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Episode 48 | Working Together for Equitable Schools w/ Tina Starks
In this episode of Our Classroom, Tina Starks, an educational designer for Student Achievement Partners, joins me to discuss Working Together for Equitable Schools.
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Classroom Notes
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1. The true problem in our...
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Episode 47 | Collaborating to Learn w/ Dr. Towanda Harris
In this episode of Our Classroom, Dr. Towanda Harris, author of The Right Tools: A Guide for Selecting, Evaluating and Implementing Classroom Resources and Practices, joins me to discuss the idea of Collaborating to...
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Episode 46 | Taco Literacy w/ Steven Alvarez
In this episode of Our Classroom, author and professor Steven Alvarez joins to discuss Taco Literacy.
Classroom Notes:
 Breakdown of Taco Literacy
 Relationship between politics, immigration policies, and the rise...
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Episode 45 | Avoiding Equity Traps & Troupes w/ Dr. Jamila Dugan
In this episode of Our Classroom, Dr. Jamila Dugan, Co-Author of Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation, gives us a deep dive into chapter two of her book - No Shortcuts:...
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Episode 44 | Got Data? w/ Shane Safir
In this episode of Our Classroom, author and professor Shane Safir joins to discuss Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation.
Classroom Notes:
Utilizing to create systems...
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Episode 43 | Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching w/ Kimberly N. Parker, Ph.D
In this episode of Our Classroom, Dr. Kimberly N. Parker, author of Literacy Is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching, discusses one of the CRTs that are driving some folks...
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Episode 42 | Modeling Humility & Vulnerability w/ Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D
In this episode of Our Classroom, Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D, author of Leading Equity: Becoming an Advocate for All Students, joins to discuss Modeling Vulnerability & Humility.
Classroom notes:
Mistakes made
What...
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Episode 41 | A Vulnerable Moment
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto wraps up 2022 by engaging in a vulnerable moment and apologizing to any students that he may have caused harm to, even if he did so unknowingly.
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Episode 40 | Border Stories w/ David Bowles
In this episode of Our Classroom, author and professor David Bowles joins to discuss Border Stories.
Classroom Notes:
Immigration and life on the border as focal points for his writing
The way he shows up in his...
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Episode 39 | Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students w/ Afrika Afeni Mills
In this episode of Our Classroom, author Afrika Afeni Mills, shares insight about her book Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students.Â
Classroom Notes:
The story of her name
3 actions steps...
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Episode 38 | Building a Pipeline of Black Teachers
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto shares an excerpt from the article To Build a Pipeline of Black Teachers, This Program Starts Recruiting in High School by Emily Tate Sullivan.
The article examines the...
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Episode 37 | Creating Culturally Inclusive Literacy Classrooms w/ Kamania Wynter-Hoyte, Eliza Braden, Michele Myers, Natasha Thorton
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto is joined by Kamania Wynter-Hoyte, Eliza Braden, Michele Myers, and Natasha Thorton, the authors of the book Revolutionary Love, to discuss Creating Culturally Inclusive...
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