Intersections: Supporting Black LGBTQIA+ students
We speak with Dr. David Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, NBJC, about the challenges faced by Black LGBTQIA+ students. Most young people at this intersection...
ChatGTP: Cheating optimizer or force for teaching transformation?
We speak with Lev Moscow and Richard Miller, veteran high school teachers, about the panic around the release of chatGPT. The AI tool produces respectable essays that students can...
Climate anxiety: a generational plague
We speak with Lian Zeitz, co-founder of the Climate Mental Health Network, which promotes wellness in light of the climate crisis. According to a recent survey, 70% of young...
Norman Fruchter on the pioneering alternative high school he and colleagues built in Newark in the 1970s (Encore)
We speak with Norm Fruchter, long-time educational activist and thought leader, about Independence School, an experimental high school where the ideal was that someone walking into a classroom couldn’t...
Gender and sexually diverse students: Creating comfortable schools (Encore)
We speak with Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer of the University of Colorado about ensuring that K-12 schools are welcoming and safe for students with non-normative gender identities and expressions. Dr. Meyer...
Climate education: not just for science class (Encore)
We speak with Dr. Deb L. Morrison, research scientist at the University of Washington School of Education, about centering climate science throughout the K-12 curriculum. Dr. Morrison talks about...
Undocumented students: Keeping secrets, navigating obstacles
Dr. Gerardo Mancilla, associate professor in the School of Education at Edgewood College and host of Educators and Immigration podcast, reflects on his experiences as an undocumented student in...
Practicing ethics: Case studies (Encore)
We speak with Meira Levinson, Professor of Education at Harvard, about her website justiceinschools.org and books of “hard cases,” designed to help educators and youth workers think about the ethical implications of their...
What Would You Do?
An initiative of EdEthics and Ethical Schools Podcast, each episode of our new video podcast series includes a dramatization of an ethical dilemma that could be faced by educators...
Restorative Justice: Cultivating cohesive communities
We speak with Sarah Eblen and Reginald Berry Jr., former middle school teachers and now district coordinators for the restorative justice program in the Kansas City Public Schools. Eighty...