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Division in Sac City Schools - Passing Period #20
This week: Imagine starting the school year with a schedule that dictates the first 4 days of school but nothing beyond that. With no MOU in place governing distance learning, Sacramento joins a host…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
#55 - Anti-racism in the ELA Classroom w/ Julia E. Torres and Geneviève DeBose
We’ve read the books and had the conversations, but how do we actually “do the work” and put anti-racism into practice in our classrooms? In our previous episode we looked at math instruction--now we…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
A Dangerous Time To Be An Educator - Passing Period #19
This week: A teacher in Texas is placed on administrative leave for having BLM and LGBTQ affirming signs in her bitmoji classroom, an LA teacher is targeted by right wing extremists online for simila…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
#54 - Math, Racial Justice, & Teacher Leadership w/ José Luis Vilson
School’s back in session and our very first guest of the school year is the super-dope teacher, activist, author, and #EduColor director José Luis Vilson! He joins us to discuss his journey in educat…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Imagining What’s Possible as a New Year Begins - Passing Period #18
This week: As schools in Los Angeles are set to begin the year remotely next week, Manuel and Jeff discuss their vision for what we could do better in this second round of distance learning. From re…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
#53 - Asian Americans, Education, and the Fight for Justice w/ Dr. Hsieh
The academic success of Asian American students is often propped up as proof that it only takes hard work and dedication to be successful in America regardless of one’s race. However, the truth is th…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
The Racial Divide: To Reopen, or Not to Reopen? - Passing Period #17
This week: As the start of the school year draws closer, state and district policies begin falling into place regarding school reopening. But recent data from the Kaiser Family Foundation sheds new …
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
#52 - Anti-Racist Schooling in Minneapolis
All eyes were on Minneapolis when this summer began. What was it like to teach in the epicenter of this summer’s uprising for racial justice? And with all the new buzz around anti-racist schooling, w…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
The Day the Schools All Closed… Again - Passing Period #16
This week: After months of marching towards a hybrid reopening model, Los Angeles and San Diego began the wave of school districts in California, and in many parts of the country that announced they …
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
#51 - Too Dope Teachers and the Fight for Educational Justice
The hosts of the Too Dope Teachers and a Mic podcast join us for a super-dope conversation about the ongoing fight for justice in education! Kevin Adams and Gerardo Muñoz are public school teachers i…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago