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#77 - Teaching the Truth Amid Culture Wars and Backlash w/ Jesse Hagopian
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With the sweeping passage of bills aiming to ban truthful teaching of America’s history and legacy of racism, educators across the USA are grappling with the spectre of being fired over something as simple as assigning a children’s book about integration. What’s really at stake when politicians strip away learning standards that uplift MLK and criticize the KKK? To help us understand the present culture wars and the increasingly rowdy scenes at school boards across the country, we’re joined by teacher, author, and activist Jesse Hagopian! Jesse is a high school Ethnic Studies teacher in Seattle, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine, director of the Black Education Matters Student Activist Award, and a campaign organizer for the Zinn Education Project’s “Teach the Black Freedom Struggle.” But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including a new report about the dwindling number of school librarians and new survey data out of California regarding how people feel about their public schools.
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AGENDA
0:00 - Welcome!
5:55 - The Disappearing School Librarian
19:35 - CA voters show support for public schools
34:50 - #TeachTruth with Jesse Hagopian
1:12:30 - EduColor Summit FTW!
DO-NOW STORIES:
Where Are the School Librarians? New Study Shows 20 Percent Decline In Past Decade
Perspectives on School Librarian Employment in the United States, 2009-10 to 2018-19
California voters give schools and teachers top grades in year-end survey
Californians and K–12 Education Amid COVID-19 Recovery
More from our guest:
Get MORE All of the Above:
- Website
- Podcast on multiple platforms via Anchor
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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aota/support
250 episodes
Manage episode 298855167 series 2083309
With the sweeping passage of bills aiming to ban truthful teaching of America’s history and legacy of racism, educators across the USA are grappling with the spectre of being fired over something as simple as assigning a children’s book about integration. What’s really at stake when politicians strip away learning standards that uplift MLK and criticize the KKK? To help us understand the present culture wars and the increasingly rowdy scenes at school boards across the country, we’re joined by teacher, author, and activist Jesse Hagopian! Jesse is a high school Ethnic Studies teacher in Seattle, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine, director of the Black Education Matters Student Activist Award, and a campaign organizer for the Zinn Education Project’s “Teach the Black Freedom Struggle.” But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including a new report about the dwindling number of school librarians and new survey data out of California regarding how people feel about their public schools.
→ Get your Teach the Truth T-Shirt here!
Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel!
AGENDA
0:00 - Welcome!
5:55 - The Disappearing School Librarian
19:35 - CA voters show support for public schools
34:50 - #TeachTruth with Jesse Hagopian
1:12:30 - EduColor Summit FTW!
DO-NOW STORIES:
Where Are the School Librarians? New Study Shows 20 Percent Decline In Past Decade
Perspectives on School Librarian Employment in the United States, 2009-10 to 2018-19
California voters give schools and teachers top grades in year-end survey
Californians and K–12 Education Amid COVID-19 Recovery
More from our guest:
Get MORE All of the Above:
- Website
- Podcast on multiple platforms via Anchor
Theme Music by its tajonthabeat
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aota/support
250 episodes
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