Ethical Schools Podcast

#EduSky The salons are intended for educators, students, and community leaders who want to learn together, connect across contexts, and grow democratic and regenerative learning ecosystems. Join us this Saturday!

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In our most recent Global Saturday Salon, Deepak Ramola talked about the importance of intergenerational sharing, how we need to create a deep respect to the wisdom of children, and think about the stories we're leaving behind.

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Global Conversations: Nature, Place, and Education, Salon #2 - Ethical Schools 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-Wa...

#EduSky Together, they use storytelling as a bridge between ancient wisdom and the evolving purpose of education.

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Trump cutbacks and policies: stripping minority student protections - Ethical Schools 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 ...

Professor Black also says the need for “circuit breakers” on executive power transcends this administration. (3/3)

#EduSky #EdEquity #Democracy #k12 #TeacherSky #Teaching

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Trump cutbacks and policies: stripping minority student protections - Ethical Schools 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 ...

Dept of Ed offices meant to ensure students aren't subject to discrimination have been decimated. Dept of Justice switched from protecting minority students’ rights to focusing on so-called “discrimination” against whites and attacking transgender students. (2/3)

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Trump cutbacks and policies: stripping minority student protections - Ethical Schools 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 ...

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. (1/3)

#EduSky #EdChat #Education #CivilRights #Democracy

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We will reimagine education again this Saturday (Jan 31st) and we hope to have you with us. Expect a grounded, generous space with people who bring both curiosity and care. Save your spot: globalconversations.net

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What if schools looked like this? 🍃

Our Global Saturday Salons on "Nature, Place and Education" challenge us to reimagine schools that don't just teach about nature, but exist in relationship with it.

Join us this Saturday, January 31st, at 8:30am (ET)

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YouTube video by Ethical Schools Podcast Pop culture literacies: Engaging students in critical analysis

We also discuss how teachers can resist imposing their views while teaching for democracy and social justice. (3/3) #edusky

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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. (2/3) #edu

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Pop culture literacies: Engaging students in critical analysis - Ethical Schools 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...

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. (1/3)

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Home | The World We Want

People working on democratic and ethical teaching and learning need more opportunities to network and collaborate across borders. That’s why we are co-creating the global Saturday Salons! Join us: www.globalconversations.net

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YouTube video by Ethical Schools Podcast Pragmatism in the classroom: Lessons from Dewey, Maxine Greene, and Eleanor Duckworth

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. (3/3)

#EduSky #Dewey #MaxineGreene #EleanorDuckworth

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Pragmatism in the classroom: Lessons from Dewey, Maxine Greene, and Eleanor Duckworth

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. (2/3)

#EduSky #K12 #Education #EdChat #Classroom #Teachers

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Pragmatism in the classroom: Lessons from Dewey, Maxine Greene, and Eleanor Duckworth - Ethical Schools 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 ...

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.” (1/3)

#EduSky #Pragmatism #Pedagogy #Teaching #SchoolLeadership

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The pioneers: Democracy front and center (Part Two) - Ethical Schools 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 P...

PART 2! 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.

#EduSky #edchat #k12 #edequity #Democracy

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The pioneers: Democracy front and center (Part One)

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 One of a two part episode.

#BLM #CPESS #Teaching #SchoolLeadership #Principals #TeacherEd

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The pioneers: Democracy front and center (Part One) - Ethical Schools 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 P...

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. (1/2)

#EduSky #edchat #k12 #edequity #Democracy

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Technology and ethics: AI and the classroom

We discuss the need for school- and district-wide education and policies on using AI in teaching and learning.
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Technology and ethics: AI and the classroom - Ethical Schools 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 cent...

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. (1/2)

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Climate justice: A transformational education and engagement project - Ethical Schools 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; a...

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. (2/2)

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Climate justice: A transformational education and engagement project - Ethical Schools 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; a...

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. (1/2)

#EduSky #edchat

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Teachers as Interpreters: Listening to Every Student - Ethical Schools We speak with Dr. Cynthia Ballenger about her recent book, "Teaching is Inquiry: Observation and Reflection as the Heart of Practice,” in which she explores the role of ethnography in inquiry-based te...

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. (2/2)

#EduSky #socialemotionallearning

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Teachers as Interpreters: Listening to Every Student - Ethical Schools We speak with Dr. Cynthia Ballenger about her recent book, "Teaching is Inquiry: Observation and Reflection as the Heart of Practice,” in which she explores the role of ethnography in inquiry-based te...

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. (1/2)

#EduSky #inquirybasedlearning #inquirybased #k12 #edequity #equityined

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Teachers as Interpreters: Listening to Every Student - Ethical Schools We speak with Dr. Cynthia Ballenger about her recent book, "Teaching is Inquiry: Observation and Reflection as the Heart of Practice,” in which she explores the role of ethnography in inquiry-based te...

Dr. Ballenger also addresses the children she calls “puzzling.” Each of them has something to offer, she says, even those who seemingly have social-emotional challenges. (3/3)

#edusky #k12 #teaching #inquirybasedlearning

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Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are - Ethical Schools 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:...

She uses hip hop as a way to communicate with students and composite counter stories to communicate beyond the academy.
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Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are - Ethical Schools 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:...

We speak with Dr. Dawn 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.”
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