The Parent Scoop

The Parent Scoop Podcast - bringing research and knowledge to parents, from parents. Hosted by Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, education professor and mom of two.

Equity in Public Schooling 06/23/2021

Equity in Public Schooling 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 managerialsm in schoools and deepening inequity Consequences and possibilities of more voices at the table Follow Erica on twitter: /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/19584659

Moving to Disrupt Texts 05/13/2021

Moving to Disrupt Texts 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). /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/19088300

The Changing Brain: On Motivation, Persistence, and Joy 04/28/2021

The Changing Brain: On Motivation, Persistence, and Joy 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. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/18889205

Hidden Histories of Native People 04/15/2021

Hidden Histories of Native People In this week’s episode, we explore the contemporary history of native communities through children’s literature. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/18732560

Parenting for Social Change 03/31/2021

Parenting for Social Change 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 /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/18551252

Kids in the Kitchen 12/15/2020

Kids in the Kitchen 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. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/17207306

On Death and Grief 11/18/2020

On Death and Grief 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. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/16867460

Social Justice Through Empathy 10/29/2020

Social Justice Through Empathy 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? /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/16593311

Risky Play 10/06/2020

Risky Play 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. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/16285766

Navigating the News 09/15/2020

Navigating the News 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. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/15995228

Reframing Learning 09/01/2020

Reframing Learning We begin our second season by exploring the many facets of learning. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/15824054

Science is For Everyone 06/24/2020

Science is For Everyone In this week's episode, we explore the world of science from an anti-racist perspective. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/14936510

Conversations About Race: Bonus Content 06/15/2020

Conversations About Race: Bonus Content Bonus content from Episode 6 Conversations About Race with Charles Barrett Adams, Managing Partner at The Lion's Story. In this mini episode, Charles talks about the role parents can play in advocating for sustainable change in schools, by reflecting on his role as an active parent in his children's schools. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/14836502

Conversations About Race 06/14/2020

Conversations About Race In this week's episode, we learn about what racial literacy is and why we need it more than ever. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/14816846

Restorying Social Studies 06/04/2020

Restorying Social Studies In this week's episode we enter the world of social studies to explore the possibilities of restorying our past, understanding the present, and restoring our future. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/14690006

A Principal's Perspective 05/27/2020

A Principal's Perspective In this week's episode, we reflect on the ways the past few months of the pandemic have reshaped schooling. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/14594762

The Balancing Act: Bonus Content 05/07/2020

The Balancing Act: Bonus Content Bonus content from last week's interview with early childhood researcher, Jennifer Keys Adair, PhD, in which she reflects on being a parent of teenagers and what she's learned from them. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/14318117

The Balancing Act: Learning, Work, and Play 04/29/2020

The Balancing Act: Learning, Work, and Play In this week's episode we look at how young children learn and what they need from their parents during the pandemic. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/14210711

Books, Storytelling, and Social Justice 04/23/2020

Books, Storytelling, and Social Justice This week’s episode enters the world of books and storytelling to explore ways of talking about social identities and difference with our children. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/14107928

Is This Homeschooling? 04/15/2020

Is This Homeschooling? Our first episode focuses on the challenges facing parents and folks in parenting roles with having their kids at home rather than in school. /episode/index/show/theparentscoop/id/13994390

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