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# Ethical Schools

An Ethics In Education Network initiative

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- [Educating for The World We Want: Learning to Citizen with The Brotherhood Sister Sol](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/07/educating-for-the-world-we-want-brosis/) - We share brief presentations from the fifth “Global Saturday Salons” that Ethical Schools is sponsoring with three international partners. Nando Rodriguez is the Senior Manager for Environmental Programming at the Brotherhood/Sister Sol (BroSis) in Harlem. Camila Salcedo, 16, is a sophomore at Thurgood Marshall Academy, and Elias DeLeon, 17, is a junior at KIPP Charter School. Both have been members of the BroSis community for several years. Together, they explore what happens when young people are trusted with real responsibility, meaningful relationships, and hands-on experiences in nature. This salon series, Learning to Citizen: Tales of Youth Voice, Agency, and Care, honors learners and educators who are already practicing care, enacting citizenship, and learning how to regenerate their communities and their world. Discover more at edfortheworldwewant.net.
- [Transcription of the episode "Educating for The World We Want: Learning to Citizen with The Brotherhood Sister Sol"](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/07/transcription-of-the-episode-educating-for-the-world-we-want-learning-to-citizen-with-the-brotherhood-sister-sol/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Today, we have another recording from our collaborative project, Educating for the World We Want. This episode features speakers from the second salon in our series on Learning to Citizen: Tales of Youth Voice, Agency, and Care, and our fifth salon
- [Lev Moscow offers advice for secondary school teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/09/lev-moscow-offers-advice-for-secondary-school-teachers/) - We interview Lev Moscow who, for the last 14 years, has taught history and economics at The Beacon School in New York City. Lev reflects that advisory, done well, can serve as a venue for students to explore questions of ethics, purpose and happiness. He talks about balancing the history curriculum to include non-European perspectives. Getting students to read more than a few sentences is perhaps today’s teachers’ greatest challenge and Lev explains his approach.
- [Adán Vásquez on The Washington Heights Community Conservatory of Fine Arts: "I could be the one playing the cello!"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/06/adan-vasquez-on-the-washington-heights-community-conservatory-of-fine-arts-i-could-be-the-one-playing-the-cello/) - We talk with Adán Vásquez, executive and artistic director of the Association of Dominican Classical Artists and the Washington Heights Community Conservatory of Fine Arts, a unique free classical and folk music education program for the youth of Upper Manhattan. Adán Vásquez, a harpist, is an educator, an acclaimed classical musician, and a community activist. He talks about making Latin American and European classical music and Latin American folk music accessible to low-income young people of color, and the role of performing arts in transforming children’s lives and community building. We listen to excerpts of students playing Carabine by Julio Alberto Hernández and the Conservatory faculty (“La Camerata Washington Heights”) performing Migraciones by Servio R. Reyes.
- [What teens deserve: A creative out-of-school program](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/06/what-teens-deserve-a-creative-out-of-school-program/) - 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.
- [Transcription of the episode "What teens deserve: A creative out-of-school program"](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/06/transcription-of-the-episode-what-teens-deserve-a-creative-out-of-school-program/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Amy won't be able to join us this evening. Our guests today are Dr. David Penberg, Madelyn Baez, and Tara Crichlow. We're doing a retrospective discussion of Bank Street College's Liberty Partnership Program during the 1990s, and its impact on participants. David was the founding
- [Educating for The World We Want: Learning to Citizen with Green School Bali](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/05/educating-for-the-world-we-want-learning-to-citizen-with-green-school-bali/) - We share brief presentations from the fourth "Global Saturday Salons” that Ethical Schools is sponsoring with three international partners. Dr. Benjamin Freud is the Strategic Lead for Regenerative Education at the Green School Bali, Manon Tiange is a Grade 12 student mapping labor invisibility and systemic inequality in Bali, and Scarlett Gonella is a Grade 12 student investigating plastic pollution and advocating for clean water access in Indonesia. They talked about an educational culture rooted in contribution to community. Learners are trusted to ask difficult questions, collaborate across generations, and imagine reform at the highest levels. This salon series is called Learning to Citizen: Tales of Youth Voices, Agency, and Care. Our goal is to honor learners and teachers who are already doing the work practicing care, enacting citizenship, and learning how to regenerate their worlds. Discover more and join us on May 30th to learn with members of The Brotherhood Sister Sol: edfortheworldwewant.net
- [The “Name Game”: racialization in a suburban high school (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/09/the-name-game-racialization-in-a-suburban-high-school-encore/) - Drs. Tony de Jesus, Anthony Johnston, and Don Siler of University of St. Joseph recount their intervention in a multiracial high school in crisis. White students had instigated a “game” of addressing Black students as the n-word. We discuss the impact of racialization in the Trump era on white students, students of color, and the school community as well as actual and potential responses by schools.
- [Transcription of the episode "Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education, Salon #2"](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/04/transcription-of-the-episode-global-conversations-nature-place-and-education-salon-2/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. We have a special episode today. We are co-sponsoring a global project called Educating for the World We Want with three partners, Agustya International Foundation in India, Center for Artistry and Scholarship in Argentina, and Thinking with You in Spain and globally.
- [Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education, Salon #2](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/02/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
- [Literature as identity-affirming, teaching as liberatory](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/05/literature-as-identity-affirming-teaching-as-liberatory/) - Dr. Chantal Francois and Dr. Jen McLaughlin Cahill, co-authors of Identity-Affirming Literacies in Schools, discuss their time at the school they call Pearl Street Collaborative, a progressive secondary school on Manhattan’s Lower East Side that prioritizes teacher inquiry and collaboration. Schedules include time for teachers to meet frequently with grade and content colleagues. Drawing on the work of Freire and Lilia Bartolomé, Drs. Francois and McLaughlin Cahill used literature to support students' identities, including by integrating an LGBTQ+ focus into English classes.
- [Transcript of the episode "Literature as identity-affirming, teaching as liberatory"](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/05/transcript-of-the-episode-literature-as-identity-affirming-teaching-as-liberatory/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Our guests today are Dr. Chantal Francois and Dr. Jen McLaughlin Cahill, co-authors of Identity-Affirming Literacies in Schools. Dr. Francois is an Associate Professor at Towson University's College of Education in the Department of Instructional Leadership and Professional Development. Dr. Cahill is
- [Upskilling teachers: Elements of social justice-focused teaching](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/04/upskilling-teachers-elements-of-social-justice-focused-teaching/) - We welcome back Dr. Anthony Johnston to speak about his new book, "Introduction to Secondary Teaching: Blending Wisdom, Research, and Social Justice.” Dr. Johnston explores teacher wisdom of practice, social justice pedagogy, evidence-based practices, and adolescent brain research. He identifies the foundation of all classroom teaching as teacher identity, teacher presence, teacher passion, and teacher stance.
- [Transcription of the episode "Upskilling teachers: Elements of social justice-focused teaching"](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/04/transcription-of-the-episode-upskilling-teachers-elements-of-social-justice-focused-teaching/) - [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
- [Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/01/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
- [Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education, Salon #3](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/03/global-conversations-nature-place-and-education-salon-3/) - We share brief presentations from the third of the “Saturday Salons” that Ethical Schools is sponsoring with three international partners. Kerry Kirk Pflugh is the executive director of the New Jersey School of Conservation. She also comes with extensive background experience at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Tom Roderick is the author most recently of Teach for Climate Justice: A Vision for Transforming Education. He was also the Founding Executive Director of Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. Deb L. Morrison is a Learning Designer and Advisor at the University of Washington and a Lead Author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report 7. They talk about how educators can respond to the urgent environmental crises we face. Learn more and join at globalconversations.net
- [Transcription of the episode "Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education, Salon #3"](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/03/transcription-of-the-episode-global-conversations-nature-place-and-education-salon-3/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Today, we have another recording from our collaborative project, Educating for the World We Want. Today's episode features speakers from the third salon on Nature, Place, and Education. The speakers were Kerry Kirk Pflugh of the New Jersey School of Conservation. Tom
- [Transcription of the episode "School Choice: Who Does the Choosing?"](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/03/transcription-of-the-episode-school-choice-who-does-the-choosing/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Our guest today is Dr. Ujju Aggarwal. Dr. Aggarwal is assistant professor of anthropology and experiential learning at The New School and author of Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioning of Public Education. We last interviewed Dr. Aggarwal in 2019 on
- [School Choice: Who Does the Choosing?](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/03/school-choice-who-does-the-choosing/) - We welcome back Dr. Ujju Aggarwal, assistant professor at The New School, to speak about her book, Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioning of Public Education. In Unsettling Choice, Dr. Aggarwal focuses on the intersection of public education and gentrification. The book is based on her work with mothers at a Head Start center in NYC. We discuss the race and class discrimination the parents faced and whether exclusion is inherent in school choice programs.
- [Join our Global Saturday Salons!](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/01/join-our-global-saturday-salons/) - Collaborate with teachers and learners worldwide! Along with our partner organizations – Agastya International Foundation, Center for Artistry and Scholarship, and Thinking With You – Ethical Schools is bringing together educators, youth workers, and students from around the world to discuss ethical, democratic, and regenerative education strategies. Hear exciting presentations from visionary practitioners and participate in group discussions. Come with your co-workers! Attend with a cohort from your school or out-of-school program to maximize the benefits for your organization and students. Series 1: Ethics and the Natural World Saturdays, January 10 and 31; February 21 8:30-10:00 AM EST Pay what you wish. Suggested donation: $25 per session, $50 for all three sessions Additional participants from your organization: $15 per session, $30 for all three sessions. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER AT GLOBALCONVERSATIONS.NET
- [Trump cutbacks and policies: stripping minority student protections](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/02/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.
- [Transcription of the episode "Trump cutbacks and policies: stripping minority student protections"](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/02/transcription-of-the-episode-trump-cutbacks-and-policies-stripping-minority-student-protections/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Derek Black, Professor of Law, and the Earnest F. Hollings Chair in Constitutional Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he is also director of the Constitutional Law Center. We
- [Transcript of the episode "Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education"](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/01/transcript-of-the-episode-global-conversations-nature-place-and-education/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. We invite you to join us for a special episode today to give you a sense of an exciting project called Educating for the World We Want that we've undertaken with three partners: Agastya International Foundation in India, the Center for Artistry
- [Pop culture literacies: Engaging students in critical analysis](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/01/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.
- [Transcription of the episode "Pop culture literacies: Engaging students in critical analysis"](https://ethicalschools.org/2026/01/transcription-of-the-episode-pop-culture-literacies-engaging-students-in-critical-analysis/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today, we speak with Mia Hood. Dr. Hood is a curriculum designer, writing coach, and teacher educator based in New York. She's worked as a professor of literacy and secondary education at the City University of New York (CUNY) and a
- [Early intervention: Model assessment center reduces youth arrests](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/05/early-intervention-model-assessment-center-reduces-youth-arrests/) - Steve Evangelista, longtime NYC educator, and Anthony Celestine, director of the Office of Juvenile Justice Services at Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, talk about Calcasieu's Multi-Agency Resource Center. MARC, an assessment center that coordinates services for struggling families, has been extraordinarily successful in reducing young people's involvement with the juvenile justice system.
- [Transcription of the episode "Pragmatism in the classroom: Lessons from Dewey, Maxine Greene, and Eleanor Duckworth"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/12/transcription-of-the-episode-pragmatism-in-the-classroom-lessons-from-dewey-maxine-greene-and-eleanor-duckworth/) - [00:00:15] Jon M : I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today, we speak with Susan Jane Mayer. Dr. Mayer is a developmental learning and democratic curriculum specialist. Her most recent book is "Practicing Pragmatism Through Progressive Pedagogies: A Philosophical Lens for Grounding Classroom Teaching and Research." Welcome,
- [Pragmatism in the classroom: Lessons from Dewey, Maxine Greene, and Eleanor Duckworth](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/12/pragmatism-in-the-classroom-lessons-from-dewey-maxine-greene-and-eleanor-duckworth/) - We speak with Dr. Susan Jean Mayer about her recent book, "Practicing Pragmatism Through Progressive Pedagogies: A Philosophical Lens for Grounding Classroom Teaching and Research." Dr. Mayer defines pragmatism in today's world and discusses the importance of critical exploration, democratic construction of knowledge, and openness to diversity of perspectives in the classroom. As teachers and learners, we can construct a shared set of values based on our experiential realities and come to understand these realities in coherent terms.
- [The pioneers: Democracy front and center (Part Two)](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/11/the-pioneers-democracy-front-and-center-part-two/) - We speak with Deborah Meier and Jane Andrias, pioneers in the democratic small-school movement. Debbie founded the Central Park East Schools. Jane Andrias was an art teacher and principal at Central Park East I. Debbie and Jane discuss these ground-breaking schools, their ethical foundations, the “habits of mind” they worked to instill, and the challenges they faced. *This is Part Two of a two part episode. Go back one episode to listen to the first part.
- [Transcription of the episode "The pioneers: Democracy front and center (Part Two)"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/11/transcription-of-the-episode-the-pioneers-democracy-front-and-center-part-two/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: This is Part Two of a two-part interview with Debbie Meier and Jane Andrias. If you missed Part One, we invite you to go back and listen to it. [00:00:21] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:22] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical S chools. Debbie Meier is the founder
- [The pioneers: Democracy front and center (Part One)](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/10/the-pioneers-democracy-front-and-center/) - We speak with Deborah Meier and Jane Andrias, pioneers in the democratic small-school movement. Debbie founded the Central Park East Schools. Jane Andrias was an art teacher and principal at Central Park East I. Debbie and Jane discuss these ground-breaking schools, their ethical foundations, the “habits of mind” they worked to instill, and the challenges they faced.
- [Transcription of the episode "The pioneers: Democracy front and center (Part One)"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/10/transcription-of-the-episode-the-pioneers-democracy-front-and-center/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we speak with Deborah Meier and Jane Andrias. Debbie Meier is the founder of the Central Park East Schools, among others, and a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Award" winner. Jane Andrias was an art teacher and principal at
- [Transcription of the episode "Technology and ethics: AI in the school"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/09/transcription-of-the-episode-technology-and-ethics-ai-in-the-school/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today, we speak with Robbie Torney, director of AI Programs at Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that educates teachers, parents, and students on media and technology, and advocates for safety measures to protect young children and students. Welcome,
- [Technology and ethics: AI and the classroom](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/09/technology-and-ethics-ai-in-the-school/) - Robbie Torney, director of AI Programs at Common Sense Media, analyzes teachers' use of AI. We focus on AI teaching assistants, their uses and abuses, and how teachers' judgment and skills remain central. We discuss the need for school- and district-wide education and policies on using AI in teaching and learning.
- [Transcript of the episode "Climate justice: A transformational education and engagement project"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/08/transcript-of-the-episode-climate-justice-a-transformational-education-and-engagement-project/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:31] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Tom Roderick, Jan Zuckerman, and Graham Klag. Mr. Roderick is a teacher, writer, and education activist in New York City who retired in 2019 after 36 years as the founding executive director of Morningside
- [Climate justice: A transformational education and engagement project](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/08/climate-justice-a-transformational-education-and-engagement-project/) - We speak with Tom Roderick, founding executive director of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility; Jan Zuckerman, Co-founder of Sunnyside Environmental School in Portland, Oregon; and Graham Klag, an alumnus of Sunnyside Environmental School. We discuss Tom's book, Teach for Climate Justice: A Vision for Transforming Education. Tom explains that climate chaos and social justice are inextricably linked, and proposes a program for addressing both. He centers the concept of the beloved community.
- [Transcription of the episode "Teachers as Interpreters: Listening to Every Student"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/08/transcription-of-the-episode-teachers-as-interpreters-listening-to-every-student/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I am Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:32] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we talk with Dr. Cynthia Ballenger, author of, most recently, "Teaching is inquiry: Observation and reflection as the heart of practice." Dr. Ballenger has been a public school teacher for over 35 years and has worked
- [Teachers as Interpreters: Listening to Every Student](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/08/teachers-as-interpreters-listening-to-every-student/) - We speak with Dr. Cynthia Ballenger about her recent book, "Teaching Is Inquiry: Observation and Reflection as the Heart of Practice,” a series of stories from the classroom. We discuss the often overlooked, "life-changing" value of ethnographic approaches for teachers. Dr. Ballenger shares her work with the children she calls “puzzling" and the importance of "stopping time" for reflection.
- [Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are ](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/07/hip-hop-in-the-classroom-reaching-students-where-they-are/) - We speak with Dr. Dawn Hicks Tafari, Professor of Education and Coordinator of Elementary Education at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Dawn is author of "The Journey of Kamau Miller: Hip Hop Composite Counter Stories for Black Men Teachers." She uses hip hop as a way to communicate with students and composite counter stories to communicate beyond the academy.
- [Transcription of "Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/07/transcription-of-hip-hop-in-the-classroom-reaching-students-where-they-are/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:22] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we speak with Dr. Dawn Hicks Tafari, professor of education and program coordinator for elementary education at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Dr. Tafari is the author of The Journey of Kamau Miller: Hip Hop Composite
- [Challenging credentialism: An alternative vision of education (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/06/challenging-credentialism-an-alternative-vision-of-education-encore/) - 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.
- [Mobile Creativity Labs: Scaling STEAM Across India](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/05/mobile-creativity-labs-scaling-steam-across-india/) - Today, we speak with Dr. David Penberg and Adhirath Sethi about Agastya, a unique educational ecosystem serving students and teachers in 22 Indian states. Agastya has a hub-and-spokes design, with an elaborate 172-acre campus outside Bangalore and a fleet of mobile vans and bicycles delivering science and art programming to poor and rural children in far-flung towns and villages.
- [Transcription of the episode "Mobile Creativity Labs: Scaling STEAM Across India"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/05/transcription-of-the-episode-mobile-creativity-labs-scaling-steam-across-india/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I am Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we speak with Dr. David Penberg, urban and international educator, author, and speaker, and Adhirath Sethi, member of the Board of Trustees of Agastya International Foundation and author of the recently published "The Moving of Mountains."
- [Transcription of the episode "Resilience: Preparing Children to Weather Traumatic Events"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/04/transcription-of-the-episode-resilience-preparing-children-to-weather-traumatic-events/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we speak with Dr. Tovah P. Klein. Dr. Klein is a psychology professor at Barnard College and the director of the Center for Toddler Development. Her latest book, which we'll discuss, is "Raising Resilience: How to Help
- [Resilience: Preparing Children to Weather Traumatic Events](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/04/resilience-preparing-children-to-weather-traumatic-events/) - We speak with Dr. Tovah P. Klein, professor of psychology at Barnard College and the director of the Center for Toddler Development, about her book, “Raising Resilience: How to Help Our Children Thrive in Times of Uncertainty.” Dr. Klein describes how parents and teachers should build children's resilience BEFORE anything frightening or traumatic occurs. Most importantly, children and teens need to know they will never be alone, that their parents or trusted adults will always be there for them.
- [Marygrove School: Place- and project-based teaching and learning ](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/04/marygrove-school-place-and-project-based-teaching-and-learning/) - We speak with Dr. Elizabeth Birr Moje, dean and professor at the Marsal Family School of Education, University of Michigan. Dr. Moje discusses Detroit's School at Marygrove, a university-school partnership serving children and families from before birth through grade 12. We talk about design-based research, Marygrove's innovative teacher-residency program, and what being a model means to Marygrove.
- [Transcription of the episode "Marygrove School: Place- and project-based teaching and learning" ](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/04/transcription-of-the-episode-marygrove-school-place-and-project-based-teaching-and-learning/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest is Dr. Elizabeth Birr Moje. Dr. Moje is Dean, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the Marsal Family School of Education at the University
- [Honesty: What it means and how to teach it](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/03/honesty-what-it-means-and-how-to-teach-it/) - We talk with Sarah Stitzlein, author of "Teaching honesty in a populist era: Emphasizing truth in the education of citizens." Dr. Stitzlein, a professor of education and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, is concerned with how to teach in a political context where truth and honesty seem increasingly at risk. She contrasts the philosophical approaches of populism and the pragmatism of educational philosophers such as John Dewey.
- [Transcription of the episode "Honesty: What it means and how to teach it"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/03/transcription-of-the-episode-honesty-what-it-means-and-how-to-teach-it/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Sarah Stitzlein, professor of education and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. We'll be discussing her recently published book, "Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era: Emphasizing Truth in the Education of
- [Transcription of the episode "Creating democratic learning environments: Educators in conversation"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/02/transcription-of-the-episode-creating-democratic-learning-environments-educators-in-conversation/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today, we welcome back Dr. Linda F. Nathan, who spoke with us in June 2021, and Jonathan Mendoca. Dr. Nathan is an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Cambridge College Puerto Rico. Jonathan Mendonca
- [Creating democratic learning environments: Educators in conversation](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/02/creating-democratic-learning-environments-educators-in-conversation/) - We speak with Dr. Linda F. Nathan and Jonathan Mendonca, two co-editors of the recently published book, "Building Democratic Schools and Learning Environments: A Global Perspective," an anthology of accounts of creating innovative schools around the world. We discuss autonomy vs large-scale uniformity, issues of scaling innovations, and defining success. The book, intentionally available free online, includes both existing schools and concepts of possible schools.
- [Teaching from core values: Practical wisdom at the crossroads of philosophy, education, and teacher ed](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/02/teaching-from-core-values-practical-wisdom-at-the-crossroads-of-philosophy-education-and-teacher-ed/) - We speak with Cara E. Furman, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Hunter College, about her book "Teaching from an Ethical Center: Practical Wisdom for Daily Instruction." Dr. Furman focuses on teachers ensuring that their practice corresponds with their ethical center. She emphasizes teachers’ knowledge of learning environments, local communities, and the children themselves. We discuss the ethical problems with "fidelity" as applied to teaching.
- [Transcription of the episode "Teaching from core values: Practical wisdom at the crossroads of philosophy, education, and teacher ed"](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/02/transcription-of-the-episode-teaching-from-core-values-practical-wisdom-at-the-crossroads-of-philosophy-education-and-teacher-ed/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Cara E. Furman. Dr. Furman is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Hunter College. We last spoke with Cara in July 2022, when she and Cecilia Traugh talked with us about descriptive inquiry
- [The attack on public education: Will public schools survive? (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/06/the-attack-on-public-education-will-public-schools-survive-encore/) - 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 red states. Professor Black argues that these will permanently reduce education funding levels and threaten the very existence of public schools. We also talk about the #RedforEd resistance and the need to substantially increase funding for schools with many low-income students.
- [Solving chronic absence: A whole-school approach](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/06/solving-chronic-absence-a-whole-school-approach/) - We speak with Hedy N. Chang of Attendance Works, who describes the long-term impact on student success of chronic absence in all grades. Framing chronic absence as a truancy issue can increase alienation from school. Distinctions between excused and unexcused absences can unfairly penalize low-income students and students of color. Chronic absence rates may hit 40% this year. Ms. Chang discusses relationship-based strategies for mitigating absenteeism.
- [Looping: It’s all about the relationships](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/07/looping-its-all-about-the-relationships/) - We speak with Dr. Leigh Wedenoja of the Rockefeller Institute of Government about the benefits to students of having a teacher for more than one year. Test scores improve, behavior problems subside, absenteeism decreases. Very few schools have intentional looping policies, but many students have a teacher more than once, especially in middle and high school.
- [Going public: Education scholars as policy advocates](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/08/going-public-education-scholars-as-policy-advocates/) - We speak with Dr. Kevin Kumashiro, a founder of Education Deans for Justice and Equity and organizer of the International Conferences on Education and Justice. Dr. Kushimaro describes how education scholars across the country are forming professional communities, both to build their capacity and to speak collectively on issues of public policy, leveraging their research to promote justice and equity. He argues that progressives must cease ceding the framework of education policy to corporate forces.
- [Supporting student civic activism: Social studies on steroids (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/03/supporting-student-civic-activism-social-studies-on-steroids-encore/) - Dr. Alan Singer, Dr. Pablo Muriel, and Gates Millennium Scholar Dennis Belen-Morales, three generations of teachers, describe how they center student activism in their project-based social studies and history classes while giving students the tools to pass the NYS Regents exams. Dr. Singer was Dr. Muriel’s professor in college, and Dr. Muriel was Mr. Belen-Morales’ high school teacher and college professor in turn. Now all three are at Hofstra University.
- [Students speak up: NYC Youth Agenda](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/04/students-speak-up-nyc-youth-agenda/) - We speak with students Eugenia Bamfo, Alexandra Rouvinetis, and Mukilan Muthukumar, members of the NYC Youth Agenda. Using citywide student survey data, Youth Agenda teams aggregated young people's needs to make recommendations to policymakers in five areas — housing security, food justice, mental health support, economic mobility, and leadership and civic engagement. Among the findings: large numbers of students are unaware of existing youth programs, many don't trust the "trusted adults" in their schools, and Department of Education "student voice" efforts are tremendously understaffed.
- [Challenging censorship: Student journalists fight back](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/05/challenging-censorship-student-journalists-fight-back/) - We speak with Hillary Davis, who runs the New Voices program at the Student Press Law Center, and Sara Fajardo, who experienced censorship firsthand at her high school. School administrators frequently prevent students from publishing articles or posts that might make parents nervous or "damage the school’s reputation." New Voices laws, which students shepherd through state legislatures, aim to guarantee freedom for student journalists.
- [Empowering school counselors to support struggling students](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/11/empowering-school-counselors-to-support-struggling-students/) - Dr. Mandy Savitz-Romer of Harvard Graduate School of Education sees counselors as schools' academic conscience, the hub for providing holistic support to students. To be effective, they need a seat at the leadership table. Respondents in Savitz-Romer's 1000-counselor survey described obstacles and successes in serving students during the pandemic.
- [Abolitionist education: Creating liberatory spaces (Part Two)](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/12/abolitionist-education-creating-liberatory-spaces-part-two/) - We continue our conversation with Dr. Edwin Mayorga of Swarthmore College. We discuss the corporatization of schools that reduces students to their test scores. Dr. Mayorga encourages educators to center joy and healing. Schools should be liberatory rather than places that are too often focused on punishment and surveillance. Schools, as "localized nodes of political power,” should adopt democratic processes that cultivate voice, participation, and collaboration. As an organizer, he encourages coalitions of people resisting different aspects of racial capitalism, including those fighting destruction of the planet and exploitation of other species.
- [Antiracist school leadership: Courage and commitment](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/02/antiracist-school-leadership-courage-and-commitment/) - Dr. Bradley Carpenter, associate professor of educational leadership at Baylor University, speaks about developing and supporting antiracist school principals. Very few leadership prep programs prioritize or embed antiracism principles or practices. A principal committed to centering antiracism needs to have a full equity audit of existing curriculum and practices and to lead faculty members through the emotionally laborious process of examining everyone’s own privileges
- [David Kirkland on New York’s State’s Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/08/david-kirkland-on-new-yorks-states-culturally-responsive-sustaining-education-framework/) - We speak with Dr. David E. Kirkland, Executive Director of NYU’s Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools. A leading voice in culturally responsive and sustaining education, the Metro Center helped write New York State Education Department’s new Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework. The Framework is founded on a view of education that regards culture as a critical component of learning. Multiple expressions of diversity, including race, ethnicity, gender, language, and sexual orientation, are regarded as assets to be recognized and cultivated.
- [Norman Fruchter on the pioneering alternative high school he and colleagues built in Newark in the 1970s](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/07/norman-fruchter-on-the-pioneering-alternative-high-school-he-and-colleagues-built-in-newark-in-the-1970s/) - We speak with Norm Fruchter, long-time educational activist and thought leader, about Independence School, an experimental high school where the ideal was that someone walking into a classroom couldn’t tell the teacher from the students. We discuss lessons learned – and perhaps forgotten – about supporting students whose original schools failed them. Among the school’s
- [Silvia Canales on Relationship-Based College Counseling](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/07/silvia-canales-on-relationship-based-college-counseling/) - We speak with Silvia Canales, who coordinates the college advisory program at Brotherhood/Sister Sol, an organization that provides comprehensive and holistic support services to underserved youth. Silvia talks about fully integrating college counseling into a program environment in which adults know young people well and students engage in systematic self-reflection. https://episodes.castos.com/ethicalschools/Episode-11-Silvia-Canales-final.mp3Download file | Play in
- [Kids learn through relationships: A conversation with Pedro Noguera about building a culture conducive to teaching and learning](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/06/kids-learn-through-relationships-a-conversation-with-pedro-noguera-about-building-a-culture-conducive-to-teaching-and-learning/) - We talk with Dr. Pedro Noguera about public school models that work for students, parents and teachers, and how to build a social movement for a progressive education agenda. He talks about the social dimensions to learning and the mismatch between students' needs and teachers' skills. He argues that an obstacle to making change in schools is that we deal with education as individuals rather than collectively. Pedro Noguera is a Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and Faculty Director for the Center for the Transformation of Schools at UCLA. He is a critically acclaimed scholar, a dynamic speaker and a committed activist. His work focuses on a broad range of issues related to education, social justice and public policy. He is the author of several best-selling books and is a highly sought-after public speaker and international consultant.
- [Stephanie Carnes on post-traumatic growth and resilience: Cultural competence and creating safe environments for Central American immigrant children in today’s U.S.](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/06/stephanie-carnes-on-post-traumatic-growth-and-resilience-cultural-competence-and-creating-safe-environments-for-central-american-immigrant-children-in-todays-u-s/) - We talk with Stephanie Carnes, a trauma-focused bilingual school social worker in a large public high school in New York’s Hudson Valley. Stephanie worked as the lead clinician in a federally-funded shelter program for unaccompanied children from Central America and as a consultant she challenges the districts and agencies with whom she works to re-envision the meaning of an inclusive community. We talk about the necessity to normalize mental health care, how to create safe environments for immigrant children in American schools, and the power of their resilience.
- [Anna Allanbrook on Brooklyn New School: Centering children, marginalizing tests](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/08/brooklyn-new-school-centering-children-marginalizing-tests/) - We speak with Anna Allanbrook, longtime principal of Brooklyn New School (BNS). Learning at BNS is inquiry-based and cross-disciplinary. As well, BNS is known as the “opt-out school” because 95% of families opt out of standardized testing. The school offers no test preparation.
- [Kym Vanderbilt on ethical early childhood teacher preparation](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/08/kym-vanderbilt-on-ethical-early-childhood-teacher-preparation/) - We interview Kym Vanderbilt, Lecturer and Professional Development Liaison in the Early Childhood/Childhood Department at CUNY/Lehman College. Kym describes her students’ concerns about meeting the needs of teacher assistants and parents as well as children. She talks about the test-heavy teacher certification process, which is both intimidating and expensive for aspiring teachers of limited means, and how she tries to create a more welcoming and supportive environment for her students, staying in touch with them long after they become teachers themselves. To give us context, Kym gives us a fascinating overview of the complicated history of early childhood education.
- [Leo Ackley on teaching in Finland’s consistently superior schools](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/08/leo-ackley-on-teaching-in-finlands-consistently-superior-schools/) - Amy interviews Leo Ackley, who emigrated to Finland in the 1972. He taught art, history of architecture, design, and engineering in Finnish schools for 37 years. We discuss the Finnish system. Teachers have autonomy to develop their own curricula. Finnish administrators are answerable to teachers rather than the other way around. Homework is rare and
- [Mark Santow on Suing Rhode Island for Educational Equal Protection](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/09/mark-santow-on-suing-rhode-island-for-educational-equal-protection/) - We speak with Dr. Mark Santow, Chair of the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Dr. Santow and his middle school son, along with 12 other plaintiffs, are suing the state of Rhode Island in federal court under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution for failing to provide civics curricula and other components of an adequate education to some Rhode Island students. The suit is especially notable because most education equity cases are brought in state courts. We discuss the racial, socioeconomic, and political underpinnings of educational inequality.
- [Jesse Hagopian on bringing Black Lives Matter into schools](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/10/jesse-hagopian-on-bringing-black-lives-matter-into-schools/) - We speak with Jesse Hagopian, an editor for ReThinking Schools and a long-time teacher in the Seattle Public Schools. He is a co-editor of the book Teaching for Black Lives. Jesse discusses the groundbreaking annual National Week of Action in February that makes four demands of schools: replace zero tolerance discipline with restorative justice, implement
- [Ujju Aggarwal on school choice, whiteness as property, and the "right to exclude"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/10/ujju-aggarwal-on-school-choice-whiteness-as-property-and-the-right-to-exclude/) - We speak with Dr. Ujju Aggarwal, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Experiential Learning at the New School’s Schools of Public Engagement. Dr. Aggarwal explains how neoliberalism, with its emphasis on individual choice, includes a “right to exclude” and perpetuates discriminatory school admissions, not only to some charter schools but also to district schools and programs, describing in particular the experiences of parents in Manhattan’s District
- [Ed schools as allies to new teachers of color](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/11/ed-schools-as-allies-to-new-teachers-of-color/) - Dr. Harriet (“Niki”) Fayne of Lehman College School of Education describes strategies to support new teachers and “second stage” teacher-leaders. She discusses ways to attract teacher candidates, reduce early-years attrition, and help teachers grow while staying in the classroom. Lehman builds ethics into leadership training and maintains long-term relationships with its graduates and the schools they teach in.
- [Multicultural Education: Challenges and Aspirations](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/12/multicultural-education-challenges-and-aspirations/) - We speak with New York State Regent Luis O. Reyes on the evolution of multilingual education in New York, beginning with the ASPIRA Consent Decree that in 1974 established bilingual education as an entitlement for Puerto Rican and other Latinx students. NY is gradually transitioning to bicultural and bi-literate education. The Regents’ Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework represents the way forward.
- [The Algebra Project: Math Literacy and Empowerment](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/01/the-algebra-project-math-literacy-and-empowerment-part-1/) - Kate Belin teaches math at Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, a progressive public school in the Bronx, where she implements the Algebra Project, an initiative that connects math to students’ lived experiences. We talk about the synergy between the Algebra Project and Fannie Lou, both of which have their roots in the history of the civil rights movement.
- [Parent-school relationships in early childhood programs: Family engagement is driven by families](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/01/parent-school-relationships-in-early-childhood-programs-family-engagement-is-driven-by-families/) - Yasmin Morales-Alexander of Lehman College dispels the myth that Latinx parents don’t engage in their children’s education. Genuine parent-school engagement is based on schools’ recognition of families’ cultural values and traditions. “Family engagement is a cultural practice.”
- [Navigating college and career pathways: Self-knowledge, preparation, and parameters](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/01/navigating-college-and-career-pathways-self-knowledge-preparation-and-parameters/) - Maud Abeel, nationally-recognized education consultant, focuses on college and career readiness for middle and high school students, including “match and fit.” The earlier the students begin to think about postsecondary options, the better. There are myriad resources for students and their families, many of them free and online. Maud discusses cohorts, groups of high school classmates who enter college together and support one another, increasing their likelihood of success. She also talks about obstacles and dilemmas counselors face, including overwhelming caseloads.
- [Text guided literacy: Literature as experience in English class](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/03/text-guided-literacy-literature-as-experience-in-english-class/) - Dr. Anthony Johnston, associate professor of education at University of St. Joseph, explains text guided literacy as a framework for teaching literature. A former English teacher, Dr. Johnston resists the current emphasis on close reading. Text guided literacy encourages readers to extrapolate from the text, to take the perspective of a fictional or historical character, and to make connections between the text and their own lives. As well, empathy is a catalyst for ethical actions.
- [Why teach history? Knowing "why" shapes "how"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/05/why-teach-history-knowing-why-shapes-how/) - Richard Miller, who taught in progressive NYC secondary schools for 28 years, talks about teaching students to think like historians, weighing different sources and drawing their conclusions from evidence. The past gives context to the present, and understanding historiography, or how history is interpreted over time, equips students to view current issues from multiple perspectives.
- [Supporting student civic activism: Social studies on steroids - Part 1](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/07/supporting-student-civic-activism-social-studies-on-steroids/) - Dr. Alan Singer, Dr. Pablo Muriel, and Gates Millennium Scholar Dennis Belen-Morales, three generations of teachers, describe how they center student activism in their project-based social studies and history classes while giving students the tools to pass the NYS Regents exams. Dr. Singer was Dr. Muriel’s high school teacher, and Dr. Muriel was Mr. Belen-Morales’ teacher in turn. Now all three are at Hofstra University. Part 1 of a two-part series that contains lots of specific strategies for teachers and passion for civics education.
- [Food injustice: The corporatization of school meals](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/08/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.
- [Consumption as ethics: Talking with students about food](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/09/consumption-as-ethics-talking-with-students-about-food/) - We welcome back Monica Chen of Factory Farming Awareness Coalition. She describes the animal-agricultural complex that exploits workers in meatpacking plants and animals in factory farms and devastates communities and the environment. Monica introduces FFAC's culturally-competent virtual lessons and presentations for students from middle school through university, customized for all subject areas. Students who want to become social justice activists, with food as the hub that connects worker rights, sustainability, and environmental racism can apply to FFAC’s intern program.
- [Parent voice: Supporting families with special needs](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/09/parent-voice-supporting-families-with-special-needs/) - Ellen McHugh, long time activist and Public Advocate Williams's appointee to the NYC Citywide Council on Special Education, delves into the challenges facing parents of students with special education needs. Ethical relationships among educators, parents, and the students themselves are crucial to these students' success. Too often educators minimize the importance of parental input even though the law requires that they be equal partners in their children’s educational planning. Remote and hybrid learning has added new obstacles to and opportunities for partnerships between parents and educators.
- [Teaching economics as political and ethical choices](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/10/teaching-economics-as-political-and-ethical-choices/) - We welcome back Lev Moscow of the Beacon School to discuss his approach to teaching political economy, which actually applies to any social science. It's not primarily about the numbers but about the human choices behind them. How do we determine who gets paid what and who gets to spend 80,000 hours in a lifetime engaged in meaningful work? Also, how our mantra of continuous economic growth will end life as we know it.
- [Exacerbating inequality: Private money in public schools](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/03/exacerbating-inequality-private-money-in-public-schools/) - We speak with Dr. Sue Winton of York University in Toronto about the effects of private money--much of it from parents- that replaces decreased public funding of schools. Fundraisers and fees for special programs benefit affluent schools and the children who already have the most access to opportunities. Low income parents often feel pressure to donate beyond their means for their children's sake.
- [Research in schools (Part 2): Safeguarding the data](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/04/research-in-schools-part-2-safeguarding-the-data/) - We continue our conversation with Marianna Azar, director of NYC Department of Education’s Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). This week, Ms. Azar discusses the potential privacy dangers created by collection and dissemination of research data, strategies to combat them, and the need to strengthen the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
- [Creative problem solving: Developing solutionary thinkers](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/05/creative-problem-solving-developing-solutionary-thinkers/) - We welcome back Zoe Weil, of the Institute for Humane Education, along with Laura Trongard, Oceanside (NY) High School teacher to discuss how teachers are implementing IHE’s Solutionary program. Laura describes how students adopt habits of solutionary thinking in their schoolwork and their lives. Zoe talks about IHE’s new micro-credential program, an online course that prepares teachers to use the solutionary framework. The new edition of Zoe’s book, "The World Becomes What We Teach,” with new content on pandemics and racial tensions, will be released in June.
- [Building communities of trust: transforming family-school relationships](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/05/building-communities-of-trust-transforming-family-school-relationships/) - We talk with Dr. Ann Ishimaru of the University of Washington about correcting the power imbalance between schools and low-income families and families of color. We also discuss “learning loss” and why families of color are much more reluctant than white families to return to in-person learning as the pandemic eases.
- [The People’s Education: Freire, dialogue, and democracy](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/10/the-peoples-education-freire-dialogue-and-democracy/) - We continue our conversation with Dr. Carlos Torres, Distinguished Professor at UCLA and Founding Director of the Paulo Freire Institute. Dr. Torres speaks about Freire’s contention that communities should define the work that goes on in schools. He explains Freire’s emphasis on dialogue as integral to education. Whereas Dewey focused on children and the tools to instill democratic values and critical thinking, Freire was most interested in education as political deliberation. And, at this point, the stakes are not only democracy but sustainability of the planet.
- [The right to thrive: Expanding our definition of equity](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/11/the-right-to-thrive-expanding-our-definition-of-equity/) - We speak with Dr. David Osher of the American Institutes for Research. Dr. Osher explains his view of robust equity, that all people deserve to thrive, and that thriving occurs holistically over the course of a lifetime, and even intergenerationally. People thrive in concert with others. We discuss the conditions in a school that foster both individual and group thriving, and those that don’t, in particular, exclusionary discipline. This is Part One of a two part interview.
- [Changing school culture: The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM)](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/11/changing-school-culture-the-concerns-based-adoption-model-cbam/) - We continue our conversation with Dr. David Osher of the American Institutes for Research, delving deeper into the CBAM approach to school culture change. Dr Osher describes a study he and colleagues conducted, following every student who had been suspended in New York City over ten years. The study confirmed that exclusionary suspension has damaging impacts throughout a student’s academic career and beyond and has damaging impact on other students in the student's classes as well.
- [Distortions and fabrications: The state of climate education](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/12/distortions-and-fabrications-the-state-of-climate-education/) - We speak with Katie Worth, investigative journalist and author of Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America. Ms. Worth explores what children across the country are taught, or not taught, about climate change. In 24 states, oil and gas company representatives teach children about the wonders of fossil fuels, downplaying or denying their climate impacts. With an eye on sales in Texas, textbooks falsely depict a scientific debate over climate science, and often cover it in the last unit of the last chapter.
- [Critiquing the "science of reading" movement: Teaching reading is "both/and" ](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/05/critiquing-the-science-of-reading-movement-teaching-reading-is-both-and/) - Lynne Einbender and Susie Rolander, reading and literacy faculty at Bank Street College, talk about supporting children's learning to read and the components of a full-fledged language arts program. One size does not fit all: children with different strengths and experiences have a spectrum of needs.
- [Solving teacher shortages: It’s not just pay (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/03/solving-teacher-shortages-its-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.
- [Enriching student life: Art for all](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/04/enriching-student-life-art-for-all/) - We speak with Dr. Andrea Siegel and Michelle Vitale of Hudson County Community College about the ways they bring art into students’ everyday lives. They’ve assembled a multi-ethnic art collection which is displayed on rotation in the galleries and hallways. Living with art is new to many of the students, who are often the first generation in their families to go to college. Our guests tell their own stories about their parents’ reactions to their choosing to become artists.
- [SATs and the illusion of fairness](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/06/sats-and-the-illusion-of-fairness/) - We speak with Harry Feder of FairTest, an organization that advocates for fair and open testing, about the reinstitution of standardized test requirements at some "Ivy Plus” colleges, and why it matters. We discuss how testing choices affect inclusion and exclusion in admissions and what most non-"Ivy Plus" schools do. In a follow-up interview with Harry Feder, we will discuss standardized tests in K-12 schools.
- [Shirley Edwards on EBC High School: Building an educational community in Bushwick](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/04/shirley-edwards-on-ebc-high-school-building-an-educational-community-in-bushwick/) - We talk with Shirley Edwards about EBC High School for Public Service and the creation of an intentional educational community of students, teachers, parents, and East Brooklyn Congregations. Shirley Edwards was the founding principal. She came with a background as a teacher and a parent coordinator, and responded to parents’ desperation for a high school that would lead their children to success.
- [Eva Lopez on Act4Change: Applying Theatre of the Oppressed to building social justice in The Bronx](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/05/eva-lopez/) - We talk with Eva Lopez about Act4Change, a Theatre of the Oppressed project in the Bronx. Eva Lopez uses theater techniques to invite children and youth to envision liberation and to empower them to resist oppression. Audiences become spect-actors to examine root causes of bullying, domestic violence and other personal/societal crises.
- [Deborah Meier on Public Education and Democracy: What makes an ethical school](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/05/deborah-meier-on-public-education-and-democracy-what-makes-an-ethical-school/) - We talk with MacArthur "genius" award winner Deborah Meier, a founder of the small schools movement, about what makes a good school. She talks about how to build and maintain trust and mutual respect among students, teachers, and families.
- [Zoe Weil on humane education: The world becomes what we teach](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/05/zoe-weil-on-humane-education-the-world-becomes-what-we-teach/) - We talk with Zoe Weil, the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education. She talks about providing young people with the knowledge, tools, and motivation to address our pressing challenges in order to transform unsustainable and unjust systems into ones that are humane, healthy, and peaceful.
- [Mark Gordon on the Friends and Relationships Course: Teaching and learning from people with intellectual disabilities about sexuality, interdependence, and inclusion](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/05/mark-gordon-on-the-friends-and-relationships-course-teaching-and-learning-from-people-with-intellectual-disabilities-about-sexuality-interdependence-and-inclusion/) - We talk with Mark Gordon, founder of the Friends and Relationships Course, a program in New Mexico that provides classes for adults with intellectual disabilities who want to learn how to form intimate and other relationships. He talks about what he’s learned over 15 years of teaching sexuality classes, learning along with his son about the ongoing necessity for interdependence. We also discuss society’s failure to welcome and accommodate people with developmental disabilities.
- [Jason Warwin on The Brotherhood/Sister Sol: Building strong Black and Latinx youth leaders for social change](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/06/jason-warwin-on-the-brotherhood-sister-sol-building-strong-black-and-latinx-youth-leaders-for-social-change/) - Jason Warwin is the Co-Founder and Associate Executive Director of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, an organization that provides comprehensive, holistic and long-term support services to youth who range in age from eight to twenty-two. Located in Harlem (NYC), Bro/Sis also has programs dedicated to developing Black and Latinx youth in Africa, Latin America and The Caribbean. Jason is a specialist in the design of transformative experiences and we talked about how the Bro/Sis model leads young people to ethical leadership and educational achievement, and makes them an essential part of a solid community that has been fighting oppression for almost 25 years.
- [Scarlett Lewis on the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement: A Sandy Hook parent’s SEL program](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/07/scarlett-lewis-on-the-jesse-lewis-choose-love-movement-a-sandy-hook-parents-sel-program/) - “Nurturing, Healing Love” was the message that Scarlett Lewis found on her kitchen chalkboard shortly before her son, Jesse, was murdered in his first-grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In order to become part of the solution to the violence, Scarlett founded The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement with a mission to ensure that
- [David C. Bloomfield on why we need a revolution in attitude to see education as a social good rather than an individual property right](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/07/david-c-bloomfield-on-why-we-need-a-revolution-in-attitude-to-see-education-as-a-social-good-rather-than-an-individual-property-right/) - We speak with Dr. David C. Bloomfield, Professor of Education Leadership. Law & Policy at Brooklyn College. David Bloomfield condemns the social Darwinism and “hoarding” mentality of our education systems. He explains how school resource allocation exacerbates segregation and inequality, a process deliberately abetted by the proliferation of school districts around the country. Education policy and financing reinforce an us against them view of schools. Until we start thinking of the nation’s children as our collective responsibility, we will continue to seek todeprive “other people’s” children in order to benefit “ours,” thereby impoverishing all of us.
- [Melissa Rivers on Community-Based Education in Rural Alaska](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/09/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.
- [Adjoa Jones de Almeida of the Brooklyn Museum on art as experience](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/09/adjoa-jones-de-almeida-on-art-as-experience/) - We speak with Adjoa Jones de Almeida, Director of Education at the Brooklyn Museum. We discuss the significance of “art as experience.” Ms. Jones de Almeida describes art’s transformational power to educate and empower students of all ages, both personally and politically. The Museum partners with teachers across the academic spectrum and works to include diverse families and communities.
- [Kiersten Greene on technology in schools: “Are we doing our homework?”](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/10/kiersten-greene-on-technology-in-schools-are-we-doing-our-homework/) - We speak with Dr. Kiersten Greene, Associate Professor of Literacy Education at SUNY New Paltz, about classroom internet use. Electronic tech’s transformational possibilities can go unfulfilled as schools buy and use tools and materials without evaluating whether they are effective or meet teachers’ needs. Huge funding sources like New York’s Smart Schools bond issue fund
- [José Jiménez on gender diversity and sexual identity in elementary schools](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/10/jose-jimenez-on-gender-diversity-and-sexual-identity-in-elementary-schools/) - We speak with José Luis Jiménez, principal of A.C.E. Academy for Scholars, PS 290, in Queens. A queer educator of color, he came out to his students during Pride Month in 2017. If a community is truly welcoming to all, he thought, “you don’t “check a part of yourself at the door.” José encourages his
- [Paula Rogovin: Creating a social justice early childhood classroom](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/10/paula-rogovin-creating-a-social-justice-early-childhood-classroom/) - We speak with Paula Rogovin, who taught kindergarten and first grade in NYC public schools for 44 years. Paula empowered the youngest students to become researchers and activists. She encourages students to ask questions (“anything goes”) and research is interdisciplinary, comprising literature, social studies, art, music, and science. Cultural relevance evolves organically from the research. When students discover injustices, Paula encourages them to channel their anger to become agents of change. Paula’s advice for new teachers, “Teach what you are required to teach, and stretch it.”
- [Reframing masculinity: Stopping violence against women and girls](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/11/reframing-masculinity-stopping-violence-against-women-and-girls/) - Quentin Walcott (“Q”), a leading NYC and international anti-violence educator and activist, creates programs that help transform men and boys — even batterers — into activists against violence. He focuses on the intersections of violence — race, class, and gender — and its impact on marginalized communities. Q is Co-Executive Director of CONNECT, a nonprofit that approaches domestic violence systemically and holistically, including in school- and after-school programs. CONNECT helps males reassess their perceptions of masculinity and fatherhood. While perpetrators need to be held accountable, so do institutions and public leaders.
- [Special education: How students and their teachers are shortchanged](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/11/special-education-how-students-and-their-teachers-are-shortchanged/) - Jia Lee, NYC special education teacher and union activist, talks about the unfairness of the Fair Funding Formula, the school-to-prison pipeline, and the tendency of schools to re-traumatize vulnerable students. She also highlights the contrast between NYC Chancellor Carranza’s call for more culturally responsive classrooms and the City’s newly-mandated MAP tests, and the gap between what the United Federation of Teachers does and what it could do.
- [Post-traumatic growth and resilience: Creating safe environments for Central American immigrant children](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/11/post-traumatic-growth-and-resilience-cultural-competence-and-creating-safe-environments-for-central-american-immigrant-children-in-todays-u-s/) - This is an encore. Our conversation with Stephanie Carnes about Central American immigrant youth was one of our most popular. Enjoy it with our wishes for a safe and happy holiday. Stephanie Carnes is a trauma-focused bilingual school social worker in a large public high school in New York’s Hudson Valley. Stephanie worked as the lead clinician in a federally-funded shelter program for unaccompanied children from Central America and as a consultant she challenges the districts and agencies with whom she works to re-envision the meaning of an inclusive community. We talk about the necessity to normalize mental health care, how to create safe environments for immigrant children in American schools, and the power of their resilience.
- [Emotionally Responsive Education: "inviting and containing"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/12/emotionally-responsive-education-inviting-and-containing/) - Margaret Blachly of Bank Street’s Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice describes how to fit materials, curriculum, and relationships together to create an emotionally safe classroom. Emphasizing the importance of a deep understanding of child development, she tells how important it is to know each child’s “story.” Margaret shares what she’s learned as a dual-language and special ed teacher and gives advice to new kindergarten teachers. Reflecting on Dewey’s Education and Experience, she talks about the ethical dimensions of teaching and the connections between the classroom and the larger society.
- [Gender Inclusivity: Where Science and Ethics Intersect](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/12/gender-inclusivity-where-science-and-ethics-intersect/) - We speak with high school science teachers and trans men, Sam Long and Lewis Maday-Travis, who have developed resources and trainings to help biology teachers develop gender-inclusive curricula. Science tells us that sexual and gender diversity is both normal and positive.
- [Advice for Secondary School Teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/12/advice-for-secondary-school-teachers/) - This is an encore. We interview Lev Moscow who, for the last 14 years, has taught history and economics at The Beacon School in New York City. Lev reflects that advisory, done well, can serve as a venue for students to explore questions of ethics, purpose and happiness. He talks about balancing the history curriculum to include non-European perspectives. Getting students to read more than a few sentences is perhaps today’s teachers’ greatest challenge and Lev explains his approach.
- [NYC schools: still separate and unequal](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/01/nyc-schools-still-separate-and-unequal/) - Student activists Coco Rhum and Hebh Jamal describe what real integration of NYC schools would look like and how to achieve it. Bringing sharp analysis and insight from their experiences as leaders in IntegrateNYC and Teens Take Charge, they were interviewed by Lev Moscow on our sister podcast, acorrectionpodcast.com.
- [Black and Latinx students, institutional racism, and the carceral continuum](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/01/black-and-latinx-students-institutional-racism-and-the-carceral-continuum/) - Dr. Carla Shedd, associate professor of sociology and urban education at The Graduate Center, CUNY, studies the interactions with institutions of low-income Black and Latinx students and how institutional racism impacts children from even before birth. Children who attend integrated schools have sharper awareness of inequities than their counterparts in segregated schools and communities. The “carceral continuum” is more comprehensive than the “school to prison pipeline” and comprises all encounters with institutions. Carla also talks about professionals’ ethical responsibilities and responses and how to create safe spaces.
- [The Algebra Project: Bob Moses on math literacy as a civil right - Part 1](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/02/the-algebra-project-bob-moses-on-math-literacy-as-a-civil-right/) - The Algebra Project founder and president--and lead organizer of the famous 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer voting rights campaign--talks about math literacy as an organizing tool to guarantee quality public school education for all children. Bob Moses describes the Algebra Project’s strategies to connect math to students’ life experiences and everyday language. The interview is divided into two episodes.
- [The Algebra Project: Bob Moses on math literacy as a civil right - Part 2](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/02/the-algebra-project-bob-moses-on-math-literacy-as-a-civil-right-part-2/) - The Algebra Project founder and president–and lead organizer of the famous 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer voting rights campaign–talks about math literacy as an organizing tool to guarantee quality public school education for all children. Bob Moses describes the Algebra Project’s strategies to connect math to students’ life experiences and everyday language. The interview is divided into two episodes.
- [Centering SEL for social and economic mobility](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/02/centering-sel-for-social-and-economic-mobility/) - David Adams is Director of Social Emotional Learning at NYC’s Urban Assembly, a network of schools that does not screen students. David focuses on the intersection of academic and technical skills, social-emotional competencies, and career development to create social/economic mobility. Students must have a relationship with the teacher or the content for optimal learning. Perspective-taking is central to ethical development. Schools have to “know their ‘why’” and be able to explain it in plain language.
- [The “Name Game”: racialization in a suburban high school](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/02/the-name-game-racialization-in-a-suburban-high-school/) - Drs. Tony de Jesus, Anthony Johnston, and Don Siler of University of St. Joseph recount their intervention in a multiracial high school in crisis. White students had instigated a “game” of addressing Black students as the n-word. We discuss the impact of racialization in the Trump era on white students, students of color, and the school community as well as actual and potential responses by schools.
- [Post-Graduation Planning: Helping students to explore myriad options](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/03/post-graduation-planning-helping-students-to-explore-myriad-options/) - Lindsey Dixon, Director of Career Readiness at Urban Assembly, talks about helping students make more informed college and career decisions. The current model is restrictive and outdated, leading to suboptimal outcomes for the majority of students. Hands-on experiences and self-reflection programs can help young people better prepare for fulfilling careers and lives.
- [Teaching as research: Auto-ethnography of a pioneering bilingual teacher educator](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/03/teaching-as-research-auto-ethnography-of-a-pioneering-bilingual-teacher-educator/) - Dr. Carmen Mercado, CUNY professor emeritus, talks with us about the importance of self-study, sharing diverse perspectives in class, and reflective writing in her own development and that of her students. She shares her experiences as one of the first bilingual classroom teachers and teacher educators in NYC. Carmen’s book, “Navigating teacher education in complex and uncertain times: connecting communities of practice in a borderless world,” was published in 2019.
- [Creating a safe haven: Changing lives after school](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/03/creating-a-safe-haven-changing-lives-after-school/) - Jason Garcia of SoBro, a South Bronx community-based organization, describes how after school staff members help young people deal with the effects of trauma. Staff members teach content, guide students through transitions, and help students build long term relationships. SoBro’s youth workers wear many hats -- guidance counselor, social worker, referral source -- filling in where schools and families lack resources.
- [Engaging young black men in school: What we can learn from art class](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/04/engaging-young-black-men-in-school-what-we-can-learn-from-art-class/) - Dr. Don Siler, a researcher and inservice teacher educator, himself a former high school dropout, discusses how art classrooms invite students to be themselves, to explore their lived experiences, and to work on projects that mean something to them. Student engagement in the art classroom can be leveraged across subject areas by incorporating both the arts and art-based pedagogy throughout the curriculum. Student outcomes improve when we broaden the ways in which students get information, process the information, and demonstrate their understanding of the information.
- [High school sports: Ethical challenges and considerations](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/04/high-school-sports-ethical-challenges-and-considerations/) - Master basketball coach Mark Jerome speaks candidly about social emotional complexities in sports culture and how his own ethical sensitivities have evolved over his decades of playing, coaching, and parenting. Mark describes enormous inequities in schools’ sports resources and discusses bullying and abusive parental behavior, as well as what he loves about basketball.
- [Culturally responsive practice and SEL: Effective professional development and programs](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/04/culturally-responsive-practice-and-sel-effective-professional-development-and-programs/) - Dr. Heather C. Hill of Harvard Graduate School of Education looks at the research on culturally responsive education and SEL programs. She examines components of successful professional development programs, and how they apply to SEL and CRE. Well-designed curricula give teachers a framework on which to build and perhaps self-reflect. Daily classroom practices that build trust and engagement are important. Even if the professional development is high quality and teachers embrace the strategies, principal leadership and support is critical for learned practices to continue over time.
- [Grief and loss: Supporting students, families, and teachers in a pandemic](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/04/grief-and-loss-supporting-students-families-and-teachers-in-a-pandemic/) - Cynthia Trapanese, a teacher who spent 17 years as a pediatric chaplain, observes that we are all grieving right now, and that adults need to be aware of their own feelings of loss in order to help children and families effectively. During this period of isolation, children miss not only extended family, especially grandparents, but also their friends, classrooms, and the details of their school days. The impact of prolonged separation from school will be long-lasting. Cynthia is holding webinars for teachers and parents, and shares tips and resources with us.
- [Student stories: SEL through writing and sharing lived experiences](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/05/student-stories-sel-through-writing-and-sharing-lived-experiences/) - Keith Hefner and Betsy Cohen of Youth Communication discuss their 40-year-old organization. Professional editors help students develop personal stories, which are shared with their peers. Writers experience self-reflection, readers develop empathy and gain strength from knowing others' experiences, and teachers acquire better understanding of their students. Youth Communication also offers curricula and materials for teachers to implement.
- [The principal as "keeper of the vision": Fostering and protecting an ethical community](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/05/the-principal-as-keeper-of-the-vision-fostering-and-protecting-an-ethical-community/) - Jill Herman, founding principal of East Side Community H.S, now at Bank Street College, raises essential questions: To whom should a principal be accountable? How can social emotional learning and academics be integrated? What do we mean by an ethical school?
- [Therapeutic crisis intervention: a consultant’s role in creating an ethical school culture](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/05/therapeutic-crisis-intervention-a-consultants-role-in-creating-an-ethical-school-culture/) - Misha Thomas, longtime consultant with Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools, discusses how schools can develop trauma-informed systems for resolving behavioral conflicts and crises. He explains that schools should prioritize a culture of trust and authenticity, and establish school wide expectations that crises will be explored in context of students’ lived experiences. As an outside consultant, Misha freely shares with clients his observations on systemic issues.
- [Challenging hierarchies: The role of the social justice teacher educator](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/06/challenging-hierarchies-the-role-of-the-social-justice-teacher-educator/) - Dr. Sherry Deckman speaks about creating classroom environments that challenge cultural and social hierarchies. Teachers need to be aware of the lenses through which they view the world and their students, especially lenses that center Whiteness. She discusses everyday anti-racism for educators and creating humanizing spaces for all students, as well as the isolation that teacher educators of color often feel.
- [Crises and opportunity: A holistic approach to supporting and empowering youth](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/06/crises-and-opportunity-a-holistic-approach-to-supporting-and-empowering-youth/) - In light of the pandemic, which has disproportionately impacted BIPOC, and BLM uprisings, we’re revisiting Jon’s interview with Jason Warwin of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol. COVID-19 has devastated Bro/Sis’s community of Black and Brown youth and their families. And despite the pandemic, Bro/Sis staff and members are joining protests to demand systemic change. We’ll check in with Jason and then listen to the interview from last June.
- [Students demand equity and inclusion: call for admissions, curriculum, counseling changes](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/06/students-demand-equity-and-inclusion/) - Manhattan's Beacon High School students are fighting for racial equity in NYC's highly segregated school system. Three student activists talk about their experiences in the elite public school, the student-led demonstrations and teach ins, and the Beacon Union of Unions' comprehensive list of demands.
- [Reimagining college admissions: Performance assessment pilot at CUNY](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/06/reimagining-college-admissions-performance-assessment-pilot-at-cuny/) - Dr. Michelle Fine speaks about better alternatives to standardized tests for students to demonstrate college-readiness. NYC's Consortium Schools, which use Performance Based Assessment Tasks, collaborated with CUNY to open CUNY's 4-year colleges to more low-income Black and Latinx applicants. Students, especially Black males, did better at college than test score-admitted peers. Dr. Fine gives a passionate call for democratic school cultures based on student initiated work and collaborative revision.
- [Savage inequalities: How school funding intentionally privileges white, wealthy communities](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/07/savage-inequalities-how-school-funding-intentionally-privileges-white-wealthy-communities/) - 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 a $23 billion annual funding gap between White districts and districts of color. Ms. Stadler describes how states could allocate education dollars more equitably, benefitting at least 70% of students.
- [Too Late For Reform: Abolishing the Police in Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/07/too-late-for-reform-abolishing-the-police-in-schools/) - Toni Smith-Thompson, Senior Organizer at NY Civil Liberties Union, discusses the importance of replacing police presence in schools with restorative practices. Toni envisions ethical schools, in which all students feel both appreciated by and accountable to school communities, and conflicts are resolved internally. Students returning to school, many of whom will have experienced trauma associated with the pandemic and police violence, will need nurturing, not punitive measures.
- [*UPDATE* Civics education: A Constitutional right?](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/07/update-civics-education-a-constitutional-right/) - Last year we interviewed Mark Santow, one of the plaintiffs suing the State of Rhode Island under the 14th Amendment for failing to provide some students civics curricula and other components of an adequate education. After we revisit our interview, Dr. Santow updates us on the suit and reflects on the lawsuit’s particular relevance at a time of pandemic and the Mobilization for Black Lives.
- [Police and metal detectors in schools: Student perspectives](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/07/police-and-metal-detectors-in-schools-student-perspectives/) - Nia Morgan and Anahi Ortiz Fierros of Urban Youth Collaborative describe how police and metal detectors humiliate and traumatize students. The story of the "fork in the backpack" illustrates the system's absurdity. And while NYC school arrests are down overall, Black and Latinx students are arrested at much higher rates than white students. NYS legislature considers Solutions Not Suspensions Act. Campaigns for police-free schools are taking place around the country.
- [Supporting student civic activism: Social studies on steroids - Part 2](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/08/supporting-student-civic-activism-social-studies-on-steroids-part-2/) - Dr. Alan Singer, Dr. Pablo Muriel, and Gates Millennium Scholar Dennis Belen-Morales, three generations of teachers, describe how they center student activism in their project-based social studies and history classes while giving students the tools to pass the NYS Regents exams. Dr. Singer was Dr. Muriel’s professor in college, and Dr. Muriel was Mr. Belen-Morales’ high school teacher and college professor in turn. Now all three are at Hofstra University. Part 2 of a two-part series that contains lots of specific strategies for teachers and passion for civics education.
- [Audit culture: The dehumanization of education](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/08/audit-culture-the-dehumanization-of-education/) - World renowned educational consultant Bill Stroud talks about schooling within our capitalist culture and the impact that on-line learning will have on teachers' autonomy and teacher-student relationships. He discusses similarities and differences among classrooms in different countries, the potential impact of the Movement for Black Lives on schools, and what envisioning a different system of schools would look like.
- [Busting out of the classroom: Connecting local history to everyday life](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/08/busting-out-of-the-classroom-connecting-local-history-to-everyday-life/) - Social studies teacher David Edelman and student Raúl Baez speak about their class's "Virtual Walking Tour of Slavery in New York City" and other projects in which students become teachers. David's goal is to instill curiosity and encourage students to connect history to their lived experiences. He shares suggestions for virtual teaching and teacher collaboration.
- [Antiracism: Lessons for the classroom and faculty lounge](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/09/anti-racism-lessons-for-the-classroom-and-faculty-lounge/) - We speak with Mica Pollock about US vs Hate and Schooltalk. Student anti-racism messaging in any medium can catalyze youth activism. Comments embedded in teachers’ everyday communication can impact students’ lifetime trajectories.
- [Practicing ethics: Case studies](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/09/practicing-ethics-case-studies/) - We speak with Meira Levinson, Professor of Education at Harvard, about her website justiceinschools.org and books of “hard cases,” designed to help educators and youth workers think about the ethical implications of their decisions. Often, there are no perfect solutions, and these decisions can have far-reaching consequences in children’s lives. A former teacher herself, Meira would like teachers to be able to consult with specially trained school ethicists.
- [Identity-focused classes: Experiments in cultural relevance](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/09/identity-focused-classes-experiments-in-cultural-relevance/) - We speak with Dr. Emily Penner, who studied the impacts of two programs in which students delved into their respective races, ethnicities, and communities. San Francisco's was designed for academically-struggling students of a range of ethnicities. Oakland's was designed for young Black men across academic achievement levels, as part of the district's "targeted universalism" approach. The results, in both cases, were dramatic.
- [Education denied: What should reparations look like?](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/10/education-denied-what-should-reparations-look-like/) - Daarel Burnette II of Education Week delves into the history of Black communities demanding education and school boards conspiring to deprive them of opportunities and resources. We zoom in on Virginia's reparations to Black citizens, now in their 60's, who were excluded from schools when Prince Edward County shut its schools to avoid integration. Mr. Burnette, a “military brat,” theorizes about why children of Black military families do so much better academically than their civilian peers.
- [Students leading change: Inclusiveness at an elite school](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/10/students-leading-change-inclusiveness-at-an-elite-school/) - Stacey Cervellino Thorp and Naima Moffett-Warden teach drama at Manhattan's famed LaGuardia High School, and Abigail Rivera is a senior in the drama studio. Although all LaGuardia students are extraordinarily talented, their families, neighborhoods, and middle schools have vastly different resources. Students and faculty, led by students of color, have won changes and are demanding more steps to make the school more accessible and the curriculum more culturally responsive.
- [Holistic history: The African diaspora](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/10/holistic-history-the-african-diaspora/) - Dr. Kim Butler, who leads Rutgers's Africana Studies program, says that while we usually teach history and social studies in discreet, testable units, events are complex and interconnected. Slavery throughout the Americas was central to the development of capitalism. Dr. Butler describes how working class students often can't choose a liberal arts education because they have to focus on getting jobs.
- [The impact of deportation policies on Latinx students’ mental health](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/11/the-impact-of-deportation-policies-on-latinx-students-mental-health/) - Dr. Randy Capps, Director of Research for U.S. Programs at the Migration Policy Institute, surveyed Latinx high school students to see how fear of deportation – of their parents, relatives, friends, or themselves – impacts their mental health. The students, roughly half foreign-born and half US-born, suffered anxiety, depression, and PTSD at significantly higher rates than other students their age. Strong bonds immigrant students formed with one another were a source of mutual support. Students who engaged in public policy activism showed improved mental health.
- [BIPOC and undocumented: A trauma-filled intersection](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/11/bipoc-and-undocumented-a-trauma-filled-intersection/) - Dr. Christiana Best, who spent thirty years in the New York City child welfare system before becoming a full-time academic, discusses her personal experience of being left behind in Granada while her mother settled in the US. Dr. Best, now an assistant professor of social work at St. Joseph’s, delves into the difficulties of providing holistic support to immigrant children and families, who are (justifiably) hesitant to trust government agencies.
- [Students doing original research: Project-based learning in Ohio](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/12/students-doing-original-research-project-based-learning-in-ohio/) - We speak with middle school teachers, Debbie Holecko and Claudia Bestor, and their former student, Rafel Alshakergi, about a student-led research project that led to ethical civic engagement. Rafel explains how the experience emboldened her to ask questions and “speak [her] mind." The project, which got national attention, cut against Ohio's high-stakes test orientation; many teachers are afraid to do project-based learning because Ohio doesn't have tenure and bases 40% of teacher evaluation on student test scores. The teachers discuss how to meet standards through project-based learning. This interview is just a joy to listen to!
- [Dodging responsibility for our children: Reducing learning to test scores](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/12/dodging-responsibility-for-our-children-reducing-learning-to-test-scores/) - We speak with Samuel E. Abrams of Teachers College, Columbia University. The root problems in K12 education — including poverty-related stress and underpaid and underprepared teachers — are pervasive and expensive to fix. So instead, the U.S. has adopted a “commercial mindset,” measuring success through standardized test scores and increasingly outsourcing school management to for-profit and nonprofit corporations. Dr. Abrams explains what we can
- [Students as experts: Diversity, equity, and inclusion](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/12/students-as-experts-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/) - We speak with Dr. Judith King-Calnek, United Nations International School’s first Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Since UNIS faculty and students come from all over the world, they draw on one another’s backgrounds and lived experience in presenting and analyzing social issues. Faculty, parents, alumni, and, especially, students are involved in new DEI initiatives. Students are actually writing curriculum, providing feedback, and delivering DEI modules to
- [Supporting English Learners: pandemic and post-pandemic solutions](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/12/supporting-english-learners-pandemic-and-post-pandemic-solutions/) - We speak with Dr. Julie Sugarman of the Migration Policy Institute about meeting the needs of English Learners. We discuss the meaning and implications of ELs “falling behind” during virtual instruction and difficulties administering upcoming English language proficiency tests. Dr. Sugarman talks about a model for incorporating ELs into planning. She also talks about what is lost (and gained) through technology, given the importance of personal relationships to teaching and learning.
- [Policing attendance boundaries: Education as private property](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/01/policing-attendance-boundaries-education-as-private-property/) - We speak with Dr. LaToya Baldwin Clark, assistant professor at UCLA School of Law. Dr. Baldwin Clark explains how school boundaries are used for racial exclusion. In many cases, schools don’t just reflect, but cause, segregated neighborhoods. Dr. Baldwin Clark argues that closing the education gap isn’t just about bringing up the bottom, but bringing down the
- [Systemic racism in special education: Parent participation legitimizes inequities](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/01/systemic-racism-in-special-education-parent-participation-legitimizes-inequities/) - We continue our conversation with LaToya Baldwin Clark of UCLA School of Law. Dr. Baldwin Clark explains how the special education system advantages White middle class families. Poor families and families of color tend to lack cultural capital to navigate the system and advocate effectively for their children. While resources flow to White children with special needs, Black children tend to be stigmatized and placed
- [UPDATE: Moving toward admissions equity and culture change at Manhattan's Beacon High School](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/01/update-moving-toward-admissions-equity-and-culture-change-at-manhattans-beacon-high-school/) - We speak with Beacon PTA members Toni Smith-Thompson and Robin Broshi about NYC’s new requirements and the school's proposed admission plan. Then we listen back to last June's interview with activist students from the Beacon Union of Unions.
- [Districtwide decisions: Day to day ethical considerations](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/01/districtwide-decisions-day-to-day-ethical-considerations/) - We speak with Dan Callahan, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education in Peekskill City School District, 45 minutes north of Manhattan. The low-income district in wealthy Westchester is 70% Latino, including many students from immigrant families. We discuss how the district has adapted to rapid demographic changes and schools' role in helping students meet challenges. Mr. Callahan reflects on the decisions he and his staff make that impact students’ lives in very concrete ways, and the tension between consistency, applying the same rules for all students, and specificity, looking at the totality of circumstances in each individual case.
- [Student record privacy: Danger looms from police and hackers](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/02/student-record-privacy-danger-looms-from-police-and-hackers/) - We speak with Mark Lieberman, Education Week tech reporter. Pasco County FL schools give the sheriff records of students deemed "destined to a life of crime." NYS Education Department funded facial recognition of school visitors to schools. Hackers hold district data hostage for ransom. We discuss legal and ethical privacy issues in the age of tech, including the dilemmas for teachers if a "D" leads to a police database.
- [Historical accuracy and nuance: Teaching African American studies in Kentucky](https://ethicalschools.org/2025/01/historical-accuracy-and-nuance-teaching-african-american-studies-in-kentucky/) - We speak with Ahenewa El-Amin, who teaches AP African American Studies in Kentucky, a state with a law restricting teaching about the legacy of slavery. Ms. El-Amin discusses the law as well as how she is able to teach the history of Kentucky, a state that is "north and south," and open students' minds to new perspectives..
- [Transcription of the episode “Historical accuracy and nuance: Teaching African American studies in Kentucky”](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/12/transcription-of-the-episode-historical-accuracy-and-nuance-teaching-african-american-studies-in-kentucky/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Ahenewa El- Amin. Ms. El- Amin teaches AP African American Studies at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky. Since 2021, 18 states, including Kentucky, have imposed bans or restrictions on how teachers can
- [Toward antiracism: The evolution of an undergraduate teacher ed program](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/03/toward-antiracism-the-evolution-of-an-undergraduate-teacher-ed-program/) - We speak with Dr. Marsha Daria of Western Connecticut State University. Dr. Daria teaches undergraduate courses in the Department of Education and Educational Psychology. She explains how in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, the department reconfigured its curriculum to center social justice, equity, and self-reflection. She discusses the department's recruitment initiatives to increase teacher candidate diversity.
- [The bigger picture: High school improvement in the Bronx](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/03/the-bigger-picture-high-school-improvement-in-the-bronx/) - We speak with Grace Alli Brandstein, an improvement and instructional coach with the New York City Department of Education. Ms. Brandstein works with Bronx high schools that the State has designated as needing support. This is part one of a two part interview. Today, we discuss challenges teachers and students at these schools face, and their everyday achievements. Ms. Brandstein talks about the impacts, both positive and negative, of being rated as needing improvement, especially the pressure it puts administrators, teachers, and students. Next week, Ms. Brandstein talks about abolitionist education.
- [Shared visions: Creating an abolitionist school culture](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/03/shared-visions-creating-an-abolitionist-school-culture/) - We continue our conversation with Grace Alli Brandstein, a school improvement and instructional coach supporting struggling high schools in the Bronx. This week, Ms. Brandstein focuses on humane, antiracist education, and explains Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s construct of literacy as identity, skills, intellect, criticality, and joy. She also speaks about the conditions for successful adult learning, giving teachers the training they need to lead one another and the space to coalesce around a shared vision, expectations, and protocols.
- [Grief and loss: Supporting students, families, and teachers in a pandemic (encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/03/grief-and-loss-supporting-students-families-and-teachers-in-a-pandemic-encore/) - As of today, March 31st, 2021, over 550,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. We're reposting our conversation with Cynthia Trapanese former grief counselor, now teacher, who explains that the adults in a school need to grapple with their own losses in order to help children and families.
- [Making antiracist change: A template for educational leaders](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/04/making-anti-racist-change-a-template-for-educational-leaders/) - We speak with Dr. Sarah Diem of University of Missouri and Dr. Anjalé Welton of University of Wisconsin, Madison. They discuss the seemingly neutral "colorevasive" policies that actually reinforce racial inequity. Drs. Diem and Welton present an action protocol for school and district leaders who seek to create antiracist schools.
- [Ethical outreach: a parent coordinator anchors immigrant families](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/04/ethical-outreach-a-parent-coordinator-anchors-immigrant-families/) - We speak with Herminia (Ita) Saldana, parent coordinator at MS 328, a middle school in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Every public school in NYC has a parent coordinator. Virtually all of the MS 328 students are current English Language Learners or have tested out of ELL status. As parent coordinator, Ita encourages and facilitates parent engagement as both advocate and navigator. She also helps recent immigrant families to access all kinds of community services as they adapt to life in NYC.
- [Students as subjects: Ethical considerations of research in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/04/students-as-subjects-ethical-considerations-of-research-in-schools/) - We talk with Marianna Azar, Director and Chair of the NYC DOE's Institutional Review Boards. The IRBs review all research proposals conducted through the schools to make sure they are conducted ethically and that the benefits to the students outweigh any burdens. In Part 1 of a 2-part interview, Ms. Azar describes how the IRBs work and their impact on researchers, schools, students and parents. Next week we’ll continue exploring the ethical issues that confront IRBs, including issues raised by Big Data.
- [Critical analysis: not just for students](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/05/critical-analysis-not-just-for-students/) - We speak with Dr. Sam Abrams of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education (NCSPE) at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Abrams describes his analyses of statistics released by local and national education systems and widely disseminated by the media. Sometimes the reports are wrong or misleading, which can have serious consequences
- [Creating antiracist classrooms: Listening and other essential skills](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/05/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 students over time, even watching the media they watch, to get a better understanding of their life experiences. He describes how to create fair strategies for resolving conflicts and for grading and he explains how to introduce complex subject matter in ways that students find relevant.
- [Black men as teachers: Recruitment, retention, development, empowerment](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/06/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 and Latino men to support one another in their teaching and their lives. Although having Black teachers benefits Black and white children alike, U.S. schools have few Black teachers, and even fewer Black men. BOND works to make schools better places for boys of color, making it more likely that they’ll go into teaching, and better for Black men, so they’ll be more likely to stay in teaching. Networks and partnerships, especially with HBCUs, are crucial.
- [Holistic education: Joy, wellness, and rigor](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/06/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 says all teachers, no matter their subject areas, should have expertise in teaching reading and students with moderate disabilities. The arts are central to her educational vision. Dr. Nathan talks about how to achieve predictable and collaborative authentic assessment of student work and how to deal with standardized test requirements when necessary. She also describes why "grit" is not enough for student success when students are caught in the insidious web of a racist system.
- [Air quality in schools: At the intersection of technology and equity](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/06/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 COVID-19 by improving indoor air quality. Like so much else about schools, air quality comes down to resources, in this case, for infrastructure and maintenance. Also, there has been no central source of reliable information for district administrators. While COVID-19 has drawn our attention to air circulation and ventilation, there are other reasons to be concerned about air quality. Not only are there other airborne pathogens, but studies show that learning improves with better indoor air quality.
- [Authentic history: Too uncomfortable for white kids?](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/06/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 racism in US history. We discuss a just-enacted law in Oklahoma that tries to ban teaching history that may make any students "uncomfortable" and how unions and educators are responding.
- [The attack on public education: Will public schools survive?](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/07/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 red states. Professor Black argues that these will permanently reduce education funding levels and threaten the very existence of public schools. We also talk about the #RedforEd resistance and the need to substantially increase funding for schools with many low-income students.
- [Addressing teachers’ trauma; plus, antiracist teaching in a white classroom](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/07/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 how and why of teaching about white privilege in an all-white classroom.
- [Teaching differently about being "modern": Questioning Western mindsets](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/07/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 "naturalness" of racial capitalism and its development. Lev and Dr. Mignolo discuss what this can look like in high school and college classrooms.
- [Savage inequalities: How school funding intentionally privileges white, wealthy communities (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/07/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 a $23 billion annual funding gap between White districts and districts of color. Ms. Stadler describes how states could allocate education dollars more equitably, benefitting at least 70% of students.
- [The Algebra Project: Bob Moses on math literacy as a Civil Right (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/07/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 Freedom Summer voting rights campaign--talked about math literacy as an organizing tool to guarantee quality public school education for all children. He described the Algebra Project’s strategies to connect math to students’ life experiences and everyday language.
- [The power of happiness: A Buddhist approach to secular education](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/08/the-power-of-happiness-a-buddhist-approach-to-secular-education/) - We speak with Drs. Isabel Nuñez and Jason Goulah, editors of "Hope and Joy in Education: Engaging Daisaku Ikeda across curriculum and context." According to Ikeda, the internationally-famous Buddhist philosopher, education should first and foremost engender happiness and instill habits of global citizenship. Drs. Nuñez and Goulah talk about implications for teachers' classroom practice.
- [Disrupting power structures: Organizing youth for equity in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/08/disrupting-power-structures-organizing-youth-for-equity-in-schools/) - We speak with Keith Catone, executive director of CYCLE, the Center for Youth & Community Leadership in Education at Roger Williams University. CYCLE helps students, those who are most affected by school policies, to destabilize systemic power hierarchies, and encourages teachers to adopt an "organizing disposition." Through trainings and ongoing support, CYCLE helps community youth organizations to build capacity, alliances, and power to achieve equity-based change.
- [”No excuses” charter schools: Teaching to the script](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/08/no-excuses-charter-schools-teaching-to-the-script/) - We speak with Dr. Joanne Golann of Vanderbilt University, author of "Scripting the Moves: Culture and Control in a No Excuses Charter School.” Corporate-run charter networks instill obedience and conformity above all else, leaving nothing to chance (or creativity). We look at the academic and social outcomes of "no excuses" schools, and the reasons for their lavish funding.
- [Transitions to adulthood: Supporting teens with mental health issues](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/08/transitions-to-adulthood-supporting-teens-with-mental-health-issues/) - We speak with Dr. Marsha Ellison and Evelyn Frankford about assisting students with serious mental health challenges make transitions from high school. These students often don’t receive the supports they want and need, especially finding work or navigating college disability accommodations. Long-term relationships with a knowledgeable adult and positive youth development strategies can make a difference—but require commitments of time and money.
- [Identity vs branding: The power of messiness](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/09/identity-vs-branding-the-power-of-messiness/) - Part One of a two-part interview. We speak with Dr. Garrett Broad of Fordham University about social media and how it informs student outlooks. One of Dr. Broad’s key objectives is to help students to be comfortable with the messiness--the fluidity and complexity--of identity and to resist the pressure to be fully formed, branded. High school teachers can help students to understand the factors that shape people's perspectives.They can encourage students to be open-minded, cultivate intellectual humility, and "show up” for social justice.
- [Theory meets practice: no magic carrots](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/09/theory-meets-practice-no-magic-carrots/) - We continue our conversation with Dr. Garrett Broad of Fordham University, talking about high school and college students' experiences working with non-profits and about what students know/should learn about food and food justice. Students often join non-profits with unrealistic expectations. There are tensions between keeping the organization afloat and pursuing radical change.There are no silver bullets; entrenched problems have complex solutions.
- [Leaving students behind: The tyranny of testing](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/09/leaving-students-behind-the-tyranny-of-testing/) - Bob Schaeffer, Executive Director of FairTest, talks about high-stakes standardized tests as barriers to equal opportunity. Fairer college admissions criteria are increasing admissions diversity, but well-funded supporters of high-stakes tests are still resisting replacement of the tests in elementary and secondary schools. Many schools eliminated high-stakes testing during the pandemic, and FairTest supports making high-stakes waivers or repeals permanent.
- [Malign neglect: School systems fail immigrant students](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/09/malign-neglect-school-systems-fail-immigrant-students/) - We welcome back Stephanie Carnes, a school social worker who has worked extensively with Central American immigrant students and their families. School systems are designed for homogenous student populations, rather than the diverse reality. Despite new immigrants’ high motivation levels, they often fail for lack of support. School social workers could help design asset-based programs but often aren’t given a seat at the table.
- [Math literacy: Every student’s right](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/09/math-literacy-every-students-right/) - We speak with Dr. Terri Bucci of the Mathematics Literacy Initiative at Ohio State University, Mansfield. Beginning in kindergarten, the MLI builds on Bob Moses’s Algebra Project. Like reading and writing literacies, students need to understand the language of math to succeed in today’s world. Through shared experiences and reflections, the MLI makes math accessible and fun. This is Part One of a two-part interview.
- [Math literacy: Every student’s right (Part 2)](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/10/math-literacy-every-students-right-part-2/) - We continue our conversation with Dr. Terri Bucci of the Mathematics Literacy Initiative at OSU’s Mansfield campus. Dr. Bucci observes that we rarely ask children how they learn best. MLI’s implementation of the Algebra Project changes the classroom culture, giving agency to even the youngest students. “We have to get rid of 'sharecropper education.'" Dr. Bucci talks about the constitutional amendment that Bob Moses envisioned, guaranteeing a quality education to every child.
- [Engaging young black men in school: What we can learn from art class (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/10/engaging-young-black-men-in-school-what-we-can-learn-from-art-class-encore/) - Dr. Don Siler, a researcher and inservice teacher educator, himself a former high school dropout, discusses how art classrooms invite students to be themselves, to explore their lived experiences, and to work on projects that mean something to them. Student engagement in the art classroom can be leveraged across subject areas by incorporating both the arts and art-based pedagogy throughout the curriculum. Student outcomes improve when we broaden the ways in which students get information, process the information, and demonstrate their understanding of the information.
- [Global citizenship education: Building on the legacy of Paulo Freire](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/10/global-citizenship-education-building-on-the-legacy-of-paulo-freire/) - We speak with Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor at UCLA. Dr. Torres worked closely with Paulo Freire and now directs the UCLA Paulo Freire Institute. He argues that we need to create a model of ethics education that combines social justice and natural justice, or sustainability. Freire viewed the planet as an oppressed entity. We talk about creating a political culture in our schools that centers peace and the global commons, what in other places is called civic culture. Part one of a two-part interview.
- [Anna Allanbrook on Brooklyn New School: Centering children, marginalizing tests (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/11/anna-allanbrook-on-brooklyn-new-school-centering-children-marginalizing-tests-encore/) - We speak with Anna Allanbrook, longtime principal of Brooklyn New School (BNS). Learning at BNS is inquiry-based and cross-disciplinary. As well, BNS is known as the “opt-out school” because 95% of families opt out of standardized testing. The school offers no test preparation.
- [Gender Inclusivity: Where Science and Ethics Intersect (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/11/gender-inclusivity-where-science-and-ethics-intersect-encore/) - We speak with high school science teachers and trans men, Sam Long and Lewis Maday-Travis, who have developed resources and trainings to help biology teachers develop gender-inclusive curricula. Science tells us that sexual and gender diversity is both normal and positive.
- [Doing democracy: School participatory budgeting](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/12/doing-democracy-school-participatory-budgeting/) - We speak with Dr. Danel Schugurensky and Tara Bartlett of Arizona State University and Madison Rock of the Center for the Future of Arizona about school participatory budgeting in Arizona and worldwide. Students, and sometimes parents and school staff, determine how a pool of money will be spent. By participating in democratic, meaningful decision-making, students become acclimated to civic engagement. Trust and other positive elements of school climate increase as well.
- [Climate education: not just for science class](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/12/climate-education-not-just-for-science-class/) - We speak with Dr. Deb L. Morrison, research scientist at the University of Washington School of Education, about centering climate science throughout the K-12 curriculum. Dr. Morrison talks about ClimeTime, a Washington State-funded program that teaches how to engage in climate science and climate justice education across disciplines, and describes nationally-available resources. She emphasizes the importance of integrating society, technology, and science education and says that climate science can be taught even in very conservative areas through place-based education, addressing what matters to kids in their communities.
- [Policing attendance boundaries: Education as private property (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/12/policing-attendance-boundaries-education-as-private-property-encore/) - We speak with Dr. LaToya Baldwin Clark, assistant professor at UCLA School of Law. Dr. Baldwin Clark explains how school boundaries are used for racial exclusion. In many cases, schools don’t just reflect, but cause, segregated neighborhoods. Dr. Baldwin Clark argues that closing the education gap isn’t just about bringing up the bottom, but bringing down the top as well. Parents, teachers, and administrators need to work together to prevent children from benefiting from unearned privilege. Inequality is intrinsically detrimental.
- [Systemic racism in special education: Parent participation legitimizes inequities (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/12/systemic-racism-in-special-education-parent-participation-legitimizes-inequities-encore/) - We continue our conversation with LaToya Baldwin Clark of UCLA School of Law. Dr. Baldwin Clark explains how the special education system advantages White middle class families. Poor families and families of color tend to lack cultural capital to navigate the system and advocate effectively for their children. While resources flow to White children with special needs, Black children tend to be stigmatized and placed in more restrictive settings. Dr. Baldwin Clark offers recommendations.
- [Successful Teaching Careers: Empowering Non-Traditional Candidates](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/12/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.
- [Transcription of the episode "Successful Teaching Careers: Empowering Non-Traditional Candidates"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/12/transcription-of-the-episode-successful-teaching-careers-empowering-non-traditional-candidates/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Kathryn Spence, director of the Peter Sammartino School of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. Under her leadership, social justice, and educational equity are central to both theory and practice. Welcome, Kate. [00:00:33] Kate
- [Efforts to ban books escalate: Tips for resistance](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/01/efforts-to-ban-books-escalate-tips-for-resistance/) - We speak with Dr. Richard Price, associate professor of political science at Weber State University, about recent attempts to ban books, especially those about GLBTQIA+ people and people of color, from classrooms and school libraries across the country. (Spoiler alert: it's not only in red states). Dr. Price offers strategies for teachers, principals, and school districts for responding to book challenges.
- [Radical care: Leading with love](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/01/radical-care-leading-with-love/) - We speak with Dr. Rosa Rivera-McCutchen, associate professor of leadership studies at Lehman College, CUNY, about the importance of school leaders and teachers practicing radical care, including listening with intent and addressing skill gaps with honesty. Dr. Rivera-McCutchen talks about the importance of teachers getting to know the life of the neighborhoods around their schools.
- [From Skinner to computer-based education: Can machines teach?](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/01/from-skinner-to-computer-based-education-can-machines-teach/) - We speak with independent journalist Audrey Watters, author of "Teaching machines: The history of personalized learning," about the origins of teaching machines and the pedagogies that incorporate mechanical devices for teaching and learning. Ms. Watters explains how BF Skinner’s emphasis on behaviorism, in combination with commercial opportunism, has led in some cases to the supplanting of teachers by computer software.
- [Mentors and passages: The power of teen-centric programs](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/01/mentors-and-passages-the-power-of-teen-centric-programs/) - We speak with Al Kurland, longtime leader of out-of-school-time programs in Upper Manhattan’s Washington Heights. Mr. Kurland founded youth programs that help teens to “rewrite their stories” with the support of adult and peer mentors. He collaborated with other local youth organizations, creating a cluster of empowering and horizon-broadening experiences for students, helping many expand "tunnel vision."
- [Dismantling bias in schools: A multiyear model](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/02/dismantling-bias-in-schools-a-multiyear-model/) - We speak with Dr. John Pascarella, Chief Academic Officer of K-12 Professional Learning at USC Race and Equity Center. The Center works with schools to identify disparate outcomes for students and strategies to eliminate them. Dr. Pascarella discusses the need for educators to stand up against systemic bias as it occurs in daily school life. He points out that we need to be aware that we are all inevitably involved in differential power relationships and offers suggestions for teachers engaging in ongoing self-reflection.
- [National Sex Ed Standards: Equity and expanded comfort zones](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/02/national-sex-ed-standards-equity-and-expanded-comfort-zones/) - We speak with Brittany McBride, Associate Director, Sexuality Education at Advocates for Youth, who partners with schools to provide the complete sex education that all students deserve. Though parents, students, and teachers largely agree on sex ed's importance, few teachers (other than health teachers and PE coaches) have any formal training, and many parents haven’t had sex ed themselves.
- [Students doing original research: Project-based learning in Ohio (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/02/students-doing-original-research-project-based-learning-in-ohio-encore/) - We speak with middle school teachers, Debbie Holecko and Claudia Bestor, and their former student, Rafel Alshakergi, about a student-led research project that led to ethical civic engagement. Rafel explains how the experience emboldened her to ask questions and “speak [her] mind.” The project, which got national attention, cut against Ohio’s high-stakes test orientation; many teachers are afraid to do project-based learning because Ohio doesn’t have tenure and bases 40% of teacher evaluation on student test scores. The teachers discuss how to meet standards through project-based learning. This interview is just a joy to listen to! (Encore)
- [Indigenous erasure: The battle for inclusive state standards in South Dakota](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/03/indigenous-erasure-the-battle-for-inclusive-state-standards-in-south-dakota/) - Sherry Johnson, tribal education director for the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, an Oceti Sakowin treaty tribe, talks about the efforts to have South Dakota’s students learn about Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota history and culture. South Dakota’s right wing governor and her appointees have rejected state standards that include critical thinking and accurate state history, sparking strong resistance.
- [Gender and sexually diverse students: Creating comfortable schools](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/03/gender-and-sexually-diverse-students-creating-comfortable-schools/) - We speak with Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer of the University of Colorado about ensuring that K-12 schools are welcoming and safe for students with non-normative gender identities and expressions. Dr. Meyer found that these students thrive in schools that center student-directed learning and interdisciplinary exploration as opposed to schools that replicate society’s toxic hierarchies. Generally, students are much more comfortable talking about issues related to gender diversity than their teachers or parents.
- [Abolitionist education: Creating liberatory spaces (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/03/abolitionist-education-creating-liberatory-spaces-encore/) - We speak with Swarthmore’s Dr. Edwin Mayorga, who explains how abolitionist classrooms and schools create “freedom as a place” in contrast to racial capitalism. Dr. Mayorga encourages educators to center joy and healing. We also discuss the corporatization of schools that reduces students to their test scores. Schools, as “localized nodes of political power,” should adopt democratic processes that cultivate voice, participation, and collaboration.
- [Why Geoffrey Canada is wrong: Defending schools as democratic spaces](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/04/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.
- [School behind bars: Meeting the needs of traumatized kids](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/04/school-behind-bars-meeting-the-needs-of-traumatized-kids/) - We speak with Melissa Svigelj-Smith, graduate fellow at University of California at Santa Cruz, about her experience teaching high school students awaiting case outcomes at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center. Meaningful communication with students' schools about records and students' social emotional needs was often very difficult. Ms. Svigelj-Smith talks about the ethical dilemma of wanting to advocate for improved resources for students without wanting more money to go into a system that kids should not be in in the first place. And in many cases, in Cleveland and throughout the country, prosecutors charge children as adults depriving them of any access whatsoever to educational resources.
- [Translanguaging: Inviting the whole child into the classroom](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/05/translanguaging-inviting-the-whole-child-into-the-classroom/) - We speak with Dr. Cecilia Espinosa and Dr. Laura Ascenzi-Moreno, co-authors of "Rooted in Strength: Using Translanguaging to Grow Multilingual Readers and Writers." Traditionally, teachers have brought language to students rather than accepting and acknowledging children's entire linguistic repertoires. Communities and families often have fluid language practices; when teachers impose strict separation of languages, they limit students’ creative and critical thought processes.
- [Evolving demographics: Rural schools in transition](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/06/evolving-demographics-rural-schools-in-transition/) - We speak with Dr. David Fine, school superintendent in Dover, a mostly white small town in rural Dutchess County, NY, where longtime residents have been joined by other families to create a more diverse and integrated demographic base. Dr. Fine emphasizes inclusivity, building close relationships with families, and encouraging student engagement in conversations across divides. As there are few social service or mental health programs nearby, Dover schools fill critical roles in the community.
- [Holistic education: Joy, wellness, and rigor (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/07/holistic-education-joy-wellness-and-rigor-2/) - 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 says all teachers, no matter their subject areas, should have expertise in teaching reading and students with moderate disabilities. The arts are central to her educational vision. Dr. Nathan talks about how to achieve predictable and collaborative authentic assessment of student work and how to deal with standardized test requirements when necessary. She also describes why "grit" is not enough for student success when students are caught in the insidious web of a racist system.
- [Descriptive inquiry: Teachers talking about hard subjects](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/07/descriptive-inquiry-teachers-talking-about-hard-subjects/) - We speak with Dr. Cecelia Traugh and Dr. Cara Furman, co-authors of “Descriptive Inquiry in Teacher Practice: Cultivating Practical Wisdom to Create Democratic Schools.” Descriptive inquiry is a structured, collaborative process in which teachers share and get practical feedback on classroom challenges. Breaking down teachers' isolation, descriptive inquiry encourages non-confrontational conversations about racial and other biases. Teachers benefit not only from the wisdom of their colleagues but also from the safe space and supportive community.
- [Technology: What's hype and what helps ](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/08/technology-whats-hype-and-what-helps/) - We speak with Dr. Justin Reich, director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, and host of the TeachLab podcast, about education technology. Hailed by some as the great equalizer, the beneficiaries of ed tech tend to be white and affluent. Focused on equity by design, Dr. Reich observes that when teachers learn, they have insufficient opportunities to practice. So he and his colleagues are creating digital clinical simulations, practice spaces for teachers. They’re also helping educators to figure out what they can stop doing, to allow more time for what's useful.
- [Reimagining the school system: Centering children, families, and teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/09/reimagining-the-school-system-centering-children-families-and-teachers/) - Guest interviewer Lev Moscow joins Jon in conversation with Santiago Taveras, principal of Charter High School for Computer Engineering and Innovation and former deputy chancellor of the NYC Department of Education. Santi talks about false assumptions that school systems make about teachers, students, and parents. He discusses why so much professional development wastes teachers' time, why college for all is a misguided target, and why so much DOE money gets misspent.
- [Early childhood classes: Crucial (and endangered) developmental support](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/09/early-childhood-classes-crucial-and-endangered-developmental-support/) - We talk with Lesley Koplow of the Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice at Bank Street College and Allison Demas, an instructional coordinator in the NYC Dept. of Education about the recent struggle in NYC to save social worker and IC positions and why these roles are so important for children's emotional and academic development.
- [Undocumented students: Keeping secrets, navigating obstacles](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/12/undocumented-students-keeping-secrets-navigating-obstacles/) - Dr. Gerardo Mancilla, associate professor in the School of Education at Edgewood College and host of Educators and Immigration podcast, reflects on his experiences as an undocumented student in the ‘90s. We discuss what has changed, and what hasn’t. Overview 00:00-00:40 Intros 00:40-09:15 Experiences as an undocumented student 09:15-12:03 Changes for undocumented students since the
- [The purpose of education: Educating for a solutionary future?](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/10/the-purpose-of-education-educating-for-a-solutionary-future/) - We welcome back Zoe Weil, president and co-founder of the Institute for Humane Education, to speak about her recent Psychology Today column on the purpose of education. Although the official goal of many school systems is to prepare students for global competition, compassion, cooperation, and creativity are the qualities we should be emphasizing. A generation of solutionaries has a much better chance of creating a sustainable planet where humans and animals other than humans can thrive.
- [Cultural responsiveness: is music optional?](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/11/cultural-responsiveness-is-music-optional/) - We speak with Dr. Anne Smith, longtime music teacher in Northern Virginia, about accommodating cultural differences. Dr. Smith created an alternate curriculum for students whose traditions don’t allow secular music-making. We discuss the extent to which parents should be able to influence what their students learn. We also talk about why music and art are treated as lesser (“special”) subjects.
- [Recruiting teachers of color: What works](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/11/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.
- [Practicing ethics: Case studies (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/11/practicing-ethics-case-studies-encore/) - We speak with Meira Levinson, Professor of Education at Harvard, about her website justiceinschools.org and books of “hard cases,” designed to help educators and youth workers think about the ethical implications of their decisions. Often, there are no perfect solutions, and these decisions can have far-reaching consequences in children’s lives. A former teacher herself, Meira would like teachers to be able
- [Climate education: not just for science class (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/12/climate-education-not-just-for-science-class-encore/) - We speak with Dr. Deb L. Morrison, research scientist at the University of Washington School of Education, about centering climate science throughout the K-12 curriculum. Dr. Morrison talks about ClimeTime, a Washington State-funded program that teaches how to engage in climate science and climate justice education across disciplines, and describes nationally-available resources. She emphasizes the
- [Gender and sexually diverse students: Creating comfortable schools (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/12/gender-and-sexually-diverse-students-creating-comfortable-schools-encore/) - We speak with Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer of the University of Colorado about ensuring that K-12 schools are welcoming and safe for students with non-normative gender identities and expressions. Dr. Meyer found that these students thrive in schools that center student-directed learning and interdisciplinary exploration as opposed to schools that replicate society’s toxic hierarchies. Generally, students are much more
- [Norman Fruchter on the pioneering alternative high school he and colleagues built in Newark in the 1970s (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/01/norman-fruchter-on-the-pioneering-alternative-high-school-he-and-colleagues-built-in-newark-in-the-1970s-encore/) - We speak with Norm Fruchter, long-time educational activist and thought leader, about Independence School, an experimental high school where the ideal was that someone walking into a classroom couldn’t tell the teacher from the students. We discuss lessons learned – and perhaps forgotten – about supporting students whose original schools failed them. Among the school’s strengths were authentic, enduring relationships among teachers and students, teaching strategies that enabled illiterate students to learn to read without embarrassment, month-long internship breaks, and curriculum that referenced students’ life experiences.
- [Climate anxiety: a generational plague](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/01/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.
- [ChatGTP: Cheating optimizer or force for teaching transformation?](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/02/chatgtp-cheating-optimizer-or-force-for-teaching-transformation/) - We speak with Lev Moscow and Richard Miller, veteran high school teachers, about the panic around the release of chatGPT. The AI tool produces respectable essays that students can pass off as their own. The best teachers already focus on process, and chatGPT could force all schools to change their approach.
- [Intersections: Supporting Black LGBTQIA+ students](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/02/intersections-supporting-black-lgbtqia-students/) - We speak with Dr. David Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, NBJC, about the challenges faced by Black LGBTQIA+ students. Most young people at this intersection live in the South among other Black people, not in secular, gay-friendly cities like San Francisco or Hollywood.These young people face economic and cultural barriers to accessing mental health services, Dr. Johns explains how, rather than telling these students what sorts of support they need, adults should ask them.
- [Restorative Justice: Cultivating cohesive communities](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/03/restorative-justice-cultivating-cohesive-communities/) - We speak with Sarah Eblen and Reginald Berry Jr., former middle school teachers and now district coordinators for the restorative justice program in the Kansas City Public Schools. Eighty percent of RJ is community building and 20% conflict resolution. When there is a conflict, the RJ process ensures that everyone — students, teachers, and parents — feels heard. Since the program started, classroom behavior problems have decreased, students’ out-of-school relationships have improved, and teacher satisfaction with the disciplinary process has increased.
- [Challenging credentialism: An alternative vision of education](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/03/challenging-credentialism-an-alternative-vision-of-education/) - 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.
- [Towards the school you want to see: Plan, Act, Reflect, Repeat](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/04/towards-the-school-you-want-to-see-plan-act-reflect-repeat/) - We speak with Justin Cohen, whose work focuses on the intersections of education, race, privilege, and public policy. Cohen's recent book is Change Agents: Transforming Schools From the Ground Up. He looks at ways a faculty can systematically improve its school. Knowing the community and having honest and difficult conversations about race are critical.
- ["Parents' rights" campaigns: Targeting school books and curricula](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/05/parents-rights-campaigns-targeting-school-books-and-curricula/) - Dr. Melissa Deckman, CEO of PRRI, Public Religion Research Institute, analyzes current “parents' rights" campaigns and their precedents. At a time of demographic change, conservative Christians seek to ban books and curricula that conflict with their educational agenda. Dr. Deckman discusses the use of social media and the importance of where people get their news in shaping these battles. PRRI's polling data show what parents and the public think about school issues.
- [Inquiry and interpretation: Learning US history from primary sources](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/06/inquiry-and-interpretation-learning-us-history-from-primary-sources/) - We speak with Lee Schere, Director of Teaching and Learning at the Office of K-16 Initiatives of CUNY about the Debating U.S. History Program, an inquiry-based curriculum and teacher learning program. Students learn that history is not one set of agreed-upon events and interpretations. Though designed for NYC schools, the curriculum is available free to teachers everywhere.
- [School district battles: Protecting education from bans](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/06/school-district-battles-protecting-education-from-bans/) - We speak with Mike Gottesman, founder of New Jersey Public Education Coalition (NJPEC), a grassroots organization that educates and activates NJ citizens in school districts to protect the integrity of schools from conservative extremist groups. NJPEC organizes on-the-ground support for community members and provides information for school board candidates, In its first year, the Coalition has grown to1500 members along with subject matter experts and partner organizations.
- [“The hate level is unreal": fighting book bans and protecting librarians](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/11/the-hate-level-is-unreal-fighting-book-bans-and-protecting-librarians/) - We speak with Amanda Jones, a school librarian in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Ms. Jones is the author of "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.” The book recounts how speaking out for race- and gender-related books in libraries led to her being targeted and threatened by book-banning extremists. She describes initial abandonment by friends and colleagues who were afraid to speak up. But nationwide, librarians and their constituents are fighting back. Ms. Jones includes tips for librarians and teachers facing attacks.
- [Surveillance in school: Invasive technology, junk science](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/07/surveillance-in-school-invasive-technology-junk-science/) - We speak with Albert Fox Cahn and Sarah Roth of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, or S.T.O.P., about the increasing use of surveillance technology to track students. Claiming their technology can predict who will be a threat to themselves or the school, companies market programs that report to school officials on students' keystrokes, words, and behaviors. School officials can provide it to law enforcement or parents.
- [Opening up: Recreating schools as a community](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/07/opening-up-recreating-schools-as-a-community/) - Drs. Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran, co-authors of "The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy,” talk about co-creating and co-producing school initiatives with parents and community members. "Openness" is a radical departure from legacy closed systems, and begins with “openers,” those committed to ensuring that all stakeholders, especially those traditionally far from power, are full participants. The opening process can start in one classroom, one school, or one district, and can be adapted in other settings.
- [“The hate level is unreal”: fighting book bans and protecting librarians](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/11/the-hate-level-is-unreal-fighting-book-bans-and-protecting-librarians-2/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Amanda Jones, a school librarian in Watson, a small town in Livingston Parish in southern Louisiana. She grew up in Watson and attended the school where she's now worked for 24 years. Amanda
- [Solving teacher shortages: It’s not just pay](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/08/solving-teacher-shortages-its-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.
- [Paying it forward: a peer-staffed program for navigating college admissions](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/08/paying-it-forward-a-peer-staffed-program-for-navigating-college-admissions/) - We speak with Michael Sanchez, executive director of Circle Match (formerly TCAT), a program that helps students in underserved high schools apply to colleges. Circle Match serves low income students, primarily of color, who are the first in their families to apply to college. Participants in turn assist classmates, thus creating a college-going culture and subsequently on-campus support. Circle Match students have been extraordinarily successful in gaining admission to elite colleges and universities.
- [What Would YOU Do?](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/09/what-would-you-do-2/) - Today we're here to invite you to watch our new video podcast series "What Would YOU do?". Created in partnership with EdEthics of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, each episode includes a dramatization of an ethical dilemma that could be faced by educators along with a discussion of the case facilitated by Harvard professor Meira Levinson. We have two episodes available on our website and they are a great resource for PD! One examines the debate over a form of project-based civics education called Action Civics, in which students research a topic of their choosing and then take action to create change. A parent’s campaign to end the action civics project prompts a high school to examine the purpose of civic education, the rights of young people to influence their community, and the ways that polarized discourse influences schools. The second episode explores the challenges of teaching about climate change in a community where a large portion of the residents work in the natural gas industry. A new science teacher is surprised when many of her students and their parents object to her lessons on climate change. How far should the beliefs and values of the local community in which a school is embedded inform curricular and other teaching decisions? To watch, simply go to our website ethicalschools.org and click on VIDEOS. We hope you like it!
- [Cultural responsiveness: is music optional? (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/10/cultural-responsiveness-is-music-optional-encore/) - We speak with Dr. Anne Smith, longtime music teacher in Northern Virginia, about accommodating cultural differences. Dr. Smith created an alternate curriculum for students whose traditions don’t allow secular music-making. We discuss the extent to which parents should be able to influence what their students learn. We also talk about why music and art are treated as lesser (“special”) subjects.
- [Experiential learning: Where human history and nature connect](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/10/experiential-learning-where-human-history-and-nature-connect/) - We speak with Jackie Broder, director of the Mamakating Environmental Education Center in New York’s Catskill Mountains. The Center abuts the Basha Kill wetland, a vital self-contained ecosystem. It helps students, families, and community members to connect with the area's distinct biodiversity and rich history and to develop an emotional connection with nature.
- [Developing public communication skills: Speech and debate team](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/11/developing-public-communication-skills-speech-and-debate-team/) - We speak with Denver English teacher and speech/debate coach Anna Steed about the benefits of speech and debate competition. Students acquire critical communication skills and self-confidence; students of color and low-income students can become more comfortable in majority-white, middle-class environments similar to those they may encounter in college. For many students who have challenging home lives, speech and debate opens up worlds of possibility.
- [Solving chronic absence: A whole-school approach (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/11/solving-chronic-absence-a-whole-school-approach-encore/) - We speak with Hedy N. Chang of Attendance Works, who describes the long-term impact on student success of chronic absence in all grades. Framing chronic absence as a truancy issue can increase alienation from school. Distinctions between excused and unexcused absences can unfairly penalize low-income students and students of color. Chronic absence rates may hit 40% this year. Ms. Chang discusses relationship-based strategies for mitigating absenteeism.
- [Soledad Hiciano on nurturing and educating immigrant children in an age of deportation and deprivation](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/07/soledad-hiciano-on-nurturing-and-educating-immigrant-children-in-an-age-of-deportation-and-deprivation/) - We speak with Soledad Hiciano, executive director of Community Association of Progressive Dominicans (ACDP), a multi-service community organization in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. She describes the challenges of supporting children who may have experienced multiple traumas, including homelessness and the deportation of close relatives.
- [Creating the conditions: Sustaining "caring for" education](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/12/creating-the-conditions-sustaining-caring-for-education/) - We speak with Chris Lehmann, founding principal of Science Leadership Academy, inquiry-driven and project-based schools in Philadelphia. The academic model centers inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection. Students take English, science, and history as a cohort, allowing for interdisciplinary understanding. Systems and structures ensure there is time for teachers to build relationships with students, and create the basis for the schools to survive beyond the founders.
- [Inquiry and interpretation: Learning US history from primary sources (Encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/12/inquiry-and-interpretation-learning-us-history-from-primary-sources-encore/) - We speak with Lee Schere, Director of Teaching and Learning at the Office of K-16 Initiatives of CUNY about the Debating U.S. History Program, an inquiry-based curriculum and teacher learning program. Students learn that history is not one set of agreed-upon events and interpretations. Though designed for NYC schools, the curriculum is available free to teachers everywhere.
- [Cultivating layups, confidence, and community](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/01/cultivating-layups-confidence-and-community/) - We speak with Dave Crenshaw, founder and coach of Team Dreamers NY in Washington Heights; Blanca Battino, retired principal of PS 128; and Dr. Robert Fullilove, professor and associate dean at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Team Dreamers is a life-changing out-of-school-time program. Deeply embedded in the community, it builds leadership and mutual support among students. Dr. Fullilove’s public health interns serve as mentors and role models while they learn from the youth and their families.
- [Celebrating students’ "superpowers": What tests can't measure](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/01/celebrating-students-superpowers-what-tests-cant-measure/) - We speak with Dr. Peter Hughes, superintendent of New Jersey's Cresskill School District, an affluent New York City suburb with large Korean and Israeli communities, about respecting disparate cultures while centering individual students’ interests, talents, and needs. We discuss effective means of communicating with bicultural parents and inclusive strategic planning. How can schools prepare students for joyful futures where they also serve others and are impactful on the world around them?
- [Climate change education: Meeting NJ's mandate hands-on](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/02/climate-change-education-meeting-njs-mandate-hands-on/) - We speak with the New Jersey School of Conservation’s Kerry Kirk Pflugh and Tanya Sulikowski, and Garwood, NJ middle school teacher, K.C. Bree about the SOC and about New Jersey's first-in-the-nation mandate for climate change education in every grade. The SOC, a newly-reopened 75-year-old center for experiential learning and fieldwork, provides professional development as well as interdisciplinary programming for students including applied science, math, humanities, and arts in an idyllic outdoor setting. Students learn about humans’ responsibility toward other animals and the planet, and are empowered to take action.Working cooperatively, they often develop new respect for their classmates.
- [What's real and who/what matters: Sentientism in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/03/whats-real-and-who-what-matters-sentientism-in-schools/) - We speak with Jamie Woodhouse, UK educator and thought leader on sentientism. An ethical worldview informed by evidence, reason, and compassion, sentientism prioritizes the well-being of humans and animals other than human. We discuss strategies for introducing sentientism in the classroom, the questions students ask, and ways teachers can incorporate sentientism in the curriculum.
- [Elevating undervalued professionals: Support for substitute teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/05/elevating-undervalued-professionals-support-for-substitute-teachers/) - We speak with Megan M. Conklin, who designs and implements professional development for substitutes in Washington state. Substitutes often don’t receive the support and compensation they deserve. Ms. Conklin's union-backed program teaches subs classroom survival skills and advocates for equity among school staff members.
- [What Would YOU do? Walling Out or Welcoming In?](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/05/what-would-you-do-walling-out-or-welcoming-in/) - What boundaries should a school set on student speech, if any, in order to foster social-emotional learning, civil discourse, and friendship among students? How might they hold themselves and their students accountable for upholding school values, even when they are not reflected on the national political landscape? We invite you to watch the 3rd episode
- [High stakes: Teaching to the tests in K-12](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/07/high-stakes-teaching-to-the-tests-in-k-12/) - We continue our conversation with Harry Feder of FairTest. This time, we discuss high stakes tests in K-12 schools. Harry explains how tests and the prep for them came to dominate education and the consequences for students, teachers, and schools of high or low scores. He also describes how the same companies dominate textbooks and testing, and suggests some alternatives to high-stakes tests.
- [Rebuilding the Black teacher pipeline: Advancing justice and academic outcomes](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/07/rebuilding-the-black-teacher-pipeline-advancing-justice-and-academic-outcome/) - 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.
- [Supporting Black and Indigenous educators: Creatively developing community in Washington state](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/08/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.
- [Going deep: Student-directed learning in Performance Standards Consortium schools](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/08/going-deep-student-directed-learning-in-performance-standards-consortium-schools/) - We speak with Adam Grumbach, social studies program coordinator of the New York Performance Standards Consortium, and Naseem Haamid, a law student who attended Fannie Lou Hamer High School. We discuss inquiry based learning, Performance Based Assessment Tests, Habits of Mind, and self-directed, interdisciplinary portfolios, as alternatives to standardized-test driven curricula.
- [Transcription of the episode "NYC high school surveys: Disparities in student stress and support"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/11/transcription-of-the-episode-nyc-high-school-surveys-disparities-in-student-stress-and-support/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are the authors of a recent Chalkbeat article analyzing New York City Department of Education 2023 survey data that showed glaring disparities in stress levels between male and female students. Michael Elsen-Rooney, a reporter for
- [Equity by design: residency-focused teacher education](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/09/equity-by-design-residency-focused-teacher-education/) - We speak with Dr. Diana Turk, Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning and Director of Teacher Education at NYU. Students in NYU’s unique teacher residency program work full-time in classrooms, for which they are paid, making it possible for students without a lot of money to attend. By design, the program attracts BIPOC students. Students receive support from NYU faculty, both on location in their schools and online. They attend classes in the evenings, virtually. The program is uncompromisingly justice- and equity-centered.
- [Middle schoolers as scholars: Critical participatory action research](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/10/middle-schoolers-as-scholars-critical-participatory-action-research/) - We speak with Dr. Sam Finesurrey, assistant professor of history at Guttman Community College, and three 2024 graduates of School in the Square (S2), a charter middle school in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Dr. Finesurrey worked with 14 students on a research project studying S2 students' social emotional learning, including reactions to the pandemic and faculty turnover. Dr. Sam and the students talk about the process, what they found, and how the school modified policies in response to the study's findings.
- [NYC high school surveys: Disparities in student stress and support](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/11/nyc-high-school-surveys-disparities-in-student-stress-and-support/) - The authors of a recent Chalkbeat analysis discuss the Department of education’s 2023 high school survey, which shows girls, especially girls of color, have much higher stress levels, and feel less supported, than boys. Michael Elsen-Rooney, an NYC public school reporter; Kae Petrin, a data and graphics reporter; and Liza Greenberg, a Bronx High School of Science senior, unpack the data, which the DOE has largely disregarded.
- [What Would You Do?](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/11/what-would-you-do/) - An initiative of EdEthics and Ethical Schools Podcast, each episode of our new video podcast series includes a dramatization of an ethical dilemma that could be faced by educators along with a discussion of the case facilitated by Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Meira Levinson.
- [Transcription of the episode "Middle schoolers as scholars: Critical participatory action research"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/10/transcription-of-the-episode-middle-schoolers-as-scholars-critical-participatory-action-research/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Our guests today are Dr. Samuel Finesurrey, Assistant Professor of History at Guttman Community College of CUNY, and Abigail Eusebio, Juliette Vargas Hernandez, and Ixchel De Dios. Abby, Juju, and Ixchel have just graduated from School in the Square, a charter
- [Transcription of the episode "Equity by design: residency-focused teacher education"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/09/transcription-of-the-episode-equity-by-design-residency-focused-teacher-education/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:15] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Our guest today is Dr. Diana Turk, Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning and Director of Teacher Education at NYU Steinhardt's School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Welcome, Diana. [00:00:27] Diana T: Thank you so much. Thanks for having
- [Transcription of the episode "Supporting Black and Indigenous educators: Creatively developing community in Washington state"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/08/transcription-of-the-episode-supporting-black-and-indigenous-educators-creatively-developing-community-in-washington-state/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Our guest today is Danielle Bryant, Director of Equity at Capital Region Educational Service, District 113, in Washington State. Welcome, Danielle. [00:00:28] Danielle B: Thank you for having me. [00:00:30] Jon M: What is an educational service district, and what's its relationship
- [Transcription of the episode "Going deep: Student-directed learning in Performance Standards Consortium schools"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/08/transcription-of-the-episode-going-deep-student-directed-learning-in-performance-standards-consortium-schools/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Adam Grumbach and Naseem Haamid. Mr. Grumbach is the social studies program coordinator of the New York Performance Standards Consortium and the former principal and co-director of Urban Academy. Mr. Haamid is a law
- [Rebuilding the Black teacher pipeline: Advancing justice and academic outcomes](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/07/rebuilding-the-black-teacher-pipeline-advancing-justice-and-academic-outcome-2/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Our guests today are Ansharaye Hines, Assistant Director of Career and Technical Education and Curriculum at the Center for Black Educator Development, and Mimi McKee, Director of External Relations at the Center. We'll be talking with Ms. Hines and Ms. McKee about
- [Transcription of the episode "High stakes: Teaching to the tests in K-12"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/07/transcription-of-the-episode-high-stakes-teaching-to-the-tests-in-k-12/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we'll continue our conversation with Harry Feder, Executive Director of FairTest, a national nonprofit that advocates for equitable and transparent educational testing. Harry came to FairTest after a long career in public education in New York City
- [Transcription of the episode "SATs and the illusion of fairness"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/06/transcription-of-the-episode-sats-and-the-illusion-of-fairness/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff, [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Harry Feder, executive director of FairTest, a nonprofit that advocates for equitable and transparent educational testing. Harry came to FairTest after a long career in public education in New York City as both teacher
- [Transcription of the episode "Early intervention: Model assessment center reduces youth arrests"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/05/transcription-of-the-episode-early-intervention-model-assessment-center-reduces-youth-arrests/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: Hi, I'm Amy Halpern-Laff [00:00:22] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Steven Evangelista and Anthony Celestine. Steve is a longtime educator and co-founder and former principal of Harlem Link Charter School in New York City. Anthony Celestine is the director of the Office of
- [Transcription of the episode "Elevating undervalued professionals: Support for substitute teachers"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/05/transcription-of-the-episode-elevating-undervalued-professionals-support-for-substitute-teachers/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Megan Conklin. Ms. Conklin is a National Board Certified public school teacher in Washington Megan who is currently substitute teaching as well as training and supporting substitute teachers. She is the director of Conklin
- [Transcription of the episode "Enriching student life: Art for all"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/04/transcription-of-the-episode-enriching-student-life-art-for-all/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Michelle Vitale and Dr. Andrea Siegel of Hudson County Community College in Jersey City. Ms. Vitale is Director of Cultural Affairs for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Curator, Benjamin J. Dineen III and Dennis
- [Transcription of the episode "What's real and who/what matters: Sentientism in schools"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/03/transcription-of-the-episode-whats-real-and-who-what-matters-sentientism-in-schools/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Jamie Woodhouse, host of the Sentientism Podcast and YouTube channel, and a frequent lecturer in schools across the United Kingdom. Welcome, Jamie. [00:00:28] Jamie W: It's a pleasure to be here. I'm a long-term
- [Transcription of the episode "Climate change education: Meeting NJ's mandate hands-on"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/02/transcription-of-the-episode-climate-change-education-meeting-njs-mandate-hands-on/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Kerry Kirk Pflugh, Executive Director of the New Jersey School of Conservation (SOC), Tanya Sulikowski, SOC D irector of Education, and K.C. Bree, middle school science teacher in Garwood, New Jersey Public Schools. Welcome,
- [Transcription of the episode > Celebrating students’ "superpowers”: What tests can’t measure](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/01/transcription-of-the-episode-celebrating-students-superpowers-what-tests-cant-measure/) - [00:00:14] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:15] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Peter Hughes, superintendent of the Cresskill Public School District, a pre-K through 12 district with four schools in Bergen County, New Jersey. Welcome, Peter! [00:00:17] Peter H: Thank you. Glad to be here.
- [Transcription of the episode "Cultivating layups, confidence, and community"](https://ethicalschools.org/2024/01/transcription-of-the-episode-cultivating-layups-confidence-and-community/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I’m Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Coach Dave Crenshaw, Dr. Robert Fullilove, and Blanca Battino. Coach Dave is founder, president, and head coach of Team Dreamers New York in Washington Heights. Dr. Fullilove, or Dr. Bob, is Associate Dean for
- [Transcription of the episode "Creating the conditions: Sustaining "caring for" education](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/12/transcription-of-the-episode-creating-the-conditions-sustaining-caring-for-education/) - [00:00:15] AmyH-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Chris Lehmann, founding principal of Science Leadership Academy, which consists of two public high schools and a middle school in Philadelphia. Welcome, Chris! [00:00:28] Chris L: Thank you. Pleasure to be here. [00:00:32] AmyH-L: What
- [Transcription of the episode "Developing public communication skills: Speech and debate team"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/11/transcription-of-the-episode-developing-public-communication-skills-speech-and-debate-team/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Anna Steed, speech and debate coach at Rocky Mountain Prep Rise, a public charter school in Denver, Colorado. Welcome, Anna. [00:00:19] Anna S: Thank you. [00:00:20] Amy H-L: We often think of debate in
- [Transcription of the episode "Experiential learning: Where human history and nature connect"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/10/transcription-of-the-episode-experiential-learning-where-human-history-and-nature-connect/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M.: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Jackie Broder, director of the Mamakating Environmental Education Center. Welcome, Jackie! [00:00:25] Jackie B.: Thank you for having me. [00:00:28] Amy H-L: The Mamakating Environmental Education Center describes itself on the website as "where
- [Transcript of the episode "Paying it forward: a peer-staffed program for navigating college admissions"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/08/transcript-of-the-episode-paying-it-forward-a-peer-staffed-program-for-navigating-college-admissions/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Michael Sanchez. Mr. Sanchez is founder and executive director of Circle Match, a program to help students in underserved public high schools navigate the college admissions process. Circle Match was known as TCAT until
- [Transcription of the episode "Solving teacher shortages: It’s not just pay"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/08/transcription-of-the-episode-solving-teacher-shortages-its-not-just-pay/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Dr. Katherine Norris and Dr. Kathryn Wiley. Dr. Norris is associate professor and chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education at Howard University. Dr. Wiley is assistant professor
- [Transcription of the episode "Opening up: Recreating schools as a community"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/07/transcription-of-the-episode-opening-up-recreating-schools-as-a-community/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran. Dr. Mascareñaz and Dr. Tran are co-authors of the recently published book, "The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy." Welcome, Landon and Doannie. [00:00:36] Landon M: Wonderful to
- [Transcription of the episode "Surveillance in school: Invasive technology, junk science"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/07/transcription-of-the-episode-surveillance-in-school-invasive-technology-junk-science/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we're speaking with Albert Fox Cahn, founder and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, or S.T.O.P., and Sarah Roth, an AmeriCorps fellow at STOP. We'll discuss surveillance technology in schools. Welcome Albert and Sarah.
- [Transcript of the episode "Inquiry and interpretation: Learning US history from primary sources"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/06/transcript-of-the-episode-inquiry-and-interpretation-learning-us-history-from-primary-sources/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Lee Schere. Lee is the Director of Teaching and Learning at the Office of K-16 Initiatives of CUNY, the City University of New York. Our focus today is the "Debating US History" Program. Welcome,
- [Transcription of the episode "School district battles: Protecting education from bans"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/06/transcription-of-the-episode-school-district-battles-protecting-education-from-bans/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Mike Gottesman, a retired attorney who founded and leads the New Jersey Public Education Coalition, a nonpartisan group dedicated to ensuring that New Jersey public schools embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, and combating attacks
- [Transcription of the episode Critiquing the "science of reading" movement: Teaching reading is "both/and" ](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/05/transcription-of-the-episode-critiquing-the-science-of-reading-movement-teaching-reading-is-both-and/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Lynne Einbender and Susie Rolander. Lynne and Susie are faculty members in reading and literacy at Bank Street College of Education. We've invited them to talk about how children learn to read, especially in
- [Transcript of the episode ""Parents' rights" campaigns: Targeting school books and curricula"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/05/transcript-of-the-episode-parents-rights-campaigns-targeting-school-books-and-curricula/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Melissa Deckman, CEO of PRRI, the Public Religion Research Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization dedicated to conducting independent research at the intersection of religion, culture, and public policy. Dr. Deckman studies the
- [Transcription of the episode "Towards the school you want to see: Plan, Act, Reflect, Repeat"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/04/transcription-of-the-episode-towards-the-school-you-want-to-see-plan-act-reflect-repeat/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Justin Cohen, a writer, organizer, activist, and dad. His work explores how education, race, privilege, and public policy intersect. He served on the Education Policy Committee for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Justin Cohen's
- [Transcript of the episode "Challenging credentialism: An alternative vision of education"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/03/transcript-of-the-episode-challenging-credentialism-an-alternative-vision-of-education/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Arlene Goldbard, whose most recent book, "In the Camp of Angels of Freedom: What does it mean to be educated?" was just published in January. Arlene is a writer, visual artist, speaker, social activist,
- [Transcription of the episode "Restorative justice: Cultivating cohesive communities"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/03/transcription-of-the-episode-restorative-justice-cultivating-cohesive-communities/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our topic today is restorative justice in schools. We're joined by Sarah Eblen and Reginald Berry, Jr., former middle school classroom teachers who now coordinate the program in Kansas City, Missouri Public Schools. Welcome, Reggie and Sarah.
- [Transcription of the episode "Intersections: Supporting Black LGBTQIA+ students"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/02/transcription-of-the-episode-intersections-supporting-black-lgbtqia-students/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. David Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition () (NBJC), the civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black LGBTQ+ people. Dr. Johns served as the first executive director of
- [Transcription of the episode "ChatGTP: Cheating optimizer or force for teaching transformation?"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/02/transcription-of-the-episode-chatgtp-cheating-optimizer-or-force-for-teaching-transformation/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are my son, Lev Moscow, who teaches history and economics at The Beacon School, a public high school in Manhattan, and Richard Miller, who retired after 28 years teaching middle and high school history in
- [Transcript of the episode "Climate anxiety: a generational plague"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/01/transcript-of-the-episode-climate-anxiety-a-generational-plague/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Lian Zeits, co-founder of the Climate Mental Health Network. Lian is working on his Masters of Divinity at Naropa University. Welcome, Lian. [00:00:29] Lian Z: Thank you for having me. The issue of climate
- [Transcript of the episode "Norman Fruchter on the pioneering alternative high school he and colleagues built in Newark in the 1970s (Encore)"](https://ethicalschools.org/2023/01/transcript-of-the-episode-norman-fruchter-on-the-pioneering-alternative-high-school-he-and-colleagues-built-in-newark-in-the-1970s-encore/) - Jon 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
- [Transcription of the episode "Undocumented students: Keeping secrets, navigating obstacles"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/12/transcription-of-the-episode-undocumented-students-keeping-secrets-navigating-obstacles/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Gerardo Mancilla. Dr. Mancilla is an associate professor in the School of Education at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin, and the creator and host of the Educators and Immigration Podcast. Welcome, Gerardo. Gerardo
- [Taking the Action Out of Civics?](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/11/taking-the-action-out-of-civics/) - Our first episode examines the debate over a form of project-based civics education called Action Civics, in which students research a topic of their choosing and then take action to create change. In this case study, a parent’s campaign to end the action civics project prompts a high school to examine the purpose of civic education, the rights
- [Transcript of the episode "Recruiting teachers of color: What works"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/11/transcript-of-the-episode-recruiting-teachers-of-color-what-works/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Helpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Elizabeth Steiner, policy researcher at the RAND Corporation with expertise in education policy, policy analysis, program evaluation, and qualitative methods and analysis. Ms. Steiner is an affiliate faculty member at the Pardee RAND Graduate
- [Transcription of the episode "Cultural responsiveness: is music optional?"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/11/transcription-of-the-episode-cultural-responsiveness-is-music-optional/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Anne Smith. Dr. Smith is a music teacher in Northern Virginia with almost 40 years experience teaching in daycare, elementary, and middle school. Welcome, Anne. [00:00:33] Anne S: Thank you very much for having
- [Transcript of the episode "The purpose of education: Educating for a solutionary future?"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/10/transcript-of-the-episode-the-purpose-of-education-educating-for-a-solutionary-future/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. And this is Ethical Schools. Today we speak with Zoe Weil, president and co-founder of the Institute for Humane Education, book author, columnist, speaker, and one of the most thoughtful, productive, and prolific humans I know. In her Psychology Today column
- [Transcription of the episode "Early childhood classes: Crucial (and endangered) developmental support"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/09/transcription-of-the-episode-early-childhood-classes-crucial-and-endangered-developmental-support/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Leslie Koplow, director of the Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice at Bank Street College of Education and Allison Demas, a long time educator and an instructional coordinator in the New York City Department of
- [Transcription of the episode "Reimagining the school system: Centering children, families, and teachers"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/09/transcription-of-the-episode-reimagining-the-school-system-centering-children-families-and-teachers/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. We have a special program today. I'm pleased to have Lev Moscow as co-host and Santiago Taveras as our guest. Lev teaches history and economics at The Beacon School in New York City and hosts the A Correction Podcast. Santiago Taveras, universally known as Santi,
- [Transcript of the episode "Technology: What's hype and what helps"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/08/transcript-of-the-episode-technology-whats-hype-and-what-helps/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Justin Reich, director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, and the host of the Teach Lab podcast as well as five open online courses on edX. Dr. Reich is the author of
- [Transcription of the episode "Going public: Education scholars as policy advocates"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/08/transcription-of-the-episode-going-public-education-scholars-as-policy-advocates/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Kevin Kumashiro. Dr. Kumashiro is the former dean of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco, a founder of Education Deans for Justice and Equity, and the organizer of the
- [Transcript of the episode "Looping: It’s all about the relationships"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/07/transcript-of-the-episode-looping-its-all-about-the-relationships/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Leigh Wedenoja, senior policy analyst at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York. An economist by training, Dr. Wedenoja recently has focused on policies
- [Transcription of the episode "Descriptive inquiry: Teachers talking about hard subjects"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/07/transcription-of-the-episode-descriptive-inquiry-teachers-talking-about-hard-subjects/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Dr. Cecelia Traugh, dean of the Graduate School at Bank Street College of Education, and Dr. Cara Furman, associate professor of literacy at University of Maine, Farmington. They are co-authors of "Descriptive Inquiry in
- [Transcription of the episode "Evolving demographics: Rural schools in transition"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/06/transcription-of-the-episode-evolving-demographics-rural-schools-in-transition/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:17] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. David Fine, superintendent of the Dover Union Free School District in Dutchess County, New York. We want to talk about some of the ethical challenges facing schools in a small rural district. Welcome,
- [Transcription of the episode "Solving chronic absence: A whole-school approach"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/06/transcription-of-the-episode-solving-chronic-absence-a-whole-school-approach/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Hedy N. Chang, Executive Director of Attendance Works, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing school success and narrowing equity gaps by reducing chronic absenteeism. Welcome, Hedy! [00:00:35] Hedy C: Thank you. Pleasure to be
- [Transcript of the episode "Translanguaging: Inviting the whole child into the classroom"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/05/transcript-of-the-episode-translanguaging-inviting-the-whole-child-into-the-classroom/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Dr. Cecilia Espinosa, associate professor at Lehman College and Dr. Laura Ascenzi-Moreno, associate professor at Brooklyn College. They are co-authors of "Rooted in Strength: Using Translanguaging to Grow Multilingual Readers and Writers." Welcome, Cecelia
- [Transcript of the episode "Challenging censorship: Student journalists fight back"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/05/transcript-of-the-episode-challenging-censorship-student-journalists-fight-back/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Hillary Davis, Advocacy and Organizing Director at Student Press Law Center (SPLC), and Sara Fajardo, first year student at Rutgers and a graduate of SPLC New Voices Student Leaders Institute. We'll be discussing
- [Transcription of the episode "School behind bars: Meeting the needs of traumatized kids"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/04/transcription-of-the-episode-school-behind-bars-meeting-the-needs-of-traumatized-kids/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Melissa Svigelj-Smith, graduate fellow and PhD candidate at University of California at Santa Cruz. Ms. Svigelj-Smith was an educator in Cleveland, Ohio, public high schools for two decades and taught high school students at
- [Transcript of the episode "Students speak up: NYC Youth Agenda"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/04/transcript-of-the-episode-students-speak-up-nyc-youth-agenda/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are three young activists with the NYC Youth Agenda. Welcome, Eugenia Bamfo, Alexandra Rouvinetis, and Mukilan Muthukumar. [00:00:25] Amy H-L: Why don't you each briefly introduce yourself and tell us how you became involved in
- [Transcription of the episode "Why Geoffrey Canada is wrong: Defending schools as democratic spaces"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/04/transcription-of-the-episode-why-geoffrey-canada-is-wrong-defending-schools-as-democratic-spaces/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Brian Jones. Dr. Jones directs the New York Pblic Library's new Center for Educators and Schools. He is the former associate director of education at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,
- [Transcript of the episode "Abolitionist education: Creating liberatory spaces (Encore)"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/03/transcript-of-the-episode-abolitionist-education-creating-liberatory-spaces-encore/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi! I’m Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:17] And I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we will hear an encore of our conversation with Dr. Edwin Mayorga. Dr. Mayorga is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies and the Program in Latin American and Latino Studies at Swarthmore College. He
- [Transcription of the episode "Gender and sexually diverse students: Creating comfortable schools"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/03/transcription-of-the-episode-gender-and-sexually-diverse-students-creating-comfortable-schools/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Our guest today is Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer, associate professor, Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice and affiliate faculty, Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Meyer's research and writing focuses on issues related to gender and
- [Transcript of the episode "Indigenous erasure: The battle for inclusive state standards in South Dakota"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/03/transcript-of-the-episode-indigenous-erasure-the-battle-for-inclusive-state-standards-in-south-dakota/) - [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 Sherry Johnson, tribal education director for the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, a federally recognized Oceti Sakowin treaty tribe. Oceti Sakowin translates to the People of the Seven Council Fires. It refers to speakers of Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota who
- [Transcript of the episode "Dismantling bias in schools: A multiyear model"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/02/transcript-of-the-episode-dismantling-bias-in-schools-a-multiyear-model/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. John Pascarella, Professor of Clinical Education at the University of Southern California, USC. Dr. Pascarella is Chief Academic Officer of K-12 Professional Learning at USC Race and Equity Center. Welcome, John! [00:00:37] Jon
- [Transcript of the episode "National Sex Ed Standards:  Equity and expanded comfort zones"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/02/transcript-of-the-episode-national-sex-ed-standards-equity-and-expanded-comfort-zones/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Brittany McBride, Sexuality Education at Advocates for Youth. Welcome Brittany! We're very happy to have you. What is Advocates for Youth? [00:00:30] Brittany M: Advocates for Youth is a national nonprofit. We are based
- [Transcript of the episode: "Mentors and passages: The power of teen-centric programs"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/01/transcript-of-the-episode-mentors-and-passages-the-power-of-teen-centric-programs/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Al Kurland, longtime youth worker in Upper Manhattan and author of the forthcoming book, "The Soul of Adolescence Aligns With the Heart of Democracy: Orphans, Rebels, and Civic Lovers Unite." Welcome, Al! [00:00:31] Al
- [Transcript of the episode "From Skinner to computer-based education: Can machines teach?"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/01/transcript-of-the-episode-from-skinner-to-computer-based-education-can-machines-teach/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is independent journalist, speaker and blogger, Audrey Watters. Her new book, "Teaching machines. The history of personalized learning" was just published by MIT Press. Welcome, Audrey, and congratulations on the book! [00:00:35] Audrey W: Thank
- [Transcript of the episode "Radical care: Leading with love"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/01/transcript-of-the-episode-radical-care-leading-with-love/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Rosa L. Rivera- McCutchen, associate professor of leadership studies at Lehman College of the City University of New York, CUNY, where she also serves as the coordinator of school and district leader certification
- [Transcription of the episode "Efforts to ban books escalate: Tips for resistance"](https://ethicalschools.org/2022/01/5888/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Richard Price, associate professor of political science at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah who explores the ways books are challenged in schools and libraries. They track censorship cases in their blog, "Adventures
- [Transcript of the episode "Climate education: not just for science class"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/12/transcript-of-the-episode-climate-education-not-just-for-science-class/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Deb L. Morrison. Dr. Morrison is a research scientist at the University of Washington School of Education. She's a learning scientist working in areas of climate and anti-oppression design-based research. Welcome, Deb! [00:00:34]
- [Transcript of the episode "Doing democracy: School participatory budgeting"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/12/transcript-of-the-episode-doing-democracy-school-participatory-budgeting/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. We have three guests today. Dr. Daniel Schugurensky is a professor in the School of Public Affairs and the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, where he is co-director of the Participatory Governance Initiative, coordinator
- [Transcript of the episode "Distortions and fabrications: The state of climate education"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/12/transcript-of-the-episode-distortions-and-fabrications-the-state-of-climate-education/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is investigative reporter Katie Worth. From 2015 to 2021, Ms. Wirth worked for the PBS series, Frontline, focusing on the intersection of science and politics. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, National Geographic,
- [Transcription of the episode "Gender Inclusivity: Where Science and Ethics Intersect"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/11/transcription-f-the-episode-gender-inclusivity-where-science-and-ethics-intersect/) - Jon 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 inclusive and equitable schools and youth programs and help students to develop commitment and capacity to build ethical institutions. Jon M: 00:30 Our guests today are Sam Long and Lewis Maday-Travis.
- [Transcript of the episode "Changing school culture: The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM)"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/11/transcrip-of-the-episode-changing-school-culture-the-concerns-based-adoption-model-cbam/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we continue our conversation with Dr. David Osher, Vice-President and Institute Fellow at the American Institutes for Research. Dr. Osher has published on school climate and the conditions for learning, SEL, supportive community-building approaches to school discipline
- [Transcript of the episode "The right to thrive: Expanding our definition of equity"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/11/transcript-of-the-episode-the-right-to-thrive-expanding-our-definition-of-equity/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. David Osher, Vice President and Institute Fellow at the American Institutes for Research. Dr. Osher has published on school climate and the conditions for learning, social emotional learning, supportive community-building approaches to school
- [Transcript of the episode "Math literacy: Every student’s right (Part 2)"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/10/transcript-of-the-episode-math-literacy-every-students-right-part-2/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today, we continue our conversation with Dr. Terri Bucci, Associate Professor of Math Education at Ohio State University at Mansfield and Co-Director of OSU Mathematics Literacy Initiative, which changes the way K-12 math is taught. Welcome back, Terri.
- [Transcription of the episode "The People’s Education: Freire, dialogue, and democracy"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/10/transcription-of-the-episode-the-peoples-education-freire-dialogue-and-democracy/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. We continue our conversation with Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres. Dr. Torres is Distinguished Professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Founding Director of the UCLA Paulo Freire Institute and UNESCO Chair in Global Learning
- [Transcription of the episode "Global citizenship education: Building on the legacy of Paulo Freire"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/10/transcription-of-the-episode-global-citizenship-education-building-on-the-legacy-of-paulo-freire/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres. Dr. Torres is a Distinguished Professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Founding Director of the UCLA Paolo Friere Institute, and UNESCO Chair in Global Learning
- [Practical Strategies To Serve Immigrant Students](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/10/5574/) - In last week’s episode of the Ethical Schools podcast, I highlighted some of the substantial challenges facing the American public education system, namely the glaring disconnect between who the system was intended to serve, and the demographics of students who are in American classrooms today. Systemic overhaul is necessary, and long overdue. This need for
- [Transcript of the episode "Math literacy: Every student’s right"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/09/transcript-of-the-episode-math-literacy-every-students-right/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Terry Bucci, Associate Professor of Math Education at Ohio State University at Mansfield and co-director of OSU's Mathematics Literacy Initiative, which changes the way K through 12 math is taught. This is part
- [Transcript of the episode "Malign neglect: School systems fail immigrant students"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/09/transcript-of-the-episode-malign-neglect-school-systems-fail-immigrant-students/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. My co-host, Amy Halpern-Laff, will be with us again next week. Our guest today is Stephanie Carnes. Stephanie is a bilingual, trauma-focused social worker with extensive experience working with Central American immigrant students and their families in New York's Hudson Valley. Her consulting firm
- [Transcription of the episode "Leaving students behind: The tyranny of testing"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/09/transcription-of-the-episode-leaving-students-behind-the-tyranny-of-testing/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:17] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Bob Schaeffer, Executive Director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing or FairTest. FairTest advances quality education and equal opportunity by promoting fair, open, valid, and educationally beneficial evaluations of students, teachers
- [Transcript of the episode "Theory meets practice: no magic carrots"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/09/transcript-of-the-episode-theory-meets-practice-no-magic-carrots/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we'll continue our conversation with Dr. Garrett Broad, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. If you haven't yet listened to Part One, you might want to do so now.
- [Transcription of the episode "Identity vs branding: The power of messiness"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/09/transcription-of-the-episode-identity-vs-branding-the-power-of-messiness/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Garrett Broad, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. His research investigates the roles of storytelling and communication technology in promoting networked movements for social justice. Much
- [Transcription of the episode "Transitions to adulthood: Supporting teens with mental health issues"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/08/transcription-of-the-episode-transitions-to-adulthood-supporting-teens-with-mental-health-issues/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. My cohost, Amy Halpern-Laff, will be back next week. My guests today are Marsha Ellison and Evelyn Frankford. Dr. Ellison is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and director of communications at the Transitions to Adulthood Center for
- [Transcription of the episode: "No excuses” charter schools: Teaching to the script](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/08/transcription-of-the-episode-no-excuses-charter-schools-teaching-to-the-script/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Joann Golann. Dr. Golann is assistant professor of public policy and education and assistant professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University. Her research explores how schools and families transmit cultural skills, behaviors, and habits
- [Transcription of the episode "Disrupting power structures: Organizing youth for equity in schools"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/08/transcription-of-the-episode-disrupting-power-structures-organizing-youth-for-equity-in-schools/) - [00:00:15] Jon M: Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. [00:00:16] Amy H-L: And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Keith Catone, Executive Director of the Center for Youth and Community Leadership in Education or CYCLE at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. Keith is the author of The Pedagogy of Teacher
- [Transcription of the episode "The power of happiness: A Buddhist approach to secular education"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/08/transcription-of-the-episode-the-power-of-happiness-a-buddhist-approach-to-secular-education/) - [00:00:15] Amy H-L: I'm Amy Halpern Laff. [00:00:16] Jon M: And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Isabel Nuñez and Jason Goulah, co-editors of a new book," Hope and Joy in Education: Engaging Daisaku Ikeda Across Curriculum and Context." Dr. Nuñez directs the School of Education at Purdue University, Fort
- [Transcription of the episode "Antiracism: Lessons for the classroom and faculty lounge"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/09/transcription-of-the-episode-anti-racism-lessons-for-the-classroom-and-faculty-lounge/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Mica Pollock. Dr. Pollock is Professor of Educational Studies and Director of the Center for Research on Educational Equity Assessment and Teaching Excellence, CREATE, at the University of California, San Diego. Her most
- [Transcription of the episode "Toward antiracism: The evolution of an undergraduate teacher ed program"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/03/transcription-of-the-episode-toward-antiracism-the-evolution-of-an-undergraduate-teacher-ed-program/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Marsha Daria, a professor in the Department of Education and Educational Psychology at Western Connecticut State University. Dr. Daria teaches undergraduate courses in social studies, curriculum, and child development. Her research interests include
- [Transcript of the episode "Creating antiracist classrooms: Listening and other essential skills"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/05/trancription-of-the-episode-creating-antiracist-classrooms-listening-and-other-essential-skills/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Steven Cohen, Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Education in the Department of Education, Tufts School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Cohen taught high school history for two decades. He's been at Tufts
- [Transcription of the episode "Air quality in schools: At the intersection of technology and equity"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/06/transcription-of-the-episode-air-quality-in-schools-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-equity/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are a Anisa Heming and Corey Metzger. Anisa Heming is the Director of the Center for Green Schools of the US Green Building Council (USGBC). Corey Metzger is the Lead of the Epidemic Task Force
- [Transcript of the episode "Making antiracist change: A template for educational leaders"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/04/transcript-of-the-episode-making-anti-racist-change-a-template-for-educational-leaders/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Sarah Diem and Anjalé Welton. Dr. Diem is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri. And Dr. Welton is a professor in the Department
- [Transcription of the episode "The Algebra Project: Bob Moses on Math Literacy as a Civil Right (Encore)"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/07/transcription-of-the-episode-the-algebra-project-bob-moses-on-math-literacy-as-a-civil-right-encore/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi, I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M.: [00:00:15] And I’m Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Bob Moses, hero of the Civil Rights Movement, and champion of math literacy died this week. We are reposting our interview with him, from February 2020. Amy H-L: [00:00:33] During the civil rights movement, Bob Moses was
- [Transcript of the episode "Addressing teachers’ trauma; plus, antiracist teaching in a white classroom"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/07/transcript-of-the-episode-addressing-teachers-trauma-plus-antiracist-teaching-in-a-white-classroom/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:17] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Shayla Ewing. Ms. Ewing is the English department chairperson and a drama teacher at Pekin Community High School in Pekin, Illinois. She was a 2020-21 Teach Plus Illinois Senior Fellow. We'll be discussing
- [Transcript of the episode "The attack on public education: Will public schools survive?"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/07/transcript-of-the-episode-the-attack-on-public-education-will-public-schools-survive/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Derek Black. Professor Black is a professor of law at the University of South Carolina School of Law. The focus of his current scholarship is the intersection of constitutional law and public education, particularly
- [Transcription of the episode "Authentic history: Too uncomfortable for white kids?"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/06/transcription-of-the-episode-authentic-history-too-uncomfortable-for-white-kids/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Betty Collins. Ms. Collins teaches eighth grade history in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. We're going to talk about the controversy about teaching critical race theory. The phrase critical race theory, coined by Kimberle Crenshaw,
- [Transcription of the episode "Holistic Education: Joy, wellness, and rigor"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/06/transcription-of-the-episode-holistic-education-joy-wellness-and-rigor/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Our guest today is Dr. Linda Nathan. Dr. Nathan is Executive Director of the Center for Artistry and Scholarship and Co-Director of Perrone-Sizer Institute. She's an adjunct lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and is the author of two books, "The
- [Transcription of the episode "Black men as teachers: Recruitment, retention, development, empowerment"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/06/transcription-of-the-episode-black-men-as-teachers-recruitment-retention-development-empowerment/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Our guests today are Dr. Daman Harris and Dr. Inger Swimpson of the Building Our Network of Diversity, BOND, Project in Montgomery County, Maryland. Dr. Harris is co-founder and co-leader of the BOND project. He is an elementary school principal and teaches
- [Transcript of the episode "Critical analysis: not just for students"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/05/transcript-of-the-episode-critical-analysis-not-just-for-students/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we welcome Dr. Sam Abrams back to the show. Sam directs the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the author of "Education and the Commercial Mindset" and
- [Transcription of the episode "Building communities of trust: transforming family-school relationships"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/05/transcription-of-the-episode-building-communities-of-trust-transforming-family-school-relationships/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Ann Ishimaru, Associate Professor in the Educational Policy, Organizations, and Leadership Program at the University of Washington College of Education. She's the author of Just Schools: Building Equitable Collaborations with Families and Communities,
- [Transcription of the episode "Students as subjects: Ethical considerations of research in schools"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/05/transcription-of-the-episode-students-as-subjects-ethical-considerations-of-research-in-schools/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Marianna Azar, Director and Chair of the Institutional Review Boards, or IRBs, of the New York City Department of Education. This is Part One of a two-part interview. Today we'll be talking about
- [Transcript of the episode "Creative problem solving: Developing solutionary thinkers"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/05/transcript-of-the-episode/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:17] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. We're pleased to have Zoe Weil back on the podcast. Zoe is co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education, IHE. We also have Laura Trongard, who teaches AP world history and AP United States government and
- [Transcription of the episode "Ethical outreach: a parent coordinator anchors immigrant families"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/04/transcription-of-the-episode-ethical-outreach-a-parent-coordinator-anchors-immigrant-families/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest is Herminia Saldana, known as Ita, parent coordinator at MS 328,a middle school in Washington Heights in Manhattan. Her comments today represent her own views, and she is not speaking as a representative of the Department
- [Transcription of the episode "Grief and loss: Supporting students, families, and teachers in a pandemic (encore)"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/03/transcription-of-the-episode-grief-and-loss-supporting-students-families-and-teachers-in-a-pandemic-encore/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:01] As of today, March 31st, 2021, over 550,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. We're reposting our conversation with Cynthia Trapanese former grief counselor, now teacher, who explains that the adults in a school need to grapple with their own losses in order to help children and families. Amy H-L: [00:00:39] Hi. I'm
- [Transcription of the episode "Exacerbating inequality: Private money in public schools"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/03/transcription-of-the-episode-exacerbating-inequality-private-money-in-public-schools/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Sue Winton, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Winton's research focuses on the interplay between educational policy and the democratic commitment to equity and social justice. Today,
- [Transcription of the episode "Shared visions: Creating an abolitionist school culture"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/03/transcription-of-the-episode-shared-visions-creating-an-abolitionist-school-culture/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we welcome back Grace Alli Brandstein. This is the second of a two part interview. Ms. Brandstein is a school improvement and instructional coach for the New York City Department of Education, supporting high schools in
- [Transcription of the episode "The bigger picture: High school improvement in the Bronx"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/03/transcription-of-the-episode-the-bigger-picture-high-school-improvement-in-the-bronx/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Our guest today is Grace Alli Brandstein. Ms. Brandstein is a school improvement and instructional coach for the New York City Department of Education and supports high schools in the Bronx. Prior to her work as a coach, she was a high
- [Transcript of the episode "Teaching the 'isms': Students' lived experience in context"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/02/transcript-of-the-episode-teaching-the-isms-students-lived-experiences-in-context/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are English teacher, Jillian McRae, history teacher, Sam North, and 12th grader, Alaysha, all from Ossining High School in Westchester County, New York. Jillian and Sam co-teach a year long college level course, SUNY Racism,
- [Teaching the "isms": Students' lived experiences in context](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/02/teaching-the-isms-students-lived-experiences-in-context/) - We speak with Jillian McRae and Sam North, English and history teachers at Ossining (NY) High School, and their student, Alaysha. For 15 years, Sam and Jillian have co-taught a college-level course called "racism, sexism, and classism: a popular approach." They focus on pervasive systems of power, and encourage students to discuss their own experiences of privilege, disadvantage, and intersectionality.
- [Transcript of the episode "Antiracist school leadership: Courage and commitment"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/02/transcript-of-the-episode-antiracist-school-leadership-courage-and-commitment/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Bradley Carpenter, an associate professor of educational leadership at Baylor University. A former teacher, assistant principal, and principal, Dr. Carpenter has a passion for working with public school administrators. His research focuses on
- [Transcript of the episode "Early childhood education: It is play, but it is not 'babysitting'"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/02/transcript-of-the-episode-early-childhood-education-it-is-play-but-it-is-not-babysitting/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I 'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Michele Washington, a lecturer in the department of early childhood childhood education at Lehman College, City University of New York. Ms. Washington has deep experience in the field of early childhood, including
- [Early childhood education: It is play, but it is not "babysitting"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/02/early-childhood-education-it-is-play-but-it-is-not-babysitting/) - We speak with Michele Washington, longtime early childhood lecturer at Lehman College, about expertise at the preschool level. Head Start, pre-K, and 3-K teachers can support children and families in myriad ways once parents or guardians trust them. Cultural humility is essential; teachers need to understand and respect their children's families and communities.
- [Transcription of the episode "Student record privacy: Danger looms from police and hackers"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/02/transcription-of-the-episode-student-record-privacy-danger-looms-from-police-and-hackers/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Mark Lieberman, a reporter for Education Week covering technology and online learning. Recently, Mark wrote about a controversial arrangement between the school district and the sheriff's department in Pasco County on Florida's West Central
- [Transcript of the episode "Districtwide decisions: day to day ethical considerations"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/01/transcript-of-the-episode-districtwide-decisions-day-to-day-ethical-considerations/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dan Callahan, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education in the Peekskill City School District in Westchester, New York. Welcome, Dan! Dan C: [00:00:32] Thank you for having me. It's a real pleasure for me to
- [Transcription of the episode "Food injustice: The corporatization of school meals"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/08/transcription-of-the-episode-food-injustice-the-corporatization-of-school-meals/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi, I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Amy H-L: [00:00:19] Our guest today is Monica Chen, executive director of Factory Farming Awareness Coalition, a nonprofit that educates individuals and organizations on the impacts of our food system. A veteran teacher, Monica has worked with
- [Inquiry Going Virtual! Focus on Interviews](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/01/inquiry-going-virtual-focus-on-interviews/) - “EDUCATION IS NOT FILLING A PAIL; IT’S LIGHTING A FIRE.” The origin of this quote is in question, but there’s no doubt about the meanings. This was the foundation of my teaching over 44 years of working in kindergarten, first, and second grades in three different New York City Public Schools. Our inquiry was certainly
- [Transcript of the episode "UPDATE: Moving toward admissions equity and culture change at Manhattan’s Beacon High School"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/01/transcript-of-the-episode-update-beacon/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Martin Luther King Day week seems an especially good time to get an update on the campaign for equity at Beacon, an elite, screened public high school in Manhattan. As listeners may remember, last June we interviewed students
- [Transcription of the episode "Paula Rogovin: Creating a social justice early childhood classroom"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/10/transcription-of-the-episode-paula-rogovin-creating-a-social-justice-early-childhood-classroom/) - Jon 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 inclusive and equitable schools and youth programs that help students to develop both commitment and capacity to build ethical institutions. Jon M: 00:32 Our guest today is veteran teacher, author, and
- [Transcription of the episode "Systemic racism in special education: Parent participation legitimizes inequities"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/01/4368/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today, we continue our conversation with Dr. LaToya Baldwin Clark, assistant professor at UCLA School of Law, where she writes about race, parenting, and educational stratification. Dr. Baldwin Clark earned a BS in economics from the Wharton School,
- [Transcription of the episode "Policing attendance boundaries: Education as private property"](https://ethicalschools.org/2021/01/transcription-of-the-episode-policing-attendance-boundaries-education-as-private-property/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. LaToya Baldwin Clark, assistant professor at UCLA School of Law, where she writes about race, parenting, and educational stratification. Dr. Baldwin Clark earned a BS in economics from the Wharton School, an MA
- [Transcription of the episode "Supporting English Learners: pandemic and post-pandemic solutions"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/12/transcription-of-the-episode-supporting-english-learners-pandemic-and-post-pandemic-solutions/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Julie Sugarman. Dr. Sugarman is Senior Policy Analyst for pre-K through 12 Education at the Migration Policy Institute's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, where she focuses on issues related to immigrant and
- [Transcript of the episode "Students as experts: Diversity, equity, and inclusion"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/12/transcript-of-the-episode-students-as-experts-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Judith King-Calnek of the United Nations International School. Dr. King-Calnek has been at UNIS since 1994 as a teacher of anthropology, theory of knowledge, and history; head of the humanities department; president
- [Transcript of the episode "Dodging responsibility for our children: Reducing learning to test scores"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/12/transcript-of-the-episode-dodging-responsibility-for-our-children-reducing-learning-to-test-scores/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Samuel E. Abrams, Director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Abrams is the author of "Education and the Commercial Mindset" and is
- [Transcription of the episode "](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/12/transcription-of-the-episode/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to ethical schools. Our guests today are 8th grade social studies teacher Debbie Holecko, literary arts teacher Claudia Bestor, both at North Olmlstead Middle School, and their former student, now 10th grader, Rafel Alshakergi. North Olmsted is a suburb about
- [Abolitionist education: Creating liberatory spaces (Part One)](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/11/abolitionist-education-creating-liberatory-spaces-part-one/) - We speak with Swarthmore's Dr. Edwin Mayorga, who explains how abolitionist classrooms and schools create "freedom as a place" in contrast to racial capitalism. Teachers are the lead inquirers and try to "move at the speed of trust," helping to create classrooms full of joy. Edwin describes Philadelphia's Kensington Health Sciences Academy as a school where teaching and learning are based on establishing relationships of mutual respect.
- [Transcription of the episode "Abolitionist education: Creating liberatory spaces (Part Two)"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/12/transcription-of-the-episode-abolitionist-education-creating-liberatory-spaces-part-two/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy-Halpern-Laff Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. This is the second of a two-part interview with Dr. Edwin Mayorga, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies and the Program in Latin American and Latino Studies at Swarthmore College. Dr. Mayorga is founder and co-researcher of
- [Transcription of the episode "Abolitionist education: Creating liberatory spaces (Part One)"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/11/transcription-of-the-episode-abolitionist-education-creating-liberatory-spaces-part-one/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. This is the first of a two part interview. We'll post the second part next week. Our guest is Dr. Edwin Mayorga, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies and the Program in Latin American and Latino
- [Transcription of the episode "BIPOC and undocumented: A trauma-filled intersection"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/11/transcription-of-the-episode-bipoc-and-undocumented-a-trauma-filled-intersection/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Cristiana Best, assistant professor in the Department of Social Work and Equitable Community Practice at University of St. Joseph in West Hartford, Connecticut. Prior to becoming a full-time academic, Dr. Best spent 30
- [Transcription of the episode "The impact of deportation policies on Latinx students’ mental health"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/11/transcription-of-the-episode-the-impact-of-deportation-policies-on-latinx-students-mental-health/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Randy Capps, Director of Research for US programs at the Migration Policy Institute. Dr. Capps has published widely on immigration and integration at the state and local levels, and studied the impact of the detention and
- [Transcription of the episode "Empowering school counselors to support struggling students"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/11/transcription-of-the-episode-empowering-school-counselors-to-support-struggling-students/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff Jon M: [00:00:17] I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Mandy Savitz- Romer. Dr. Savitz-Romer is Nancy Pforzheimer Aronson Senior Lecturer of Human Development and Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education and director of the School of Education's Prevention, Science and Practice master's
- [Transcript of the episode "Holistic history: The African diaspora"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/10/transcript-of-the-episode-holistic-history-the-african-diaspora/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:17] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Kim Butler, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies and Director of the Certificate Program in Africana Studies at Rutgers University. A former president of the Association for the Study of the
- [Transcription of the episode "Students leading change: Inclusiveness at an elite school"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/10/transcription-of-the-episode-students-leading-change-inclusiveness-at-an-elite-school/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today, Stacey Cervellin Thorp, Maima Moffett-Warden, and Abigail Rivera, are from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City, a public high school with very competitive admission standards.
- [Transcription of the episode "Practicing ethics: Case studies"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/09/transcription-of-the-episode-practicing-ethics-case-studies/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:17] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Meira Levinson. Dr. Levinson is Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her most recent book is "Democratic Discourse: Cases and Commentaries in Educational Ethics" with Jacob Fay. She's the
- [Transcription of the episode "Teaching economics as political and ethical choices"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/10/transcription-of-the-episode-teaching-economics-as-political-and-ethical-choices/) - TRANSCRIPTION OF THE EPISODE WITH LEV MOSCOW "TEACHING ECONOMICS AS POLITICAL AND ETHICAL CHOICES"
- [Transcript of the episode "Education denied: What should reparations look like?"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/10/transcript-of-the-episode-education-denied-what-should-reparations-look-like/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:17] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Daarel Burnette II, staff writer at Education Week, where he covers school funding and finance. Previously, Mr. Burnette served as a bureau chief at Chalkbeat Tennessee, a start up news organization based in
- [Transcription of the episode "Identity-focused classes: Experiments in cultural relevance"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/10/transcription-of-the-episode-identity-focused-classes-experiments-in-cultural-relevance/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi, I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Emily Penner, assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of California at Irvine. Welcome, Emily! Emily P: [00:00:28] Thanks so much for having me. Amy H-L: [00:00:30] You and
- [Transcription of the episode "Parent voice: Supporting families with special needs"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/09/transcription-of-the-episode-parent-voice-supporting-families-with-special-needs/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Ellen McHugh. Ellen is regional program manager and regional coordinator for Parent to Parent of New York State. She's also co-chair of the Citywide Council on Special Education. She's the parent of a
- [Impact of Remote Learning on the Washington Heights Community](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/07/impact-of-remote-learning-on-the-washington-heights-community/) - In March 2020, teaching environments quickly moved to remote learning in an effort to stem the growing COVID-19 pandemic. As District 6 in Washington Heights grappled with how to continue to serve the educational needs of its nearly 22,000 students — of which 84.6% are Hispanic, 7.1% Black, 5.6%, white and 1.5% Asian — many
- [Transcription of the episode "Consumption as ethics: Talking with students about food"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/09/transcription-of-the-episode-consumption-as-ethics-talking-with-students-about-food/) - TRANSCRIPTION OF THE EPISODE "CONSUMPTION AS ETHICS: TALKING WITH STUDENTS ABOUT FOOD"
- [Transcription of the episode "Busting out of the classroom: Connecting local history to everyday life"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/08/transcription-of-the-episode-busting-out-of-the-classroom-connecting-local-history-to-everyday-life/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:17] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are David Edelman and Raul Baez. David is a social studies teacher and instructional coach at Union Square Academy for Health Sciences in New York City. His website is cagebustingclassrooms.com. Raul is a rising
- [Transcription of the episode “Food injustice: The corporatization of school meals”](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/08/transcription-of-the-episode-food-injustice-the-corporatization-of-school-meals-2/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi, I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I’m Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Amy H-L: [00:00:19] Our guest today is Monica Chen, executive director of Factory Farming Awareness Coalition, a nonprofit that educates individuals and organizations on the impacts of our food system. A veteran teacher, Monica has worked with students in elementary,
- [Transcription of the episode "Audit culture: The dehumanization of education](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/08/transcription-of-the-episode-audit-culture-the-dehumanization-of-education/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi, I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is William Stroud. He was the founding principal in two New York City public schools, the Urban Peace Academy in East Harlem and the Baccalaureate School for Global Education in Queens. He Is currently
- [Transcription of the episode "Supporting student civic activism: Social studies on steroids"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/08/transcription-of-the-episode-supporting-student-civic-activism-social-studies-on-steroids/) - Jon M: [00:00:00] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:15] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. We have an exciting two part episode, which we'll start today and continue next week. Our guests are Dr. Alan Singer, a former New York City high school teacher and now teacher educator at Hofstra University, Dr.
- [Transcription of the episode "Police and metal detectors in schools: Students perspectives"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/07/transcription-of-the-episode-police-and-metal-detectors-in-schools-student-perspectives/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:18] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Nia Morgan and Anahi Ortiz Fierros. Nia is Interim Organizing Coordinator of the Urban Youth Collaborative, UYC, a youth- led coalition of New York based organizations fighting for educational justice and police-free schools. Nia
- [Transcript of the episode "(UPDATE) Civics education: A Constitutional right?"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/07/transcript-of-the-episode-update-civics-education-a-constitutional-right/) - Jon M: 00:00 Last September,we spoke with Dr. Mark Santow , who was then suing the state of Rhode Island in federal court for failing to provide an adequate education, including civics, for certain Rhode Island students, especially Black and Brown students and low income students. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the
- [Transcription of the episode "Mark Santow on Suing Rhode Island for Educational Equal Protection"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/09/transcription-of-the-episode-mark-santow-on-suing-rhode-island-for-educational-equal-protection/) - Jon M: 00:15 Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:18 And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools, where we discuss strategies for creating inclusive and 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 Dr. Mark Santow. Dr. Santow
- [Transcription of the episode "Too Late For Reform: Abolishing the Police in Schools"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/07/transcription-of-the-episode-too-late-for-reform-abolishing-the-police-in-schools/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Toni Smith-Thompson. Toni is a Senior Organizer in the advocacy department of the New York Civil Lberties Union, NYCLU. She focuses on campaigns to strengthen public education, including campaigns to reduce school suspensions and
- [Transcription of the episode "Savage inequalities: How school funding intentionally privileges white, wealthy communities "](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/07/transcription-of-the-episode-savage-inequalities-how-school-funding-intentionally-privileges-white-wealthy-communities/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:17] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Today we'll continue to look at how inequities in our school systems impact Black lives and lives of Indigenous and other People of Color and low income whites, and what can be done it. Today we'll discuss
- [Transcription of the episode "Reimagining college admissions: Performance assessment pilot at CUNY"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/06/transcription-of-the-episode-reimagining-college-admissions-performance-assessment-pilot-at-cuny/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi, I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:17] And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Michelle Fine. Michelle is Distinguished Professor of Critical Psychology, Women's Studies, American Studies and Urban Education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York () CUNY.) Welcome, Michelle. Michelle
- [Transcription of the episode "Students demand equity and inclusion: call for admissions, curriculum, counseling changes"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/06/transcription-of-the-episode-students-demand-equity-and-inclusion-call-for-admissions-curriculum-counseling-changes/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff, Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guests today are Yarmis Cruz, Eli Crenshaw-Smith, and Tony Paperno, students at Beacon High School, a public high school in Manhattan. Yarmis is a senior and will be attending Northwestern University next year. Eli grew up
- [Transcription of the episode "Crises and opportunity: A holistic approach to supporting and empowering youth"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/06/transcription-of-the-episode-crises-and-opportunity-a-holistic-approach-to-supporting-and-empowering-youth/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:01] Hi, I’m Amy Halpern-Laff Jon M: [00:00:02] And I’m Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. In light of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter protests, we’ll listen to the conversation I had with Jason Warwin, Co-founder and Associate Executive Director of The Brotherhood/ Sister Sol, Bro/Sis, a Harlem-based organization that provides comprehensive
- [Transcription of the episode "Challenging hierarchies: The role of the social justice teacher educator"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/06/transcription-of-the-episode-challenging-hierarchies-the-role-of-the-social-justice-teacher-educator/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi, I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I’m Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Sherry Deckman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle and High School Education at Lehman College. CUNY. Dr. Deckman researches how teachers are formally prepared to work with students of diverse
- [Transcription of the episode "Adjoa Jones de Almeida of the Brooklyn Museum on art as experience"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/09/transcription-of-the-episode-adjoa-jones-de-almeida-of-the-brooklyn-museum-on-art-as-experience/) - Amy H-L: 00:15 Hi, I'm Amy Halpern-Laff Jon M: 00:17 And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools, where we discuss strategies for creating inclusive and equitable schools that help students to develop both commitment and capacity to build ethical institutions. Amy H-L: 00:29 Our guest today is Adjoa Jones de Almeida, Director of Education
- [Transcription of the episode "Why teach history? Knowing 'why' shapes 'how”](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/05/transcription-of-the-episode-why-teach-history-knowing-why-shapes-how/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:00] Hi. I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Our guest today is Richard Miller. Richard retired after 28 years of teaching history in New York City middle and high school grades, including at Central Park East Secondary School, CPESS, and Beacon High School. Welcome, Richard. Richard M: [00:00:31] Thanks
- [Transcription of the episode "Therapeutic crisis intervention: a consultant’s role in creating an ethical school culture"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/05/transcription-of-the-episode-therapeutic-crisis-intervention-a-consultants-role-in-creating-an-ethical-school-culture/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Our guest today is Misha Thomas of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research of the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. Misha has been a trainer for Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools since 1995. He holds a masters in divinity
- [Transcription of the episode "Kym Vanderbilt on ethical early childhood teacher preparation"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/08/transcription-of-the-episode-kym-vanderbilt-on-ethical-early-childhood-teacher-preparation/) - Jon 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 inclusive and equitable schools and youth programs that help students to develop a commitment and capacity to build ethical institutions. Jon M: 00:29 Our guest today is Kym Vanderbilt. Kym Vanderbilt is a full time lecturer and
- [Transcription of the episode "Student stories: SEL through writing and sharing lived experiences"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/05/transcription-of-the-episode-student-stories-sel-through-writing-and-sharing-lived-experiences/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:17] And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Our guests today are Keith Hafner and Betsy Cohen of Youth Communication. Keith founded Youth Communication, a program to help teens express their lived experiences through writing, in 1980. He served as executive director for 40 years and is now senior
- [Transcription of the episode "The principal as 'keeper of the vision': Fostering and protecting an ethical community"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/05/transcription-of-the-episode-the-principal-as-keeper-of-the-vision-fostering-and-protecting-an-ethical-community/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Our guest today is Jill Herman. Jill currently leads conference groups and advises students in the Principal's Institute at Bank Street College and as a consultant to the New York City Department of Education. Among many other roles in her career, she
- [Transcription of the episode "Advice for Secondary School Teachers" (encore)](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/12/transcription-of-the-episode-advice-for-secondary-school-teachers-encore/) - Jon M: 00:00 I'm Jon Moscow. This is a reposting of an interview with Lev Moscow who has taught history and economics at The Beacon School in New York City for 14 years. Lev offers advice for secondary school teachers on topics such as advisory, including non-European perspectives in the history curriculum, and getting students
- [Transcription of the episode "Lev Moscow offers advice for secondary school teachers"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/09/transcription-of-the-episode-lev-moscow-offers-advice-for-secondary-school-teachers/) - Jon M: 00:15 Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:16 And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools, where we discuss strategies for creating inclusive, and equitable schools and youth programs that help students to develop both commitment and capacity to develop ethical institutions. Jon M: 00:31 Our guest today is Lev Moscow. Lev teaches
- [Transcription of the episode "Grief and loss: Supporting students, families, and teachers in a pandemic"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/04/transcription-of-the-episode-grief-and-loss-supporting-students-families-and-teachers-in-a-pandemic/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] Hi. I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I'm Jon Moscow. Our guest today is Cynthia Trapanese. Cynthia teaches first grade at The New School of San Francisco. Cynthia was a board certified pediatric chaplain for 17 years before returning to school to become a credentialed elementary school classroom teacher eight years
- [Transcription of the episode "The 'Name Game': racialization in a suburban high school"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/02/transcription-of-the-episode-the-name-game-racialization-in-a-suburban-high-school/) - Amy H-L: 00:15 I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: 00:16 And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Amy H-L: 00:19 Our guests today, faculty members at the University of St Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut, were called upon to intervene at a suburban high school when fights broke out between white and black students. Dr. Anthony
- [Transcription of the episode "Centering SEL for social and economic mobility"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/02/transcription-of-the-episode-centering-sel-for-social-and-economic-mobility/) - Jon M: 00:15 I’m Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:16 And I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Jon M: 00:19 Our guest today is David Adams. David is the Director of Social Emotional Learning at the Urban Assembly. He previously served as the social emotional learning coordinator for District 75 in New York City, where he shaped the district’s approach to
- [Transcription of the episode "Engaging young black men in school: What we can learn from art class"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/04/transcription-of-the-episode-engaging-young-black-men-in-school-what-we-can-learn-from-art-class/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi, I’m Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I’m Amy Halpern- Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Don Siler. Dr. Siler is assistant professor of education at the University of St Joseph in Hartford, where he’s taught since 2014. Welcome, Don. Don S: [00:00:32] Hey, how you doing? Jon M: [00:00:34] Good.
- [Transcription of the episode "Culturally responsive practice and SEL: Effective professional development and programs"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/04/transcription-of-the-episode-culturally-responsive-practice-and-sel-effective-professional-development-and-programs/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:15] I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I’m Jon Moscow. Our guest today is Dr Heather C. Hill, Jerome T. Murphy Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Visiting Faculty Member at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. Welcome, Heather. Heather H: [00:00:31] Great to be here. Thanks, Jon and Amy,
- [Vulnerable students’ needs and rights in pandemic: Threats and opportunities](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/04/vulnerable-students-needs-and-rights-in-pandemic-threats-and-opportunities/) - Diana MTK Autin, parent advocacy leader, describes how distance learning fails to meet the needs of many students and exacerbates inequities. She leads several organizations that help parents advocate effectively for their own families and also for systemic change. The pandemic's impacts are likely to be felt by students for a long time, and unless students' rights are defended, long-standing legal protections may be weakened with devastating effects.
- [Transcription of the episode "Vulnerable students’ needs and rights in pandemic: Threats and opportunities"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/04/transcription-of-the-episode-vulnerable-students-needs-and-rights-in-pandemic-threats-and-opportunities/) - Jon M: [00:00:15] Hi, I’m Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: [00:00:16] And I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Our guest today is Diana MTK Autin. Diana is Executive Co-director of the SPAN Parent Advocacy Network. She’s also Co-director of the National Center on Leadership and Family Professional Partnerships and Executive Director of PLACE, the National Center for Parent Leadership Advocacy and
- [Transcription of the episode "Creating a safe haven: Changing lives after school"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/03/transcription-of-the-episode-creating-a-safe-haven-changing-lives-after-school/) - Jon M.: 00:15 I’m Jon Moscow. Amy H.: 00:17 And I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Jason Garcia. Jason is Assistant Vice President of Youth and Workforce Programs at SoBro, a multifaceted community development organization in the South Bronx. Jason designs and runs a range of out of school time programs for youth, including
- [Transcription of the episode "Text guided literacy: Literature as experience in English class"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/03/transcription-of-the-episode-text-guided-literacy-literature-as-experience-in-english-class/) - Amy H: [00:00:16] Hi, I’m Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:17] And I’m Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Anthony Johnston. Dr. Johnston is Associate Professor of Education and Program Director for Secondary Education at the University of St. Joseph. He’s the coauthor of “Identity Focused ELA Teaching: A Curriculum Framework for Diverse Learners
- [Transcription of the episode "High school sports: Ethical challenges and considerations"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/04/transcription-of-the-episode-high-school-sports-ethical-challenges-and-considerations/) - Amy H-L: [00:00:16] I’m Amy Halpern-Laff Jon M: [00:00:18] And I’m Jon Moscow. Our guest today is Mark Jerome, basketball coach at Beacon High School in New York City. Mark was executive director of the Riverside Church basketball program and is currently president of Live City Basketball and Global Professional Sports. He’s also the father of Ty
- [Transcription of the episode "Teaching as research: Auto-ethnography of a pioneering bilingual teacher educator"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/03/transcription-of-the-episode-teaching-as-research-auto-ethnography-of-a-pioneering-bilingual-teacher-educator/) - Amy H: [00:00:15] I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: [00:00:16] And I’m Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Amy H: [00:00:19] Our guest today is Dr. Carmen Mercado, a pioneer among Puerto Rican and bilingual educators in New York City. Carmen is a literacy educator whose formal preparation began in a small experimental dual language school in the Bronx
- [Transcription of the episode "The Algebra Project: Math Literacy and Empowerment"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/01/transcription-of-the-episode-the-algebra-project-math-literacy-and-empowerment/) - Jon M: 00:15 Hi. I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:16 And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools, where we discuss strategies for creating inclusive and equitable schools and youth programs that help students to develop commitment and capacity to build ethical institutions. Jon M: 00:32 Our guest today is Kate Belin. Kate is in
- [Transcription of the episode "Parent-school relationships in early childhood programs: family engagement is driven by families"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/01/transcription-of-the-episode-parent-school-relationships-in-early-childhood-programs-family-engagement-is-driven-by-families/) - Amy H-L: 00:15 Hi, I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: 00:17 And I’m Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Amy H-L: 00:20 Our guest today is Dr. Yasmin Morales-Alexander. Yasmin is an assistant professor in the Early Childhood graduate program at Lehman College. She was the inaugural recipient of Teacher’s College’s Shirley Chisholm Dissertation Award, recognizing TC doctoral graduates who have advanced
- [Transcription of the episode "Navigating college and career pathways: Self-knowledge, preparation, and parameters"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/01/transcription-of-the-episode-navigating-college-and-career-pathways-self-knowledge-preparation-and-parameters/) - Jon M: 00:15 I’m Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:16 And I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Jon M: 00:19 Our guest today is Maud Abeel. Maud’s an educational consultant both in New York City and nationally, working across the continuum from zero to the postsecondary years. She’s especially focused on college and career readiness for middle and high school students.
- [Transcription of the episode "Black and Latinx students, institutional racism, and the carceral continuum"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/01/transcription-of-the-episode-black-and-latinx-students-institutional-racism-and-the-carceral-continuum/) - Jon M: 00:10 Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:16 And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools. Our guest today is Dr. Carla Shedd, associate professor of sociology and urban education at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Carla is the author of "Unequal City: Race, Schools and Perceptions of Injustice," which was recently included in
- [Transcription of the episode "Anna Allanbrook on Brooklyn New School: Centering children, marginalizing tests"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/08/transcription-of-the-episode-anna-allanbrook-on-brooklyn-new-school-centering-children-marginalizing-tests/) - Amy H-L: 00:15 Hi, I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: 00:17 And I'm Jon Moscow. Welcome to Ethical Schools, where we discuss strategies for creating inclusive and equitable schools and youth programs that help students to develop both commitment and capacity to build ethical institutions. Amy H-L: 00:30 Our guest today is Anna Allanbrook. Anna has
- [Transcription of the episode "David C. Bloomfield on why we need a revolution in attitude to see education as a social good rather than an individual property right"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/07/transcription-of-the-episode-david-c-bloomfield-on-why-we-need-a-revolution-in-attitude-to-see-education-as-a-social-good-rather-than-an-individual-property-right/) - Jon M: 00:15 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 inclusive and equitable schools and youth programs that help student to develop both commitment and capacity to build ethical institutions. Jon M: 00:32 Our guest today is Dr. David C. Bloomfield, Professor
- [Transcription of the episode "David Kirkland on New York’s State’s Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/08/transcription-of-the-episode-david-kirkland-on-new-yorks-states-culturally-responsive-sustaining-education-framework/) - Jon M: 00:15 I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:16 And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to Ethical Schools where we discuss strategies for creating inclusive and equitable schools and youth programs that help students to develop both commitment and capacity to build ethical institutions. Jon M: 00:29 Our guest today is Dr. David E. Kirkland, Executive
- [Transcription of the episode "Soledad Hiciano on nurturing and educating immigrant children in an age of deportation and deprivation"](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/05/transcription-of-the-episode-soledad-hiciano-on-nurturing-and-educating-immigrant-children-in-an-age-of-deportation-and-deprivation/) - Jon 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
- [Transcription of the episode "Zoe Weil on humane education: The world becomes what we teach"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/05/transcription-of-the-episode-zoe-weil-on-humane-education-the-world-becomes-what-we-teach/) - Jon M: 00:15 I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:16 And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. This is the Ethical Schools podcast where we talk about how to create ethical classrooms and schools that graduate students who are motivated and prepared to create a more ethical world. Jon M: 00:34 Zoe Weil is the Co-founder and President of
- [Transcription of the episode "Adán Vásquez on The Washington Heights Community Conservatory of Fine Arts: “I could be the one playing the cello!”](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/06/transcription-of-the-episode-adan-vasquez-on-the-washington-heights-community-conservatory-of-fine-arts-i-could-be-the-one-playing-the-cello/) - Amy H-L : 00:15 I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: 00:15 And I'm Jon Moscow. This is the Ethical Schools podcast, where we discuss equitable and inclusive learning environments that help students to become capable of creating a more ethical world. Amy H-L : 00:27 There's a new blog post up on ethicalschools.org. It's by Shirley
- [The Challenge of Identity in the Trump Era](https://ethicalschools.org/2020/02/the-challenge-of-identity-in-the-trump-era/) - Like it or not, trauma is simply an accepted part of everyday reality for Central American immigrant students. The traumas they face are myriad, from violence in their home countries to treacherous journeys northward, to suffering at the hands of Customs and Border Patrol and the challenge of reunifying with a long-lost parent who feels
- [Transcription of the episode "Kids learn through relationships: A conversation with Pedro Noguera about building a culture conducive to teaching and learning"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/06/transcription-of-the-episode-kids-learn-through-relationships-a-conversation-with-pedro-noguera-about-building-a-culture-conducive-to-teaching-and-learning/) - Amy H-L: 00:10 I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: 00:17 And I'm Jon Moscow. This is Ethical Schools podcast where we talk about how to create equitable and inclusive learning environments that support students in becoming capable of and committed to creating a more ethical world. Amy H-L: 00:30 Our guest today is Dr. Pedro Noguera.
- [Transcription of the episode "Jason Warwin on The Brotherhood/Sister Sol: Building strong Black and Latinx youth leaders for social change"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/06/transcription-of-the-episode-jason-warwin-on-the-brotherhood-sister-sol-building-strong-black-and-latinx-youth-leaders-for-social-change/) - Jon M: 00:10 Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. This is Ethical Schools podcast, where we talk about how to create ethical and inclusive learning environments that support students in becoming capable of and committed to creating a more ethical world. Today we're speaking with Jason Warwin. Jason Warwick is Associate Executive Director and Co-founder of the
- [Transcription of the episode "Stephanie Carnes on post-traumatic growth and resilience: Cultural competence and creating safe environments for Central American immigrant children in today’s U.S."](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/06/transcription-of-the-episode-stephanie-carnes-on-post-traumatic-growth-and-resilience-cultural-competence-and-creating-safe-environments-for-central-american-immigrant-children-in-todays-u/) - Amy H-L: 00:15 I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: 00:17 And I’m Jon Moscow. This is Ethical Schools podcast, where we talk about how to create equitable and inclusive learning environments that support students becoming capable of and committed to creating a more ethical world. Amy H-L: 00:29 Our guest today is Stephanie Carnes. Stephanie is a bilingual clinical social worker in
- [TRANSCRIPTION OF THE EPISODE "Mark Gordon on the Friends and Relationships Course: Teaching and learning from people with intellectual disabilities about sexuality, interdependence, and inclusion"](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/05/mark-gordon-on-the-friends-and-relationships-course-teaching-and-learning-from-people-with-intellectual-disabilities-about-sexuality-interdependence-and-inclusion-transcription-of-the-episode/) - Jon M: 00:15 Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:17 And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to the Ethical Schools podcast where we talk about how to create equitable and inclusive learning environments that support students in becoming capable of and committed to creating a more ethical world. Today we're going to talk about an educational
- [Deborah Meier on Public Education and Democracy: What makes an ethical school (Transcription of the episode)](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/05/deborah-meier-on-public-education-and-democracy-what-makes-an-ethical-school-2/) - Jon M : 00:15 I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:16 And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to our Ethical Schools podcast. We talk to all kinds of educational innovators who are creating what we call ethical classrooms and schools and we've been talking about how to develop relationships. Ethics is based on relationships, and within the
- [Shirley Edwards on EBC High School: Building an educational community in Bushwick (Transcription of the episode)](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/04/shirley-edwards-on-ebc-high-school-building-an-educational-community-in-bushwick-transcription-of-the-episode/) - Jon M: 00:04 Hi, I’m Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:21 And I’m Amy Halpern-Laff. Jon M: 00:23 We’re the co-directors of Ethics In Education Network and this is our podcast, Ethical Schools. Amy H-L: 00:29 And when we talk about ethical schools, we’re not just talking about a traditional school environment. We’re talking about any environment in which teaching and learning occurs. It
- [Eva Lopez on Act4Change: Applying Theatre of the Oppressed to building social justice in The Bronx (Transcription of the episode)](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/05/eva-lopez-on-act4change-applying-theatre-of-the-oppressed-to-building-social-justice-in-the-bronx-transcription-of-the-episode/) - Jon M: 00:14 Hi, I'm Jon Moscow. Amy H-L: 00:16 And I'm Amy Halpern-Laff. Welcome to the Ethical Schools podcast where we speak with educational innovators about creating ethical educational environments and instilling lifelong ethical habits. We often underestimate the power of the arts to support SEL and to create ethical communities. Jon M: 00:34
- [Critical Care, Cultural Humility and the Reflective Practitioner](https://ethicalschools.org/2018/04/critical-care-cultural-humility-and-the-reflective-practitioner/) - As a social work educator trained as an education researcher, my understanding of the work of practitioners in schools and other community settings is informed by a number of conceptual frameworks. My practice career as a school social worker and my identity as a Latinx/Diasporican scholar have also informed the research questions I have pursued.
- [Feelings Charts Instead of Behavior Charts: Radical Love Instead of Shame](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/03/feelingscharts/) - As practitioners and teachers of Emotionally Responsive Practice (ERP) at Bank Street College, we have the privilege and adventure of stepping into a wide range of settings in which grownups work with groups of children. We travel from daycare centers to independent schools, from charter schools to NYC public schools, seeing classroom practice with children
- [Theater, Education, and Community](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/03/theater-2/) - Strongly influenced by Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Brazilian activist and director Augusto Boal created Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) in the 1970s. TO comprises a series of techniques combining performance and participation, inviting audiences to envision liberation and empowering them to resist oppression. If successful, TO catalyzes social change. Boal argues that traditional theater has been used as a
- [NY Opens the Door to SEL](https://ethicalschools.org/2018/10/ny-opens-the-door-to-sel/) - In August, the New York State Education Department published Social Emotional Learning: Essential for Learning, Essential for Life, a detailed document calling for all NYS schools to incorporate social emotional learning into their daily instructional practice with fidelity and district-wide support. The linked Social Emotional Learning Benchmarks, however, are voluntary, and the authors point to
- [Ethical College and Career Decisions](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/09/ethical-college-and-career-decision/) - John Dewey, arguably America’s greatest 20th century philosopher and educator, stressed the importance of teaching habits of rigorous ethical inquiry in the classroom and in the larger society. He argued that students should learn to consider the impacts of their individual and collective social, economic, and political choices. Fortunately, many schools and youth programs encourage
- [Invisible Parent Involvement Within the NYC High School Admissions Process](https://ethicalschools.org/2016/09/invisible-parent-involvement-within-the-nyc-high-school-admissions-process/) - I walked into an Upper East Side public middle school and my first stop was the teachers’ lounge where Jane, the Parent Coordinator, waved. She was unable to give me her attention, though, as the phones were ringing off the hook that morning. I was able to hear only her end of the conversations:“You’re planning
- [Student Voice: The Value of "What do you think?"](https://ethicalschools.org/2016/09/what-do-you-think/) - The greatest question any authoritative figure can ask a child or a student. Inclusivity in all aspects of decision making is vital, but it is most important in our schools.I would like to consider myself a youth activist working to diversify a segregated school system, and yet while legislation is the ultimate goal in any
- [Prioritizing Mindsets: What New York State’s Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework Gets Right](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/10/prioritizing-mindsets-what-new-york-states-culturally-responsive-sustaining-education-framework-gets-right/) - Photo by Kiana Bosman on Unsplash Schools adhere to ideas of what is the “correct” way to be, act, learn, and communicate. They institutionalize these ideas through school policies, teaching choices, and curricula. But these norms are not neutral or arbitrary; they mirror the norms that allow society’s justification for why certain groups such as white, middle-class, and
- [The Art of Social Justice: Behold the beautiful struggle!](https://ethicalschools.org/2017/06/the-art-of-social-justice-behold-the-beautiful-struggle/) - The Museum as Ethics ClassroomOn February 9, 2017, a few weeks after Trump’s presidential inauguration and the Women’s March on Washington, the Brooklyn Museum held a historic gathering, entitled “Defending Immigrant Rights: A Brooklyn Call to Action.” The auditorium was packed to capacity and the energy in the room was palpable. Panel speakers included the
- [The Overwhelming Whiteness of Transitional Chapter Series Books](https://ethicalschools.org/2017/01/the-overwhelming-whiteness-of-transitional-chapter-series-books/) - A first grader reaches for a book on the shelf in her classroom at a mid-sized city school in New York’s Hudson Valley. She finds herself in that sweet developmental spot when reading fluency is building, and sounding out words today takes less time than it did yesterday. She has already devoured all of Junie
- [John Dewey:  Educative Experiences](https://ethicalschools.org/2017/01/john-dewey-educative-experiences/) - Upon entering the early education program at Bank Street Graduate School of Education in 2015, I believed there existed a (cultural) tension between progressive pedagogy and its reflection of what seemed to me as middle-upper class white American values versus the more traditional educational styles and methods of teacher-directed instruction and practices. In my current
- [Keynote Address: Teaching Ethics in Inequitable Times](https://ethicalschools.org/2017/01/keynote-address-teaching-ethics-in-inequitable-times/) - Good evening everyone. Hello, hello. You heard from the Peace Poets before, I normally have a policy of never following the Peace Poets, they go after me. We spoke at NYU on Monday and I made the great, brilliant decision to go first and then they closed it down. You’ve already heard from the, kind
- [It's Not Personal: Moving from Individual Racial Incidents to Organizational Racial Conflict](https://ethicalschools.org/2017/06/its-not-personal-moving-from-individual-racial-incidents-to-organizational-racial-conflict/) - Racism in higher education is often conceptualized as a student or individualized problem. If institutions of higher education are serious about making progress in this arena, however, they need to view racial conflict not as a personal problem but as an organizational issue, where all stakeholders are accountable for the racial incidents that occur on
- [The Devastating Impacts of Homelessness on Learning](https://ethicalschools.org/2018/01/the-devastating-impacts-of-homelessness-on-learning/) - In 2015-2016, one in every 10 children was homeless, up six percent from the year before. That’s more than 111,500 New York City schoolchildren and, as The New York Times pointed out, “enough to populate a small city.” The Coalition for the Homeless (2017) reports that, with NYC in the worst crisis of homelessness since the
- [Toward an Ethical Disciplinary Process for Teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/2017/09/toward-an-ethical-disciplinary-process-for-teachers/) - I have told this story of my “disappearance” too many times and yet not often enough in forums that might lead to change. The NYC Department of Education (DOE) disciplinary process for teachers in its current form is deeply unethical, with damaging effects on teachers, students, and schools. Unfortunately, my own experience is by no
- [Ethical Environments: Robotics](https://ethicalschools.org/2018/10/ethical-environments-robotics/) - Throughout my two decades teaching, ethics has been central to what I view as my dual role of educator and mentor. Ethics, from the Greek “ethos,” meaning “character,” comprise the principles and priorities that govern people’s actions and their relationships with others. What follows is an account of an effort to create on a small
- [Holistic College and Career Advisement](https://ethicalschools.org/2018/04/holistic-college-and-career-advisement/) - I have worked in college and career counseling at The Brotherhood/Sister Sol in Harlem since 2001; during the past five years I have formalized the program and spent most of my time on it. In this article, I reflect on lessons learned and make recommendations to those either working in or developing college and career
- [All Students Deserve an Education in the Arts](https://ethicalschools.org/2018/01/all-students-deserve-arts-education/) - How do we, as educators and active participants in society, ensure that all children, not just those parents have money for elite schools, receive music and art education? How did music and other arts become expendable subjects? How can we get decision-makers to see that that the arts are just as important as math, English,
- [Guidelines for submissions](https://ethicalschools.org/2016/01/guidelines-for-submissions/) - Note from the editors to our readers and colleagues: We accept articles for our newsletter on any topic related to secular (preferably Deweyan) educational ethics. As you might expect, we have to pass on some articles, but we will let you know whether and when your article will run in the newsletter. Please keep in
- [The school that Bushwick built: the story of EBC High School for Public Service](https://ethicalschools.org/2019/06/the-school-that-bushwick-built-the-story-of-ebc-high-school-for-public-service/) - IntroductionI’m Shirley Edwards, and I was Principal of the EBC High School for Public Service, Bushwick for ten of its formative years. Bushwick is an “inner city” community in Brooklyn, NY, and when I became principal – in 1993, the second year of the school – it was beset with all of the problems that typify
- [Ethical Dining at School](https://ethicalschools.org/2017/09/ethical-dining-in-school/) - Education is not preparation for life, education is life itself. – John DeweyJohn Dewey (1859-1952) was arguably the most consequential educational thinker of the twentieth century. According to Dewey, education should consist of meaningful activity in learning and participation in classroom democracy. Curriculum should be relevant to students’ lives as well as prepare them to

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- [American Public Education Law](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/american-public-education-law/)
- [The Daily Beast](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-daily-beast/)
- [school diversity](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-diversity/)
- [Elite NYC High Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/elite-nyc-high-schools/)
- [Public Schools System](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/public-schools-system/)
- [Specialized High Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/specialized-high-schools/)
- [Black students in NY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/black-students-in-ny/)
- [Education as a social good](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-as-a-social-good/)
- [Betsy DeVos](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/betsy-devos/)
- [Teachers Union](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teachers-union/)
- [teachers on strike](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teachers-on-strike/)
- [Public Education in America](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/public-education-in-america/)
- [Public Education in the United States](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/public-education-in-the-united-states/)
- [Public Education in the US](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/public-education-in-the-us/)
- [School segregation in NY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-segregation-in-ny/)
- [School segregation in NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-segregation-in-nyc/)
- [Income inequality in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/income-inequality-in-schools/)
- [Restorative Justice](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/restorative-justice/)
- [School Admissions](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-admissions/)
- [SAT](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/sat/)
- [SAT scores](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/sat-scores/)
- [standardized test](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/standardized-test/)
- [special needs students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/special-needs-students/)
- [English language learners](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/english-language-learners/)
- [ELL students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ell-students/)
- [school districts](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-districts/)
- [School Segregation in the US](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-segregation-in-the-us/)
- [School Leadership](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-leadership/)
- [Federal](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/federal/)
- [David C. Bloomfield](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/david-c-bloomfield/)
- [integrate schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/integrate-schools/)
- [school desegregation](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-desegregation/)
- [desegregating schools in NY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/desegregating-schools-in-ny/)
- [racial and economic school desegregation](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/racial-and-economic-school-desegregation/)
- [school integration](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-integration/)
- [Brooklyn College](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/brooklyn-college/)
- [DOE](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/doe/)
- [Community Association of Progressive Dominicans (ACDP)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/community-association-of-progressive-dominicans-acdp/)
- [ACDP NY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/acdp-ny/)
- [The Bronx](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-bronx/)
- [Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/summer-youth-employment-program-syep/)
- [Soledad Hiciano](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/soledad-hiciano/)
- [Deportation](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/deportation/)
- [Abolish ICE](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/abolish-ice/)
- [Acacia Network](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/acacia-network/)
- [immigrant community](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/immigrant-community/)
- [After School Programming](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/after-school-programming/)
- [Safe Education Environment](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/safe-education-environment/)
- [Latino nonprofits](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/latino-nonprofits/)
- [Hispanic youth and community](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/hispanic-youth-and-community/)
- [Bill de Blasio](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bill-de-blasio/)
- [Bill de Blasio Education Policy](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bill-de-blasio-education-policy/)
- [pre-K](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/pre-k/)
- [pre-K for all](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/pre-k-for-all/)
- [Charter Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/charter-schools/)
- [Undocumented Immigrant](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/undocumented-immigrant/)
- [HeadStart](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/headstart/)
- [Childcare](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/childcare/)
- [Mayor DeBlasio](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/mayor-deblasio/)
- [Out of school time](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/out-of-school-time/)
- [Washington Heights](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/washington-heights/)
- [Safe schools in NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/safe-schools-in-nyc/)
- [Homelessness](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/homelessness/)
- [NYC DOE](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyc-doe/)
- [New York City Department of Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-city-department-of-education/)
- [Norman Fruchter](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/norman-fruchter/)
- [NYC School Board](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyc-school-board/)
- [NYU’s Institute for Education & Social Policy](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyus-institute-for-education-social-policy/)
- [Brooklyn school board](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/brooklyn-school-board/)
- [Urban Schools Public Will](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/urban-schools-public-will/)
- [The Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-metropolitan-center-for-research-on-equity-and-the-transformation-of-schools/)
- [New York University](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-university/)
- [NYU](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyu/)
- [Culturally Responsive Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/culturally-responsive-education/)
- [NYU Steinhardt](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyu-steinhardt/)
- [School Policy](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-policy/)
- [social studies](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/social-studies/)
- [social studies teacher in NY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/social-studies-teacher-in-ny/)
- [social studies class](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/social-studies-class/)
- [student guidance](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/student-guidance/)
- [high school reform](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/high-school-reform/)
- [youth incarceration](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/youth-incarceration/)
- [community-based alternatives to jail and prison](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/community-based-alternatives-to-jail-and-prison/)
- [Newark](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/newark/)
- [The Newark Uprising](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-newark-uprising/)
- [Essex County College](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/essex-county-college/)
- [drug addiction](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/drug-addiction/)
- [Alternative Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/alternative-schools/)
- [conflict resolution](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/conflict-resolution/)
- [NYU’s Metro Center](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyus-metro-center/)
- [educational activist](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/educational-activist/)
- [education activism](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-activism/)
- [relationships among teachers and students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/relationships-among-teachers-and-students/)
- [illiterate students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/illiterate-students/)
- [Illiteracy](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/illiteracy/)
- [internship breaks](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/internship-breaks/)
- [Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/campaign-for-fiscal-equity-cfe/)
- [David E. Kirkland](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/david-e-kirkland/)
- [David Kirkland](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/david-kirkland/)
- [NYU’s Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyus-metropolitan-center-for-research-on-equity-and-the-transformation-of-schools/)
- [New York State Education Department’s new Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-state-education-departments-new-culturally-responsive-sustaining-education-framework/)
- [CR-S framework](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/cr-s-framework/)
- [inclusive curriculum](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/inclusive-curriculum/)
- [ongoing professional learning](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ongoing-professional-learning/)
- [Buffalo Public School](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/buffalo-public-school/)
- [Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/culturally-and-linguistically-responsive-education/)
- [State Education Department](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/state-education-department/)
- [New York State schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-state-schools/)
- [culturally responsive-sustaining](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/culturally-responsive-sustaining/)
- [NEW YORK STATE STUDENTS](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-state-students/)
- [NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-state-teachers/)
- [NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL LEADERS](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-state-school-leaders/)
- [NEW YORK STATE DISTRICT LEADERS](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-state-district-leaders/)
- [sociopolitically conscious](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/sociopolitically-conscious/)
- [Diversity](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/diversity/)
- [CR-S education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/cr-s-education/)
- [student-centered learning environment](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/student-centered-learning-environment/)
- [Students as agents of social change](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/students-as-agents-of-social-change/)
- [Anna Allanbrook](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/anna-allanbrook/)
- [Brooklyn New School](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/brooklyn-new-school/)
- [BNS PS146](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bns-ps146/)
- [PS146](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ps146/)
- [Public schools in Brooklyn](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/public-schools-in-brooklyn/)
- [Progressive Public School in Brooklyn](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/progressive-public-school-in-brooklyn/)
- [opt-out school in Brooklyn NY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/opt-out-school-in-brooklyn-ny/)
- [opt-out schools in NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/opt-out-schools-in-nyc/)
- [opt-out schools in Brooklyn](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/opt-out-schools-in-brooklyn/)
- [State Test](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/state-test/)
- [standardized testing](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/standardized-testing/)
- [integrated co-teaching (ICT) classes](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/integrated-co-teaching-ict-classes/)
- [inquiry based curriculum](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/inquiry-based-curriculum/)
- [inquiry based curriculum in Brooklyn](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/inquiry-based-curriculum-in-brooklyn/)
- [Special Ed in NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/special-ed-in-nyc/)
- [Special Ed in Brooklyn](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/special-ed-in-brooklyn/)
- [Elementary School](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/elementary-school/)
- [Elementary Schools in Brooklyn](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/elementary-schools-in-brooklyn/)
- [integrated co-teaching classes](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/integrated-co-teaching-classes/)
- [ICT classes](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ict-classes/)
- [Progressive education for low income kids](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/progressive-education-for-low-income-kids/)
- [Diane Ravitch](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/diane-ravitch/)
- [District 15 NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/district-15-nyc/)
- [BNS](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bns/)
- [PBA](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/pba/)
- [PBAs](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/pbas/)
- [Performance-Based Assessment](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/performance-based-assessment/)
- [Kym Vanderbilt](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/kym-vanderbilt/)
- [Early Childhood Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/early-childhood-education/)
- [Childhood Department at CUNY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/childhood-department-at-cuny/)
- [Early Childhood Department at Lehman College](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/early-childhood-department-at-lehman-college/)
- [Lehman College](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/lehman-college/)
- [test-heavy teacher certification process](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/test-heavy-teacher-certification-process/)
- [Early childhood program](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/early-childhood-program/)
- [How teaching plays out in the real classroom](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/how-teaching-plays-out-in-the-real-classroom/)
- [Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/culturally-responsive-sustaining-education-framework/)
- [Progressive education movement in the USA](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/progressive-education-movement-in-the-usa/)
- [The Kindergarten Movement](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-kindergarten-movement/)
- [Kindergarten Movement as a feminist movement](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/kindergarten-movement-as-a-feminist-movement/)
- [New York State Education Department](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-state-education-department/)
- [New York State Teacher Certification Examinations](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-state-teacher-certification-examinations/)
- [NYSTCE](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nystce/)
- [Tests for teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/tests-for-teachers/)
- [Educating All Students (EAS)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/educating-all-students-eas/)
- [Teachers Test Prep](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teachers-test-prep/)
- [Test for Teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/test-for-teachers/)
- [Teacher Certification](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teacher-certification/)
- [edTPA](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/edtpa/)
- [Richard Carranza](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/richard-carranza/)
- [New York City Schools Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-city-schools-chancellor-of-the-new-york-city-department-of-education/)
- [Carranza](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/carranza/)
- [play-based programs](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/play-based-programs/)
- [Community based Pre K for all](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/community-based-pre-k-for-all/)
- [The City University of New York](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-city-university-of-new-york/)
- [Early ed in NY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/early-ed-in-ny/)
- [Education major](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-major/)
- [CUNY Graduate Center](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/cuny-graduate-center/)
- [teachers network](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teachers-network/)
- [teachers in NY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teachers-in-ny/)
- [Teacher prep](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teacher-prep/)
- [NYS Universal Prekindergarten Program (UPK)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nys-universal-prekindergarten-program-upk/)
- [Universal Prekindergarten (UPK)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/universal-prekindergarten-upk/)
- [NYS Universal Prekindergarten Program](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nys-universal-prekindergarten-program/)
- [De Blasio Pre K for all](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/de-blasio-pre-k-for-all/)
- [De Blasio](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/de-blasio/)
- [Leo Ackley](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/leo-ackley/)
- [Music school system in Finland](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/music-school-system-in-finland/)
- [Special Ed in Finland](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/special-ed-in-finland/)
- [Students with special needs in Finland](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/students-with-special-needs-in-finland/)
- [Outside experts within the Finish School System](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/outside-experts-within-the-finish-school-system/)
- [Education in Finland](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-in-finland/)
- [Finland students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/finland-students/)
- [Finnish Educational System](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/finnish-educational-system/)
- [Finnish School System](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/finnish-school-system/)
- [Finnish Education System](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/finnish-education-system/)
- [Education podcast about Finland Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-podcast-about-finland-schools/)
- [teachers autonomy](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teachers-autonomy/)
- [PISA](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/pisa/)
- [Program for International Student Assessment](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/program-for-international-student-assessment/)
- [Homework in Finland](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/homework-in-finland/)
- [Teachers in Finland](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teachers-in-finland/)
- [Students in Finland](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/students-in-finland/)
- [Lev Moscow](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/lev-moscow/)
- [The Beacon School](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-beacon-school/)
- [The Beacon School NY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-beacon-school-ny/)
- [History Teacher](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/history-teacher/)
- [John Dewey](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/john-dewey/)
- [Tony Judt on Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/tony-judt-on-education/)
- [John Dewey on Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/john-dewey-on-education/)
- [Kids These Days by Malcolm Harris](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/kids-these-days-by-malcolm-harris/)
- [Malcolm Harris](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/malcolm-harris/)
- [The End of Education by Neil Postman](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-end-of-education-by-neil-postman/)
- [Neil Postman on Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/neil-postman-on-education/)
- [The End of Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-end-of-education/)
- [public schools in NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/public-schools-in-nyc/)
- [High School Advisory](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/high-school-advisory/)
- [Tips for Teaching Advisory Classes](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/tips-for-teaching-advisory-classes/)
- [Teaching Advisory Classes](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teaching-advisory-classes/)
- [Technology in classrooms](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/technology-in-classrooms/)
- [Technology in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/technology-in-schools/)
- [Phones in classrooms](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/phones-in-classrooms/)
- [Ethics in the classroom](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ethics-in-the-classroom/)
- [Ethic conversations in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ethic-conversations-in-schools/)
- [Teaching Ethics](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teaching-ethics/)
- [Teaching the Haitian Revolution](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teaching-the-haitian-revolution/)
- [Lesson plan](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/lesson-plan/)
- [World History Teacher](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/world-history-teacher/)
- [economics teacher](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/economics-teacher/)
- [Teaching econ](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teaching-econ/)
- [Advisory teacher](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/advisory-teacher/)
- [80000 Hours](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/80000-hours/)
- [Dewey](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/dewey/)
- [Effective Altruism](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/effective-altruism/)
- [Making Caring Common](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/making-caring-common/)
- [Harvard Graduate School of Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/harvard-graduate-school-of-education/)
- [Mark Santow](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/mark-santow/)
- [Rhode Island](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/rhode-island/)
- [Educational Equal Protection](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/educational-equal-protection/)
- [Dr. Mark Santow](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/dr-mark-santow/)
- [Chair of the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/chair-of-the-department-of-history-at-the-university-of-massachusetts-dartmouth/)
- [University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/university-of-massachusetts-dartmouth/)
- [Department of History at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/department-of-history-at-the-university-of-massachusetts-dartmouth/)
- [14th Amendment](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/14th-amendment/)
- [education inequality](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-inequality/)
- [education equity](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-equity/)
- [constitutional right to an adequate education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/constitutional-right-to-an-adequate-education/)
- [United States District Court in Rhode Island](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/united-states-district-court-in-rhode-island/)
- [American democracy](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/american-democracy/)
- [civic education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/civic-education/)
- [Providence School Board](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/providence-school-board/)
- [United States Supreme Court](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/united-states-supreme-court/)
- [American History Professor](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/american-history-professor/)
- [Poverty](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/poverty/)
- [Education for democratic citizenship](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-for-democratic-citizenship/)
- [Education for citizenship](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-for-citizenship/)
- [School Board member](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-board-member/)
- [Students in Providence](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/students-in-providence/)
- [Constitutional responsibilities](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/constitutional-responsibilities/)
- [#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nothingaboutuswithoutus/)
- [Melissa Rivers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/melissa-rivers/)
- [Community Based Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/community-based-education/)
- [Education in Alaska](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-in-alaska/)
- [Scammon Bay School](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/scammon-bay-school/)
- [Scammon Bay](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/scammon-bay/)
- [Yup’ik people](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/yupik-people/)
- [Alaska Natives](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/alaska-natives/)
- [Alaskan Natives](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/alaskan-natives/)
- [Rural Alaska](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/rural-alaska/)
- [standardized tests](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/standardized-tests/)
- [Alaska Humanities Forum](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/alaska-humanities-forum/)
- [Social and emotional learning in Alaska](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/social-and-emotional-learning-in-alaska/)
- [Village Math and Science](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/village-math-and-science/)
- [Anchorage School District](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/anchorage-school-district/)
- [Parental support](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/parental-support/)
- [New teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-teachers/)
- [Teaching in Alaska](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teaching-in-alaska/)
- [Alaska Native Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/alaska-native-education/)
- [Alaska’s Lower Yukon](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/alaskas-lower-yukon/)
- [Bering Sea](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bering-sea/)
- [Yupik Eskimo community](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/yupik-eskimo-community/)
- [Eskimo Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/eskimo-education/)
- [Alaskan Eskimo Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/alaskan-eskimo-education/)
- [Adjoa Jones de Almeida](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/adjoa-jones-de-almeida/)
- [Brooklyn Museum](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/brooklyn-museum/)
- [Education in NY](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-in-ny/)
- [teaching through the arts](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teaching-through-the-arts/)
- [art as a verb](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/art-as-a-verb/)
- [John Dewey on Arts](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/john-dewey-on-arts/)
- [Education at Museums](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/education-at-museums/)
- [art as experience](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/art-as-experience/)
- [art for Dewey](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/art-for-dewey/)
- [Paulo Freire](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/paulo-freire/)
- [Augusto Boal](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/augusto-boal/)
- [Theatre of the Oppressed](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/theatre-of-the-oppressed/)
- [TO](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/to/)
- [Teatro do oprimido](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teatro-do-oprimido/)
- [Brooklyn Museum Education Programs](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/brooklyn-museum-education-programs/)
- [Director of Education at the Brooklyn Museum](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/director-of-education-at-the-brooklyn-museum/)
- [empowering students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/empowering-students/)
- [empowering teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/empowering-teachers/)
- [science teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/science-teachers/)
- [social studies teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/social-studies-teachers/)
- [math teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/math-teachers/)
- [accessible art](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/accessible-art/)
- [community organizing](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/community-organizing/)
- [teacher professional development in Brooklyn](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teacher-professional-development-in-brooklyn/)
- [K-12 teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/k-12-teachers/)
- [integrate visual arts and object-based learning into the classroom](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/integrate-visual-arts-and-object-based-learning-into-the-classroom/)
- [ArtXchange](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/artxchange/)
- [educator resources](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/educator-resources/)
- [Jesse Hagopian](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/jesse-hagopian/)
- [ReThinking Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/rethinking-schools/)
- [Teaching for Black Lives](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teaching-for-black-lives/)
- [National Week of Action](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/national-week-of-action/)
- [ethnic studies](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ethnic-studies/)
- [black teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/black-teachers/)
- [teacher burnout](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teacher-burnout/)
- [Civil Rights Movement](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/civil-rights-movement/)
- [Measure of Academic Progress](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/measure-of-academic-progress/)
- [MAP test](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/map-test/)
- [Seattle Public Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/seattle-public-schools/)
- [James A. Garfield High School](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/james-a-garfield-high-school/)
- [Garfield High School Seattle](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/garfield-high-school-seattle/)
- [Authentic assessment](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/authentic-assessment/)
- [climate strike](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/climate-strike/)
- [Ujju Aggarwal](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ujju-aggarwal/)
- [Upper West Side desegregation](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/upper-west-side-desegregation/)
- [District 3 Equity in Education Task Force](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/district-3-equity-in-education-task-force/)
- [NYC District 3](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyc-district-3/)
- [neoliberalism](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/neoliberalism/)
- [Universal Rights](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/universal-rights/)
- [The New School](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-new-school/)
- [The Color of Choice: Raced Rights](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-color-of-choice-raced-rights/)
- [and the Structure of Citizenship](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/and-the-structure-of-citizenship/)
- [educational justice](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/educational-justice/)
- [Center for Immigrant Families (CIF)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/center-for-immigrant-families-cif/)
- [Accumulation by dispossession](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/accumulation-by-dispossession/)
- [David Harvey](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/david-harvey/)
- [The Rise of Disaster Capitalism](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-rise-of-disaster-capitalism/)
- [Naomi Klein](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/naomi-klein/)
- [Brown v. Board of Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/brown-v-board-of-education/)
- [Milton Friedman](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/milton-friedman/)
- [Whiteness as Property](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/whiteness-as-property/)
- [Cheryl I. Harris](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/cheryl-i-harris/)
- [Cheryl Harris](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/cheryl-harris/)
- [dual language school](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/dual-language-school/)
- [dual language school NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/dual-language-school-nyc/)
- [Gifted and Talented Program](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/gifted-and-talented-program/)
- [Gifted and Talented Programs NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/gifted-and-talented-programs-nyc/)
- [gifted and talented education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/gifted-and-talented-education/)
- [G/T education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/g-t-education/)
- [Participatory action research (PAR)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/participatory-action-research-par/)
- [Participatory Researchers in Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/participatory-researchers-in-education/)
- [Kiersten Greene](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/kiersten-greene/)
- [classroom internet use](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/classroom-internet-use/)
- [Literacy Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/literacy-education/)
- [SUNY New Paltz](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/suny-new-paltz/)
- [New York’s Smart Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-yorks-smart-schools/)
- [racial inequality](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/racial-inequality/)
- [economic and racial inequality](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/economic-and-racial-inequality/)
- [social control](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/social-control/)
- [technology in the classroom](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/technology-in-the-classroom/)
- [coding in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/coding-in-schools/)
- [Tech regulation](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/tech-regulation/)
- [screen time](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/screen-time/)
- [screen time in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/screen-time-in-schools/)
- [teaching with technology](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teaching-with-technology/)
- [teaching code](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teaching-code/)
- [José Luis Jiménez](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/jose-luis-jimenez/)
- [A.C.E. Academy for Scholars](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/a-c-e-academy-for-scholars/)
- [PS 290](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ps-290/)
- [Deeper Learning Equity](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/deeper-learning-equity/)
- [Queer Teacher](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/queer-teacher/)
- [Teach with pride](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teach-with-pride/)
- [Pride month](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/pride-month/)
- [Pride Educators](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/pride-educators/)
- [LGBTQ community](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/lgbtq-community/)
- [LGBT pride](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/lgbt-pride/)
- [LGBT Educators](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/lgbt-educators/)
- [LGBT Teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/lgbt-teachers/)
- [elementary schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/elementary-schools/)
- [gender diversity in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/gender-diversity-in-schools/)
- [Paula Rogovin](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/paula-rogovin/)
- [NYC public schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyc-public-schools/)
- [advice for new teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/advice-for-new-teachers/)
- [glyphosate](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/glyphosate/)
- [chemical pesticides](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/chemical-pesticides/)
- [Intro 800](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/intro-800/)
- [NYC Department of Parks and Recreation](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyc-department-of-parks-and-recreation/)
- [community health](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/community-health/)
- [ban Roundup](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ban-roundup/)
- [ban pesticides](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ban-pesticides/)
- [Ban Glyphosate](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ban-glyphosate/)
- [kindergarten teacher](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/kindergarten-teacher/)
- [kindergarten students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/kindergarten-students/)
- [cultivating young activists](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/cultivating-young-activists/)
- [activism in NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/activism-in-nyc/)
- [Kindergarten Teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/kindergarten-teachers/)
- [Kindergarten teachers in NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/kindergarten-teachers-in-nyc/)
- [First grade teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/first-grade-teachers/)
- [First grade teachers in NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/first-grade-teachers-in-nyc/)
- [Activism in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/activism-in-schools/)
- [Lehman College School of Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/lehman-college-school-of-education/)
- [Harriet Fayne](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/harriet-fayne/)
- [Teachers of color](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teachers-of-color/)
- [Ed schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ed-schools/)
- [Police brutality](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/police-brutality/)
- [Masculinity](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/masculinity/)
- [CONNECT](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/connect/)
- [Quentin Walcott](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/quentin-walcott/)
- [Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/adverse-childhood-experiences-aces/)
- [Domestic violence](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/domestic-violence/)
- [National Domestic Violence Awareness Month](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/national-domestic-violence-awareness-month/)
- [gender-based violence](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/gender-based-violence/)
- [gender equality](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/gender-equality/)
- [Father’s Day Pledge Against Violence](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/fathers-day-pledge-against-violence/)
- [United NationsTrust Fund to End Violence Against Women Award](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/united-nationstrust-fund-to-end-violence-against-women-award/)
- [marginalized communities](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/marginalized-communities/)
- [youth violence](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/youth-violence/)
- [Move to End Violence](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/move-to-end-violence/)
- [community-building](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/community-building/)
- [activists against violence](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/activists-against-violence/)
- [violence reduction program](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/violence-reduction-program/)
- [CRS](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/crs/)
- [blm](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/blm/)
- [school-to-prison pipeline](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-to-prison-pipeline/)
- [nyc special education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyc-special-education/)
- [NYC Chancellor](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nyc-chancellor/)
- [Fair Funding Formula](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/fair-funding-formula/)
- [Jia Lee](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/jia-lee/)
- [culturally responsive classrooms](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/culturally-responsive-classrooms/)
- [United Federation of Teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/united-federation-of-teachers/)
- [The Earth School](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-earth-school/)
- [UFT](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/uft/)
- [Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/movement-of-rank-and-file-educators-more/)
- [Green Party](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/green-party/)
- [special education classes](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/special-education-classes/)
- [special education programs](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/special-education-programs/)
- [New York Collective of Radical Educators](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-york-collective-of-radical-educators/)
- [Black Lives Matter in Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/black-lives-matter-in-schools/)
- [CR-S Framework in NYC schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/cr-s-framework-in-nyc-schools/)
- [Teachers Unite](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teachers-unite/)
- [immigrant students in america](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/immigrant-students-in-america/)
- [immigrant students in public schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/immigrant-students-in-public-schools/)
- [immigrant students in the us](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/immigrant-students-in-the-us/)
- [immigrant students in the classroom](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/immigrant-students-in-the-classroom/)
- [Central American immigrants in the United States](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/central-american-immigrants-in-the-united-states/)
- [family separation at the border](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/family-separation-at-the-border/)
- [PTG](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/ptg/)
- [Margaret Blachly](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/margaret-blachly/)
- [Bank Street College](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bank-street-college/)
- [Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice at Bank Street College](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/center-for-emotionally-responsive-practice-at-bank-street-college/)
- [Early Childhood Special Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/early-childhood-special-education/)
- [Bank Street Graduate School of Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bank-street-graduate-school-of-education/)
- [The Children’s Learning Center of Morningside Heights](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-childrens-learning-center-of-morningside-heights/)
- [psycho-educational](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/psycho-educational/)
- [Bank Street’s Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bank-streets-center-for-emotionally-responsive-practice/)
- [Emotionally Responsive Education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/emotionally-responsive-education/)
- [dual language classroom](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/dual-language-classroom/)
- [kindergarten](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/kindergarten/)
- [emotional health and well-being on learning](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/emotional-health-and-well-being-on-learning/)
- [psycho-educational specialist](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/psycho-educational-specialist/)
- [new kindergarten teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/new-kindergarten-teachers/)
- [safe classrooms](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/safe-classrooms/)
- [Gender Inclusivity](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/gender-inclusivity/)
- [high school science teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/high-school-science-teachers/)
- [Sam Long](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/sam-long/)
- [Lewis Maday-Travis](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/lewis-maday-travis/)
- [biology teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/biology-teachers/)
- [LGBTQ teachers](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/lgbtq-teachers/)
- [Luis Reyes](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/luis-reyes/)
- [ASPIRA Consent Decree](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/aspira-consent-decree/)
- [bilingual education](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bilingual-education/)
- [Regents’ Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/regents-culturally-responsive-sustaining-education-framework/)
- [Puerto Rican Students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/puerto-rican-students/)
- [Center for Puerto Rican Studies](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/center-for-puerto-rican-studies/)
- [Hunter College](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/hunter-college/)
- [Eugenio Maria de Hostos](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/eugenio-maria-de-hostos/)
- [Antonia Pantoja](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/antonia-pantoja/)
- [CRSE](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/crse/)
- [Hostos College](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/hostos-college/)
- [NYS Board of Regents](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/nys-board-of-regents/)
- [Coco Rhum](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/coco-rhum/)
- [Hehb Jamal](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/hehb-jamal/)
- [Integrate NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/integrate-nyc/)
- [Teens Take Charge](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teens-take-charge/)
- [Retire segregation](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/retire-segregation/)
- [#RetireSegregation](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/retiresegregation/)
- [#StillNotEqual](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/stillnotequal/)
- [#IntegrateNOW](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/integratenow/)
- [#TeensTakeCharge](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/teenstakecharge/)
- [#IntegrateNYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/integratenyc/)
- [Kate Belin](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/kate-belin/)
- [Fannie Lou Hamer](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/fannie-lou-hamer/)
- [Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/fannie-lou-hamer-freedom-high-school/)
- [the Algebra Project](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-algebra-project/)
- [Public School in the Bronx](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/public-school-in-the-bronx/)
- [United Federation of Teachers (UFT)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/united-federation-of-teachers-uft/)
- [Bob Moses](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bob-moses/)
- [David Henderson](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/david-henderson/)
- [1964 Democratic National Convention](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/1964-democratic-national-convention/)
- ["The Making of Black Revolutionaries](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-making-of-black-revolutionaries/)
- [Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/mississippi-freedom-democratic-party/)
- [Freedom Summer](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/freedom-summer/)
- [Yasmin Morales](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/yasmin-morales/)
- [Yasmin Morales-Alexander](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/yasmin-morales-alexander/)
- [early childhood](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/early-childhood/)
- [Latinx parents](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/latinx-parents/)
- [parent-school engagement](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/parent-school-engagement/)
- [cultural knowledge](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/cultural-knowledge/)
- [multiculturalism](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/multiculturalism/)
- [Mexican students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/mexican-students/)
- [Carla Shedd](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/carla-shedd/)
- [low-income Black and Latinx students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/low-income-black-and-latinx-students/)
- [integrated schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/integrated-schools/)
- [carceral continuum](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/carceral-continuum/)
- [Piney Woods School](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/piney-woods-school/)
- [The Beacon School in NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/the-beacon-school-in-nyc/)
- [Maud Abeel](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/maud-abeel/)
- [match and fit](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/match-and-fit/)
- [fit and match](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/fit-and-match/)
- [Postsecondary Access](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/postsecondary-access/)
- [career access for vulnerable students](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/career-access-for-vulnerable-students/)
- [school-to-career access](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/school-to-career-access/)
- [postsecondary options](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/postsecondary-options/)
- [Math Teachers in NYC](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/math-teachers-in-nyc/)
- [Bob Moses activist](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bob-moses-activist/)
- [Bob Moses Civil Rights](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bob-moses-civil-rights/)
- [Bob Moses on The Algebra Project](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bob-moses-on-the-algebra-project/)
- [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/student-nonviolent-coordinating-committee/)
- [Council of Federated Organizations](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/council-of-federated-organizations/)
- [Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/council-of-federated-organizations-cofo/)
- [Mississippi Summer Project](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/mississippi-summer-project/)
- [MacArthur Fellowship](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/macarthur-fellowship/)
- [Radical Equations](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/radical-equations/)
- [Technology](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/technology/)
- [STEM](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/stem/)
- [STEAM](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/steam/)
- [Next Generation Curriculum](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/next-generation-curriculum/)
- [Math Literacy](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/math-literacy/)
- [Flagway game](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/flagway-game/)
- [Anthony Johnston](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/anthony-johnston/)
- [Tony de Jesus](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/tony-de-jesus/)
- [Don Siler](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/don-siler/)
- [University of St. Joseph](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/university-of-st-joseph/)
- [Name game](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/name-game/)
- [high school](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/high-school/)
- [Racialized identities](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/racialized-identities/)
- [racialization of youth](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/racialization-of-youth/)
- [Bakhtin](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/bakhtin/)
- [Racism in schools](https://ethicalschools.org/tag/racism-in-schools/)

## Podcasts

- [Ethical Schools](https://ethicalschools.org/series/ethical-schools/)