Teach4Justice: Recent Episodes
Alfredo Silva
This begins as the journey of one teacher trying to answer the question: What does it mean to teach for justice? I (and anyone who agrees to join me) will spend the year trying to answer this question as well as any other related questions that come up. I am no guru. I don't have the answer, I am looking for it. When the I becomes we - and we are looking for the answer collectively it seems like positive change can happen. note: T Shirt Design by Teach For The Culture
Dorie Conlon is an elementary school Spanish teacher who is currently getting her doctorate in applied linguistics and discourse studies.
Her current research is on how Spanish language education in the United States can perpetuate racism against Spanish speakers.
Her Twitter (X) and Threads handle: @Doriecp
BlueSky Handle: @DorieC
Dorie’s Shoutouts
Article by author Megan Figueroa whom she gave a shout out to
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/gpsfe
Author Jonathan Rosa https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/jdrosa
Author Nelson Flores https://www.gse.upenn.edu/academics/faculty-directory/flores
I interview the superintendent of Garden Grove Unified School District one of the most DIVERSE districts in California. We discuss the benefits of diversity, her mentor program, how teachers can work with admin, and riding the school bus twice a year to check the pulse of the district.
Welcome to season 2 episode 1 with Monte Syrie.
Show Notes:
Our season 2 premier episode guest has been on what he calls an everquest as he looks at grading differently in an attempt to achieve better.
Better outcomes yes - but also better relationships with his students. He considers these linked.
I first found Monte Syrie on twitter a little over a year ago. As I spent last year getting to learn podcasting and having conversations with folx about justice I regularly scanned twitter for people and stories to cover. One day there it was. Monte posts his daily conversation starters online almost daily and as you twitter users who follow him know, some days the questions he poses to his students are deep and relevant questions that us educators need to be asking ourselves and eachother if we want to make real change.
Monte’s Twitter: @MonteSyrie
Website: https://www.letschangeeducation.com/
Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRBP9H3Y?ref_=k4w_oembed_AwFO7xCGM0cTag&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpd
Some of Ashley’s Work
https://oaklandside.org/author/ashley-mcbride/
Twitter @ashleynmcb
Welcome back to the Teach 4 Justice Podcast.
This is episode 11. We recorded this episode in November 2022. I am a public school teacher on Fall Break and am grateful and excited to present our guest Ashley McBride.
In spending this year tracking issues in Education I regularly came across a very small list of local Education Reporters using social media and their local new sites to shine a light on the school district in their city.
Regular listeners will remember we spoke to Cole from Twin Cities Citizens report who elaborated on Teacher Strikes and District issues in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Ashley covers Oakland Unified School District in Oakland California and
this is a District that had one heck of a year
but as you listen to our episode you’ll learn from Ashley that this year was years in the making. OUSD has recently been through multiple superintendents, budget crises, and a 2019 teacher strike.
This year they went through announced school closures, two teachers protesting with a hunger strike in response, campus gun violence, and an intense school board election that recently wrapped up.
The entire time I found Ashley’s coverage to be thorough, well researched, honest, and presented through multiple perspectives without bias. A lingering question for me is how widely consumed has it been? Do people in other parts of the country know what is going on in Oakland? Did the teacher hunger strike for example make national news? If not, Why not?
Welcome back to the Teach4Justice Podcast. This is the most personal podcast so far.
Curtis Valentine, Victorious Hall, and Albert Lewis met in 2014 to create the Male Educator Network of Prince George's County (MD) Public Schools (MENofPGCPS). The MENofPGCPS was founded in response to a growing need for quality male educators.
For you today: we have Curtis Valentine.
Curtis Valentine is Deputy Director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s Reinventing America’s Schools Project. Curtis is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park and is an At-Large member of the Prince George’s County (MD) Board of Education. Curtis began his career in education as an 8th grade language arts teacher.
I think you will enjoy this. Here is my interview with Curtis Valentine:
Notes and More information about Curtis
https://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/press_releases/3_3_2022-2.asp
https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/curtis-valentine-2/
https://realmenteach.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1tl7j-_caw&ab_channel=LearningHeroes
Dr. Scott Petri is an admired and accomplished Social Studies teacher who came to teaching after some time in the corporate world. He recently co-authored and published the current Amazon #1 new release for Social Studies Educators: EduProtocols for Social Studies. He answers questions about the skills people can bring from the corporate world to teaching - the benefits of EduProtocls - and embracing change.
NOTES:
Teacher Website: https://www.jfkcougars.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=383420&type=u&pREC_ID=532966
Classroom Blog https://historyrewriter.com/
EduProtocols for Social Studies on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/EduProtocol-Field-Guide-Social-Studies/dp/1956306315/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23F63Q2B780SW&keywords=eduprotocols+social+studies&qid=1661116559&sprefix=edupro%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-1
EduProtocols Main Website: www.eduprotocols.com
Jon Corippo is the inspirational co-author of Eduprotocols. Jon has over 22 years in education, over 15 years of it in the classroom and almost a decade in educational leadership at the site, district, county, and state level
Main Website: https://www.eduprotocols.com/
Books:
EduProtocol Field Guide 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FDXF7BH?binding=paperback&qid=1660524382&sr=8-2&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk
EduProtocol Field Guide 2 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FDXF7BH?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk
EduProtocol Field Guide Math Edition https://www.amazon.com/EduProtocol-Field-Guide-Math-Student-Centered/dp/1951600746/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_2/131-2276048-7526737?pd_rd_w=AwopM&content-id=amzn1.sym.7757a8b5-874e-4a67-9d85-54ed32f01737&pf_rd_p=7757a8b5-874e-4a67-9d85-54ed32f01737&pf_rd_r=NQ10S7NJ1DRPCY8XSVKB&pd_rd_wg=EgiwQ&pd_rd_r=951e43e3-42cf-420d-aba3-abbeb82eb488&pd_rd_i=1951600746&psc=1
Deploying EduProtocols https://www.amazon.com/Deploying-EduProtocols-Educational-Change-Leaders/dp/1956306110/ref=d_pd_sbs_sccl_3_2/131-2276048-7526737?pd_rd_w=2iemo&content-id=amzn1.sym.2dc9b33d-bf98-4c85-be26-75af626c0551&pf_rd_p=2dc9b33d-bf98-4c85-be26-75af626c0551&pf_rd_r=FSCZY828T4H7G2KX8667&pd_rd_wg=I4xLK&pd_rd_r=a961fea2-387d-43b8-b8c9-96c8dddfab53&pd_rd_i=1956306110&psc=1
EduProtocols Social Studies Edition https://www.amazon.com/EduProtocol-Field-Guide-Social-Studies/dp/1956306315/ref=d_pd_sbs_sccl_3_4/131-2276048-7526737?pd_rd_w=2iemo&content-id=amzn1.sym.2dc9b33d-bf98-4c85-be26-75af626c0551&pf_rd_p=2dc9b33d-bf98-4c85-be26-75af626c0551&pf_rd_r=FSCZY828T4H7G2KX8667&pd_rd_wg=I4xLK&pd_rd_r=a961fea2-387d-43b8-b8c9-96c8dddfab53&pd_rd_i=1956306315&psc=1
Episode 7 recaps April 2022 news regarding teachers and students.
Teach For Justice
Teach4Justice
Hanging/Lynched Doll
https://news.yahoo.com/chicago-teacher-claims-hung-lost-150000572.html
https://expressdigest.com/teachers-get-in-heated-feud-after-one-hangs-black-doll-from-cord/
Brookline Massachusetts Teacher Negotiatons
https://brookline.massteacher.org/
Twitter: @BeuBrookline
Calexico Teachers Strike
https://calexicochronicle.com/2022/04/16/act-chants-strike-board-talks-superintendent/
Oakland Walkout over ongoing negotiations
https://abcnews.go.com/US/oakland-teachers-plan-walkout-friday-school-closures/story?id=84314522
https://edsource.org/2019/lessons-from-the-los-angeles-and-oakland-teacher-strikes/609371
Strikes and Walkout Tracking Google Form
https://forms.gle/xf3ScTzNrgVDq7ae7
For Episode 6 it is truly my pleasure to have Stacy Yung and Virginia Nguyen from Educate to Empower here to speak about their role in the Teaching For Justice Conference recently held in April (links below). We also discuss the resources they have available for individuals and groups. Per their website (and I fully concur) “together they are creating and curating resources and hosting workshops for educators on topics of DEI and AAPI. They believe that educators committed to antiracism can change the world.”
Links to Learn More about Educate to Empower
Link Tree https://linktr.ee/edu_to_empower
Website: https://www.edutoempower.com/
Twitter: @edu_to_empower
Teaching for Justice Conference: https://sites.google.com/view/teachingforjusticeconference/home?utm_source=site&utm_campaign=Conference
Twitter: @edu_to_empower
Teach For Justice is proud to introduce you to fellow educator Hang Tran who joined the podcast to discuss Pronouns, Student identity, and LGBTQ issues including how she introduces these topics to her child.
Thank you for taking time to listen as I seek to better understand the WHY behind the pronouns and learn from Mrs. Tran's perspective.
Teach For Justice recap of March 2022 in the news
Story 1-Sacramento Teachers Strike
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sacramento-teachers-strike-ends-in-more-pay-healthcare-concessions-11649092638
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article259516239.html
https://www.cta.org/educator/posts/strike-victory-scta
Story 2- Newark Charter School students and teachers walk out
https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2022/3/18/22985605/north-star-academy-newark-charter-school-protest-black-teachers
https://localtalkweekly.com/index.php/2022/03/25/newark-charter-school-students-walk-out/
Story 3 - Virginia legislators get resistance on Anti-CRT initiatives from Superintendents and the College Board.
https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/03/10/va-superintendents-push-back-on-youngkin-administrations-divisive-content-report/
Story 4 - in Indiana the AP considers removing AP designation for Anti CRT schools
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2022/03/07/house-bill-1034-critical-race-theory-college-board-advanced-placement-program/9381566002/
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/what-ap-stands-for
Story 5 Interview with Cole from @twincityreports
Please Visit Twin Cities Citizens’ Report on Twitter for further interviews with teachers and coverage of the Minneapolis Teachers’ Strike and outstanding coverage on other local issues.
Thank you for watching the TEACH4JUSTICE Podcast.
Season 1 Episode 3.- 4 stories in Education I am watching
Edupodcast #Teach for Justice #Teaching #students
Please refer to the work of the people who originally brought these stories to light.:
Students react to book bans by distributing books:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/students-protest-book-bans-distributing-maus-beloved/story?id=82622456&cid=social_twitter_abcn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banned_Books_Week
https://bannedbooksweek.org/
Student Protest against Mask Mandate
https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/feb/09/ridgefield-high-students-stage-anti-mask-walkout/
Education Week Weighs in on Walk outs
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/when-students-walk-out-in-protest-heres-what-administrators-should-do/2022/02
Teachers go on Hunger Strike in Oakland, Ca
https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-schools-dont-have-enough-students-and-closures-are-necessary-district-says
https://oaklandside.org/2022/02/09/oakland-school-board-votes-to-close-seven-schools-over-the-next-two-years/
https://oaklandside.org/2022/02/18/oakland-educators-poised-to-end-hunger-strike-over-school-closures/
Pep Talk Hotline by Kindergartners.
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/59165/need-a-pep-talk-from-kindergartners-a-new-hotline-gives-you-options-for-joy?fbclid=IwAR24akEI6kRra38G_QccAMw8evwHtoZSSUh9pS0-8OnZkbrMoy6-cX9rhU4
Victoria Thompson is an Education Industry Executive at Microsoft, an instructional designer for EduSpark, and an ISTE Ambassador.
She has been in education for seven years and began her journey teaching fifth and sixth grade math and science in Summerville, SC.
After completing her masters degree in curriculum and instruction she moved to the Seattle, WA area in 2018, where her career has pivoted to focusing on digital transformation, STEM integration in schools, technology in instruction, and using technology to bridge equity gaps in education.
She has presented at ISTE, FETC, TCEA, ImpactEducation, CUE, and DigCitSummit on topics such as creating inclusive math classrooms, culturally responsive STEM education, and equity in educational technology. Additionally, she was recently awarded the title of one of the top 30 K-12 IT influencers in 2021 by EdTech Magazine. Twitter: @VictoriaTheTech
Four stories I'm following from January 2022 at Teach For Justice
1) The Chi-RADS students walking out in Chicago
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/covid...
2) Texas Honor Student speaks about banned books to a school board
https://www.newsweek.com/students-sla...
3) 4th Grader in California petitions to change his school name from James Polk Elementary
https://fresnoalliance.com/fourth-gra...
4) 4th Graders in California protest the loss of Chocolate Milk in the cafeteria
https://abc30.com/chocolate-milk-vaca...
My Wakelet https://wakelet.com/wake/SbAGhmhRUohl...