Social Justice

Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education, Salon #2

Amy Halpern-Laff AI, Arts, Critical Thinking, Diversity, Early Childhood, Environmental Education, Equity, Indigenous educators, Indigenous students, Inquiry-based learning, Integration, Mindfulness, Parent involvement, PBL (Project-based learning), Podcast Episode, School Culture, SEL (Social and Emotional Learning), Social Justice, Student voice 00:51:46 Comments Off on Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education, Salon #2

We share brief presentations from the second of the “Saturday Salons” that Ethical Schools is sponsoring with three international partners. Sherry Johnson, Tribal Education Director of the Sisseton-Wahpeton-Oyate (South Dakota), Deepak Ramola, Founder of Project FUEL (India), and Charlotte Hankin of Coconut Thinking and the Green School (Bali) talk about the importance of stories in reshaping how we think about our relationship to the natural world.

Learn more and register for the third salon on February 21 at globalconversations.net

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Trump cutbacks and policies: stripping minority student protections

Jon Moscow Democracy, Diversity, Equity, Gender, Integration, LGBTQ+, Podcast Episode, School Culture, School leadership, Segregation, Social Justice 00:41:18 Comments Off on Trump cutbacks and policies: stripping minority student protections

We speak with Derek Black, Constitutional law professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, about the impact of Trump administration’s policies on students’ civil rights. Department of Education offices meant to ensure students are not subject to discrimination have been decimated. The Department of Justice has switched from protecting minority students’ rights to focusing on so-called “discrimination” against whites and attacking transgender students. Professor Black also says the need for “circuit breakers” on executive power transcends this administration.

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Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education

Amy Halpern-Laff Critical Thinking, Cultural Competency, Diversity, Environmental Education, Inquiry-based learning, K-12 Instructional coaching, PBL (Project-based learning), Podcast Episode, Professional Development, School Culture, SEL (Social and Emotional Learning), Social Justice, Student voice 00:27:16 Comments Off on Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education

We share brief presentations from the first of the “Saturday Salons” that Ethical Schools is sponsoring with three international partners. Juan Mora of the Center for Artistry and Scholarship and Ramji Raghavan of Agastya International Foundation talk about how educators and communities can cultivate awareness of and relationship to the natural world.

Learn more and register for the next salon at globalconversations.net

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Pop culture literacies: Engaging students in critical analysis

Jon Moscow AI, Critical Thinking, Cultural Competency, Democracy, Literacy, Podcast Episode, School Culture, SEL (Social and Emotional Learning), Social Justice, Student voice, Technology 00:36:41 Comments Off on Pop culture literacies: Engaging students in critical analysis

We speak with Dr. Mia Hood, author of  Pop Culture Literacies: Teaching Interpretation, Response, and Composition in a Digital World, about analyzing popular music and films along with more traditional literature. Dr. Hood talks about helping students to think about their ethical perspectives while engaging with “entertainment,” and the importance of educators’ resisting the temptation to impose their own “expert” interpretations in favor of modeling the process. We also discuss how teachers can resist imposing their views while teaching for democracy and social justice.

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