Equity in Public Schooling
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What do we mean by equity in education and how might we go about achieving it? Our parent guest today is , a mom of three who is an associate professor in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In this week's episode, we explore the that Erica and collegues developed at the onset of the pandemic to understand issues standing in the way of achieving equitable public schooling for all. *Episode Notes* Equity vs Equality Public schools: Middle class flight and opportunity hoarding Anti-Blackness in schools Coded language Color evasive...
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Moving to Disrupt Texts
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This week’s parent guest is Tricia Ebarvia, a high school English teacher and a mom of three boys who is one of the four co-founders of the #DisruptTexts movement - a “crowdsourced, grass roots effort by teachers for teachers to diversify literature taught in schools in order to create a more inclusive, representative, and equitable language arts curriculum” (Disrupt Texts website).
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The Changing Brain: On Motivation, Persistence, and Joy
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Our parent guest today is Allyson Mackey PhD, a mom of two and a neuroscientist who is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania where she heads the Changing Brian Lab. In this week's episode, we explore the changing brain, focusing on the the importance of motivation, modeling effort, experiencing joy, and getting enough sleep.
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Hidden Histories of Native People
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In this week’s episode, we explore the contemporary history of native communities through children’s literature.
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Parenting for Social Change
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Our parent guest this week is Deepa Iyer - a lawyer, writer, trainer & racial justice advocate. She is currently the Strategic Advisor at Building Movement Project and Director of Solidarity Is, a project that provides trainings & resources in an effort to develop deep & lasting multiracial solidarity. In this episode, Deepa walks us through the Social Change Ecosystem Map (https://bit.ly/EcosystemRoleMap), which introduces families to the many different roles & ways to engage in social/racial justice work
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Kids in the Kitchen
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We’ve cooked up a terrific episode with our parent guest this week, Claudine Boulstridge, who joins us from her home in rural Wales (UK). Claudine is the home recipe tester for world renowned chef, Yotam Ottolenghi. She’s also a mom of three and passionate about sharing her knowledge about healthy eating through her instagram account, @HealthyFamilyFoodIdeas. In this episode we talk about how to support kids in the kitchen, healthy eating, and how food can be a gateway to so much learning.
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On Death and Grief
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Death is an inevitable part of all life, and yet talking about death is one of the hardest conversations that adults can have with children.
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Social Justice Through Empathy
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Growing up in the United States as a minoritized person in terms of skin color and religious identity has never been easy, so how does one raise their children to feel connected to their country and their faith?
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Risky Play
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In this episode, we explore how children learn from play, risk-taking and failure. We’re joined by parents, Jennifer Oxman Ryan (sr project manager & researcher on Project Zero’s Pedagogy of Play initiative at Harvard University), and Jake Ryan (Founder and Director of the Open Bench Project, a maker=space in Portland, ME). We explore the world of maker spaces, which allow for risk-taking and failure as important ways to learn and grow, and how parents can take a more playful disposition to parenting.
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Navigating the News
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The way we consume and talk about news and current events has completely changed in recent years. Our parent guest this week is Amna Nawaz, an Emmy and Peabody award winning journalist. She is a Senior National Correspondent and the primary substitute anchor for PBS NewsHour, as well as a mom of two. In our episode, we discuss ways to introduce children to the news, how to maintain a healthy news diet, and about representation in the media.
info_outlineOur first episode focuses on the challenges facing parents and folks in parenting roles with having their kids at home rather than in school.
Our parent guest on this episode is Chris Steinmeier, Ed.D., co-founder and co-director of the Natural Creativity Center and dad of two. We talk about school at home vs self-directed learning; finding work-life balance; and using this time as an opportunity to connect with the young people in your lives in a whole new way.
Episode Notes:
- Clarifying terminology (homeschooling, school-at-home, radical unschooling)
- A response to “fear of falling behind in learning”
- Principles of self-directed learning/education
Interlude
- Rediscovering curiosity (recovering internal-motivation)
- Avoiding evaluative language
- Sharing in responsibility
- Being with your family