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Episode 148 | What TO Do When You Get Pushback
Pushback is part of the work—but how we respond to it matters.
In Part 2 of the Leading When It’s Loud series, Roberto Germán explores five common mistakes educators make when facing criticism, tension, or public...
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Episode 147 | When the Noise Gets Loud
What happens when thoughtful, intentional content is met with noise, criticism, or misunderstanding?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán reflects on a recent moment of pushback and reframes it as an...
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Episode 146 | Teaching When the World Seems Unstable
Students today are encountering global events in real time. News about protests, war, political instability, and humanitarian crises travels quickly through social media, and many young people are trying to make sense...
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Episode 145 | Come for Bad Bunny, Stay for Community
Bad Bunny’s halftime show gave us culture, joy, and conversation, but it also gave us curriculum.
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán breaks down the symbolism behind the performance and explores how it...
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Episode 144 | Anger is Not the Problem
Anger is often treated as something dangerous, especially when it comes from the margins. In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán reflects on anger not as a problem to eliminate, but as information worth...
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Episode 143 | When “Misbehavior” Isn’t Misbehavior at All w/ Lorena Germán
When we label student behavior as “misbehavior,” whose norms are we actually using — and who gets left out of that definition? In this episode of Our Classroom, Lorena Germán joins to help us explore how behavior,...
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Episode 142 | Arriving Slowly
Recorded from Panama City on the day of arrival, this episode of Our Classroom is a quiet, journal-style reflection on what it means to teach while still orienting—emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
Host Roberto...
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Episode 141 | When Teaching Has No Script: Staying Human in Unsteady Times
In this episode of Our Classroom, host Roberto Germán reflects on what it means to teach in truth when the ground beneath education feels unstable. Sparked by a powerful question raised during a Teaching in Truth...
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Episode 140 | Reading with Purpose Writing with Passion
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In this episode of Our Classroom, host Roberto Germán explores how emotion and identity serve as the gateway to authentic literacy engagement. Drawing from his presentation Reading with Purpose, Writing with...
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Episode 139 | Boldly Serving Boys of Color: Stories, Emotions & Accountability
In this episode of Our Classroom, host Roberto Germán explores what it means to boldly serve boys of color—not just academically, but emotionally, culturally, and holistically. Drawing from Roberto’s live session at...
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Episode 138 | When the Work Reaches Places You've Never Been
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán shares a powerful testimony from community member Justin Luttrull about a moment that unfolded in a breakout session at Calvin University.
A professor teaching about...
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Episode 137 | Why We Still Need Libraries (More Than Ever)
A librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library went viral after giving one of the funniest and most thoughtful explanations of internet slang ever recorded.
But beyond the humor lies a deeper message about curiosity,...
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