Indigenous students

Climate anxiety: a generational plague

Jon Moscow Environmental Education, Indigenous educators, Indigenous students, K-12 Instructional coaching, Mental health, Podcast Episode, Uncategorized 00:36:31 Comments Off on 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 people are fearful for their future due to climate change. Teachers can foster wellness by interweaving insights into their curricula, and by instilling habits of hope and resilience. The Climate Mental Health Network prioritizes input from students, working with a Gen Z advisory board.

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Food injustice: The corporatization of school meals

Jon Moscow Cultural Competency, Indigenous educators, Indigenous students, Inquiry-based learning, Podcast Episode 00:35:59 Comments Off on Food injustice: The corporatization of school meals

We speak with Monica Chen, veteran teacher and executive director of Factory Farming Awareness Coalition. Monica tells us how cow’s milk became a staple in school lunches even though most children of color do not have the ability to digest lactose, the main carbohydrate in dairy products. She explains how checkoff programs like Got milk? mislead the American public into thinking these are healthy foods for human children.

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Melissa Rivers on Community-Based Education in Rural Alaska

Amy Halpern-Laff High stakes testing, Indigenous students, Podcast Episode, SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) 00:35:30 Comments Off on Melissa Rivers on Community-Based Education in Rural Alaska

We speak with Melissa Rivers, Principal of the Scammon Bay School in Alaska’s Lower Yukon, a mile from the Bering Sea. The isolated, tight-knit Yupik Eskimo community is subsistence-based, harvesting moose and salmon. Students are artistic and learn by making things, but also must prepare for standardized tests designed for very different environments. For the past several years, Scammon Bay has participated in a cross-cultural exchange program run by the Alaska Humanities Forum to promote understanding among Alaska’s urban and rural communities.

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