Black teachers

Successful Teaching Careers: Empowering Non-Traditional Candidates

Amy Halpern-Laff Black teachers, Diversity, Equity, Podcast Episode, School financing, Teacher burnout 00:26:26 Comments Off on Successful Teaching Careers: Empowering Non-Traditional Candidates

We speak with Dr. Kathryn Spence, Director of the School of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University, about actualizing a focus on social justice and equity. She discusses strategies for broadening the pipeline of teachers, especially teachers of color, including career ladders and “Grow Your Own” programs. Dr. Spence describes how FDU makes teacher ed financially feasible for students as well as what makes teachers stay in or leave schools.

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Supporting Black and Indigenous educators: Creatively developing community in Washington state

Jon Moscow Black teachers, CR-S, Indigenous educators, Podcast Episode 00:23:55 Comments Off on Supporting Black and Indigenous educators: Creatively developing community in Washington state

We speak with Danielle Bryant, Director of Equity at Capital Region Educational Service District 113. Ms Bryant helps to break down isolation of Black educators and supports Indigenous educators and schools on reservations. A District program facilitates paraeducators becoming certified teachers.

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Rebuilding the Black teacher pipeline: Advancing justice and academic outcomes

Jon Moscow Black teachers, Equity, Podcast Episode, Professional Development 00:32:41 Comments Off on Rebuilding the Black teacher pipeline: Advancing justice and academic outcomes

Ansharaye Hines and Mimi McKee of the Center for Black Educator Development discuss how the presence of highly qualified Black teachers supports students’ educational success. The Center advocates for educational equity and provides multiple teaching pathways to encourage and support Black high school and university students to become teachers.

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Solving teacher shortages: It’s not just pay (Encore)

Amy Halpern-Laff Black teachers, Diversity, Podcast Episode 00:34:19 Comments Off on Solving teacher shortages: It’s not just pay (Encore)

Drs. Katherine Norris and  Kathryn Wiley, colleagues at Howard University’s School of Education, speak about obstacles to recruiting and retaining teachers and increasing diversity. Money matters, but even more, so does ending discrimination. “Racial battle fatigue” is pervasive among Black teachers.

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Solving teacher shortages: It’s not just pay

Jon Moscow Black teachers, Cultural Competency, Diversity, INTEGRATION, Podcast Episode, School Culture, Teacher burnout 00:34:00 Comments Off on Solving teacher shortages: It’s not just pay

Drs. Katherine Norris and Kathryn Wiley, colleagues at Howard University’s School of Education, speak about obstacles to recruiting and retaining teachers and increasing diversity. Money matters, but even more, so does ending discrimination. “Racial battle fatigue” is pervasive among Black teachers.

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Recruiting teachers of color: What works

Jon Moscow Black students, Black teachers, Diversity, K-12 Instructional coaching, Mental health, Podcast Episode 00:29:01 Comments Off on Recruiting teachers of color: What works

We speak with Elizabeth Steiner, education policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, about diversifying the K-12 teacher workforce. Data consistently shows the benefits, especially to Black and Latiné students, of learning from teachers of color. Ms. Steiner discusses recruitment strategies advocated by teachers of color and other educators and researchers.

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Why Geoffrey Canada is wrong: Defending schools as democratic spaces

Amy Halpern-Laff BLACK LIVES, Black teachers, Cultural Competency, Podcast Episode, School leadership, Social Studies/History 00:55:01 Comments Off on Why Geoffrey Canada is wrong: Defending schools as democratic spaces

We speak with Dr. Brian Jones, director of the New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools, which provides all sorts of free resources to teachers and school administrators. Public schools, for all their flaws, are centers of power and potential for teachers and parents. As a historian, Dr. Jones draws parallels between Booker T. Washington and Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children’s Zone. In the aftermath of civil rights struggles, both accommodated the powerful and opposed collective efforts for systemic change.

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