The idea of “staying neutral” or “apolitical” as educators is common. In this episode, I push back against the notion of value neutrality in schools, explaining why I’ve come to this conclusion and how teachers and school leaders who are feeling the same way might move forward. Like what you hear? Share! [bctt tweet=”So we can honor the dignity … Read More
Shifting from Assimilationism to a Multilingual Habitus with Kholood Qumei
This week’s guest, Kholood Qumei, is a full-time teacher by day and student by night. She is pursuing an EdM in International Education and Development with a concentration in languages, literacies, and cultures, and she speaks with us about shifting our thinking about multilingual students, embracing what her advisor calls a “multilingual habitus,” strategies you can use to support … Read More
Learning as Leading
In this solo show, I summarize the 9 learning tasks for leaders from Preskill & Brookfield’s book, Learning as a way of Leading: Lessons From the Struggle for Social Justice and what this means for leaders in the field of education. Like what you hear? Share! [bctt tweet=”When I get to learn something new and apply it in … Read More
The Primacy of Discourse in Laboring for Racial Justice with Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick
Racism denial and discourse scholar, Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick shares a wealth of knowledge about what is necessary as we labor for racial justice, including: the “primacy of discourse,” 4 discourse capacities we can build up, principles of adaptive leadership, and critical self-reflective journaling. Like what you hear? Share! [bctt tweet=”we keep approaching dismantling white supremacy, we keep … Read More
Getting Started with Personalized PD
In this solo show, I talk about the rationale for personalized PD and how to make it happen (including how to generate topics and types of PD). Like what you hear? Share! [bctt tweet=”hat’s really similar to what we do when we differentiate for students. And so we want teachers to have that same level of support and differentiation … Read More