Season 3
Episodes
Episode 157 | Where Are the Libraries?
Libraries shouldn't be a luxury.
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn reflects on a social media post from an educator who challenged the reality that many students still attend schools without fully...
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Episode 156 | From Invisible to Valuable: Teaching Students from Refugee Backgrounds w/ Dr. Yacoub Aljaffery
What happens when schools see refugee students through a lens of deficit instead of possibility?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn sits down with Dr. Yacoub Aljaffery, author of Narratives of Success...
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Episode 155 | ELA Isnât Dead. We Just Forgot What It Could Be.
ELA isnât dead.
It just needs to be revived, reimagined, and remembered differently.
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn reflects on why imagination, joy, speculative thinking, and culturally relevant...
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Episode 154 | Cultural Humility Is Different Than Cultural Competence
Episode Summary
What happens when schools misunderstand culture as misbehavior?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn reflects on powerful conversations with a Dominican mother advocating for her son after...
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Episode 153 | Cultivating Hope in a Time Like This
Episode Summary
What does it mean to cultivate hope in a moment like this?
In this reflective episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn explores the idea that hope is not denial, optimism, or pretending things are...
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Episode 152 | When It Happens in Real Life: What Pushback Looks Like & How to Respond
Pushback doesnât show up as a theoryâit shows up in real moments.
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn breaks down what pushback actually looks like in schools and professional spacesâfrom parent emails...
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Episode 151 | Does Grammar Instruction Kill Student Voice? w/ Patty McGee
What happens when students stop worrying about grammar?
For many teachers, the answer is surprising: their writing becomes more powerful, more authentic, and more alive.
So why does that change when we shift the focus...
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Episode 150 | Music and Silence: The Passion and Protest of Pablo Casals w/ Christy Mihaly
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What does it mean to stand for justiceânot just with your voice, but with your refusal?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn sits down with author Christy Mihaly to explore the life of...
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Episode 149 | When âMisbehaviorâ Is a Misunderstanding w/ Dr. Daniel Russell
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What if much of what schools label as âmisbehaviorâ is actually a misunderstanding of culture?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn sits down with Dr. Daniel Russell to unpack how student...
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Episode 148 | What TO Do When You Get Pushback
Pushback is part of the workâbut how we respond to it matters.
In Part 2 of the Leading When Itâs Loud series, Roberto GermĂĄn 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 GermĂĄn 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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