[00:00:15] Jon M: I’m Jon Moscow. Amy won’t be able to join us today. Our guests are Dr. Beverly Falk and Lauren Monaco. Bev Falk is director of the High Quality Early Learning Project, and professor and director emerita of graduate programs in early childhood education at City College of New York’s School of Education….
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Jon speaks with Dr. David Penberg, who ran the Liberty Partnership Program at Bank Street College in the 1990s, and two of the participants, Madelyn Baez, and Tara Crichlow. Three decades later, Madelyn, Tara, and David explain how the program changed the trajectory of their lives. The Liberty Partnership was created as a college prep intervention for underserved and marginalized middle school students. For the participants, it was a safe place of “uncomfortable empowerment” where their opinions were taken seriously in a simultaneously supportive and challenging environment.
Read More[00:00:15] Amy H-L: I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I’m Jon Moscow. Our guest today is Dr. Anthony Johnston. Dr. Johnston is an associate professor of education at the University of St. Joseph in West Hartford, Connecticut. His most recent book is “Introduction to Secondary Teaching: Blending Wisdom, Research, and Social Justice.” This is…
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We speak with Arlene Goldbard, writer, visual artist, speaker, social activist and consultant, whose most recent book is “In the Camp of Angels of Freedom: What does it mean to be educated?” An autodidact from a working-class background, Arlene challenges “the certainty that academic qualifications are the best measure of ability.” She interweaves the stories and portraits of her “angels,” her personal story, and a critique of standard narratives of education. We talk with her in particular about two of her “angels,” Paulo Freire and Paul Goodman.
Read MoreJon M: [00:00:15] Hi, I’m Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we have an encore of our July 31st 2019 interview with Norm Fruchter on the pioneering alternative high school he and colleagues built in Newark in the 1970s. Very sadly, Norm died on January 4th of this year. He was a lifelong advocate…
Read MoreJon M: 00:15 Hi, I’m Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:17 And I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools, where we discuss strategies for creating equitable schools and youth programs that help students to develop commitment and capacity to build ethical institutions. Jon M: 00:33 Our guest today is Soledad Hiciano, Executive Director of the Community…
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