments simply do not find support in evidence. Biology is so much more diverse and so much more interesting than a simple binary. Want to learn more about teaching biologic diversity, including trans-inclusive and affirming content? Check out these resources! BustED Pencils: Fully Leaded Education Talk is part of Civic Media. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows. Leave us a comment or question at 608-557-8557!

Rethinking Schools with Doug Lemov

The Lost Debate

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 43:39

Ravi sits down with Doug Lemov to discuss the stark differences between the education systems in the United States and the United Kingdom. They explore how centralized decision-making in the UK has improved school performance and the role cognitive science-based teaching strategies have played in this transformation. Ravi and Doug then discuss the reasons the U.S. education system remains fragmented and ideologically divided, how this division has resulted in a cultural resistance to effective educational reforms in the country, and the implications these issues could have on societal progress.

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Breaking news: poverty might affect educational outcomes

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024

Yes, the title is sarcastic. Though genuinely, somehow, this is breaking news for some, as the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found through their recent study. Dr. Tim and Dr. Johnny know from their experience that poverty absolutely, 100% affects educational outcomes. In fact, the number 1 predictor of a child's academic achievement is the income of the household into which they were born. More "breaking news": teaching more than the "facts" of history helps students develop critical thinking skills. That means teaching things like how historical standards are set and what makes it into the history books. In short, helping students re-think history. For more of that, check out our partners over at Rethinking Schools. Plus, a short social studies lesson on the electoral college, spurred by a caller's question. Busted Pencils is part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-7 pm across Wisconsin. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Dr. Tim, Dr. Johnny and the show!

Transgender Justice in the Classroom

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 45:30

It's Rethinking Pencils Tuesday! As part of our partnership with Rethinking Schools, writer, editor, and educated educator Ty Marshall earns his Pencil Busting badge today. Ty joins us to promote his upcoming book with Rethinking Schools, Transgender Justice in Schools and the summer magazine edition. As Ty and the other editors at Rethinking Schools advocate, transgender justice in schools is a life-or-death thing. Beyond the need for transgender students and teachers to be physically safe, Ty emphasizes the need for joy- full unapologetic prideful joy in being- in LGBTQIA+ education. Busted Pencils is part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-7 pm across Wisconsin. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Dr. Tim, Dr. Johnny and the show!

Weekly Best of Busted Pencils for Jul 13

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 45:30

It's been a full week of democracy in action. Catch up now so you're ready to bust some pencils Monday evening! Catch our monthly check in with fierce advocate of public education, mother of Matt Damon, and professional Pencil Buster, Dr. Nancy Carlsson-Paige. Wondering how to tackle the big topics in your classroom? Hear the advice of Jesse Hagopian from Rethinking Schools and our weekly guest Teachers Hallie and Joanna of Educators Amplified. And finally... our original educated educator, teacher of teachers, learner leading learner Dr. Tim Slekar... he got schooled.

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It’s Complicated- let’s talk about it and teach the complexities

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024

Big topics require big conversations. As difficult as it is to discuss injustice, oppression, and atrocities, we absolutely must. Our democracy and the continuing improvement of human life requires us to face the worst things that humans have done and continue to do to other humans. Jesse Hagopian of Rethinking Schools is back to Bust some Pencils for the first time since the pandemic! Jesse joins us to break down his most recent article in Rethinking Schools' Spring Edition on the current war in Israel/Palestine. Busted Pencils is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-7 pm across Wisconsin. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Dr. Tim, Dr. Johnny and the show!

Weekly Best of Busted Pencils for Jun 15

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 45:30

This week, we're celebrating our rekindled relationship with Rethinking Schools, our continued partnership with Minocqua Brewing Company, and as always, incredible learning. This week is all about the power of education to empower people, from our youngest learners to our most experienced ones. We here at Busted Pencils are educated educators talking education AND we are learners leading learners. Busted Pencils is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-7 pm across Wisconsin. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Dr. Tim, Dr. Johnny and the show!

Rethinking Pencils-

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 45:30

Busted Pencils is excited to rekindle our relationship with Rethinking Schools, a Milwaukee-based social justice education advocacy and publication group. Special guest Cierra Kaler-Jones, executive director of Rethinking Schools, is with us to bust pencils today! Rethinking Schools got their start with challenging corporate text books that further diminished marginalized perspectives. Now, they work at the national level to bring healthy challenges to classrooms and to provide support for educators. Busted Pencils is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-7 pm across Wisconsin. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Dr. Tim, Dr. Johnny and the show! Guests: Dr. Tim Slekar, Dr. Johnny Lupinacci, Dr. Cierra Kaler-Jones

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Tales from the Lot - Grateful Dead Show Experiences

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 44:53 Transcription Available

Bill Bigelow takes us on a journey through the heart of the Bay Area's legendary music scene, where the melodies of the Grateful Dead once danced through iconic venues like the Carousel Ballroom and the Fillmore West. As we explore his stories, from the Beatles to Bob Dylan, we witness the origins of a community united by music. Bill's encounters with the Dead's intimate shows and his insights into their ever-evolving relationship with promoter Bill Graham offer a rare glimpse into the spirit of an era defined by transformative sounds and kinship.The air of a Grateful Dead concert was electric with camaraderie and the unexpected, like the time Bob Weir handed out tuna sandwiches or a compassionate security guard went above and beyond. Our episode captures those moments, the surge of energy during a "Dark Star" transition into "St. Stephen," and pays homage to the irreplaceable Pigpen. These concerts weren't just about music—they were a space where memories and lifelong bonds were forged, where each song became a collective heartbeat shared by everyone in the room.Venture with us into the crossroads of social justice and music education, where the Zinn Education Project www.zinnedproject.org meets the anti-apartheid anthem "Sun City." We remember the voices that sang for change, like Little Steven and Bruce Springsteen, and the blues artists elevated by Bonnie Raitt. To cap it off, we discover the hypnotic fusion of North African rhythms and rock through the artistry of Bombino, drawing parallels to Jimi Hendrix and celebrating the joy of unraveling new sounds that continue to reshape our musical world. Join us for an episode that's not just a nod to the past, but also an embrace of the future's endless possibilities in sound.Rethinking Schools - rethinkingschools.orgThis episode is sponsored by ShakedownTshirts.com with unique lot-style T-shirts and gifts for Grateful Dead, Phish, Zappa, Panic, and more. All US orders over $35 Ship Free. Use code "Lot20" for 20% off any order.Summer Tour - The Game | Kickstarter Launch Date May 12!www.summertourthegame.com Support the show

349. Tim Schwab with Ashley Fent: The Problem with Philanthropy

Town Hall Seattle Civics Series

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2024 88:48

Journalist Tim Schwab is no stranger to investigative journalism that scrutinizes power structures and questions how private interests intersect with public policy. With funding from a 2019 Alicia Patterson Fellowship, Schwab pursued an investigative series specific to Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation, and his work was published by The Nation in 2020 and 2021. Now Schwab expands on his reporting in a new book, The Bill Gates Problem. Schwab provides an in-depth analysis of Bill Gates' philanthropic trajectory, tracing his evolution from a prominent figure in the tech industry to a globally admired individual. Drawing from years of investigation, Schwab highlights concerns related to undue influence on public policy, private markets, scientific research, and media narratives. Are such philanthropic endeavors truly democratic? Or even effective? By facilitating an open dialogue, Schwab seeks to empower participants to critically evaluate the role of philanthropy in society, encouraging constructive discussions about its impact and implications. Tim Schwab is an investigative journalist based in Washington, D.C. His groundbreaking reporting on the Gates Foundation for The Nation, Columbia Journalism Review, and The British Medical Journal has been honored with an Izzy Award and a Deadline Club Award. The Bill Gates Problem is his first book. Ashley Fent is a former research director of AGRA Watch, a campaign of Community Alliance for Global Justice. She co-founded CAGJ's AGRA Watch campaign while still an undergraduate at University of Washington. She has ten plus years' experience as a social-environmental researcher, writer, and multimedia content producer. She holds a Ph.D. in Geography from UCLA and a M.A. in Anthropology and African Studies from Columbia University. Daniel Maingi is a science and development practitioner in Kenya with a 15-year career helping to bring learning on appropriate and sustainable technologies to Civil Society Organizations in Eastern Africa. Daniel is a policy campaigner for CSOs at the Inter-Sectoral Forum on Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology. He is currently researching the digitalization of agriculture in Kenya as a Stanford University Fellow (2023-24) with the Digital Civil Society Lab & The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS). Stephen Gloyd, MD, MPH, is a family practice physician who has been a University of Washington faculty member since 1986. Dr. Gloyd is Director of the Global Health MPH Program in the UW's Department of Global Health where he directs efforts to expand curricular options to address global workforce needs. His work with Health Alliance International is designed to improve approaches to global health assistance and to strengthen primary health care with the Ministries of Health of Mozambique, Côte d'Ivoire, Sudan, and Timor-Leste. Jesse Hagopian has been an educator for over twenty years and taught for over a decade Seattle's Garfield High School–the site of the historic boycott of the MAP test. Jesse is an editor for the social justice periodical Rethinking Schools, is the co-editor of the books, Black Lives Matter at School, Teaching for Black Lives, Teacher Unions and Social Justice, and is the editor of the book, More Than a Score. Presented by Town Hall Seattle and Community Alliance for Global Justice. The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire The Elliott Bay Book Company

Rethinking Schools w/ Cierra Kaler-Jones

Things Fall Apart

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2024 28:30

In this episode, we talk with Rethinking Schools first-ever Executive Director, Cierra Kaler-Jones, about the past, present, and future of Rethinking Schools, especially as we enter another potentially contentious year of educational culture wars for 2024, and her vision for how educators can demand power for those who need it the most within our school system. Links:Rethinking Schools Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rethinking Schools and Systems

Together for Change

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 39:26 Transcription Available

From schools to systems, we often talk about transformation as if it we were resetting or rebuilding things. But what if we instead approached this work as a rethink? What would this mean for our work in education, in policy, and elsewhere? This episode features Frederick Hess, senior fellow and the Director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and one of the keynote speakers at this year's Cradle to Career Network Convening.For more information on the Great School Rethink by Rick Hess, visit this page.Learn more: www.strivetogether.org

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20230306 Nicole Sandler Show – Taking Back Our History, Starting wit

The Nicole Sandler Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 68:03

To counter FL Fascist Gov Ron DeSantis' attack on schools (and therefore students and their right to learn), I invited a guest who's working hard pushing back against the push to whitewash our history and to keep teaching our kids a truthful, honest history from which they can actually learn.Jesse Hagopian is above all else a teacher. An educator! He's on hiatus from the classroom, working to ensure that teachers are able to continue teaching our children facts– from science to history and beyond, free from the heavy authoritarian hand that Republicans favor these days.From his website at iamaneducator.com, we learn that Jesse is an editor for the social justice periodical Rethinking Schools, is the co-editor of the books, Black Lives Matter at School, Teaching for Black Lives, Teacher Unions and Social Justice, and is the editor of the book, More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing. Jesse serves as the Director of the Black Education Matters Student Activist Award, is an organizer with the Black Lives Matter at School movement, and is founding member of Social Equity Educators (SEE). And if you liked the “Legalize Black History” hat Jesse is wearing in this interview, he's got that merch for sale here, with proceeds going to supporting the youth winners of the Black Education Matters Student Activist Award, as well as supporting the writing of a forthcoming book about the movement to stop the banning of Black history.But I invited him to join us to tell us about his work with the Zinn Education Project! Hopefully you're read or are otherwise familiar with Howard Zinn's A Peoples History of the United States.

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Episode 48 | Working Together for Equitable Schools w/ Tina Starks

Our Classroom

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 42:49

In this episode of Our Classroom, Tina Starks, an educational designer for Student Achievement Partners, joins me to discuss Working Together for Equitable Schools. Classroom Notes 1. The true problem in our educational system 2. Three action steps we can take to transmute our pain into purpose 3. Powerful Frederick Douglas quotes Welcome to Our Classroom! An educational designer for Student Achievement Partners, Tina Starks brings 18 years of experience as an educator to create resources and develop professional learning opportunities centered around liberating and humanizing learning experiences for students. Tina's work is rooted in the belief that historically and systemically marginalized students deserve to have their intellect nurtured, their layered identities valued, and their learning linked to the ways they navigate the world. Her writing has been featured in various publications including Rethinking Schools, Citizen Ed, and Ed Post, Follow: Twitter: @TinaR_Starks Instagram: @tinar_starks LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tinarstarks2020 Don't be late to class! Subscribe to Our Classroom today. Resources - Books & Curriculum / Blog / Merch

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79 - What's behind right-wing attacks on education?

Bold Dominion

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 32:58

Episode Notes In 2021, Glenn Youngkin rode the idea of “parents' rights” to victory in his gubernatorial race. And now, Virginia conservatives have latched on to the idea as a tactic for banning books, attacking public education and starving publicly funded institutions. The fight for public education is playing out right now in the General Assembly, as a whole host of parental rights bills work their way through the legislature. We spoke with Lisa Varga, Executive Director of the Virginia Library Association, about the chilling effect those books could have on educators--and how librarians have been dealing with the recent slew of criticism. Then we talk to Bob Peterson, a lifelong educator, President of the Milwaukee School Board, and founder of the magazine Rethinking Schools, a grassroots magazine for social and racial justice in education. He gives us the bigger picture on the right-wing project: tracing attacks on education all the way back to 1954's Brown v. Board, the influence of dark money, and ultimate endgame of destroying the public sector. Related Links: VLA Advocate Mailing List Unite Against Book Bans This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

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Inspiring Tweens and Teens to Love Reading: Overcoming the New and Old Challenges

Learning Unleashed: ISTE Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 10:34

We invest much time, energy, and resources in getting elementary students to read, but that effort often wanes as we approach middle school and high school. Join us as we zero in on the challenges of inspiring teens and tweens to continue to love reading and how school librarians can help. Follow on Twitter: @Amele77 @ISTE @mrhooker @jonHarper70bd @bamradionetwork @shellthief @hyphenatic @ISTEMLN Get the Book: Liven Up Your Library #ISTE20 #ISTEturns40 #edchat #edtech #edtechchat Valerie Tagoe is a high school librarian in Texas. She's a winner of the S. Janice Kee Award from Texas Woman's University, and a past president of the Dallas Association of School Librarians. Valerie has 20 years of experience in education and libraries. She holds a bachelor's in French, with a minor in History, from the University of Oklahoma; a Master's of Bilingual Education from Southern Methodist University; and an MLS from Texas Woman's University. Valerie is also involved in the American Library Association and the Texas Library Association. I am excited to learn more about Data Science through the LEADING Fellowship and plan to apply what I learn to my work as a school librarian. I also plan to share Data Science concepts from the LEADING Fellowship with colleagues through professional development sessions, and with students via instruction in Advanced Placement program classes such as AP Seminar and AP Research. Julia E. Torres is a veteran language arts teacher and librarian in Denver Public schools. As 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 resistance and positive social transformation. Julia was awarded the 2020 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Teacher of Excellence award and currently serves teachers as part of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE board of directors. 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, Al Jazeera's The Stream, PBS Education, KQED's MindShift, New York Times Learning Network, the Chicago Tribune, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's Education Update, Rethinking Schools, School Library Journal, and many more.

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LE 250: The Differences Between Culturally Relevant, Responsive, and Sustaining Pedagogy with Roberto and Lorena Germán

Leading Equity

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 49:31

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

Ellen Bravo and Larry Miller: Tales of Struggle and The Long Wait for Missouri Medicaid

Heartland Labor Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 62:28

We interview 9 to 5's Ellen Bravo and Rethinking Schools’ Larry Miller about their new novel based on their lives as labor activists. Then after years of inaction to expand Medicaid by the Missouri Legislature, the voters took matters in their own hands and passed it. But it's still a fight to get Medicaid to […] The post Ellen Bravo and Larry Miller: Tales of Struggle and The Long Wait for Missouri Medicaid appeared first on KKFI.

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The Dialectic of Freedom

Under the Tree: A Seminar on Freedom with Bill Ayers

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 52:26

Everything's in motion, everything in flux, nothing and no one stays the same: the young become the old, stories get retold, and the blowtorch of history illuminates the path ahead. That's the way of time—the center cannot hold, and everything that is solid melts into air. I pause and sit down with my friend and comrade Wayne Au to talk about dialectics, contradiction, and the meaning of freedom. Dr. Au is a professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell, a scholar/activist, and a deeply engaged social justice organizer. Wayne is an editor at my favorite teaching magazine, Rethinking Schools, and the author of A Marxist Education: Learning to Change the World, an essential text for understanding the mess we're in, and the possibilities before us. Transition music from Dr. Sparkles' song https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dr_Sparkles/the-war-on-shrugs/great-bus-journeys-of-the-west-midlands-pt-2 (Great Bus Journeys of the West Midlands Pt 2) from the album “The War on Drugs.” © https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode (License). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (Disclaimer). Additional music from https://freemusicarchive.org/music/one-man-book (One Man Book)'s song https://freemusicarchive.org/music/one-man-book/life-is-a-language/native-ocean (Native Ocean)© https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (Disclaimer) and https://freemusicarchive.org/music/blue-sky-moon (Blue Sky Moon)'s song https://freemusicarchive.org/music/blue-sky-moon/prophet-and-loss/burnt-utopia (Burnt Utopia).© https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (Disclaimer) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode (License) and https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco (Lobo Loco)'s song https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/youre-welcome/country-dream-squences-double-delay-id-1723/ (Country Dream Sequence)© https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (Disclaimer) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode (License)

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12 Wayne Au - Beyond Neoliberal Multiculturalism: Social Justice Education in a Post-Trump America

Collective Intellectualities

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 73:24

Wayne Au, Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington-Bothell, joins us this episode to discuss the tensions present in the practice of multicultural and social justice education in the contemporary moment. Wayne's scholarship and activism engages issues of critical education theory, race and class in schooling, and related educational policies, such as those policies that give rise to high-stakes testing and impact school curriculum. Wayne is an editor of the leading social justice publication Rethinking Schools and has authored or edited countless books and articles, including several that we discuss in this episode. Follow Wayne on Twitter @profwayneau.Links to select works discussed:A Pedagogy of Insurgency: Teaching and Organizing for Radical Racial Justice in Our Schools (2021) in Educational Studieshttps://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2021.1878181A Marxist Education: Learning to Change the World (2018, Haymarket Books)https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1153-a-marxist-educationWhen Multicultural Education Is Not Enough (2017) in Multicultural Perspectiveshttps://doi.org/10.1080/15210960.2017.1331741Teaching Under the New Taylorism: High‐Stakes Testing and the Standardization of the 21st Century Curriculum (2011) in Journal of Curriculum Studieshttps://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2010.521261Unequal by Design: High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality (2009, Routledge)https://www.routledge.com/Unequal-By-Design-High-Stakes-Testing-and-the-Standardization-of-Inequality/Au-Au/p/book/9780415990714

Providing Possibility in Rethinking Schools with Guest Robert Astwood

Masks Off

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 52:20

Robert Astwood, our guest on this episode, has an amazing and infectious, inspiring energy. Robert has such a vision for rethinking the way we school our youth and we have no doubt that his ideas and vision for changing the system will have a positive impact in the world. He is an advocate for cultivating the whole child and for providing the student with a voice in his/her education. Rather than just depositing information into the minds of these young students, he believes that the students participate in what he terms “engage education.” This is when the individual learns to use every opportunity as an opportunity to grow and learns to use “setbacks as stepping stones.” You truly want to listen to this one. “Youth should be a period of discovery, wonder, excitement. It should be filled with learning through experiences and cultivating the various parts of the human person, not just their technical, math, or linguistic minds, but their kinesthetic, emotional, and intrapersonal minds as well.” ~ Robert Astwood Three takeaways: 1. What is the banking model of education? ~ 6 minutes 2. What is the difference between schooling and education? ~ 12 minutes 3. What is Robert's vision and mission for changing the education paradigm?~ 35 minutes Robert is offering a 25% discount on his book, The Essence of Education, use the offer code “EOE”. About Robert Hailing from the Bronx, NY, Robert Astwood is a staunch advocate for systemic school change and education reform. His life mission is to uproot the U.S. neoliberal school system and rebuild it on altruism, interdependence, and the whole-person approach to education. He currently works at Elevate Education as a life coach and he is actively seeking to impact the lives of the youth every day. Robert also hosts a podcast on school change and is a content creator on Instagram providing life education tips. Connect with Robert: Website: www.astereducation.net Instagram: aster_education Twitter: aster_education Podcast: The Aster Education Podcast Go to our Teachable Online School and check out our courses including our signature FREE “Balancing Your Backpack” and “I AM WHOLE” Courses https://masksoff.teachable.com/courses To Contact Us: Instagram: @masksoffcommunity FB Masks Off Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/masksoffcommunity Masks Off Email: podcastmasksoff@gmail.com Masks Off YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCaWJfO7ZFd4aYBX3e-clj9Q Tia Fagan Website: tiafagan.com Facebook: @tiafagancoach Instagram: @tiafagancoach Email: tiafagancoach@gmail.com Kim Gross Website: unlock-yourmind.com Facebook: @unlockyourmindhypnotherapy Email: kimgross@unlock-yourmind.com

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Standing Up: Tales of Struggle with Ellen Bravo and Larry Miller - Published by Hard Ball Press

Empathy Media Lab

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 26:08

As they stand up, slow down, form unions, leave an abusive relationship or just stir up good trouble, the characters in this multi-generation novel entertain and enlighten, make us laugh and rage, and encourage us to love deeply, that we may continue the fight for justice. Praise for Standing Up: Tales of Struggle by Ellen Bravo and Larry Miller: A love story, a tale of parenting, friendship, and solidarity — and a wonderful depiction of stepping into power. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus I felt as if Norma Rae or Studs Turkel had written a novel. Steven Greenhouse, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor Wonderful story of class, class struggle and regular people, about change and also joy. Bill Fletcher, Jr., author of The Man Who Fell Out of the Sky and Solidarity Divided These powerful tales of struggle will enrich our real and daily lives. Gloria Steinem, activist and author An essential novel for any union organizer or labor movement enthusiast. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler Great storytelling about standing up to injustice, filled with hope, powered by love and interdependence. Ai-jen Poo, director of National Domestic Workers Association Buy your copy: http://hardballpress.com/fiction--poetry.html About the Authors Ellen Bravo is a lifelong activist, she is the former director of 9to5 (the group that inspired the movie,) and co-founder of Family Values @ Work, a network of state coalitions working for family-friendly policies. Ellen is the award-winning writer of three non-fiction books, including Taking on the Big Boys, or Why Feminism is Good for Families, Business and the Nation. Her first novel, Again and Again, won praise for being a “riveting page-turner that tackles some of the most important issues of our day — campus sexual violence, male privilege, and beltway politics.” Among her commendations is a Ford Foundation Visionary award. For more information, visit https://ellenbravo.com/. Larry Miller has lived in a number of cities as a union and community activist. Over the years he has been a member of 8 different union locals, including AFSCME, Machinists, Steelworkers, Teamsters, Transportation Workers Union and the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association. After being laid off in his late 30s, Larry got a college degree and then taught high school for Milwaukee Public Schools for 17 years. He loved learning from his students and delighted to see many of them fight for social justice. He also became an editor at Rethinking Schools. Standing Up: Tales of Struggle is published by Hard Ball Press Tim Sheard is the Executive Editor of Hard Ball Press Veteran nurse Timothy Sheard is a writer, publisher, mentor to writers and union organizer with the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981. After writing 7 mystery novels featuring hospital custodian-shop steward Lenny Moss, he launched Hard Ball Press to help working class people write and publish their stories. Timothy believes that when workers write and tell their stories, they build rank and file solidarity and union power, as well strengthening the fight for social justice solidarity. Their stories help to combat the anti-labor and anti-working class assaults by the One Percent. Hard Ball Press is the premier publisher of working class life. You can watch EML's interview with Tim Sheard here: https://www.empathymedialab.com/post/pandemic-nurse-s-diary-a-tribute-to-healthcare-workers-fighting-covid-19 About Empathy Media Lab The Harmony of Interest Book Talk series explores ideas that positively shape our world. Empathy Media Lab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab

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How Does Acceleration Research Help Schools and Kids Rebound

The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 16:19

How do we accelerate learning? The US Department of Education Roadmap for Reopening Safely says that "accelerated learning provides opportunities for students to learn at grade level rather than through tracking or remediation….” Simply put, acceleration “builds on what students know as a way to access new learning.” (Roadmap p 18) Sponsor: Advancement Courses Thank you Advancement Courses for sponsoring today's show. This month, Advancement Courses is kicking off their annual Tournament of Teachers bracket challenge where educators can win up to $2,000 in prizes. This year's “Mischief-Makers Edition'' features some of the most incorrigible students from literature and film, including Draco Malfoy, Veruca Salt, Bart Simpson, and Ferris Bueller. From now until March 20, choose which mischief-maker you'd rather teach and submit your bracket in order to play. Then from March 21-30, you'll have a chance to come back and vote for your favorites to advance. Enter now and you could win prizes like a $1,000 Amazon gift card and more. Visit www.coolcatteacher.com/tournament/ to learn more and submit your brackets! This report also says that the pandemic negatively impacted math and widened achievement gaps. There is little doubt that many amazing kids are struggling to reengage with their learning progress. We cannot be content to let a generation of kids fall by the wayside. This is our watch and our duty and we have to work to do what is best. So, while some advocate acceleration for gifted kids, we need acceleration for all kids. It isn't about “catching up” right now education is about reaching every child's potential. We would love to see this generation transcend and rise above the many challenges of our world. To get there, we must reengage. Acceleration research says it is a way to do that. Dr. Nancy Frey has researched Acceleration Research along with Douglas Fisher and shared their results in Rebound: A Playbook for Rebuilding Agency, Accelerating Learning Recovery, and Rethinking Schools. This episode is a companion to podcast episode 768 with Douglas Fisher about schools that rebound. This episode focuses specifically on acceleration research. See the transcript and full show notes at https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e770

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"Liven Up Your Library" (Julia E. Torres)

Identity Talk 4 Educators LIVE

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 61:23

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

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Rebound: How Do Schools Bounce Back after the Pandemic?

The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 13:16

Acceleration research can teach us how to accelerate learning. Dr. Douglas Fisher, co-author of the best-selling book Rebound, Grades K-12: A Playbook for Rebuilding Agency, Accelerating Learning Recovery, and Rethinking Schools. Instead of learning loss, Dr. Fisher is advocating how we can accelerate learning. He reflects on what we have learned and how we can move forward together as we work to emerge (hopefully) from the pandemic. Show Notes: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e768 Today's episode is sponsored by Tract. Tract will empower your students to develop 21st-Century Ready skills through project-based peer-to-peer learning. For a limited time, you can pilot Tract's on-demand project-based classes and clubs free in your classroom. I am a project-based learning classroom and have joined the pilot. Request free access today at teach.tract.app with the access code COOLCATTEACHER. If you have students aged 8 or older, you'll want to bring students into this self-directed project-based platform that will rock your classroom and their world. See my review, 10 Ways to Personalize Project Based Learning with Tract. Try out Tract today! Related Episodes A 4 Part Distance Learning Framework that Works with Dr. Douglas Fisher Successful Distance Learning for Young Kids with Nancy Frey Dr. Douglas Fisher - Bio as Submitted Doug Fisher is professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High in San Diego, CA. He is the co-author of The Distance Learning Playbook, along with several other books. Blog: www.fisherandfrey.com Twitter: @DFISHERSDSU Youtube Channel: Fisher and Frey - YouTube Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.” The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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The Truth About Our Democracy: Rethinking What We Teach in Our Schools.

The Perkins Platform

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 36:00

Join us on Wednesday, November 3 @ 6pm EST for an informative conversation with educator, Ursula Wolfe-Rocca, discussing the teaching of democracy in schools and about rethinking schools. Ursula has taught high school social studies since 2000 in a public school in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. On the editorial board of Rethinking Schools magazine, she has written articles and lessons on voting rights, redlining, deportations, COINTELPRO, climate justice, Red Summer, the Cold War, and more. The era of U.S. history she finds most inspiring, humbling, and relevant is always the one she is currently unlearning, relearning, and building curriculum around. See Ursula's articles and lessons at this site.

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Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Hip-Hop History

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 66:06

In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian, a high school teacher and Rethinking Schools editor, facilitates a conversation between authors Jeff Chang and Dave “Davey D” Cook on their new young adult version of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Hip-Hop History. Chang and Davey D catalogue the role of urban policy, marginalization of Black and Brown youth in places like New York and Los Angeles, and how that influenced both the politics and the development of hip-hop. The struggle for Black Power played a direct role in shaping the music from its onset. Our guests also discussed how hip-hop shapes both the movement for Black lives and why young people should learn about the history, aesthetics, and politics of hip-hop. Read about the event and find related resources.

The Haters: Interview with Wayne Au

Our Dirty Laundry

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 57:23

An interview with the amazing Wayne Au, social justice and critical education theory expert, discussing eugenics in school testing. This conversation will make you rethink definitions of intelligence, success, educational standards and more! For more of Wayne's work, check out Rethinking Schools and his published books.

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Re-imagine Chicago: ‘Rethinking Schools' And Breaking The ‘School-To-Prison Pipeline' Thru Antiracist Curriculum

Morning Shift Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 22:07

A national coalition of teachers (“Rethinking Schools”) is pushing back against white backlash to antiracist school curriculum like Critical Race Theory (CRT). A Seattle-based teacher tells Reset how Black history in schools will help deconstruct systemic racism and break the “school-to-prison pipeline.”

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#77 - Teaching the Truth Amid Culture Wars and Backlash w/ Jesse Hagopian

All of the Above Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2021 77:21

With the sweeping passage of bills aiming to ban truthful teaching of America's history and legacy of racism, educators across the USA are grappling with the spectre of being fired over something as simple as assigning a children's book about integration. What's really at stake when politicians strip away learning standards that uplift MLK and criticize the KKK? To help us understand the present culture wars and the increasingly rowdy scenes at school boards across the country, we're joined by teacher, author, and activist Jesse Hagopian! Jesse is a high school Ethnic Studies teacher in Seattle, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine, director of the Black Education Matters Student Activist Award, and a campaign organizer for the Zinn Education Project's “Teach the Black Freedom Struggle.” But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including a new report about the dwindling number of school librarians and new survey data out of California regarding how people feel about their public schools. → Get your Teach the Truth T-Shirt here! Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel! AGENDA 0:00 - Welcome! 5:55 - The Disappearing School Librarian 19:35 - CA voters show support for public schools 34:50 - #TeachTruth with Jesse Hagopian 1:12:30 - EduColor Summit FTW! DO-NOW STORIES: Where Are the School Librarians? New Study Shows 20 Percent Decline In Past Decade Perspectives on School Librarian Employment in the United States, 2009-10 to 2018-19 California voters give schools and teachers top grades in year-end survey Californians and K–12 Education Amid COVID-19 Recovery More from our guest: Blog - I Am an Educator Black Lives Matter at School Rethinking Schools TeachingForBlackLives.org Zinn Education Project 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

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Education whitewashing + war on journalists + activists taking on Manchin (TWISJ 6/16/21)

News Beat

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 88:58

The News Beat podcast presents “This Week In Social Justice,” streaming live Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET. on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch. This episode's topics: America's (continued) whitewashing of education amid anti-critical race theory protests; the war on journalism; and activists taking the fight to Sen. Joe Manchin. Our special guest: Ursula Wolfe-Rocca, educator and editor at Rethinking Schools. Join us on this interactive program to share your thoughts on recent news and ongoing issues as we welcome special guests, break down important issues, and sprinkle in our unique brand of Hip Hop-fueled journalism along the way. News Beat is an award-winning podcast that mixes hard-hitting, social justice journalism with hip-hop to uniquely examine some of the most pressing issues facing society. Each episode features interviews from well-known voices—ranging from activists to scholars to journalists—set to music, interspersed with powerful, original lyrics crafted by notable artists specifically for that episode. In the meantime, feel free to subscribe and listen to News Beat on your favorite podcast or streaming audio app: https://link.chtbl.com/newsbeat Love what you hear? Help us out by leaving a rating and review on your preferred app: https://ratethispodcast.com/newsbeat And make sure you ‘Like' News Beat on Facebook, ‘Subscribe' on YouTube, or ‘Follow” on Twitch so you never miss a “This Week In Social Justice” stream. Support the show: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EYkdQRkbZ6vNTGfNSGWZjx7_15orqqDl8vkmrAg3TkxLprft1OguFwxlheC3tAkNd-KVPG&country.x=US&locale.x=US See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Black Lives Matter at School: Iowa Edition

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 83:07

Education activists Lisa Covington, Jesse Hagopian, Denisha Jones, Lucket Kiche, and Matè Muhammad, in conversation about the struggle against systemic racism in schools, how we can win real educational justice and other lessons from Black Lives Matter at School organizing in Iowa and beyond. Order your copy of Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice from Prairie Lights Bookstore here: https://www.prairielightsbooks.com/book/9781642592702 ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Matè Muhammad is an activist, organizer and cultural worker from Des Moines, IA. Matè is a passionate writer, graffiti artist and musician and began his activism in 2014 after the tragic police murder of Michael Brown. In 2019 Matè created @theblackartivist - a revolutionary creative vehicle - and in 2020 Matè co-founded the Des Moines Black Liberation Movement of which he is currently the Field Operations Director. Lucket Kiche (He/They) is a Black, Queer, Non-Binary Transman teaching in the Iowa City Community School District. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, he came to Iowa City as an infant and has yet to leave. He spends time serving as an At-Large Board member for Iowa City Pride. As an educator, Lucket pushes and advocates for the equitable treatment of all minorities and strives to teach about as many intersectionalities that time will allow. They also continue to remind others that we can no longer be complacent with a system that has superficial protections for marginalized people. Denisha Jones is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and Director of the Art of Teaching, graduate teacher education program, at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School. Jesse Hagopian is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and teaches Ethnic Studies at Seattle's Garfield High School. He is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and is a co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives. Lisa Covington, M.A. is a youth development professional, curriculum developer and PhD Candidate at The University of Iowa studying Sociology of Education, Digital Humanities and African American Studies. In 2020, Lisa received the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award from the Iowa Department of Human Rights. As the Director of the Ethnic Studies Leadership Academy in Iowa City, Lisa works with Sankofa Outreach Connection to provide an educational leadership program for African American girls to learn Black history and advocacy strategies through developing competencies in digital humanities, social sciences and the arts. Lisa also works with teachers across the state through Black Lives Matter at School-Iowa. ---------------------------------------------------- This event is sponsored by Prairie Lights Bookstore, Black Lives Matter at School-Iowa and Haymarket Books. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/QIALE2cLpb0 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

The Racist History of Standardized Testing

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 89:38

Awo Okaikor Aryee-Price, Jesse Hagopian, and Denisha Jones discuss the racist history of standardized testing and its impacts today. ---------------------------------------------------- Join antiracist educators and organizers for a conversation about the history of eugenics and standardized testing, the racist impacts of high stakes testing on learning and instruction and how we can build a movement against the testing regime. Speakers: Awo Okaikor Aryee-Price, Ed.D is a former classroom teacher, teacher-leader, and organizer, who is committed to collectively undoing and unlearning the racist, colonial, patriarchal, and other oppressive systems and structures that hinder us all from being able to access our full human-selves. She is a core trainer with the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, co-founder of an organization, MapSO Freedom School, and is a founding steering committee member for the National Black Lives Matter in School, a network of educators and organizers committed to centering Black students, educators, and communities, while advocating for the creation of anti-racist learning environments for all students. Jesse Hagopian is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and teaches Ethnic Studies at Seattle's Garfield High School. He is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine, editor of More Than a Score and co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives . Denisha Jones is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and Director of the Art of Teaching, graduate teacher education program, at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School. Wayne Au is a Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell. He is a long-time Rethinking Schools editor, co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives and author of A Marxist Education: Learning to Change the World. ---------------------------------------------------- This event is co-sponsored by the New Jersey Education Association and Haymarket Books. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/Nmd7OeXqRw0 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice (12-2-2020)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 87:41

Jesse Hagopian and Denisha Jones, editors of Black Lives Matter at School, discuss antiracist education with contributor Brian Jones. ---------------------------------------------------- Join us for the launch of Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Education Justice, an essential collection of essays, interviews, poems, resolutions, and more from educators, students, and activists who have been building the Black Lives Matter at School movement across the country, including a foreword by Opal Tometi. “Black Lives Matter at School is an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system." —Ibram Kendi “Black Lives Matter at School centers the humanity of our children. It is a sharp rebuke of white supremacy—the very thing that interrupts the healthy development of Black youth. School communities must affirm Black lives. This book is essential. Period.” — Stacy Davis Gates, Vice President Chicago Teachers Union "There is no easy way to talk about the complexities of race facing our school system in America—but we have to talk about it if we are ever going to achieve the schools our children deserve. Black Lives Matter at School is a playbook for undoing institutional racism in the education system. — Michael Bennett, NFL Super Bowl champion and author ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Jesse Hagopian is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and teaches Ethnic Studies at Seattle's Garfield High School. He is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and is a co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives. Denisha Jones is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and Director of the Art of Teaching, graduate teacher education program, at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School. Brian Jones is the Associate Director of Education at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He writes about black education history and politics. ---------------------------------------------------- Get a copy of Black Lives Matter at School here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1554-black-lives-matter-at-school ---------------------------------------------------- This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and Black Lives Matter at School. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important education, organizing and publishing work. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/PJOOVBvHcAw Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Black Lives Matter at School Philadelphia Edition (1-13-21)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 55:12

Join Black Lives Matter at School activists and educators for a conversation about the new uprising for educational justice, Philly-style. ---------------------------------------------------- Education activists Tamara Anderson, Jesse Hagopian, Ismael Jimenez, Dana Morrison join Edwin Mayorga for a conversation about the struggle against systemic racism in schools, how we can win real educational justice and the lessons from Black Lives Matter at School organizing in Philadelphia and beyond. ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Tamara Anderson is an advocate for children and teens, an antiracist trainer, a professional artist, an editor, a freelance journalist, and a blogger with over twenty years of experience as an educator. She supervises middle and high school pre-service teachers at La Salle University and serves as an adjunct at West Chester University. Her work with juvenile justice led to her being the recipient of the Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant. Jesse Hagopian is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and teaches Ethnic Studies at Seattle's Garfield High School. He is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and is a co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives. Ismael Jimenez is a dedicated educator, who for the last fifteen years has worked with students in Philadelphia from preschool age to high school. Ismael assisted in the development of the updated social studies curriculum for the School District of Philadelphia. Ismael is a core member of the Racial Justice Organizing Committee and Black Lives Matter Philly, a founding member of the Melnated Educators Collective and a co-founder of the Philadelphia Black History Collaborative. Dana Morrison is an Assistant Professor in West Chester University's Department of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies. She began working on higher education outreach for the week of action in Philadelphia in 2017 and has since organized Black Lives Matter events with students, faculty and staff throughout the PA State System of Higher Education. Edwin Mayorga (moderator) is a parent, educator, scholar-activist. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies and the Program in Latin American and Latino Studies at Swarthmore College (PA). He is host of the podcast Encuentros Políticos/Political Encounters on USALAmedia. ---------------------------------------------------- Order a copy of Black Lives Matter at School: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1554-black-lives-matter-at-school Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/zkN_kOrgjSg Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Black Lives Matter at School California Edition (2-3-21)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 84:35

Join Black Lives Matter at School activists and educators for a conversation about the new uprising for educational justice in California. ---------------------------------------------------- Education activists Nathaniel Genene, Jesse Hagopian, Taunya Jaco, Denisha Jones, and Cecily Myart-Cruz in conversation about the struggle against systemic racism in schools, how we can win real educational justice and get cops out of our schools and other lessons from Black Lives Matter at School organizing in California and beyond. The event will include also include a statement from Derrick Sanderlin. #carenotcops ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Cecily Myart-Cruz is a teacher, activist and the United Teachers Los Angeles President. The first woman of color in the union's 50-year history – having previously served as NEA Vice President for six years. Cecily has taught for 26 years, at both elementary and middle school levels, most recently at Angeles Mesa Elementary. She is the Chair of the CTA Civil Rights Committee, Chair of the NEA Black Caucus and member of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Denisha Jones is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and Director of the Art of Teaching, graduate teacher education program, at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School. Taunya Jaco, a 6th grade ELA/Social Studies teacher, serves as a member of the National Education Association (NEA) Board of Directors, Secretary for the NEA Black Caucus, and Chair of the Civil Rights in Education Committee for the California Teachers Association‘s (CTA) State Council. She is pursuing her doctorate of education at San Jose State University, where she is conducting a qualitative study on the implementation of Ethnic Studies in California K-12 schools and the impact of its implementation on teacher preparation programs. Jesse Hagopian is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and teaches Ethnic Studies at Seattle's Garfield High School. He is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and is a co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives. Nathaniel Genene is a rising senior at Washburn High School in South Minneapolis. He serves as the student representative to the Minneapolis Board of Education and the at-large member on the City-Wide Youth Leadership Council. He also works with ThriveEd, a nonprofit working to build an educational paradigm shaped by innovation and joy for learners and educators, and Our Turn, an advocacy organization fighting to mobilize young people in the fight for educational justice. Derrick Sanderlin is an artist, musician, and community organizer. He is now organizing with Sacred Heart, co-leading the committee for Racial Equity and Community Safety. He has also joined the efforts of the San José Unified Equity Coalition, whose mission is to reimagine safety across the district and reallocate funds previously used for sworn police officers toward student support positions and resources, restorative justice practices, and a district wide safety plan led by the community. The proposal has been lovingly named the Derrick Sanderlin Resolution to Defund the Police in light of his attempts to de-escalate police violence during the George Floyd/Breonna Taylor protests in downtown San Jose last summer. ---------------------------------------------------- This event is sponsored by United Teachers Los Angeles, San José Unified Equity Coalition and Haymarket Books While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and organizing work. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/Cglq30AgID0 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Making Black Lives Matter From the Streets to the Classroom w/ Opal Tometi & more (2-4-21)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 86:52

Join Opal Tometi, Brian Jones, Denisha Jones, Jesse Hagopian and Marshé Doss in conversation about Black Lives Matter and education justice. ---------------------------------------------------- Join us for conversation about making Black lives matter in our schools and beyond as part of this year's Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action. In her foreword to Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice Opal Tometi writes: "Both within classrooms and outside the school grounds, Black lives are under threat. The events that led to the creation of Black Lives Matter—the murder in 2012 of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his killer—weren't isolated events. The culture of endangering Black lives is something students know well from inside their very own classrooms. . . Young people deserve safe, affirming environments where they know without a shadow of a doubt that their lives matter. The work that supporters of Black Lives Matter at School are doing is making this happen." Join us for conversation about making Black lives matter in our school and beyond. ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Opal Tometi is an award-winning human rights defender and one of three women co-founders of #BlackLivesMatter. Born to Nigerian Immigrant parents in the USA, her human rights activism crosses borders and extends almost 20 years. Tometi recently graced the #TIME100 Most Influential people of the year 2020 and March 2020 cover for #TIMES100 Most Influential Women of The Last Century. She is the founder of the new media and advocacy hub, Diaspora Rising and is a trusted advisor to various transnational organizations. Denisha Jones is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and Director of the Art of Teaching, graduate teacher education program, at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School. Jesse Hagopian is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and teaches Ethnic Studies at Seattle's Garfield High School. He is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and is a co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives. Marshé Doss was born and raised in South Los Angeles.She is a recent graduate from Dorsey High School in South Los Angeles. Marshé is an organizer and leaderin the student-led movement Students Deserve. She leads the Making Black Lives Matter in Schools effortin LA, which tackles the school-to-prison pipeline and over-policing of schools in Black communities. She is a nationally recognized speaker, organizer, and activist, known for direct actions and addressing crowds of over fifty thousand people. She can be reached on Instagram at @its.marshe. Brian Jones (moderator) is the Associate Director of Education at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He writes about black education history and politics. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/-MlHmF8xNYk Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

#SayHerName Charleena Lyles: Police Murder and the Uprising for Black Lives (6-16-20)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 79:01

Join Katrina Johnson, Michael Bennett, Nikkita Oliver and Jesse Hagopian to talk about justice for Charleena Lyles and Black Lives Matter. Katrina Johnson, Charleena Lyles' cousin, will join Michael Bennett, Nikkita Oliver and Jesse Hagopian to talk about the struggle for justice for Charleena and the new uprising for Black Lives. The mass uprising in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd around the world has created bold new possibilities for the Black Lives Matter Movement. Bold incentives are being taken around the country to defund, disarm, and dismantle policing. As the African American Policy institute raised by launching #SayHerName, much of the focus of police violence has been given to the killing of Black men, and Black women and transgendered people have not received the same attention. The recent murder of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency medical technician, who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department by police is one case that deserves more attention. Another is Charleena Lyles. On June 18, 2017, two Seattle police officers entered the apartment of Charleena Lyles. The police had been called by Charleena because she feared someone was breaking into her home. Within minuets of entering the apartment, the officers shot her down in a hail of seven bullets, with at least three of them in the back. The officers alleged they had to use lethal force because Charleena had a paring knife. One of the officers was supposed to have a taser, but had not properly charged it, so he did not bring it with him–a violation of department policy. Charleena was pregnant and was killed in front of three of her four kids, who had to be carried over her body to leave the apartment. Join a conversation about next steps in winning justice for Charleena and her family and how her story connects to the new movement for Black Lives in the streets today. Katrina Johnson works for the Public Defenders Association as a Project Manager diverting people out of the criminal legal system into community based resources—instead of jail and prosecution. Katrina became a social justice activist/advocate and spokesperson for her family in June of 2017, after her first cousin Charleena Lyles was killed in her home in North Seattle after police officers responded to the location to investigate a theft Charleena had reported. Katrina works with other families who have lost loved ones to the use of lethal force in Washington State and around the county. Michael Bennett is a three-time Pro Bowler, Pro Bowl MVP, Super Bowl Champion, and two-time NFC Champion. He has gained international recognition for his public support for the Black Lives Matter Movement, women's rights, and other social justice causes. In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans by The Root, was the Seattle Seahawks nominee for the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year award, and was honored along with his brother Martellus with a BET Shine a Light award for exceptional service. He is the author of Things That Make White People Uncomfortable. Nikkita Oliver is a Seattle-based creative, community organizer, abolitionist, educator, and attorney. Nikkita is the co-executive director of Creative Justice, an arts-based alternative to incarceration and a healing engaged youth-led community-based program. Jesse Hagopian is an award-winning educator and a leading voice on issues of educational equity and social justice unionism. He is an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and is the co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives, and editor of More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/vAM_XkdCXJY Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Remaking Schools in the Time of Coronavirus (4-22-20)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 76:25

Three leading voices in the struggle for education justice (Jesse Hagopian, Wayne Au, and Noliwe Rooks) discuss the remaking of public schools in the time of crisis. What has this crisis taught us about the role of public schools in society? What have we learned about what really matters in education during this time? When we re-open schools, what kind of education will we have, will we demand? The Covid-19 crisis has upended public education around the country. Join three radical education activists in conversation about what this crisis means for public education now and how moving forward we can continue to fight for the schools our students deserve. Jesse Hagopian is an award-winning educator and a leading voice on issues of educational equity and social justice unionism. He is an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and is the co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives, and editor of More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing. Noliwe Rooks is the W.E.B Du Bois Professor of Literature at Cornell University and the author of Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education which won an award for non-fiction from the Hurston/Wright Foundation. Wayne Au is a Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell. He is a long-time Rethinking Schools editor, co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives and author of A Marxist Education: Learning to Change the World. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/rDnP663yEbM Buy books from Haymarket: haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Ep 260 - Education Suite Vol. 3: Dr. Dave Stovall

AirGo

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 69:18

AirGo is excited to present The Education Suite, a collection of episodes focusing on the liberatory histories and futures of education. This suite is co-curated by AirGo fam and general genius Eve Ewing, a professor and poet whose work is at the forefront of public conversation around the ways our education system has harmed Black and Brown young people, and the ways that our school buildings connect to larger systems of inequity across the country. On this episode, we chop it up with AirGo fam Dr. Dave Stovall, a professor at UIC who works with community organizations and schools to address issues of equity, justice and abolishing the school/prison nexus. He breaks down the distinction between education and schooling, histories of education spaces and their destruction, fugitivity, and much more. SHOW NOTES: The People’s Grab n Go - https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-peoples-grab-n-go-oral-history Bettina Love of the Abolitionist Teaching Network - https://abolitionistteachingnetwork.org/ The Lost Education of Horace Tate by Vanessa Siddle Walker - https://thenewpress.com/books/lost-education-of-horace-tate Paulo Freire - https://www.freire.org/paulo-freire/ Lavalas Movement - https://nacla.org/article/fanmi-lavalas-political-project Prof. Christopher Span - https://education.illinois.edu/faculty/christopher-span Gloria Ladson-Billings - https://naeducation.org/our-members/gloria-ladson-billings/ Dionne Danns - https://education.indiana.edu/about/directory/profiles/danns-dionne.html Black Teacher Project - https://www.blackteacherproject.org/ Rethinking Schools - https://rethinkingschools.org/ Raise Your Hand IL - https://www.ilraiseyourhand.org/

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Abolitionists & Reconstruction

Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms: Real Science for Real students

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 53:40

In this episode, our host, Adam Sanchez, a high school teacher and Rethinking Schools editor, interviews historian Manisha Sinha to address the interracial radical abolition movement of the 18th and 19th centuries. Sinha emphasizes the impact of Black abolitionists, particularly those who escaped enslavement — like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, William Wells Brown, and James W.C. Pennington — who radicalized the movement by introducing more militant tactics. She connects the past to the present by discussing the significance of the word abolition in today's movement for Black lives. This episode addresses themes of our campaign to Teach Reconstruction. People's Historians online mini-series - Black Freedom Struggle. Music from Rose City Kings from Free Music Archive.

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Chapter 10: Before Today, I Was Afraid of Trees

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 19:40

Rethinking nature deficit disorder in diverse classrooms. An earlier version of this essay appeared in Fall 2011 issue of the magazine Rethinking Schools.

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Rethinking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 48:25

In this episode, initially recorded on May Day, our host, Jesse Hagopian, a high school teacher and Rethinking Schools editor, interviews historian Jeanne Theoharis to address Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s positions on oppression in the North, police brutality, the Memphis sanitation workers, reparations, the Poor People's Campaign, and more. Theoharis describes the sanitization of Dr. King and his legacy, challenging the narratives in textbooks. She also addresses the radical influence of Coretta Scott King. People's Historians online mini-series - Black Freedom Struggle. Music from Rose City Kings from Free Music Archive.

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Women in the Black Panther Party

Stateside from Michigan Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 44:42

In this episode, from our series on the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian, a high school teacher and Rethinking Schools editor, introduces scholar-activist Mary Phillips and historian Robyn C. Spencer, who discuss how Black women transformed the Black Panther Party. Spencer and Phillips describe the role of Black women in the Black Panther Party as an outgrowth from their long-standing family activism. Many Black women made sacrifices as they balanced motherhood and community organizing. Our guests also tackle how Black women played a central role in delivering the message of the party through art. Link to images discussed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1utU7UbzctFFzs2azaG6NBhDClvHHGxduI8CgwT41pM8/edit?usp=sharing Music from Rose City Kings from Free Music Archive.

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Hidden History: The Civil Rights Movement and the Black Athlete

Edge of Sports

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 50:38

This week's show is a talk I did with educator and author Jesse Hagopian about the history of Black athletes and their intersection with the Civil Rights Movement. We go through the famous hidden stories of people like Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali as well as people you may never have heard of like Wyomia Tyus and Rose Robinson. The event was put on by the Zinn Education Project. Jesse Hagopian is an award-winning educator and a leading voice on issues of educational equity, the school-to-prison-pipeline, standardized testing, the Black Lives Matter at School movement, and social justice unionism. He is an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine, an author, public speaker, organizer, and Ethnic Studies teacher at Seattle’s Garfield High School – the site of the historic teacher boycott of the MAP test in 2013. Jesse is the co-editor of the new book, Teaching for Black Lives, and is the editor of the book, More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing. His writing has been published in numerous books including 101 Changemakers: Rebels and Radicals Who Changed US History, Education and Capitalism: Struggles for Learning and Liberation, Why We Teach Now, and Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove’s Voices of a People’s History of the United States. https://www.zinnedproject.org/ https://iamaneducator.com Jesse Hagopian Twitter: http://@JessedHagopian — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) — Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: http://thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.

Stateside: Counties plan for reopening; rethinking schools; recovery lessons from Great Recession

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 49:50

Today on Stateside , what will the impending re-opening of Michigan’s economy mean for public health. Plus, how the pandemic could allow districts to reshape learning in the fall.

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WVU Reads: Teaching Reconstruction

WVU Reads- A Campus Read Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 45:15

This week, Geoff talks to Dr. Tiffany Mitchell Patterson from the College of Education and Human Services about teaching reconstruction and citizenship, black power, voting rights, and related topics. For further reading, check out Dr. Patterson's recent article in The Conversation, as well as Black Lives Matter at School, Teaching Tolerance, and Rethinking Schools.

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Ep. 64: Why We ALL Need an Equity Literacy Framework

Interchangeable White Ladies Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020

support the podcast by becoming a member of channel 253 Today’s episode is extra special to us as we get to chat with two incredible educators who are shaping the profession through their interrogation of the personal and professional ways educators perpetuate white cultural norms in schools.Our essential question is: How can we “learn to be a threat to inequity in our spheres of influence” in 2020?Guests: Katy Swalwell, Associate Professor of Social & Cultural Studies in the School of Education at Iowa State University, and Paul Gorski, founder of Equity Literacy Institute and EdChange. We first heard about the equity literacy framework from our guest Marquita Prinzing in Ep 46: Don’t be a Passive Progressive Educator and were incredibly excited when Katy reached out to us to share how she was using the podcast with her pre-service teachers. We are incredibly grateful she and Paul were able to come on the show.In this episode Katy and Paul describe how they came to this work, specifically unpacking the idea of equity literacy which “moves us beyond cultural competency.” They share how schools and districts are approaching this differently than a simple list of strategies and emphasize that this work is a mindset shift. We highly recommend that listeners spend some time with the Equity Literacy Institute directly. Finally, we ask Paul to share the story behind his controversial tweet that calls out white liberalism. Do Your Fudging Homework:Hope: Read through the equity literacy framework and do a little audit on your life--start first with classroom (the place you have immediate control), then dept/school (larger circles of control).Annie: follow Paul on Twitter, follow Katy even though she doesn’t tweet very much. Read their work and buy their book when it comes out. Paul: Teaching Tolerance & New York Collaborative of Radical Educators (NYCORE), Teachers 4 Social Justice Katy: Carter Center for Black History, Freeminds Free People, Paul Ortiz’s History Book, Dolly Parton's America, Dr. Noreen Naseem @NaseemRdz, NYCORE, Rethinking Schools, Zinn Education ProjectFollow us on Twitter @IWL_Podcast or Facebook: Interchangeable White Ladies Podcast

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Episode 87: Climate Warriors

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 31:51

Teachers have their own children too. A Room for Teachers to DESTRESS. Old School Kindergarten: Play. Feature Interview: Moé Yonamine and Tim Swinehart of Rethinking Schools and the Zinn Education Project join us. They talk about how they are helping students become “Climate Warriors” fully engaged in fighting the climate crisis. We talk about A... Read more »

Jesse Hagopian on bringing Black Lives Matter into schools

Ethical Schools

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 34:00

We speak with Jesse Hagopian, an editor for ReThinking Schools and a long-time teacher in the Seattle Public Schools. He is a co-editor of the book Teaching for Black Lives. Jesse discusses the groundbreaking annual National Week of Action in February that makes four demands of schools: replace zero tolerance discipline with restorative justice, implement...

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Why Do We Use Culturally Relevant Teaching?

3 Step Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2019 41:45

Websites:Teaching Tolerance- https://www.tolerance.org/Rethinking Schools- https://www.rethinkingschools.org/Books:We've Been Doing It Your Way For Long Enough: Choosing the Culturally Relevant Classroom by: Janice Baines, Carmen Tisdale, Susi LongLee and Low Books- https://www.leeandlow.com/

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Episode 86: Teaching A People’s History of Abolition and the Civil War

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 47:34

Trending News: In God We Trust Testing Craze getting less Crazy? Don’t Just Shut Up and Teach. Feature Interview: Adam Sanchez from Rethinking Schools joins us to explain the thinking that went into developing the new book—Teaching a People’s History of Abolition and the Civil War. We then break down the book by the ten... Read more »

Ari Bloomekatz

Mr. Nice Guy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 77:17

Last week I sat down w community organizer Ari Bloomekatz. He works with the Jewish anti-occupation group IfNotNow, public education advocacy group Rethinking Schools, and he helped organize the recent Jews Against ICE “Never Again Is Now” protest (which happened to be my first protest). He also had recently been in Israel and Palestine working with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence, where he gained national attention from an altercation with the IDF. We discussed our takeaways from the protest, his activism experience, Ari’s recent experience in the West Bank (and his concussion), Jewish criticism of Israel, and how the conversation about antisemitism continues to evolve. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ben-slowey/support

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Episode 84: Rethinking Schools: The New Teacher Book

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 33:59

Trending News: From Custodian to Principal What if I don’t shoot a school shooter? Feature Interview: We talk to Stan Karp (editor at Rethinking Schools) and Ikechukwu Onyema (author at Rethinking Schools) about the third edition of THE NEW TEACHER BOOK: FINDING PURPOSE, BALANCE, AND HOPE DURING YOUR FIRST YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM. Stan and Ike take... Read more »

Episode 83: Rethinking Schools: Origins and Future

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Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 32:19

Trending News: Classrooms in Crisis. Bad Behavior of Bad System? Just say No to the Teacher Shortage. Standing your ground so you can shoot your kids. Feature Interview: Rethinking Schools Founder Bob Peterson. In the 1980s Bob Peterson and his teaching colleagues were looking for social justice teaching materials. There weren’t many out there in... Read more »

Episode 81: Rethinking School’s Bob Peterson for Milwaukee School Board