Brazen Education: Recent Episodes

Educator Barnes

An education podcast with a focus on speaking your truth, being transparent to help others, and having no shame about it!

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Welcome back to our series on educator entrepreneurship. In this episode, learn how smart website design puts your business directly in front of your target clients.

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Welcome back to our series on educator entrepreneurship. In this episode, learn how smart website design puts your business directly in front of your target clients.

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Join Educator Barnes and her Sisterhood Book Club co-facilitator, Alice Stockton, as they share all the details about the Sisterhood Book Club, including the exciting lineup of books members will read this summer.

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This series will explore educator entrepreneurship. In this episode, learn about the importance of having an executive assistant to support your business.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains why reading joy is necessary for achieving literacy success while implementing the research-based practices under the umbrella of the Science of Reading.

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Listen as Educator Barnes and Justine Gonzalez discuss the 2025 Indiana education bills and the possible implications for educators, students, and families if those bills become law.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains why she launched a publishing business with her family.

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Listen as Educator Barnes and Akil Parker, the man behind All This Math, discuss the connection between literacy and math.

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Tune into Educator Barnes and Patrick Mullen-Coyoy conversation about the College Advising Corps program that helps high school students make a post-secondary plans.

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Educator Barnes will provide insight on how to build relationships with students while maintaining appropriate boundaries.

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Tune into Educator Barnes and Tina Ahlgren’s conversation about why it is crucial for teachers to actively engage in education policy.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the important aspects of taking over a classroom after the beginning of the school year.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the importance of the Black church in education with Dr. Khandicia Randolph.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the importance of the assistant principal role with Bryson Davis-Johnson.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the importance of engaging with policy with Senator Andrea Hunley.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the math with the man behind All This Math.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the importance of parent advocacy, activism, and engagement with Ashley Thomas, RISE Indy Vice President of Organizing, and Maritza Guridy, National Parent Union Deputy Director of Parent Voice & Outreach.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the importance of STEM and increasing STEM interest and engagement.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the Black homeschool movement with homeschool parents.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the multitude of services available through libraries with Alia Jones, a former Cincinnati librarian

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains ways you can support teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week & throughout the year

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Listen as Educator Barnes starts her Black homeschooling series with homeschool parent Lavonda Porter and homeschool parent coach and wellness consultant Natasha Anée.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains simple steps to stay focused on your education dreams

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses how Justine Gonzalez, Founder of EducatorAide navigated education as a third culture kid.

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Listen as Educator Barnes and her husband talk about literacy and Emily Hanford's podcast Sold a Story.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the shift to standards based grading with educator and writer Eric Kalenze.

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Listen as Educator Barnes continues the conversation about sex education with Ali McDillon, a high school anatomy teacher.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses Entrepreneurship with Donte Wilburn the Indiana Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year.

Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFdzc1QHNpw to learn more about Donte.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains the westernized version of the Japanese concept of ikigai and learn how she found her purpose.

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Listen as Educator Barnes talks about the importance of Black Excellence with Marlon Llewellyn.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the abstinence-based approach to sex education with Scott Phelps, Executive Director of Abstinence & Marriage Education Partnership.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses different approaches to sex education with Dr. Sakshi Tickoo, Occupational Therapist & Sexuality Counselor, and Ashley Robertson, Inclusive Sex Ed Educator.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses education entrepreneurship with Emily Dills (Emily Dills Coaching LLC), Diamond Malone-Gilbert (Mrs. DMG Tutoring), and Traceyna Miller (Passionate Healthcare Training Academy LLC).

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares how to shift from working full time in a school to working full time as an entrepreneur.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses with Dr. Stephen Jones ways parents can empower themselves to help their children reach academic excellence. To learn more about Dr. Jones go to https://www.drjonesbooks.com/.

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Listen as Educator Barnes and guest expert askOTKimberly discuss the importance of mental wellness and the active role we all must take in managing it.

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On January 2, 2021, Educator Barnes' father passed away. This episode of Brazen Education is the speech she gave at her father's funeral where she shared tips of wisdom he had taught her.

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Listen as Educator Barnes reflects on what she has learned and overcome during 2020

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Listen as Educator Barnes talks to Alexandra Curlin who is running for a seat on Washington Township's school board in Indianapolis. Curlin, like Educator Barnes, has children attending school in the district. They will discuss what it will take to ensure every student succeeds.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains the levels of exhaustion educators, her included, are facing during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses with Dr. Elondra D. Napper and Carly & Adam Speicher how we can continue to grow and learn when making mistakes with diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Educator Barnes addresses how white educators are slowing down and thwart the work of anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion by trying to lead the movement.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses decolonizing education with George Geder, family historian, genealogist, and writer of the DeColonize the Mind blog. Watch the live video version at bit.ly/EducatorBarnesYouTube. 

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the intersection of Public Health and Education with Nicole D. Vick, professor and author of Pushing Through: Finding the Light in Every Lesson.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains how recent events have magnified the stress and anxiety of Black educators  

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Listen as Educator Barnes talks to Natalie Pipkin about homeschooling Black children.

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Listen as Educator Barnes talks to educator Diamond Malone-Gilbert about how to retain excellent educators.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the possibilities for the next school year with her sister. 

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares her opinion about seven questions she has been asked lately surrounding education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares tips for working at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Listen as Educator Barnes talks to two students about why it is important for school staff to listen to kids.

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Listen as Educator Barnes discusses the importance of stay interviews with her husband Jermaine Barnes.

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares what lessons we can learn from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex when it comes to taking a step back.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains how giving back can help you avoid teacher burnout.

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Listen as Educator Barnes provides six self-care tips to implement during winter break.

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Listen as Educator Barnes talks about her experience teaching with chronic pain.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains her issues with Red for Ed.

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares tips on how to successfully take over a class after the start of the school year.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains the steps teachers need to take to become teacher leaders.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains why you should establish boundaries at work.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains why it is important to have an open door classroom policy.

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares the five Ps educators need to tackle to have successful conferences with parents.

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares her thoughts about grades, homework, and assessment in the classroom.

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares the benefits of focusing on what you can control.

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Listen as Educator Barnes talks about how to cope when students die.

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares the importance of the first 30 days of school.

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Educator Barnes shares thoughts about how the first day of school sets the tone for the remainder of the school year.

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Listen as Educator Barnes talks about transitioning from being a teacher for 13 years to her first year as an administrator.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains the importance of giving teachers more autonomy. 

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares what she learned at the 3rd annual Teacher Self-Care Conference in Atlanta, GA.

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Listen as Educator Barnes shares her June Joy Journal and how it is benefiting her during summer break.

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Listen as Educator Barnes reflects about wrapping up her 13th year as an educator.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains the problems with being too obsessed with what your colleagues are saying on social media.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains why schools should not hire educators just because they are black.

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Listen as Educator Barnes explains the problems caused for the teacher who takes the job after an unorganized teacher leaves.

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Listen as Educator Barnes talks about the good, bad, and ugly aspects of school evaluations.

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Listens as Educator Barnes talks about the criminal charges that led to the resignation of Elwood, Indiana Superintendent Casey Smitherman, which made national headlines.

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Principals frequently tell educators to build strong relationships with their students, but how do you actually do this?  Listen as Educator Barnes explains how to build relationships with your students.

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Are you going through a painful situation in your private life and you are struggling with how to navigate the situation while being a great teacher? Listen as Educator Barnes shares how she dealt with infertility while being a teacher.

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Teachers can be just as bad as the students when it comes to drama at school. Listen as Educator Barnes shares how to deal with drama at your school.

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Are you an educator who is beginning to feel burned out and are wondering how to get the fire back? Maybe you just need to change your role in education. Listen as Educator Barnes shares tips about how she has transitioned into various education roles.

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Do you want to leave your current school, but don't know how to do it? Listen to Educator Barnes as she shares tips on how to make that move to a new school.