Lisa Petrides

Why Community Colleges Matter More Than Ever with Keith Curry Podcast Episode · Educating to Be Human Podcast · 08/05/2025 · 35m

New episode of Educating to Be Human podcast, "Why Community Colleges Matter More than Ever" w/Dr. Keith Curry
president at Compton College, about what it takes to lead through uncertainty w/clarity, consistency, and purpose podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
#CommunityColleges #HigherEd

Libraries at Risk: Access, Preservation, and Cultural Memory with Chris Freeland Podcast Episode · Educating to Be Human Podcast · 07/22/2025 · 32m

New episode of @edutobehuman.bsky.social w/ @chrisfreeland.com from @archive.org - As #libraries face book bans, funding cuts, cyberattacks & digital licensing for materials they can never own, who’s left to protect what we know, what we share and what we remember? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Title is Educating to Be Human with Joanna Strober, with a woman in a black long-sleeve t-shirt, with hands on her hips, that says "menopause is hot"

Join me on Educating to Be Human with MIDI CEO Joanna Strober, on why #menopause care & research is overlooked, the impact on women’s careers & well-being & how to #educate to better support this transition—not just in medicine, but in society educatingtobehuman.org/taking-the-m... #WomensHealth

Educating to Be Human Podcast: Food Justice Begins in the Classroom with Stephen Ritz In this episode of Educating to Be Human, Lisa speaks with Stephen Ritz, founder of the Green Bronx Machine, about how we can transform education by returning to the most essential teacher of all: foo...

What if we could shift our #education systems to focus on learning that is hands-on, healing, and rooted in justice?
Latest episode of Educating to Be Human, w/Stephen Ritz at Green Bronx Machine, educatingtobehuman.org/food-justice...
#foodjustice #urbanfarming #schoolgarden

YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom Governor Newsom Delivers Major Address to Californians

This is what leadership in a democracy looks like. Me, a proud Californian tonight. Thank you, @governor.ca.gov www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXQQ...

Excited to share the most recent episode of Educating to Be Human, in conversation with Atman Smith of the Holistic Life Foundation, as we explore the impact of #mindfulness, #yoga, and #healing in our #schools and beyond: “When Meditation Replaces Detention” educatingtobehuman.org/when-meditat...

New season of Educating to Be Human w/Wendy Millet of Gallop Ventures, abt what happens when we slow down, listen, & allow nature—and horses—to be our teachers.

“When a young woman learns to set a boundary with a thousand-pound animal, she doesn’t forget it"

educatingtobehuman.org/a-thousand-p...

Educating to Be Human Podcast: Reflecting on Season 1: Lessons in Community, Creativity, and Change In Season 1 of Educating to Be Human, we asked questions—about creativity and curiosity, change and adaptation, empathy and self-worth. We spoke with changemakers in classrooms, communities, and priso...

Season 2 of my podcast, Educating to Be Human, is on its way! Meanwhile, here is a special bonus episode that looks back at Season 1. These voices from classrooms, communities, and prisons reminded me just how powerful education can be when we center humanity. educatingtobehuman.org/reflecting-o...

This might not make the front page, but it strikes at the core of our society, in terms access to knowledge.

After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission. We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people. The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions: Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education. Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus. Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs. Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics. As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals Removing red tape and bureaucratic barriers will empower parents to make th

SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.

I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.

Here is a portion:

Dismantling the Department of Education Would Damage Student Learning Linda McMahon's secretary of education confirmation hearing shines a light on Trump's assault on child welfare and public education.

www.newamerica.org/education-po...

HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education “Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions

www.science.org/content/arti...

1. Google Gulf of Mexico.
2. “Gulf of America"will be at top
3. Click on 3 little dots to right of “Gulf of America”
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click "Gulf Of America" text
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" & type i.e. "the correct name of this body of water is “Gulf of Mexico"

Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.

"DOGE staffers have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, the people said, including a financial aid dataset that contains the personal information for millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program." www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

New California law prohibits using AI as basis to deny health insurance claims While SB 1120 does not entirely prohibit the use of AI technology, it mandates that human judgment remains central to coverage decisions

www.mercurynews.com/2025/01/05/n...

It’s official: Research has found that libraries make everything better. Science has backed up what many of us have long been saying: the library rocks. A study from the New York Public Library surveyed 1,974 users on how the library makes them feel and how it affects t…

Looking for any bit of good news today, lithub.com/its-official...

Celebrating the completion of Season 1 of ISKME's Educating to Be Human podcast. Full list of episodes here, and stay tuned for Season 2 in early Spring 2025! www.iskme.org/celebrating-...

Educating to Be Human Podcast: Beyond Recidivism, Higher Education in Prison with Jody Lewen Welcome to Episode 10, the Season 1 finale of Educating to Be Human. Host Lisa Petrides sits down with Jody Lewen, President of Mt. Tamalpais College at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (formerly San...

Our season 1 finale of "Educating to Be Human" podcast is with Jody Lewen of Mt. Tamalpais College, on the challenges and impact of offering a 2-year liberals arts degree in prison: Beyond Recidivism, educatingtobehuman.org/beyond-recid... #PrisonEducation #HigherEducation

Educating to Be Human Podcast: Answering the Call: Young Men in the Pre-K Classroom with Julius Cave In this episode of Educating to Be Human, Lisa is joined by Julius Cave, Regional Director of the Leading Men Fellowship, a program of The Literacy Lab. In a field where Black men make up only 1.3% of...

In today's episode of Educating to Be Human, I chat w/Julius Cave, regional director of the Leading Men Fellowship, on how this program is changing the landscape of education by recruiting and training young men of color to become Pre-K teachers educatingtobehuman.org/answering-th...

Looking forward to speaking at this on Tuesday, on behalf of ISKME and ICDE, #OER and vocational education, openspace.etf.europa.eu/events/webin...

My team at ISKME has drafted a set of guiding principles to actively explore, apply, and challenge the affordances of generative AI in all aspects of our work in education--research, policy, library platforms and tools, curation and metadata, and professional learning www.iskme.org/iskmes-guidi...

On a panel today in Dubai at the 3rd UNESCO World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress 2024, on building partnerships and supporting multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Theme of Congress was “Digital Public Goods: Open Solutions and AI for Inclusive Access to Knowledge" #OER #education

Dubai at dawn

In Dubai for the 3rd UNESCO World OER Congress, starts tomorrow. Waking up at 5:30am has its advantages--the light at dawn is unlike any other time of the day #oer

Educating to Be Human Podcast: Paying the Price with Sara Goldrick-Rab In this episode of Educating to Be Human, Sara Goldrick-Rab, author of Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream, joins us to explore the critical issues o...

In the latest Educating to Be Human episode, I chat with @saragoldrickrab.bsky.social author of Paying the Price, about the impact of housing & food insecurity on college students. We explore the need for reform in financial aid & in #highered support systems educatingtobehuman.org/paying-the-p...

I just arrived and am self-nominating myself :) #OER