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Toxic Equity and the CA Gov (sort of) Supports Ethnic Studies - Passing Period #105
This Week: An elementary school in Florida puts all the Black kids in an assembly to talk about the problem with their data, start a competition to g…
2 years, 8 months ago
Self-Inflicted Wounds: Principal Autonomy and Conditions for Success - Passing Period #104
This Week: The school year has begun in much of the country, and for the rest, the gears are turning on all that infamous beginning-of-year PD and me…
2 years, 9 months ago
White Supremacist Historical Fantasies and a “Crisis” of Teacher Quality? - Passing Period #103
This Week: States across the country are banning the teaching of truthful history, and replacing it with the likes of the white supremacist, historic…
2 years, 9 months ago
A week of right wing insanity, and what we should do about it - Passing Period #102
This Week: In just the last 8 days there have been so many utterly insane stories capturing the escalating right wing attacks on public education and…
2 years, 9 months ago
#106 - Certification, Credentialing, and Finding Community w/ Dr. Christopher Davis!
Cultivating high-quality teachers of color doesn’t begin and end with recruitment. From revisiting credentialing practices to creating spaces for BIP…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Best Way to Teach - Passing Period #101
This Week: A study out of the UK suggests that the “best” way to teach might look differently from subject to subject. Shocker, we know. But the inte…
2 years, 10 months ago
#105 - Preparing Teachers for Ethnic Studies w/ Dr. Jason Kim-Seda!
The Ethnic Studies dopeness keeps on coming! In our latest look at the growth and implementation of K-12 Ethnic Studies, we explore a university-scho…
2 years, 10 months ago
#104 - Gen Z Enters the Teaching Profession w/ Bryant Odega!
From low compensation, rising costs of living, and the tragic reality of school shootings to book bans, critical race hysteria, and threats against “…
2 years, 11 months ago
#103 - Avoiding Burnout with Rebekah Shoaf and Meredith Matson!
Why am I doing this? Is this still right for me? Why am I not finding the same type of joy and meaning in my work that I once did? These are a few of…
2 years, 11 months ago
Pride Month Protest and Mentoring for New Teachers - Passing Period #100
This Week: It’s Pride Month, and there’s some not good news coming out of the city of LA, where a group of hateful community members showed up to pro…
2 years, 11 months ago