#DiversifyOurNarrative: Recent Episodes
#DiversifyOurNarrative
Hosts @_elizabethafisher_ and @brianlele invite you to REVOLUTIONIZE and DECOLONIZE your minds as they speak about anti-racist equity, education, and life in the #DiversifyOurNarrative Podcast!
DiversifyOurNarrative aims to fight for an anti-racist and productive dialogue on race and identity among our student bodies through the inclusion of racially diverse, anti-racist texts in USA Schools to ultimately achieve racial justice, educational equity, and community power.
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In the final episode of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) recap and reflect on everything they’ve learned this season and discuss paths forward.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N3CbPzeIJEnXazGJB-HIQLMGA2NxOYI-P3LbNMV7cus/edit
In Episode 12 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) take on teachers –from pedagogy around teaching, to teacher impact, training, pay, to the teacher crisis and unions.
Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YzdENRWq8kAD7EdT1YrWTdXxygm0wmFe5gckfDMtOms/edit
In Episode 11 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) explain how zero-tolerance policies, policing on school campuses, and our culture’s punitive responsiveness has lead to the racially discriminatory school-to-prison pipeline.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a3_YhE-jgevn6U1B8h4otu4GsezVLdA2w8xJYTOoNK4/edit?usp=sharing
In this episode, educators will hear through real-life stories how restorative justice is related to abolition. Listeners will learn some of the related values and movements between restorative justice and abolition, as well as some of the limitations restorative justice has in securing abolition. This is the third and final episode in our series on restorative justice in the K-5 classroom, and we highly suggest you listen to the first two before listening to this one. Additionally, if you’re looking for more resources, you can find them on our website!
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UTM9E9BoIi-mghXsaOijVN9YlWXghLQHJvVXdIo79jo/edit?usp=sharing
In Episode 10 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) dive in to the history and current controversies around college sports, such as player compensation and amateurism, how sports can overtake academics, and explore examples of unjust racial dynamics in collegiate athletics.
Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cyc8aGqhBrvel8SrkpU5r829QYkjywNIw9FjGWC-tvI/edit?usp=sharing
In Episode 9 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) outline the wide array of college majors, as well as their typical career outcomes and employment opportunities, and discuss strategies and perspectives when choosing a college majors.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YN_83SXZa3cUQ_feaIcIhtHkAGKR7Wm00KAeOzsrA3M/edit?usp=sharing
Building upon our first episode in this series, the DON Curriculum Council will dive deeper into tangible practices educators can implement into their K-5 classrooms, including norm building, restorative circles, “I” statements, and others. We’ll be speaking with a Restorative Justice Practitioner, Tia Cochran-Otis, to learn more about her experiences and results in K-5 classrooms, as well as the benefits of restorative justice as this grade level.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1awvZYxcBhqpnoOZgA0KUXzp-jtpkl8_MDhoUcY3TBeM/edit?usp=sharing
In Episode 8 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) discuss how college admissions favors wealthier students at every step of the admissions process and speak with Lupe Alfonso and Timothy Fields, the Senior Assistant and Senior Associate Deans of admissions at Emory University about navigating college admissions.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1am1n3n2UUrPLEbS6YGDLHbAFZyDIkd20KC4Z0sMuosU/edit?usp=sharing
In the first episode of a new mini series created by Diversify Our Narrative’s Curriculum Council, we’ll explore the importance of restorative justice to the K-5 classroom and why you should incorporate it into your community. Join us as we discuss an overview of Restorative Justice’s principles, history, and hear from a special guest expert, Dr. Isabella Gova who has implemented restorative justice in the K-5 setting. Be sure to keep up to date with our miniseries to get an in-depth understanding of restorative justice and its relationship to anti-racism!
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fvrUaXFE6TK6a_SBISs24v710y_QrMh3-eZeJ1jkr5Q/edit
In Episode 7 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) discuss the problems with standardized testing and the history and future of the SAT and ACT.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11xDYJFyaJiJOY9Hk27w84Pb-TzQc62M52Q4cxa0TEeA/edit?usp=sharing
In Episode 6 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) connect the dots between settler colonialism and higher education, discussing Land-Grant Universities, colleges’ real estate investments, and whiteness in academia.
Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11mUz9uQdfP2W5JdNtDYAeMdLVCkAtQbiUz3zO2626HE/edit?usp=sharing
In Episode 5 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) trace the history of higher education in the country and discuss why college is so expensive and what it is students are paying for.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xE_yVyonhsrnwyC1CmGnSTrRyLiqz2sc2Si31SdBkj0/edit?usp=sharing
In Episode 4 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) and Brian Le (@brianlele) discuss why STEM education is valued over the arts and how this came to be.
Sources:
“How the Educational System in America Compares to Other Countries,” Critical Issues in Education
“50-State Comparison: High School Graduation Requirements,” Education Commision of the States
Brown , Chelsey. Murray State's Digital Commons , 2020, The Importance of Having Properly Funded Art Programs and The Benefits It Brings to Public Schools.
Zhao , Z. (2020). (rep.). Comparison of Art Education Between China and Foreign Countries Taking Educational Ideas as an Example. Atlantis Press.
Elpus, Kenneth. Research: Art Works Program of the National Endowment for the Arts, Understanding the Availability of Arts Education in U.S. High Schools
“The Evolution of STEM and STEAM in the U.S.,” Resilient Educator
“The Rising Popularity of STEM: A Crossroads in Public Education or a Passing Trend?,” Public School Review
“What Trump Cut in His Agency Budgets,” The Washington Post
“New York City’s 2021 Budget Slashes Already Modest Funding for Public-School Arts Education by 70 Percent,” Americans for the Arts
“Employment in STEM occupations,” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could not be Televised), Hulu
In a conversation with the Co Founders and Executive Directors of Diversify Our Narrative, Katelin Zhou (@katelinzhou) and Jasmine Nguyen (@jasminenguyeenn) discuss their educational backgrounds, the origin story and inner workings of DON, and their plans for the near and long term future of the organization.
Sources:
diversifyournarrative.com
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In Episode 3 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) define educational equity, discuss barriers to equity and how this affects one’s schooling experience and life trajectory, and consider what can be done to ensure a more equitable education system.
Ilyasah Shabazz —award winning author, speaker, educator, and activist, and the third daughter of Malcom X and Dr. Betty Shabazz— speaks on her educational experience, the necessity for honesty and accuracy in history curriculum, and how learning about diverse cultures and histories helps young people find their purpose and love themselves, in an interview with DON’s Director of Special Projects, Victoria Gorum.
“The omission of Black, Indegionous, Brown, Asian, and Latinx history is not accidental. These exclusions distance people from their own heritage, their own lineage, and, ultimately, their own sense of self. A whitewashed curriculum enforces the myth that there have never been scholars, thinkers, innovators, caregivers, iconoclasts, artists, and revolutionaries across these identities.” — Ilyasah Shabazz
Sources:
ilyasahshabazz.com
In Episode 2 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Brian Le (@brianlele) and Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) cover the historical and contemporary role of textbooks in K-12 classrooms, Texas’s disproportionate influence on the textbook publishing industry, and who is being protected and harmed by censorship and misinformation in textbooks.
Sources:
Brunner, Tyler. "Censorship in History Textbooks: How Knowledge of the Past is Being Constructed in Schools," Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado: Vol. 3 : No. 2 , Article 9, 2013.
Oliveira, João Batista. “Understanding Textbook Quality in the USA: How Governments Distort the Market.” International Review of Education / Internationale Zeitschrift Für Erziehungswissenschaft / Revue Internationale De L'Education, Vol. 41, No. 6, 1995, pp. 481–500.
“Texas Mother Teaches Textbook Company a Lesson on Accuracy,” The New York Times
“Showdown over science in Texas,” Slate
“Texas Takes Steps to Improve Accuracy of Future Textbooks. Except It Doesn’t.,” Slate
“How AP History became so controversial that Oklahoma is trying to ban it,” Vox
“How Book Banning Works,” How Stuff Works
In Episode 1 of DON’s new podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Elizabeth Fisher ( @_elizabethafisher_) and Brian Le (@brianlele) discuss the intentions and short-comings of Common Core, reflect on their educational experiences, and compare and contrast statistics about public and private schools.
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