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Teachers, Textbooks, and Race - Passing Period #15
This week: an EdWeek blog gins up controversy citing survey data showing “most” educators think the textbooks in America’s schools adequately address the experiences of people of color, and then late…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
THAT was a wild school year...now what?? Reflecting on this moment in education w/ Geneviève DeBose, Chavonne Taylor, and Alyssa Solis - S3E24
It’s our 50th full episode, and what a time to be an educator! Pandemic teaching, looming budget cuts, and calls for dismantling white supremacy and abolishing anti-Black racism in all of our institu…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
What a week! LGBTQ+ rights, DACA ruling, reopening school, and district statements on BLM
This week: the Gorsuch - Kavanaugh Supreme Court hands down two (gasp!) rulings that are NOT evil in one week that have implications on education. Who’d a thunk it? Also, as we officially pass into t…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
S3E23 - We feel therefore we learn: The neuroscience of learning w/Dr. Immordino-Yang
We nerd out in this episode as we explore the latest developments in neuroscience and what they say about how our students’ social worlds influence and grow their ways of knowing about the world and …
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Woke-ish? Districts and institutions respond to mass uprising - Passing Period #13
This week: the protests continue across the country in an unprecedented show of sustained, multiracial opposition to racism and police brutality, and institutions are following suit. Districts and m…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Educating for Black Lives: George Floyd, police violence, and mass uprisings - Passing Period #12
This week: after the gruesome murder of George Floyd in the streets of Minneapolis at the hands of police officers, mass uprisings have taken over dozens of American cities. Manuel and Jeff lament t…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
S3E22 - Equity in the time of COVID w/Joe Truss
It has become a common refrain: “this pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities in education.” Yes, that’s most definitely true. But how? Where? And what are we going to do about it? To dig deeper…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
S3E21 - The Future of Teacher Prep Programs w/Dr. Emma Hipolito
Within this mess of teacher shortages, looming cuts to education, ballooning student debt, and COVID-19 uncertainty, teacher education programs are dutifully trying their best to prepare a new genera…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
S3E20 - Getting To & Through: Students of Color in College
It’s (virtual) commencement season and so many of our students are heading off to college! Given the fact that most universities have historically served a predominantly-white student body, how are t…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
S3E19 - Diversifying the Teacher Workforce w/Travis Bristol and Micia Mosely
As teacher hiring season jumps into high gear, we are joined by Dr. Travis Bristol of UC Berkeley and Dr. Micia Moseley of the Black Teacher Project to discuss the persistent and troubling lack of di…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago