Savage inequalities: How school funding intentionally privileges white, wealthy communities (Encore)
Zahava Stadler, Policy Director of EdBuild, explains how housing discrimination and state funding policies disadvantage Black and low-income districts. EdBuild has reported on funding schemes throughout the country, documenting...
Teaching differently about being “modern”: Questioning Western mindsets
In our guest episode of Lev Moscow's podcast, A Correction, Professor Walter Mignolo of Duke discusses decoloniality, a radically different way of thinking and teaching which rejects the...
Addressing teachers’ trauma; plus, antiracist teaching in a white classroom
We speak with Shayla Ewing, English and drama teacher in Pekin, Illinois, about supporting teachers experiencing secondary and primary trauma, which the pandemic intensified. We also talk about...
The attack on public education: Will public schools survive?
We speak with University of South Carolina law professor Derek Black about the history of education as a core government service and the current wave of voucher laws in...
Authentic history: Too uncomfortable for white kids?
We speak with Betty Collins, eighth grade teacher in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Ms. Collins speaks about conservatives' hostility to Critical Race Theory, which looks at the role of systemic...
Air quality in schools: At the intersection of technology and equity
We speak with Anisa Heming and Corey Metzger of the U.S. Green Building Council and ASHRAE about a new report on schools' efforts around the country to protect against...
Holistic education: Joy, wellness, and rigor
We speak with Dr. Linda Nathan of the Center for Artistry and Scholarship and the Perrone-Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership about her experience in creating progressive schools. Dr. Nathan...
Black men as teachers: Recruitment, retention, development, empowerment
We speak with Dr. Daman Harris and Dr. Inger Swimpson of Building Our Network of Diversity, the BOND Project, in Montgomery County MD, which provides spaces for Black...
Creating antiracist classrooms: Listening and other essential skills
We speak with Dr. Steven Cohen of Tuft's Department of Education about helping teachers to think critically about race and class.. He talks about the importance of listening to...
The Algebra Project: Bob Moses on math literacy as a Civil Right (Encore)
Bob Moses died this week. In memoriam, we repost our interview with him from February 2020. The Algebra Project founder and president--and lead organizer of the famous 1964 Mississippi...